In the news today: Trump’s Madison Square Garden event; housing on the ballot; and the effect of the U.S. elections on Ukraine. Also, Timothée Chalamet crashes his own look-alike contest. |
Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Trump’s Madison Square Garden event features crude and racist insults
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Donald Trump hosted a rally at New York’s Madison Square Garden Sunday, turning what his campaign had dubbed as the event where he would deliver his closing message into an illustration of what turns off his critics. Read more. |
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Speakers labeled Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” called Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris “the devil,” and said the woman vying to become the first woman and Black woman president had begun her career as a prostitute. Tony Hinchcliffe, a stand-up comic said: “I don’t know if you guys know this, but there’s literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it’s called Puerto Rico.”
Hinchcliffe’s joke was immediately criticized by Harris’ campaign as it competes with Trump to win over Puerto Rican communities in Pennsylvania and other swing states. The Trump campaign took the rare step of distancing itself from Hinchcliffe. “This joke does not reflect the views of President Trump or the campaign,” senior adviser Danielle Alvarez said. But other speakers also made incendiary comments.
- Trump on Sunday added a new proposal to his list of tax cuts aimed at winning over older adults and blue-collar workers: A tax credit for family caregivers. He otherwise repeated familiar lines about foreign policy and immigration, calling for the death penalty for any migrant who kills a U.S. citizen and saying that the day he takes office, “The migrant invasion of our country ends.”
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Harris and Trump push different plans for tackling housing affordability crisis
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Millions of Americans can’t afford to buy a home or rent a suitable apartment, making housing a central issue for voters in the upcoming presidential election. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have both put out proposals that they contend will make the American Dream accessible to more Americans. Read more.
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Harris’ campaign has laid out a detailed roadmap of policies aimed at expanding access to affordable housing both for homebuyers and renters that includes offering first-time homebuyers up to $25,000 in down payment assistance and tax incentives for builders and federal funds for cities to speed up construction. She claims her plan will add 3 million new housing units over the next four years.
Trump says he will create tax incentives for homebuyers, cut “unnecessary” regulations on home construction and make some federal land available for residential construction, though the campaign’s platform doesn’t include any details. Trump also claims that he will lower housing costs by reducing inflation and stopping illegal immigration.
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Among the few things the two candidates do agree on: easing up on zoning laws and using federal lands to build homes. Trump has pledged to tackle zoning and other construction regulations in order to accelerate housing production. Harris is proposing a $40 billion fund to spur local governments, which control zoning laws, to streamline regulations to get projects cleared and completed, with the caveat that state and local governments have to show that they’re building housing that is affordable.
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The trajectory of Ukraine’s fight against Russia hangs on the outcome of the US election
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As Americans vote, exhausted and outmanned Ukrainian soldiers are holding defensive lines under constant Russian fire, knowing the results will dictate their future. Some in Kyiv say the country’s very existence hinges on who wins the White House. Read more. |
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The war in Ukraine is one of the most divisive issues of the Nov. 5 election. Former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, advocate very different views on how much support the U.S. should continue to give Ukraine.
Harris, who has decried President Vladimir Putin’s “brutality,” would likely carry on President Joe Biden’s policy of support, albeit within the strict limits on Ukraine’s ability to strike deep inside Russian territory that have frustrated Kyiv’s leaders.
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Trump has repeatedly taken issue with U.S. aid to Ukraine, made vague vows to end the war and has praised Putin. He also is considered highly unpredictable. Some Ukrainian officials even privately welcome this quality, saying it could bring about results quicker. But so much is unknown about what decisions Trump would make.
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The Timothee Chalamet lookalike contest near Washington Square Park, Sunday, in New York. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)
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Timothée Chalamet crashes his own look-alike contest after police shut down crowded event
Actor Timothée Chalamet made a surprise appearance at his own look-alike contest in Lower Manhattan on Sunday, a well-attended event that drew an order to disperse from police and at least one arrest. Flanked by bodyguards, Chalamet posed for photos with his curly-haired doppelgängers, some of whom had dressed as characters that the actor had portrayed on screen.
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