Trump to attend Al Smith dinner in New York; Harris rallies in Wisconsin: Live

You might remember Derrick Anderson, the Republican nominee for Congress for Virginia’s 7th District, who was called out a few weeks ago for campaign material that implied he had a wife and children, when in fact he does not.

Well. House Majority PAC has produced a TV ad mocking him about that while framing him as an “extreme MAGA politician”.

NBC News reports that the organizers of the Al Smith charity dinner will play a recorded message from Vice President Kamala Harris tonight in lieu of her attendance at the event for Catholic charities, according to Joseph Zwilling, director of communications for the archdiocese of New York.

The Harris campaign said she declined the invitation to the dinner due to conflicting events in the final weeks of the campaign. It is the first time a candidate has not attended in 40 years.

Donald Trump, who is attending and will give remarks, criticized the decision, saying it was “sad but not surprising”.

There’s a big security presence as Donald Trump visits a barber shop in the Bronx.

It is unclear if he is there for a trim of his famous hair.

In case you were wondering about how the free press might fare under a second Trump administration, Donald Trump has renewed his attacks on CBS and its flagship news show 60 Minutes following the program’s interview with Kamala Harris.

The former president is still apparently incensed by the practice of editing interviews for brevity, despite his own interviews sometimes being edited for clarity or sense. The Harris campaign has distanced itself from the editing decisions made by 60 Minutes. Trump began baselessly accusing the network of a crime following the broadcast.

Here’s what Trump wrote on Truth Social today:

Why won’t 60 Minutes release the fraudulent tapes of Lyin’ Kamala’s Interview with them? Could it be because it was a COMPLETE AND TOTAL DISASTER, or that they “CREATED” many additional new answers for her, not just the one where she was so embarrassingly CAUGHT. In normal times, what happened on 60 Minutes, (deceptively “doctoring” her answers), would be THE END OF ANYONE’S CAMPAIGN! Kamala is slow, incoherent, and is in no way qualified to be President of the United States. RELEASE THE TAPES FOR THE GOOD OF AMERICA. We can do it the nice way, or the hard way!

He followed that up with:

60 MINUTES SHOULD BE IMMEDIATELY TAKEN OFF THE AIR – ELECTION INTERFERENCE. CBS SHOULD LOSE ITS LICENSE. THIS IS THE BIGGEST SCANDAL IN BROADCAST HISTORY. Kamala should be investigated and forced off the Campaign, and Joe Biden allowed to take back his rightful place (He got 14 Million Primary Votes, she got none!). THIS WHOLE SORDID AND FRAUDULENT EVENT IS A THREAT TO DEMOCRACY!

The former president pulled out of his own interview with 60 Minutes as well as other interviews with major networks and has continued to refuse to debate Harris again after she was widely perceived to have won their first debate.

The Trump campaign has announced a pair of new battleground state events, with Donald Trump set to hold a town hall in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, on Sunday at 5pm, and a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, at 3pm on Monday.

The Greenville event will be held on the campus of East Carolina University, close to where Kamala Harris held a rally at a church on Sunday.

Americans stepped up their purchases at retailers last month as low unemployment, steady pay gains and rising stock and home values helped sustain their willingness to spend despite higher prices.

Retail sales rose 0.4% from August to September, the Commerce Department said Thursday, up from 0.1% the previous month and the third straight increase. Online retailers, restaurants, and grocery stores all reported higher sales.

Sales at gas stations fell, because of lower pump prices. The retail sales figures aren’t adjusted for inflation, and the prices of goods fell slightly last month.

With the presidential election in its final weeks, Thursday’s figures provided the latest sign that household spending is fueling a steady economic expansion even while inflation has cooled.

The only Bible that fit the original parameters of the mandate, was — surprise, surprise — the Donald Trump-endorsed “God Bless the USA Bible”.

Donald Trump has refused to admit he falsely accused Haitian immigrants of eating peoples’ pets as he doubled down on his statements during a Univision town hall Wednesday with undecided Latino voters.

The former president was asked by a Spanish-speaking audience member whether he actually believed what he said about migrants in Springfield, Ohio. Trump responded by saying that he was “just saying what was reported.”