Obama calls Trump 'wannabe king' at Harris event
“That's not what you need in your life," he said.
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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More than 40 million Americans have voted early
As of Saturday night, more than 40 million Americans cast an absentee ballot or voted early in person, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.
Roughly 19.3 million people voted early in person, the lab reported, and more than 20.9 million returned their ballot by mail.
Biden agrees with Kelly's characterization of Trump as a fascist, press secretary says
The White House said that President Joe Biden agrees with former Trump chief of staff John Kelly's characterization of Trump as a "fascist" when pressed by reporters during Wednesday's daily briefing.
"You've heard from the former president himself saying that he is going to be a dictator on day one. This is him, not us. This is him," press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said.
She added, "This is not just us, the White House saying this, you heard it from officials, former officials that worked for the former president, say this as well. So, you know, do we agree -- I know that the vice president just spoke about this. Do we agree about that determination? Yes, we do. We do."
When asked whether Jean-Pierre was saying that Biden himself believes that Trump is a fascist, she also responded "Yes."
-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart
Harris to give closing speech on National Mall next week: Sources
Harris will deliver a speech on the National Mall in Washington next Tuesday, one week before Election Day, two people familiar with the planning confirmed to ABC News.
The Washington Post first reported the plans.
The Harris campaign has been granted a permit for this event, which it listed as a "First Amendment Activity: Political Speech" in the application with the National Park Service.
The application shows that the campaign requested to move the location of the speech to the Ellipse.
The application requests an 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. window on Oct. 29th, and estimates that roughly 7,500 people will attend along with 250 staff and volunteers. Organizers added that the speaking program will "consist of 4 to 5 individuals & elected officials."
-ABC News' Michelle Stoddart, Will McDuffie, Gabrielle Abdul-Hakim and Fritz Farrow
Georgia voter roll audit finds only 20 noncitizens out of 8 million registered voters
A comprehensive audit of Georgia's voter rolls found that just 20 noncitizens were registered to vote on a registration list of over 8 million, according to an announcement Wednesday from Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger.
All 20 of those registrations have been canceled and referred to the authorities for investigation and potential prosecution, Raffensperger said.
An additional 156 registrations were flagged for a "human investigation" that is now underway.
The result of the audit stands in stark contrast to claims being pushed by some Republicans, including former President Donald Trump, that large numbers of noncitizens are going to vote in the 2024 election.
Read more here from ABC News' Olivia Rubin.
JD Vance contends 'joy is gone' from Harris campaign
"The big theme of the first month of their campaign was that they were the joyful campaign," Trump's running mate Sen. JD Vance said of Harris' campaign as he stumped in battleground Nevada. "And my friends, the joy is gone. The joy is gone from the Kamala Harris campaign."
During his remarks in the Treasure Island Hotel and Casino, Vance said Harris was scolding Trump supporters.
"She was like, how can you dare have a sense of humor about American politics? It's one of the things I love about my running mate is he does have a sense of humor. You can fix the country but have a good time while you're going around and campaigning across the United States, right?" Vance said.
Harris has recently revived one of President Joe Biden's key campaign attacks: that Trump represents a threat to democracy.
-ABC News' Hannah Demissie