Election 2024 updates: Michelle Obama to speak at DNC this week

The DNC will take place at Chicago's United Center from Monday through Thursday.

Last Updated: August 18, 2024, 10:03 AM EDT

Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday unveiled her economic platform, her first major policy rollout since becoming the Democratic nominee.

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday held a press conference in Bedminster, New Jersey, where he said he's "entitled" to insult his Democratic opponent because he doesn't respect her and attacked her record on the economy.

Aug 14, 2024, 4:30 PM EDT

Trump attacks Harris on the economy, but talking little policy

Trump is in North Carolina to deliver remarks on the economy, but his speech so far has not revealed any new or detailed policy positions and instead is focused on bashing Harris on inflation and immigration.

"With four more years of Harris, your finances will never recover, they're never going to recover. Our country will never recover, frankly, more importantly. It will be unrecoverable," he said. "Vote Trump, and your incomes will soar, your savings will grow, young people will be able to afford a home and we will bring back the American dream bigger, better and stronger than ever before."

Aug 14, 2024, 2:14 PM EDT

Trump votes in Florida primary, speaks to reporters

Trump participated in early voting in Florida's primary election at a polling location near his home in Palm Beach.

"Well, thank you very much, great honor to vote, done a fantastic job here, and we appreciate it," Trump said as he walked out of the polling site.

Asked by reporters what the FBI had told him about the purported hack of his campaign's email, Trump said, "They're looking at it, and they're doing it very professionally."

He then insisted "it looks like it's Iran," while declining to say whether the FBI had told him it was Iran that hacked his campaign.

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump talks at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, Aug. 14, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla., after he voted early in person in the Florida primary.
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Trump also dodged questions about falsely accusing the Harris campaign of using AI-altered images to manipulate crowd sizes.

"I can't say what was there, who was there. I can only tell you about ours," he said. "We have the biggest crowds ever in the history of politics. We have crowds that nobody has ever seen before, and we continue to have that. We have a level of enthusiasm that nobody has seen before. They want to make America great again."

PHOTO: Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump arrives at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, Aug. 14, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla., to vote early in person in the Florida primary.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump is greeted by Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, Wendy Sartory Link, as he arrives at the Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections, Aug. 14, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla., to vote early in person in the Florida primary.
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Aug 14, 2024, 10:59 AM EDT

Trump to hold press conference on Thursday

The former president announced Wednesday morning that he will hold a press conference in Bedminster, New Jersey, on Thursday.

The presser is scheduled to begin at 4:30 p.m. ET.

Trump held a press conference last week at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida, where he repeated numerous falsehoods as he criticized Harris.

Aug 14, 2024, 9:22 AM EDT

Walz falsely claims he is 1st union member on presidential ticket since Reagan

PHOTO: Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz speaks at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center, on Aug. 13, 2024, in Los Angeles.
In this screen grab from a video, Minnesota Governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz speaks at the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Convention at the Los Angeles Convention Center, on Aug. 13, 2024, in Los Angeles.
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Speaking to AFSCME members in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz claimed he was the "first union member on a presidential ticket since Ronald Reagan."

That claim is false: former President Donald Trump was a SAG-AFTRA member until he resigned in 2021 after the union's national board found probable cause that Trump violated the group's constitution by his actions on Jan. 6.

Trump was for years a member of the union, which represents more than 160,000 performers across a variety of media platforms, by virtue of his various appearances in films and television shows. He reported earning a pension from the union in his financial disclosures.

At a fundraiser later Tuesday, Walz repeated the claim, apparently unaware it was false.

Prior to his two terms as California governor, Reagan served twice as president of the Screen Actors Guild.

ABC News has reached out to the Harris-Walz campaign for comment.

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