2024 election live updates: Harris to rally with Obama, Trump heads to 2 battlegrounds

The campaign heads into the final stretch with 12 days to go until Election Day.

Last updated: Thursday, October 24, 2024 2:15PM GMT

Harris says Trump 'is a fascist,' Trump floats baseless claims in Ga.Harris says Trump 'is a fascist,' Trump floats baseless election claims

The race for the White House is heading into the final stretch with most polls showing Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump neck-and-neck in key states with less than two weeks to go.

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Harris readies for rally with Obama, Trump heads to 2 battlegrounds
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'Be a little careful': Trump floats baseless election claims in Georgia
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Trump says Harris raising rhetoric because 'she is losing'

Here's how the news is developing.

Oct 24, 2024, 2:15 PM

More than 26 million Americans have voted early

With less than two weeks before Election Day, some 26.5 million Americans have cast their vote through early voting methods, according to data from the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

People mark their ballots at machines during the first day of early in-person voting in Black Mountain, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 17, 2024.

Mail ballots have been returned by 15.7 million voters as of Wednesday night, according to the data, with another 10.7 million voting early in person.

Several states are slated to begin early voting options in the coming days.

Oct 21, 2024, 8:37 AM GMT

Harris celebrates 60th birthday

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris reacts as attendees sing "Happy Birthday" during a church service in Stonecrest, Ga., Sunday, Oct. 20, 2024

Vice President Kamala Harris celebrated her 60th birthday on Sunday. The Democratic presidential nominee was treated to a rendition of "Happy Birthday" by Stevie Wonder, who attended the Jonesboro service.

"People talk about a bucket list -- I think I have just checked off a whole big one to have Stevie Wonder himself sing me 'Happy Birthday,'" the vice president said.

Harris marked the day by speaking at services at two congregations in battleground Georgia on Sunday morning as her campaign continues to encourage groups that are traditional Democratic voters to get to the polls.

Oct 21, 2024, 8:27 AM GMT

Trump mocks Harris' story from behind the fryer at McDonald's

Trump works fry station, holds drive-thru news conference at Bucks County McDonald's

Former President Donald Trump worked the fryer at a Philadelphia-area McDonald's on Sunday as he continues to mock Democratic presidential opponent Vice President Kamala Harris' accounts of her experience working at the fast food restaurant.

The former president was scheduled to speak at a Lancaster, Pennsylvania, rally later in the day before attending the New York Jets-Pittsburgh Steelers NFL game Sunday night.

Trump has long challenged Harris' telling of life lessons she learned while working at a McDonald's during summer break while she was a student at Howard University. On Sunday, the former president took his trolling a step further by putting an apron over his shirt and tie and learning how to work the fryer.

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