Trump v Harris live: Trump returns to X as Harris pulls ahead in the polls

The polls were conducted from August 5 to 9, with 1,973 likely voters (around 650 from each state). Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, unveiled her running mate, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz, on August 6.

In a joint statement, the leaders of the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, and Italy said on Monday that they discussed the situation in the Middle East.

“We expressed our full support for ongoing efforts to de-escalate tensions and reach a ceasefire and hostage release deal in Gaza,” they said. “We endorsed the joint call from President Biden, President Sisi of Egypt, and Amir Tamim of Qatar to renew talks later this week with an aim to concluding the deal as soon as possible, and stressed there is no further time to lose.”

“All parties must live up to their responsibilities. In addition, unfettered delivery and distribution of aid is needed. We expressed our support for the defense of Israel against Iranian aggression and against attacks by Iran-backed terrorist groups,” they added. “We called on Iran to stand down its ongoing threats of a military attack against Israel and discussed the serious consequences for regional security should such an attack take place.”

Businesswoman Alicia Powers said she was left feeling “violated” after a Secret Service agent was filmed covering up one of the salon’s security cameras with tape, broke into the business and allegedly allowed people to use the bathroom without her permission.

The incident took place on July 27 when the vice president was speaking at a fundraiser at the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield, Massachusetts – Harris’s first major in-person fundraiser since she launched her presidential campaign. Organizers said that Harris raked in over $1.4m for her campaign from the event.

The performing arts space is located behind Powers’ Four One Three salon.

In his latest Truth Social rant on Monday, the former president hit out at the vice president by likening her to him and claiming she has “flip-flopped” on her policies.

“Kamala Harris has flip-flopped on virtually every policy she has supported and lived by for her entire career, from the Border to Tips, and the Fake News Media isn’t reporting it,” he wrote on Monday morning.

“She sounds more like Trump than Trump, copying almost everything,” he continued.

A leading Republican pollster has argued that the former president is his own worst enemy as he tries to regain the White House.

Frank Luntz told CNN this weekend that Trump would improve his standing in the presidential race if he focused on the issues instead of personal attacks.

The Republican’s polling numbers have declined since President Joe Biden left the race and Vice President Kamala Harris took up the mantle for the Democrats.

Luntz argued that Trump’s personal attacks are pushing away voters who may otherwise have backed him.

“He’s been very negative and very hostile,” Luntz said, adding that he has “lost his balance.”

Gustaf Kilander has more.

The GOP vice presidential hopeful has been forced to defend his wife, Usha Vance, and their children against racist attacks from far-right white supremacists.

Here’s Katie Hawkinson on what Vance had to say when asked about online abuse by Jonathan Karl of ABC News.

Former GOP House speaker Kevin McCarthy and the Reverend Al Sharpton have both been taking the Republican presidential nominee to task this morning over his latest futile and dishonest attacks on Kamala Harris’s ability to draw a crowd, which is clearly beginning to frighten him.