Election 2024 live updates as Trump vs. Harris polls show tie just 5 days out

 Jennifer Lopez is group to look astatine Harris' rally successful Las Vegas Thursday night, continuing a streak of personage appearances on nan Democratic nominee's run trail. (Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson and Jessica Alba have each precocious joined Harris connected nan road.)

Lopez will be nan vice president's "When We Vote We Win" rally successful nan battleground authorities Nevada arsenic nan event's impermanent speaker, aft nan vocalist of Puerto Rican descent openly endorsed Harris and condemned Tony Hinchcliffe's racist joke astir nan U.S. territory astatine a Trump rally complete nan weekend. 

"I don't cognize if you guys cognize this, but there's virtually a floating land of garbage successful nan mediate of nan water correct now. I deliberation it's called Puerto Rico," Hinchcliffe said during nan rally successful New York City.

Although Trump refused to explicitly denounce nan comedian, Harris reacted to Hinchcliffe's comments and called retired Trump for failing to support Puerto Rico during his first word successful office, successful a videotaped connection released this week by her campaign. 

"I will ne'er hide what Donald Trump did, and what he did not do, erstwhile Puerto Rico needed a caring and competent leader," said Harris. "He abandoned nan island, tried to artifact assistance aft back-to-back devastating hurricanes and offered thing much than insubstantial towels and insults."

Lopez and nan vocalist Bad Bunny, who is from Puerto Rico, each went connected to repost portions of that connection to their ain societal media pages.

After interviewing Trump for astir 3 hours past week on an section of his podcast that has since raked successful millions of views, Joe Rogan shared much specifications Wednesday astir why Harris has not appeared connected his show. 

In nan latest installment of "The Joe Rogan Experience," nan series' big said Harris' run initially reached retired to him to inquire astir scheduling an appearance, but nan logistics didn't activity out. 

 "I said, 'Great, I would emotion to talk to her.' But it was very difficult to necktie it down," Rogan said successful Wednesday's episode. "They wanted to recreation and spot nan point is, if I spell somewhere, past there's going to beryllium different group successful nan room. And they want to power a batch of things, I'm sure." 

Rogan acknowledged nan truth he didn't work together to nan campaign's position could make him look for illustration "a diva."

"But she had an opportunity to travel present erstwhile she was successful Texas, and I virtually gave them an unfastened invitation. I said anytime," he said. "I said if she's done astatine 10, we'll travel backmost present astatine 10. I go, I'll do it astatine 9 successful nan morning, I'll do it astatine 10 p.m. I'll do it astatine midnight if she's up, if she wants to, you know, portion a Red Bull. Party on."

Rogan antecedently addressed plans to beryllium down pinch nan Democratic statesmanlike nominee successful a post connected X.

"They offered a day for Tuesday, but I would person had to recreation to her and they only wanted to do an hour," he wrote. "I powerfully consciousness nan champion measurement to do it is successful nan workplace successful Austin. My sincere wish is to conscionable person a bully speech and get to cognize her arsenic a quality being. I really dream we tin make it happen."

Former President Donald Trump connected Wednesday climbed into a trash motortruck adorned pinch Trump signs and American flags to speak to reporters up of a rally successful Green Bay, Wisconsin. 

Wearing an orangish vest, Trump said nan motortruck was successful grant of group that voted for him, a reference to President Joe Biden's comments successful nan aftermath of a joke comparing Puerto Rico to garbage astatine Trump's rally successful New York City.

"We're not garbage," he said. "I tin show you who nan existent garbage is but we won't opportunity that."

It was nan latest salvo arsenic some Democrats and Republicans person seized connected nan comments to motivate voters successful nan waning days of nan election. Trump said nan motortruck was successful grant of Mr. Biden and nan Democratic candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris.

"Joe Biden should beryllium ashamed of himself, if he knows what he's moreover doing. And she should beryllium ashamed, because she shouldn't fto him do it. She's nan Vice President, but I presume she's acting arsenic nan president. She should ne'er person fto that happen," Trump said Wednesday up of his rally successful Wisconsin. "I dream you enjoyed this garbage truck."

—Jake Rosen and Olivia Rinaldi

Billionaire Elon Musk has been ordered by a judge to be a Philadelphia tribunal proceeding connected Thursday aft he was sued by District Attorney Larry Krasner complete his $1 cardinal giveaway to voters.

The proceeding is scheduled to statesman astatine 10 a.m. successful a courtroom astatine City Hall successful Center City, according to a tribunal document. 

According to nan Associated Press, Judge Angelo Foglietta of nan Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas wrote that "all parties must beryllium coming astatine nan clip of nan hearing."

Last week, Krasner sued Musk and alleged that Musk and his ace PAC are trying to power voters successful adjacent week's statesmanlike predetermination betwixt erstwhile President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. 

"The Philadelphia District Attorney is charged pinch protecting nan nationalist from nationalist nuisances and unfair waste and acquisition practices, including forbidden lotteries. The DA is besides charged pinch protecting nan nationalist from interference pinch nan integrity of elections," Krasner said successful a connection announcing nan title past week. 

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