US polls 2024 live updates: Trump and Harris campaign in battleground state Pennsylvania as Election Day looms

The 49-year-old Las Vegas resident was pulled over about half a mile from the Coachella Valley campaign event armed with an unregistered shotgun, a loaded handgun, and a high-capacity magazine.

Government officials were forced to flee a county in North Carolina and one man was arrested after reports that an armed militia was prowling around in trucks “hunting” for Hurricane relief workers.

Deputies later said they found no evidence of truckloads of men with guns, but did arrest a man armed with an assault rifle who allegedly threatened to “mess up” FEMA workers.

On Saturday, the Washington Post reported on an email sent out by US Forest Service officials warning relief workers that “National Guard troops had come across two trucks of men saying [they] were out hunting FEMA.”

Meanwhile, in Erie, Pennsylvania, Kamala Harris played recordings of Donald Trump’s own words to argue that he is becoming “increasingly unstable and unhinged”.

My colleague Andrew Finberg reports:

Speaking to a crowd of supporters at an Erie, Pennsylvania, Harris called the twice-impeached, felonious former president “someone who will stop at nothing to claim power for himself,” citing his long history of comments that express contempt for the Constitution and the recent Supreme Court decision giving presidents sweeping immunity from prosecution for any crimes committed while carrying out their official duties.

But Harris told the crowd, which a campaign official estimated at roughly 6,000, that they don’t have to take her word for it when it comes to Trump’s malign intent.

She asked staff to “roll the clip” on what she said was an example of Trump’s “worldview and intentions” — a segment from an interview he sat for with Fox Business host Maria Bartiromo.

In it, Trump tells the financial correspondent — a strong and vocal supporter of his who repeatedly broadcast lies about the conduct of the 2020 election — that “the enemy from within,” his term for Americans who do not support him or vote for Republicans, are “more dangerous” than foreign adversaries such as Russia or China.

“We have some very bad people. We have some sick people, radical left lunatics. And I think they’re the and it should be very easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary by the military,” he said, facing no pushback from the Fox personality.

As many as 238 doctors, nurses, and other healthcare workers have issued a call for former President Donald Trump to release his medical records.

They argue he should practice transparency because of his “advancing age.”

The letter was initially obtained by CBS News. It was organized by the group “Doctors for Harris” which is not connected to the vice president’s campaign.

“Trump is falling concerningly short of any standard of fitness for office and displaying alarming characteristics of declining acuity,” they wrote in the letter released on Sunday.

“In the limited opportunities we can examine his behavior, he’s providing a deeply concerning snapshot,” they added.

“As we all age, we lose sharpness and revert to base instincts. We are seeing that from Trump, as he uses his rallies and appearances to ramble, meander, and crudely lash out at his many perceived grievances,” the signatories said.

Philip Esformes, whose 20-year-sentence was commuted by Trump at the end of his first and so far only term in the White House, has been charged with two felony counts which could mean that he may be heading back to jail, according to The New York Times.

He’s at least the seventh person so far who was granted clemency by Trump and subsequently has been charged with new crimes, the paper notes.

He’s also the third person granted clemency by the then-president to be charged with domestic violence offenses.

On Saturday night, he verbally threatened a woman whom her relatives say is his wife. He also threatened a second member of the family, according to The Times.

The most valuable asset any candidate for office has is time. And how they spend it shows what their priorities are.

The live stream has unceremoniously cut out, which presumably means Donald Trump’s town hall event in Oaks, Pennsylvania has ended – not with a bang but with the heartbreaking strains of ‘Memory’ from Cats.

Thanks for sticking with us through this rollercoaster, and best wishes to the two people who took ill.

One running theme of this town hall, at least before the medical incidents, was Trump refusing to believe official statistics.

On crime, inflation, and deaths in the Ukraine war, he repeatedly claimed that he didn’t accept the currently public numbers and that the true numbers were far worse – without going into detail or offering evidence.

Meanwhile, according to my colleague Alex Lang, the town hall has now been in this interrupted limbo state for twice as long as it was actually running.

Trump continues to sway his body mildly to the music.

The town hall event is ending – or is it? Things are a little confusing at present.

After playing Luciano Pavarotti’s ‘Ave Maria’, Sarah Brightman and Andrea Bocelli’s ‘Time To Say Goodbye’, and James Brown’s ‘It’s A Man’s World’ (again featuring Pavarotti) – with a little bit of stiff dancing from the former president – Trump again addresses the crowd.

“How about this? We’ll play YMCA, and we’ll go home. But listen, whatever you can do, get out there. We have to win. This is the most important election in the history of our country…

“Those two people who went down are ptriots, and we love them. And because of them, we ended up with some good music, right?”

Then it’s on to Jeff Buckley’s cover of Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’. More exciting news as soon as we get it.