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The 2024 presidential election is just around the corner as former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris rush to garner votes ahead of Nov. 5. The winner won’t be decided by the number of votes cast in their favor but by a group of 538 people that make up the Electoral College. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “When you go vote for President, you do not vote for President,” says William Field, political science professor at Rutgers University.

Fox News host Rachel Campos-Duffy argued that former First Lady Michelle Obama lacked "compassion" and was pushing a "dystopian vision for America" by fighting for abortion rights. "I want to just talk about the — Michelle Obama for a second and you know you mentioned it as an as an abortion speech.

It’s not just the presidential election that’s coming down to the wire. The race for the House of Representatives is also looking to be a toss-up, according to forecasters, and the presidential campaigns are keenly aware of how intertwined their own success—on Nov. 5 and during any potential administration that follows—is with what party ends up controlling Congress. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate Tim Walz joined progressive New York congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on the streaming platform Twitch on Sunday to play games and talk politics. The two spoke for almost an hour, while playing Madden and Crazy Taxi, about a range of topics—from social security benefits for children who have lost a parent to their reactions to Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump’s Sunday night rally speaker who joked about Puerto Rico being an “island of garbage.” But the right has seized on one three-second moment in which Walz seemed to promise Ocasio-Cortez that Democrats, if elected, would “put a gavel in your hand in the House.” “Walz told Ocasio-Cortez that if he and Kamala Harris win the election, he would make her the Speaker of the House,” Fox News reported.

Trump keeps them guessing.

Is it hypocrisy, projection or both?

As Democrats prattle on about diversity in cybersecurity hiring, Trump’s staffing roster promises a change for the better.