2024 election updates: Trump continues to slam Cheney

(WASHINGTON) -- With two days to go until Election Day, the candidates making in their final appeals to voters over the weekend.

After popping up on "Saturday Night Live," Vice President Kamala Harris will campaign in battleground Michigan on Sunday. Former President Donald Trump is hitting three swing states on Sunday: Pennsylvania, North Carolina and Georgia.

More than 78 million Americans have voted early

As of 9 p.m. ET on Sunday, more than 77 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Of the total number of early votes, 42,654,364 were cast in person and 35,348,858 were returned by mail.

Jeffries says Republicans 'will take a blow torch' to social security

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries told "Good Morning America" on Monday that Democrats are "on the right side" of the presidential election's most pressing issues.

"The extreme MAGA Republicans have clearly and unequivocally articulated what they will do to America moving forward," Jeffries said.

"They will take a blow torch to social security, they will take a blow torch to Medicare, they will take a blow torch to the Affordable Care Act," Jeffries said.

Vice President Kamala Harris, Jeffries said, is "closing with a positive vision" while former President Donald Trump and his Republican party are "trying to tear us apart."

Jeffries will become House speaker if Democrats win back control of the chamber this week.

"The majority of current House Republicans voted not to certify the election in 2020," Jeffries said. "My colleagues on the other side of the aisle don't seem to be capable of unequivocally saying that they will certify the election and the verdict that is rendered by the American people."

"As House Democrats, that's what we will do," Jeffries added.

"We believe in democracy even when we disagree with the outcome. That's been part of what's made America the greatest democracy in the history of the world."

Will the gender gap decide the 2024 election?

Men and women have been voting differently in presidential elections for decades. But could the gender gap be the deciding factor in this year's razor-thin race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump?

The final ABC News/Ipsos poll before Election Day, released on Sunday, found the gender gap among all likely voters to be 16 points. Harris had a 11-point advantage among women, 53% to 42%, while Trump had a 5-point advantage among men, 50% to 45%.

The gender gap has averaged 19 points in presidential exit polls since 1996. Some observers, though, believe it could reach a new level in 2024.

"With a woman versus a man at the top of the ticket and with the prominence of the abortion issue in the wake of the Dobbs decision, we could have a historically large gender gap approaching a gender chasm this year," Whit Ayres, a longtime Republican pollster, told ABC News.

The formula to success for Harris would be to win women by more than she loses men. The reverse is true for Trump.

"When you're talking about dead heat races in seven swing states, anything could be the deciding factor," Ayres said.

-ABC News’ Alexandra Hutzler

How the Harris-Trump showdown looks from abroad

Americans are voting as two major conflicts rage and others threaten to erupt.

The showdown between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump will in many ways be a choice between foreign policy continuity and change.

Harris has largely stuck to President Joe Biden's world agenda, one in which the outgoing leader sought to revive traditional American statesmanship after four turbulent years of Trump.

Trump is bidding for a second term with twin promises of "America first" with "peace through strength," accusing Biden, Harris and many other leaders of facilitating global instability through weakness and incompetence.

The Democratic ticket is framing Trump as a chaotic leader easily taken advantage of by more wily foreign adversaries.

As Americans head to the polls on Tuesday, the world will be watching as closely as ever.

-ABC News' David Brennan

Harris win in North Carolina means 'this thing's over,' Walz says

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz made his final campaign stop in Gastonia, North Carolina, on Sunday -- where former President Donald Trump held a rally the day before.

Walz told an energized crowd the state is crucial to Vice President Kamala Harris' hopes for victory on Tuesday.

"We're going to win this thing, but we haven't won it yet," Walz said at RayNathan's, an iconic local barbecue restaurant in Gastonia.

"And for all of you, it's a privilege -- you are ground zero of how this thing can be won. Right through here, we win North Carolina, this thing's over."

The Trump campaign, Walz said, is closing out the campaign cycle in "absolute disaster, telling us that this country doesn't work, descending into madness and darkness and division, disrespecting our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico and across this country."

Walz also addressed Trump's Sunday suggestion that he shouldn't have left the White House after his defeat by President Joe Biden.

"Well, he didn't learn it then, but he's going to learn it on Tuesday," Walz said.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray

Trump warns of a 'depression' during NASCAR appearance

Former President Donald Trump appeared on Sunday's NASCAR coverage, where he delivered a message focused on the economy in a one-minute clip.

"We've got to save our country, and it needs saving. It's in very bad shape. The worst economic numbers in generations,” Trump said, speaking directly to the camera while sporting his red MAGA hat.

Trump then declared: "We're going to end up in a depression based on what's been happening."

"Just remember Kamala and her friends broke it. I'll fix it. Most important election in the history," he said.

Trump’s appearance on NBC came as the network was required to follow FCC's Equal Time rule providing the same airtime as they allotted Vice President Kamala Harris during her "Saturday Night Live" appearance.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Kelsey Walsh and Soo Rin Kim

Michigan Harris supporters say Republicans are secretly voting for Harris

Attendees at Vice President Kamala Harris' rally in East Lansing, Michigan, on Sunday, told ABC News that they were confident in Harris' prospects because they knew Republicans in their community who are casting a ballot for Harris -- many of them secretly.

Andrea Galindo said she believes Harris will win "because I know a lot of Republicans voted Democrat."

Similarly, Linda Brundage, who has voted in 16 presidential elections, said she is sure that in her community, "Some of the people who say they’re red will vote blue."

Another attendee, Mike Arvizu, said his father-in-law is a lifelong Republican who is voting for Harris. "If my father-in-law can do it, there’s a lot more people out there," Arvizu said.

These voters' sentiments reflect a defining strategy of the Harris campaign: to reach every possible voter in battleground states, including Republicans and independents. In her final rally speeches, the vice president stressed that she would invite those who disagree with her to have a seat at the table.

-ABC News' Selina Wang

Harris campaign says 90,000 volunteers knocked on over 3 million doors

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign said it had more than 90,000 volunteers knock on more than 3 million doors across all the battleground states over the weekend.

-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim

Trump says the start of his administration will be 'nasty a little bit'

At his third rally of the day, former President Donald Trump delivered his closing message to voters in Macon, Georgia.

"All I can say is, on Tuesday, just go out and vote, and we're going to close this thing out and it's going to be party time," Trump said, with two days to go until Election Day.

Planning a future second term in the White House, the former president said at the beginning of his administration, "It’ll be nasty a little."

"After all we have been through together, we stand on the verge of the four greatest years in American history. You watch, it's going to be so good, it's going to be so much fun. It'll be nasty a little bit at times, and maybe at the beginning in particular, but it's going to be something, we're going to go to heights that this country never has reached, and nobody ever even thought it could," Trump said.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Kelsey Walsh and Soo Rin Kim

Harris thanks Win With Black Women for being the 'catalyst' of a movement

Vice President Kamala Harris briefly called into a Zoom meeting with Win With Black Women, a group that raised $1.5 million in three hours for Harris after President Biden announced he wouldn’t continue to run for reelection in July.

Harris thanked them for being the "catalyst" that helped to "organize, empower and mobilize" other fundraising groups.

"This coalition has been in my corner for the last four years, and just four months ago, immediately jumped into action with this weekly call to be the first group to organize tens of thousands of Black women in support of our brand new campaign. And I'm so thankful because you were the catalyst when others saw how the leaders on this call organized and empowered and mobilized, and they too said, 'Hey, we should do it.'"

Harris called in on the tarmac after her rally in East Lansing, Michigan, on Sunday, encouraging them to urge their communities to get out the vote.

-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim

Vance continues to harp on 'garbage' comments at New Hampshire rally

Sen. JD Vance held a rally in Derry, New Hampshire, on Sunday in the final stretch of the 2024 presidential election.

The vice presidential candidate's event in New Hampshire was the liveliest and most enthusiastic solo campaign event he has had since joining the Republican ticket, with people outside of the event who couldn’t get in due to space.

In his pitch to voters, Vance continued to remind people that President Joe Biden called Trump supporters "garbage," falsely claiming that Harris is also attacking Trump supporters.

"Here's my message to all of our fellow Americans: We know you're struggling, and we know that you deserve better leadership, but I will never and Donald J. Trump will never call our fellow citizens garbage. We are not garbage for thinking Kamala Harris has done a bad job," Vance said.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

Harris doesn't mention Trump by name during Michigan rally

While addressing a crowd of mostly young people on the Michigan State University campus, Vice President Kamala Harris chose to not mention her opponent, former President Donald Trump, by name.

The decision is something she hasn't often done since becoming the Democratic nominee for president.

A senior campaign official told ABC News it's part of a strategy to close out the race in a "fully positive" manner.

"So, Michigan, I am here to ask for your vote," Harris said at the East Lansing rally, just two days before Election Day.

"And here is my pledge to you: As president, I pledge to seek common ground and common-sense solutions to the challenges you face," she added. "I am not looking to score political points. I am looking to make progress."

Harris comments on Gaza, Lebanon during Michigan campaign rally

Vice President Kamala Harris opened her remarks in Michigan by acknowledging the ongoing war in the Middle East, saying, "It is devastating."

Harris held a rally at Michigan State University on Sunday with just two days left in the 2024 presidential race.

"This year has been difficult, given the scale of death and destruction in Gaza and given the civilian casualties and displacement in Lebanon," Harris said.

The vice president said that if elected, she "will do everything" in her power to bring the conflict to an end.

"It is devastating, and as president, I will do everything in my power to end the war in Gaza, to bring home the hostages, end the suffering in Gaza, ensure Israel is secure and ensure the Palestinian people can realize their right to dignity, freedom, security and self-determination," Harris said.

Trump loses crowd after arriving 2 hours late to North Carolina rally

At his second campaign stop of the day, former President Donald Trump lost the crowd after arriving two hours late to his rally -- with a massive number of people leaving just minutes into his speech.

It’s common to see supporters trickling out toward the end of his speeches, but the surge of supporters that headed for the exit at this rally, especially so early on, was unprecedented.

Hundreds of people continued to leave the rally throughout his speech, even those seated in the prime bleacher spots right behind Trump. Seated sections noticeably thinned out, and the standing section only had a few rows of people.

Many people exiting said they were leaving early because they had other commitments to get to or had just been standing outside in the sun for too long.

-ABC News' Soorin Kim, Lalee Ibssa and Kelsey Walsh

Trump says he 'shouldn't have left' the White House after last election

During a campaign rally in Pennsylvania on Sunday, former President Donald Trump said that he "shouldn't have left" the White House after losing the 2020 election to President Joe Biden.

“I shouldn’t have left. I mean, honestly, because we did so, we did so well,” Trump said while discussing U.S.-Mexico border security.

Second gentleman Doug Emhoff, while stumping ahead of Gov. Tim Walz at a rally in metro Atlanta on Sunday, reacted to Trump's comments, saying "I couldn't believe it."

"Trump said he shouldn't have left the White House at the end of his term. He said that. He just said it an hour or so ago -- imagine that," Emhoff said.

"We need to take this very seriously right now. I mean, we're right at the end, and I know you all see that, and what we need to talk to some of these folks that just don't quite get it yet... what an actual threat this guy is, because you gotta listen to what he's saying," Emhoff added.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray

Walz and Emhoff campaign with Maya Harris and Bon Jovi in Georgia

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and second gentleman Doug Emhoff held their first joint event of the campaign cycle on Sunday, just two days out from Election Day in Gwinnett County, Georgia -- critical ground for Vice President Kamala Harris as she attempts to win the presidency on Tuesday.

The event also featured Harris' sister, Maya, and musical performances by Jon Bon Jovi, The War and Treaty and Michael Stipe. It was a high-energy affair, and when Walz asked who had already voted in the room of about 1,400 people, nearly every hand went up -- an anecdote consistent with the record early voting numbers Georgia has been reporting.

"Here's the deal, Georgia, you have the potential to win this whole damn thing," Walz said.

Walz also warned the crowd that GOP House Speaker Mike Johnson had said Republicans might seek to repeal the CHIPS and Science Act if they take control of Congress this cycle.

"Listen to this -- defunding 115,000 jobs that are already working in manufacturing and construction, including 1,200 good paying jobs right here in Georgia," Walz said. "This thing is not only important for jobs, it is critical that we win the competition of the 21st century from countries like China."

-ABC News' Isabella Murray

Republicans seek to block Georgia voters from hand-returning mail-in ballots: Lawsuit

The Republican National Committee on Sunday filed a federal lawsuit taking aim at some Georgia counties that are allowing voters to drop off their mail-in ballots in person in the run-up to Tuesday's election -- a move Republicans say is illegal because the early voting period has ended, according to the filing.

Republicans have asked a judge to block these counties from accepting mail-in ballots from voters over the weekend and on Monday, saying the practice amounts to an "unlawful extension" of the voting deadlines.

A similar lawsuit filed by Republicans targeting just Fulton County over the same issue was already rejected by a Georgia judge, as ABC previously reported.

Early voting in the state ended on Friday.

The lawsuit Sunday targets seven counties in the state: Fulton County, DeKalb County, Cobb County, Gwinnett County, Chatham County, Clayton County and Clarke County.

The RNC claims, in part, that voters located in other counties where offices aren't open this weekend are being "denied equal protection" because they allegedly have fewer days and opportunities to drop off their ballots.

-ABC News' Olivia Rubin

Herschel Walker expected to speak at Trump’s Sunday rally

Former football star and unsuccessful Republican senate candidate Herschel Walker is expected to speak at former President Donald Trump’s rally in Macon, Georgia, on Sunday night, sources tell ABC News.

During his senate candidacy, Walker was embroiled in controversy as he faced multiple allegations that he paid for women’s abortions in 1993 and 2009, despite holding an anti-abortion position.

Since his loss, Walker has retreated from the political spotlight, re-enrolling in the University of Georgia, but was recently seen hanging out with Trump when the former president attended the Alabama-Georgia football game in September.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Kelsey Walsh and Soo Rin Kim

Obama appeals to undecided voters on last day of early voting in Wisconsin

In Milwaukee, Wisconsin, on Sunday, -- last day of early voting in the state -- former President Barack Obama continued to pitch Vice President Kamala Harris to undecided voters, while blasting former President Trump and addressing recent discourse about the Affordable Care Act.

"So in these last three days, I hope you are talking to people who are still undecided. I hope the conversation isn't just about policy," Obama implored the energetic crowd during his rally Sunday afternoon in Milwaukee, emphasizing the importance of values and a "moral compass" in this election.

"One of the most disturbing things about this election -- not just this election, but Trump's entire rise in politics, you can see it just pervading our political culture -- is how we seem to have just set aside those values that we were taught," Obama said.

Obama also jumped to defend the Affordable Care Act that was enacted during his presidency, also known as Obamacare, following recent suggestions that the Republican ticket would conduct "massive reform" of the healthcare act.

“If you ask Donald Trump what he's going to do to make healthcare more affordable, he's got one answer, and that is to repeal the Affordable Care Act," Obama said. "And he's not by himself. The other day, the Speaker of the House, the Republican Speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, said there would be 'no Obamacare,' if Trump wins."

Obama also continued to make jabs at Trump throughout his speech, saying he got rich because he was "given $400 million by his daddy," claiming he would call his chauffeur rather than changing his own tire, and mocking Trump's infamous "concepts of a plan" line.

-ABC News' Emily Chang

RFK Jr. says Trump has 'assured' him a job in the White House

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Sunday that former President Donald Trump has “assured” him a job in the White House, though which position has not been determined.

Kennedy, speaking to Fox News’ Martha MacCallum, said the Trump team has been “very, very accommodating to give me what I want.”

Kennedy, a presidential candidate-turned-Trump surrogate, was responding to comments by Trump’s transition co-chair Howard Lutnick, who told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins last week that Kennedy would not be secretary of Health and Human Services.

“That is not true. The campaign has walked back those statements by Howard Lutnick, and he himself has disavowed those statements,” Kennedy said.

Asked by MacCallum if he could be selected to be head of HHS, Kennedy said, “We don’t know what I’m going to do.”

ABC News reported last week that Kennedy has floated to Trump thenames of several people he believes could lead the agency.

“I talked to the president yesterday and he asked me what I wanted, and I said we’re developing a proposal now," Kennedy said.

Kennedy added, "I want to be in the White House and he’s assured me that I’m going to have that. But I want to be in the position where I’m most effective to end the chronic disease epidemic and I’m confident that if I wanted to do HHS secretary, the president would fight like hell to make that happen.”

-ABC News' Will McDuffie

Harris stops at a Detroit-area barber shop and restaurant in campaign swing

Harris stopped at a barber shop and a restaurant in Detroit on Sunday before heading to a rally in Lansing, Michigan.

She first went to Kuzzo’s Chicken and Waffles in Detroit’s Livernois district, a local restaurant owned by former Detroit Lions player Ron Bartell. Harris spoke to patrons and took selfies during the stop in which she was joined by Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, and Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan.

Harris then went to Elam’s Barber & Beauty Shop, a Black-owned business in Pontiac, where she took part in a moderated conversation with local leaders and Black men from Pontiac and Detroit.

During the event, Harris asked the group, “How you guys doing? How’s your family?” Members of the group replied, “We’re alright now.”

-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim

Vance pulls out $5,000 cash to make a point on inflation

During a campaign event on Sunday, Trump running mate Sen. JD Vance pulled out $5,000 in cash to demonstrate what he claims is how much more expensive things have gotten for the average American under the Biden-Harris administration.

“I brought this just to illustrate how much Kamala Harris's inflation has cost us," Vance said at a campaign event in Sanford, North Carolina, as he displayed the wad of cash. "This is $5,000 right here. This is five months of Kamala Harris' inflation; every North Carolina family is paying this in additional grocery prices and additional rent prices and additional offices."

Holding up the money, Vance told the crowd, "Ask yourselves, how much bigger is this stack going to be with 48 months of Kamala Harris' leadership? The answer is it's going to be way too high."

Vance then went on to say that Trump would rather give the $5,000 to the American people as a tax cut.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

’I’m leaving it all on the field,’ hoarse Walz tells supporters

Harris’ running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz kicked off a campaign swing through Georgia on Sunday with events in Fulton and Gwinnett counties in the Atlanta area.

At a discussion with HBCU students from the Atlanta University Center Consortium -- Clark Atlanta University, Spelman College, Morehouse College and the Morehouse School of Medicine -- Walz asked the students how they were feeling about the election. The one male student of the group of six told the governor he was “scared.”

“Scary, right?” Walz responded, offering some advice to deal with the pre-election nerves: “Nauseously optimistic. It is OK. Before any big thing in life, you always feel anxiety. You always feel nervous. But the biggest thing I've been telling everybody to get over that is going to action,” he said.

Walz then kicked off a canvass launch with Rep. Lucy McBath, D-Ga., in Gwinnett County, sounding hoarse at the beginning of his remarks after days of nonstop campaign travel.

“I'm leaving it all on the field so I have lost my voice, but it has come back for these last 48 hours,” Walz said.

He told the crowd a little of what he’s been doing the past couple days on the road in the West.

“The turf is cut. We're ready to go,” he said. “I was knocking doors in Henderson, Nevada, yesterday, they're doing great. We were in Flagstaff to massive crowds. We ended up in Tucson. People are showing up across the country because they believe in a new way forward.”

Walz also emphasized that the race in 2020 was won through Georgia.

“This will be won through states like Georgia. They're going to be won through canvases just like this, on margins where one or two votes per precinct are going to make a difference. Georgia, you stood up last time and stood for America,” he said.

Walz is to speak later Sunday at a rally in Cobb County with second gentleman Doug Emhoff, Harris’ sister Maya, and musicians Jon Bon Jovi, The War and Treaty, and Michael Stipe.

Then he’ll head to Charlotte later Sunday for campaign events there.

-ABC News’ Isabella Murray

Harris says she has cast her vote

Harris posted a video on social media on Sunday asking Americans to vote and noting that she has already done so while holding up her mail-in ballot.

“Hey, everyone. Election Day is Tuesday, November 5th. And yes, this race is going to be tight but we are going to win," Harris says in the post. "And one of the reasons why is you’re going to vote. I know you are. So, make sure you fill out your ballot. I did mine. I’m going to put in the mail."

Harris added, "And we are going to make sure that we fight together for the promise of America. And if you haven’t yet, please make a plan to vote."

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Will McDuffie

Harris to bring out Oprah, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and others for final rallies

Harris is enlisting some big names for her Pennsylvania rallies on Monday night -- on the eve of Election Day -- with Oprah Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and Ricky Martin among those performing or delivering remarks, her campaign announced Sunday.

At Harris's penultimate rally of the campaign in Pittsburgh, D-Nice, Katy Perry and Andra Day are set to perform. While in Philadelphia, the last campaign event Harris plans to hold, Winfrey, Lady Gaga, Ricky Martin, Jazmine Sullivan and Adam Blackstone, The Roots, DJ Cassidy, Fat Joe, and Freeway and Just Blaze will make appearances, the Harris campaign said.

"These artists and public figures are trusted voices for millions of Americans, who listen to their music, follow them on social media, or otherwise are inspired by them," the campaign said. "The Harris-Walz campaign believes that by using their voices to lay out the stakes of this election, it will further encourage and mobilize people to go vote."

Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff will attend both rallies.

The campaign said it is giving VIP seating to those who volunteer to phone bank or knock on doors in the last weekend before the election as an incentive.

These performances will be meshed together in a national simultaneous livestream. Rallies will be held in other battleground states. In Phoenix, for example, La Original Banda El Limón will perform, and in Detroit, the Detroit Youth Choir, Jon Bon Jovi and The War and Treaty will perform, according to the campaign.

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Will McDuffie

More than 75 million Americans have voted early

As of 6 a.m. ET on Sunday, more than 75 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Of the total number of early votes, 40,719,518 were cast in person and 34,374,356 were returned by mail.

Trump says he could win New Jersey and Virginia

Ahead of three campaign events on Sunday, Trump spoke by phone with NBC’s Dasha Burns and discussed and new Iowa poll that shows him trailing there, the gender gap, and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s role in a second-term Cabinet.

Trump dismissed the Iowa poll, calling it “a fake poll done by a Trump hater.” He then pointed to other polls where he’s doing well.

Later, he remained optimistic on winning the Blue Wall states, saying, “I have a chance. I think I might win New Jersey, I think I might win Virginia.”

On the gender gap, Trump relayed that a vote for Harris would lead the country into a depression.

“You're voting for the wrong person, and we'll end up in a depression, and you're not going to be safe,” Trump told Burns, outlining his message to women voting for Harris.

On RFK Jr., Trump didn't elaborate on a potential Cabinet position and alluded to more conversations to be had about vaccines. The former president called RFK Jr. “very talented” with “strong views.”

Pressed on the RFK’s assertion that Trump would order that fluoride be removed from U.S​. water systems, Trump said, “It sounds OK to me. You know it's possible.”

-ABC News’ Kelsey Walsh, Lalee Ibssa and Soorin Kim

North Carolina breaks early voting record by 600,000 votes

With more than 4.2 million North Carolinians voting early in-person this year, the Tar Heel State easily beat its previous record for early voting, set in 2020 when 3.6 million people cast their ballots early.

The state's early voting period concluded on Saturday afternoon.

Turnout in the 25 counties covered by the Hurricane Helene federal disaster declaration outpaced the state's average turnout by 2 percent, according to the North Carolina State Board of Elections.

In total, 4,465,548 people -- nearly 57 percent of the state's registered voters -- have voted between absentee and early in-person methods.

-ABC News’ Peter Charalambous

Dem super PAC-funded canvassing effort hit more than 36 million doors

Future Forward, one of the top Democratic super PACs in the country, is known for using its beefy wallet to help candidates blanket the airwaves. But this year, it also dumped tens of millions of dollars into a canvassing effort, expanding the work it's typically known for.

Since the summer, Future Forward has invested $40 million in America Votes for voter registration and comprehensive voter contact programs. The funding has helped America Votes knock on over 36 million doors so far in seven swing states.

The group, which revealed the funding first to ABC News, said it is the largest field program ever funded by a super PAC.

"Winning a race this close requires a full-court press and person-to-person conversations are one of the most effective ways to break through the noise. In the field is where the America Votes coalition excels, and Future Forward has stepped up in levels not seen from past presidential organizations with significant funding to fuel our largest ever voter engagement and mobilization campaign," America Votes President Greg Speed said.

The effort compounds Democrats' canvassing advantage fueled by what the party casts as a superior ground game by Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign compared to former President Donald Trump's, which has been largely farmed out supportive super PACs, including one led by billionaire Elon Musk.

Harris and Rudolph are ‘Not the Same Person’

In a behind the scenes video posted on social media, Harris and actress Maya Rudolph poked fun at their resemblance during the vice president's “Saturday Night Live” appearance.

Standing side by side, the two sang the lyrics to an old parody music video titled "We Are Not the Same Person" from “Vine” stars Danny Gonzalez and Drew Gooden.

Boarding Air Force Two to travel to Detroit after midnight on Sunday, Harris said “it was fun” of her appearance and gave the press pool a thumbs-up.”

-ABC News’ Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Fritz Farrow and Will McDuffie

Trump playing defense in Iowa

In the last days of his campaign, Trump is going on defense in Iowa after a Des Moines Register/Mediacom poll showed Harris holding a 3% lead.

“No President has done more for FARMERS, and the Great State of Iowa, than Donald J. Trump. In fact, it’s not even close!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Similar to his campaign pollster, Trump is switching attention to another poll calling the Register’s poll an outlier.

“All polls, except for one heavily skewed toward the Democrats by a Trump hater who called it totally wrong the last time, have me up, BY A LOT,” he wrote.

-ABC News’ Lalee Ibssa, Soorin Kim and Kelsey Walsh

Harris campaign says Trump 'appears to be unraveling' after North Carolina rally

Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign said late Saturday night that former President Donald Trump "appears to be unraveling" following one of his North Carolina rallies.

Trump said at his event in Greensboro that he would be "in trouble" if he loses the election "after all this talk."

"Please go and vote," Trump said to attendees. "I mean, I came here, whatever the hell time it is, who the hell knows -- I'm giving you the full board … I would have been home sleeping right now."

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Will McDuffie

Michelle Obama hits out at 'conman' during Pennsylvania rally

Former first lady Michelle Obama spoke at a rally in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, Saturday night evoking the "yes we can" ethos and slogan of former President Barack Obama.

Her theme was that of a divided America, and her call to voters one of staying the course and defeating the "conman" who she said wishes to "tear" the country apart -- though Obama did not mention former President Donald Trump by name.

"It always felt as though, even with our differences, something true, something fundamental, was stitching us together, the values that have guided and nourished us for generations," Obama said, as quoted by ABC News' Philadelphia station WPVI.

"Pennsylvania -- this is who we are, this is us," she added. "This is our creed as Americans, that if we keep our feet on the ground and our eyes on the horizon, we will leave this country a little better than we found it."

"The tactics to tear it apart are not new," Obama continued. "Sadly, they have become more insidious, more cunning, led by a more skilled conman who is more brazen and bombastic. But this, too, is part of the great experiment that we call democracy. Can people who strongly disagree still find common ground?"

She continued: "We have had our fair share of dark moments, some lasting for decades, stretches of time that have been hard and scary, but for anyone who's ever endeavored to build or do something hard or scary, erecting a skyscraper, scaling a mountain, even a child building a sand castle, you learn very quickly that it's a lot easier to destroy than to build up."

Obama hit out at Trump's campaign without naming him, criticizing "the folks telling us that things may not be as they appear, that we should be suspicious of our neighbors, that military service and sacrifice is for suckers, that there's an enemy from within."

"Every time I hear someone say that the hope and pride that I feel for the country I love is misplaced, that down is up and right is wrong -- my god, it's bewildering. It is dangerous. It is shameful."

-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim

Harris joins Maya Rudolph on 'SNL' cold open

Coming from a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina, Air Force 2 made a surprise landing at LaGuardia Airport Saturday evening.

Vice President Kamala Harris made a quick appearance on “Saturday Night Live,” joining her doppelganger Maya Rudolph during the show’s cold open.

The matching duo traded lines rhyming words with Kamala, "The American people want to stop the chaos, and end the drama-la, with a cool new step mom-ala."

Continuing on, "watch a rom-com-ala, like 'Legally Blonde'-ala, and start decorating for Christmas, fa-la-la-lala."

The vice president stepped out from behind the mirror to join Rudolph in saying, “Live from New York, it's Saturday Night!”

Harris has previously endorsed Rudolph’s “SNL” impression of her while on “The View” last month, saying, "Maya Rudolph, she's so good, she had the whole thing, the suit, the jewelry, the mannerisms."

Trump calls himself 'father of fertilization'

Speaking during his second North Carolina rally of the day, former President Donald Trump called himself the “father of fertilization,” as he described conversations with an Alabama senator about in vitro fertilization treatments.

“I consider myself to be the father of fertilization,” said Trump to laughs from the audience, explaining his support for IVF, which was thrust into limbo in Alabama after a court decision in the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade.

“Katie Britt, the senator from Alabama, called up. ‘Sir, you have to help us. You have to help us. I said, ‘Explain.’ She said, ‘About what happened with the IVF. The judge said, close all the clinics all over Alabama.’ And she said, ‘Everyone is furious.’ I said, ‘Explain it to me.' And when she explained, it took me about two minutes to figure it out, and I came out with a very strong statement, totally in favor.”

Trump attacked Vice President Kamala Harris for saying he would attempt to limit IVF treatments, distancing himself from the far-right think tank proposal Project 2025.

"I've never read it. I don't want to read it, because that way I can be honest with you, I don't want to read it. Some people got together. I assume they're extremely conservative, that's OK. Then they came up with a plan. But I told them, I don't know about the plan. They had a couple of people that work for me in the administration, I guess, or something. But they came up with some kind of a plan, and it's on the conservative side, I assume. And they keep talking about Project 2025, but I said, I don't know about it … Everything she says is a lie."

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Soo Rin Kim and Kelsey Walsh

Trump campaigns in longshot Virginia

Three days out from Election Day, former President Donald Trump made a stop in Virginia as the campaign attempts to expand its electoral map.

Trump told the crowd that he was capable of making the longshot bid to win Virginia before quickly saying it wouldn’t be that important.

“I'll tell you what. We win Virginia, we win the whole thing without question," he said. "Now it's very possible that without winning Virginia we're going to win the whole thing, too, but …wouldn't it be cool?”

The last Republican to win Virginia was George W. Bush in 2004.

In a state where Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin successfully ran on education in his winning 2021 gubernatorial bid, Trump struck a similar tone, saying he would "stop the indoctrination of your children."

He added, "And we will not let them try to change your kid's gender … We won't be changing your children's gender with their transgender craziness."

Trump also brought to stage members of the Roanoke College women’s swimming team to highlight his anti-trans messaging.

The team was embroiled in a controversy last year after members of the team called for the NCAA to change policies to ban transgender athletes from competing in women's sports.

Continuing to court suburban women, Trump also highlighted a promise to expand the child tax credit and to create a tax credit for family caregivers.

Trump went on to argue that if immigration numbers were released before the election, Harris wouldn’t get a single Black person to vote for her, making the racial argument that immigrants were stealing the jobs of the African American community.

“The African American population of this country is being decimated by the hundreds of thousands of people that just keep pouring through the open borders of stupid Kamala."

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Soo Rin Kim and Kelsey Walsh

Harris to appear on 'SNL' tonight: Source

Vice President Kamala Harris will make a guest appearance on tonight's episode of "Saturday Night Live," a source familiar with the planning told ABC News.

It is unclear when she will be appearing during the variety program, which will be hosted by comedian John Mulaney.

-ABC News' Selina Wang

RFK Jr. claims Trump admin would remove fluoride from drinking water, pushes false claims about water

Top Trump surrogate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote on X Saturday that a Trump administration would "advise all U.S. water systems to remove fluoride from public water,” on its first day in office.

Kennedy Jr., who has pushed false health statements, pushed false and disproven claims about the dangers posed by fluoride in his post.

The statement comes as Kennedy has publicly discussed the promises he says former President Donald Trump has made him about the control he would have over the nation’s health.

-ABC News' Will McDuffie, Lalee Ibssa, Kelsey Walsh and Soo Rin Kim

Harris rallies voters at North Carolina stop

Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage in Charlotte, North Carolina, on the final day early voting in the state where she continued to try and rally voters.

The evening rally included introductions from actress Kerry Washington, Gov. Roy Cooper and a performance by Jon Bon Jovi.

Harris delivered her usual stump lines, continuing to tout her economic policy, and slam former President Donald Trump over abortion while attempting to woo dissatisfied Republicans.

“I see it, I see it in Republicans who have never voted for a Democrat before, but who are putting the Constitution of the United States over party. I see the promise of America every day in the young leaders who are voting for the first time," she said.

Harris reminded the audience that with just three days left, they still have "work" to do.

"We like hard work. Hard work is good work. Hard work is joyful work. And make no mistake, we will win," she said.

-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Fritz Farrow and Will McDuffie

Harrison Ford backs Kamala Harris

Harrison Ford became the latest celebrity to encourage voters to back the vice president.

The "Indiana Jones" actor and longtime Democrat appeared in a video talking about his vote noting that many of former President Donald Trump's allies and supporters have warned about the dangers he poses if he's reelected.

"You have to pay attention. They're telling us something important," Ford said in the video that was shared on the Harris campaign's X page.

Ford stressed that Harris "will protect your right to disagree with her."

"I've got one vote, same as anyone else, and I'm going to use it to move forward. I'm going to vote for Kamala Harris," he said.

Ford previously narrated a video for the Lincoln Project during the 2020 election that slammed Trump.

Georgia judges hand down decisions in mail-in ballot cases
Two Georgia judges handed down rulings in election cases regarding mail-in ballots.

Judge Robert Flournoy ordered to extend the deadline to return mail-in ballots for approximately 3,200 Cobb County voters whose ballots were sent out late.

Cobb County previously said that "a surge of absentee ballot applications …..combined with an equipment failure” had caused a delay in sending out over 3,000 absentee ballots by the deadline. A lawsuit was filed and backed by the Democratic National Committee.

The affected voters must now postmark their ballots by 7 p.m. on Election Day and be received by the county by 5 p.m. on Nov. 8 — the same deadlines for overseas ballots, according to the ruling.

All ballots must now be sent immediately with express shipping and overnight return envelope, the judge ordered.

On Saturday morning, a Fulton County judge rejected a GOP lawsuit filed overnight that was seeking to prevent voters from hand-returning their mail-in ballots this weekend.

The lawsuit from Georgia Republicans was filed late Friday night and accused Fulton County of violating election laws by allowing voters to return their ballots in person after the early voting ended.

-ABC News' Olivia Rubin

Walz warns Trump 'spirals' deeper every day

Gov. Tim Walz hit the ground in Nevada Saturday during his final, seven-battleground state campaign swing ramping up to Election Day.

During brief remarks in Las Vegas at the campaign office this morning, Walz highlighted the actions of former President Donald Trump in recent days, including "what he said about Liz Cheney." The governor contrasted that to the “dignity, the grace, the vision, the compassion” of Vice President Kamala Harris.

He also highlighted the danger of Trump, saying that day-by-day he "spirals" deeper during his rallies.

“And I don't know if it spirals any deeper ... You just think they can't hit bottom. And a new clip comes out, because every damn rally this guy does is some other insult,” Walz said.

Trump pushes false claims, goes on long tangents at NC rally

Returning to North Carolina just three days out from Election Day, former President Donald Trump reiterated his false and baseless claims that his political opponents like to “cheat” and suggested that poll watchers asking for voter identification will get arrested by Democratic officials in an attempt to suppress them.

People started teetering out of the open airfield about 20 minutes into his speech as Trump started his speech pushing misleading claims about crime and the economy before going off on multiple unrelated tangents.

Trump suggested that election results should be called on Tuesday night – again attacking voting machines and claiming that paper ballots are cheaper and safer despite numerous experts and officials repeatedly confirming the safety of voting machines.

Trump turned on the public pressure for Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley.

"I'm not going to say that he has done a great job. But if we don't win... I'm going to call him up and say you did a s****y job, but I think we're going to win," Trump said.

Trump touched on a number of topics including making baseless claims that undocumented immigrants are taking jobs from Black Americans.

At one point, he raved about the size of former NFL quarterback Brett Favre's hands, who he met at a rally this week in Wisconsin.

"His hand was like three times the size of a normal hand. His fingers were like sausages. I said, 'They're that big,'" Trump said.

Trump also asked if any women in the crowd were offended by his comment that he would protect women 'whether they like it or not,' and when one woman in the crowd raised his hand, the former president appeared to mock her.

“This woman is very smart. She said, was that Pelosi? Who the hell is that? You are a smart one," Trump said despairingly.

-ABC News' Soo Rin Kim, Lalee Ibssa and Kelsey Walsh

Vance stumps with Donald Trump Jr. in Nevada

In his third and final swing to Nevada before Election Day, Sen. JD Vance stuck to his usual stump speech in the closing days of the 2024 presidential election.

Vance continued to attack Vice President Kamala Harris for not taking any actions these past nearly four years.

“She's the sitting Vice President, and she acts like Joe Biden is nowhere to be seen," Vance said.

Vance was joined at his Vegas rally by the former president's son, Donald Trump Jr.

When Trump Jr. took to the stage, he told the crowd they had an opportunity to take the country back.

"JD is right. Kamala Harris isn't going to be the candidate of change that the media keeps telling you she is," he said.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

Biden rallies labor movement in Scranton for Harris

President Joe Biden rallied union voters and skewered Vice President Kamala Harris's Republican opponents in a trip to his hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania, Saturday, delivering remarks at a Carpenters Local 445 GOTV event.

Biden told supporters that Trump and his allies wanted to repeal the Affordable Care Act and CHIPS And Science Act, slash taxes for the wealthy and cut Social Security benefits if they secured power in this election.

"We've been through a lot together. Not only have you been my allies in labor, you've been my friends," Biden said, beginning his pitch for Harris.

"Three days to election day, the stakes couldn't be higher. The choice couldn't be clearer. A lot of politicians have trouble saying the word, 'union.' But I'm not one of them. By the way, neither is Kamala," he said.

Biden segued into tax policy, accusing Republicans of trying to cut taxes for wealthier earners.

"There's one more thing Trump and his Republican friends want to do they want another giant tax cut for the wealthy," Biden said.

“Now, I know some of you guys are tempted to think it's macho guy. I'll tell you what, man, when I was in Scranton, we used to have a little trouble going down The Plot once in a while,” Biden said, referring to a neighborhood in Scranton.

"These are the kind of guys you'd like to smack in the a**,” he added, grimacing as the crowd cheered.

-ABC News' Nicholas Kerr

Harris hammers Trump during Atlanta speech

Vice President Kamala Harris tore into former President Donald Trump almost immediately upon taking the stage at her Atlanta rally Saturday afternoon.

"Look, we know who Donald Trump is," she said. "Because we know this is not someone who is thinking about how to make your life better. This is someone who is increasingly unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance."

Harris touted her commitment to "listen to experts and to listen to people who disagree with” her, contrasting herself with Trump.

"I will give them a seat at the table," she said.

-ABC News' Will McDuffie, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Fritz Farrow

North Carolina election officials reassure all U.S. citizens can vote

The North Carolina State Board of Elections put out a statement earlier Saturday "in response to reported confusion among some naturalized citizens about their eligibility to vote."

"It does not matter if you were born a U.S. citizen or were naturalized or acquired citizenship. And it does not matter if you are a citizen, but your family members are not. Citizenship is citizenship, and it pertains to you," the statement, which was posted in English and Spanish, said.

-ABC News' Peter Charalambous

Trump again brought up former House member Liz Cheney and blamed media outlets for taking his words out of context as he doubled down on his attacks on her.

"'I said, put a gun in her hand and let her go out and let her face the enemy with a gun in her hand, and they'll have nine people or 12 people or 100 people.' I said, 'Let's see how she stands up. Because I say she wouldn't have the guts to do it,'" the former president claimed.

Trump also defended himself against criticism of the comedian at his MSG rally who made discriminatory remarks about Puerto Rico. However, he did not condemn the statements but downplayed the opening act of his rally.

"They made this one comedian telling one little joke early in the show when nobody had even started going into the arena practice. They made this comedian, and they made the whole weekend," he said.

The former president did not mention or disavow similar racist comments made by other speakers at the MSG rally.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Soo Rin Kim and Kelsey Walsh

Harris slams Johnson over statement on repealing CHIPS act

Vice President Kamala Harris seized on Speaker Mike Johnson’s comment that a Republican majority in the next Congress "probably will" repeal the CHIPS and Science Act.

"It is just further evidence of everything that I've actually been talking about for months now, about Trump's intention to implement Project 2025," Harris said during a news conference in Milwaukee Saturday. "We have talked repeatedly—and the American people know what's in it—we have talked repeatedly about their intention to get rid of the Affordable Care Act, now to get rid of the CHIPS Act."

Johnson later backtracked on his comment claiming he misheard the question posed by a student journalist at an event in upstate New York.

"Well, let’s be clear why he walked it back because it’s not popular and their agenda is not popular," the vice president said. "And that’s why people are showing up by the thousands, tens of thousands, to talk about an agenda that actually is focused on lifting them up."

-ABC News' Frtiz Farrow, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Will McDuffie

Trump attempts to clean up Cheney comments, bashes new jobs report

In a new social media post overnight, former President Donald Trump attempted to clean up his comments regarding Rep. Liz Cheney, saying she doesn’t have “the guts” to fight in war herself.

Trump also posted about the Friday jobs report calling it a "great embarrassment" to the nation and repeated that American jobs have been taken by "foreign-born workers."

"America is a Nation in Decline because Sleepy Joe, and Lyin’ Kamala, didn’t do their job," Trump said.

Cardi B joins Harris on stage at Wisconsin rally

Vice President Kamala Harris brought out Cardi B on Friday night for her final Wisconsin rally before Election Day, as she worked to turnout remaining voters in the race’s final days.

The Grammy-winning rapper told the crowd she was going to sit out the election until Harris replaced President Joe Biden.

“I'mma be real with y’all,” Cardi B said. “I wasn’t gonna vote this year. I wasn’t. But Kamala Harris joining the race, she changed my mind completely," she said. "I did not have faith on any candidates until she joined the race and said the things that I wanted to hear, that I want to see next in this country, all right?"

The musician hit Trump over his recent comments on protecting women.

“Trump says he’s going to protect women whether they want it or not,” Cardi B said. “Well, if his definition of protection is not the freedom of choice … I don’t want it!"

Cardi B was one of many celebrities to take the stage, including Keegan Michael Key, GloRilla, Flo Milli, MC Lyte, to take the stage.

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow, Gabrielle Abdul-Hakim and Will McDuffie

Judge extends early voting in Pennsylvania after thousands of mail-in ballots delayed, missing

A Pennsylvania judge on Friday ordered election officials in Erie County to extend early voting hours and offer expedited absentee ballots to up to 17,000 voters whose mail-in ballots either never arrived or arrived late, delivering a victory to state Democrats who sued county election officials over a series of "vendor issues."

Those vendor-related issues “threaten to disenfranchise thousands of registered voters,” according to the suit from the Pennsylvania Democratic Party, which claimed thousands of individuals had not yet received or belatedly received mail-in ballots.

At a hearing earlier this week, Democrats shared evidence establishing that around 1,200 Erie voters who live out-of-state never received mail-in ballots “through no fault of their own,” Judge David Ridge ruled on Friday.

Ridge wrote that the measures he imposed, which include a mandate to add additional printers to election offices to reduce wait times, were necessary to “ensure all registered voters … are given full opportunity to complete their right to vote.”

-ABC News’ Olivia Rubin

Texas says DOJ election monitors not allowed in state's polling places

Texas says election monitors from the U.S. Department of Justice will not be permitted in the state's polling places.

A letter from Texas Secretary of State Jane Nelson sent Friday to the department's Civil Rights Division, says federal monitors are not permitted under Texas law.

Earlier Friday, the Justice Department issued a press release stating it planned to send election monitors to more than 80 counties in 27 states to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws. The list included eight counties in Texas, including Dallas and Harris counties.

"Texas law is clear: Justice Department monitors are not permitted inside a polling place where ballots are being cast or a central counting station where ballots are being counted," Nelson's letter stated.

The letter ended with: "Rest assured that Texas has robust processes and procedures in place to ensure that eligible voters may participate in a free and fair election."

The Justice Department has sent Election Day monitors to polling places around the U.S. for decades.

Johnson claims he 'probably will' repeal CHIPS Act if Trump wins before backtracking

At a campaign stop in upstate New York on Friday, House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters, “I expect that we probably will” repeal the CHIPS and Science Act.

Johnson was asked about his position on the legislation by Syracuse University student journalist Luke Radel if former President Donald Trump wins the election and Republicans keep control of the House.

“We haven’t developed that part of the agenda yet. We gotta get over the election first. That’s why we are so happy to be in NY-22,” Johnson said.

The speaker added, "When you take the Green New Deal out of the equation you will save trillions of dollars in the long run for the U.S. economy.”

New York Republican Rep. Brandon Williams - who is running in a tight race that could determine control of the House - said he supports the CHIPS and Science Act.

"I will remind him [Johnson] night and day how important the CHIPS Act is," Williams said.

The comments already drew ire from Democrats including New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.

"I’m amazed that any national leader would even consider repealing the CHIPS & Science Act — and Speaker Johnson threatening to do so during his visit to Central New York just shows how out-of-touch he and his allies are," she said in a statement.

In a statement released later in the evening, Johnson clarified his remarks and reversed his previous comments.

"The CHIPS Act is not on the agenda for repeal. To the contrary, there could be legislation to further streamline and improve the primary purpose of the bill—to eliminate its costly regulations and Green New Deal requirements," he said in his statement.

Williams said in a statement that the speaker "apologized profusely, saying he misheard the question."

-ABC News' Lauren Peller

Supreme Court denies GOP request on Pa. 'naked ballots'

The U.S. Supreme Court rejected the Republican National Committee NC emergency request Friday evening to block the counting of provisional ballots in Pennsylvania cast by voters whose mail-in ballots arrived without a required security sleeve and therefore invalid.

There were no dissents.

The decision, however, applies only to the case at hand — which involves the "naked" ballots submitted during the 2024 Democratic primary.

That means the court has taken no precedent position on any future dispute over Pennsylvania provisional ballots stemming from "naked" mail-in ballots in the general election.

The court signaled it agreed with the Democratic voters’ argument that the RNC lacks injury to intervene, and that granting a stay now would impose no obligation on state election officials overseeing the general election.

Justices Neil Gorsuch, Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas -- three conservatives who in 2020 expressed desire to intervene in disputes over Pennsylvania mail ballot rules -- issued a joint statement respecting the decision to deny the RNC request.

-ABC News' Devin Dwyer

Harris campaign to hold livestream GOTV show on Election Day eve: Sources

The Kamala Harris campaign team is planning a large-scale Get Out The Vote effort in all seven battleground states - with eight "interconnected" and “simultaneous” rallies for Monday night, two campaign sources told ABC News.

The vice president, Doug Emhoff, Gov. Tim Walz and Gwen Walz will focus on the blue wall/Rust Belt states while top surrogates will be in other states, the sources said.

The sources claim it will be the “largest interconnected GOTV event” in political history with all rallies connected through a livestream.

-ABC News' MaryAlice Parks

Judge sets Monday hearing in Philly DA case against Musk

The Philadelphia district attorney's case against Elon Musk over his controversial $1 million voter giveaway continued in state court Friday, with the judge scheduling a hearing for Monday morning.

The move comes after the federal court rejected Musk's bid to move the case earlier Friday — greenlighting it to move forward in state court.

Philadelphia Judge Angelo Foglietta set the hearing for 10 a.m. on Monday.

Musk's attorney also filed a motion asking the judge to excuse him from attending.

-ABC News' Olivia Rubin

Trump spins his Cheney comments

Trump is offering a similar spin as his campaign on his criticism of Liz Cheney's position on U.S. military entrance into foreign countries.

"All I'm saying about Liz Cheney is that she is a War Hawk, and a dumb one at that, but she wouldn't have 'the guts' to fight herself," Trump wrote on his social media platform.

"It's easy for her to talk, sitting far from where the death scenes take place, but put a gun in her hand, and let her go fight, and she'll say, 'No thanks!'" Trump wrote.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Soorin Kim and Kelsey Walsh

Harris says Trump's violent rhetoric 'must be disqualifying'

Speaking to reporters ahead of an afternoon of campaigning in Wisconsin, Harris slammed Trump for his recent comments attacking Liz Cheney and other political opponents.

"This must be disqualifying," Harris said. "Anyone who wants to be president of the United States, who uses that kind of violent rhetoric, is clearly disqualified and unqualified to be president."

"Representative Cheney is a true patriot who has shown extraordinary courage in putting country above party," she added. "Trump is increasingly, however, someone who considers his political opponents the enemy, is permanently out for revenge and is increasingly unstable and unhinged."

US Capitol Police Union urges force to be prepared for Election Day and beyond

The U.S. Capitol Police Union is urging the U.S. Capitol Police to be prepared to tackle any issue that arises on or after Election Day.

"The Department must communicate and work with rank-and-file officers as we prepare for this election, the certification and Inauguration -- we cannot repeat the failures of four years ago," U.S. Capitol Police Chief Union chairman Gus Papathanasiou said in a statement released on Friday.

On Jan. 6, 2021, over 140 Capitol and D.C. Metropolitan Police officers were injured. One officer died the next day and several others took their lives in the days after the attack, according to the union.

"Our officers will be out in force to protect the Capitol Complex, Members of Congress and their staffs," Papathanasiou said. "We trust our fellow Americans to support law enforcement by supporting and respecting our officers by allowing every vote to be counted in a safe, secure election process. There is no place for violence in our elections."

-ABC News' Luke Barr

Trump campaign attempts to spin Cheney comments

Trump's campaign is attempting to spin Trump's violent rhetoric against former Rep. Liz Cheney.

Karoline Leavitt, Trump's spokesperson, claimed on Friday morning that his remarks were being taken out of context.

"President Trump was CLEARLY explaining that warmongers like Liz Cheney are very quick to start wars and send other Americans to fight them, rather than go into combat themselves," Leavitt wrote on X.

She also shared a clip of Trump's talk with Tucker Carlson when Trump said: "Let's put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her. OK, let's see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face. You know, they're all war hawks when they're sitting in Washington in a nice building saying, 'Oh, gee, well, let's send a -- let's send 10,000 troops right into the mouth of the enemy.'"

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa

Cheney responds: 'This is how dictators destroy free nations'

Former Republican Rep. Liz Cheney responded to Trump's comments in a post on X.

"This is how dictators destroy free nations," she wrote. "They threaten those who speak against them with death. We cannot entrust our country and our freedom to a petty, vindictive, cruel, unstable man who wants to be a tyrant."

She also included the hashtag #VoteKamala in the post.

Trump escalates violent rhetoric in attack on Liz Cheney

Sitting down with Tucker Carlson in Arizona late Thursday, Trump unleashed on former Rep. Liz Cheney.

"She's a radical war hawk," Trump said as he accused her and her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, of leading the United States into the war in the Middle East.

"Let's put her with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her," Trump said, invoking violence on his opponents as he implied that she sends people to war without having any war experience of her own.

"Okay, let's see how she feels about it. You know, when the guns are trained on her face. You know, they're all war hawks when they're sitting in Washington in a nice building saying, 'Oh, gee, Will, let's send a, let's send 10,000 troops right into the mouth of the enemy,'" Trump continued.

He also repeatedly called Cheney a "stupid" and "bad" person.

-ABC News' Soorin Kim, Lalee Ibssa and Kelsey Walsh

Trump repeats 'enemy within' comments, points to example of Rep. Adam Schiff

Appearing at Tucker Carlson’s fireside chat style interview for his final stop of the Western swing in Arizona, former President Donald Trump suggested that there is an "enemy within" and if there is a “smart president” in office, the country will be fine.

“We do have an enemy from within. We have some very bad people, and those people are also very dangerous. They would like to take down our country. They'd like to have our country be a nice communist country or a fascist in any way they can. And we have to be careful of that,” Trump said.

“They're the threat to democracy. You know, the amazing thing -- the amazing thing is where they say, ‘He wants to become elected, and he wants to put people in jail.’ How terrible. That's what they've been trying to do to me for four years,” Trump said, reminding his followers of the legal battles he’s gone through.

Trump repeatedly threw personal attacks on Rep. Adam Schiff, attacking his appearance and suggesting he’s an example of a Democrat who “hates the country” because he led the efforts of Russian intelligence in the 2016 election.

“Schiff, he's a sleazebag, and he's probably going to be a senator, if you can believe it,” Trump said, pointing to an example of Democrats who he alleges “hate the country.”

“He's unattractive both inside and out," Trump said. "But this is a really bad guy. This is a dishonest guy, not a dumb guy at all."

Harris leans into prosecutor past in Nevada, doubles down on Trump's remarks about women

Vice President Kamala Harris vowed that "nothing in the world" will prevent her from fighting for Americans while speaking in Reno, Nevada, on Tuesday.

She referenced her time as a prosecutor in the neighboring state of California, saying, "A lot of folks here know I'm not afraid of tough fights."

“And it is my pledge to you that if you give me the chance to fight on your behalf as president, there is nothing in the world that will stand in my way of fighting for you,” Harris added. “For the people.”

During her first general election rally in the northern part of Nevada, she also criticized former President Donald Trump's comments on protecting women.

“He said, on the issue of freedom of choice, reproductive freedom, he said that he will do what he wants because, quote, he -- this is his perspective -- he will do it ‘whether the women like it or not,’ ‘whether the women like it or not,’” Harris said. "Can you imagine?"

“He does not believe women should have authority or agency over their own bodies. This is the same person who said that women should be punished for their choices," she said, echoing remarks that she'd made at campaign stops throughout the day. "This is someone who simply does not respect the freedom of women, or the intelligence of women to make decisions about their own lives."

She closed out the rally with a phrase she's employed over the past several days, telling those in the crowd that "in less than 90 days, either he or I will be sitting in the Oval Office," explaining that while Trump will walk into that room with an enemies list, she is prepared to walk in with a to-do list.

Although Harris' remarks were interrupted a few times by protestors, she addressed them saying, "We're here because we're fighting for a democracy."

She said it was "okay" and "all right" for them to protest at the event, because "we're fighting for the right to be heard and not be jailed for speaking their mind."

"We know what's at stake," Harris assured.

-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Fritz Farrow and Will McDuffie

Trump delivers low-energy remarks at second campaign stop in Nevada

At his second campaign stop of the day, former President Donald Trump was set to make his final pitch to voters from the populous Las Vegas metropolitan area just five days ahead of Election Day.

But Trump seemed noticeably low energy Thursday evening as his speech gradually strayed from his key campaign messaging to ramble about topics like his social media company.

Despite this, Trump repeatedly bashed Vice President Kamala Harris for appearing tired, while touting that he has been campaigning for 62 days in a row.

“Five days -- I can't wait. You know what? I've worked for 62 days in a row. I haven't taken a day off,” Trump said at the rally. “I looked at her today. She was trying to justify the fact that they called us all garbage. And I watch her do news coverage. She's exhausted. She's finished,” he said of Harris.

-ABC News' Soorin Kim, Lalee Ibssa and Kelsey Walsh

Georgia's top election official warns of fake online video: 'Likely foreign interference'

With just days until the election, Georgia's top election official warned Thursday that a fake video circulating online claiming to show voter fraud in the state is "likely foreign interference attempting to show discord and chaos on the eve of the election."

The video circulating on social media, according to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger, purports to show a Haitian immigrant claiming to have voted multiple times with multiple state IDs.

"This is false," Raffensperger said of the video, calling it "targeted disinformation."

Raffensperger's statement said law enforcement is investigating, and added it is "likely" a product of Russian troll farms. Raffensperger called on social media companies to take the video down -- and specifically called out Elon Musk by name.

"As Americans, we can’t let our enemies use lies to divide us and undermine our faith in our institutions -- or each other," he said.

Obama stops by phone bank with Dem. Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks

Former President Barack Obama joined Angela Alsobrooks, the Democratic candidate for Maryland's Senate seat, at a phone banking session on Thursday, according to the Alsobrooks campaign.

The visit comes just days before the general election, and on the last day of early voting in Maryland, where Alsobrooks' Republican opponent is the state's former governor Larry Hogan.

While the race has been seen as competitive even in relatively blue Maryland, Alsobrooks has held a lead in polling.

“President Obama knows what is at stake in this election,” Alsobrooks said in a press release. "And I am so grateful he’s joined our phonebank today to urge voters to get out and vote to defend our Democratic Senate Majority in order to protect our freedoms, fight for our futures, and ensure our families can thrive."

Voting organization must stop threatening to expose Maryland's non-voters, AG says

Maryland Attorney General Anthony Brown sent a cease-and-desist letter to the Washington, D.C.-based Center for Voter Information/Voter Participation Center, alleging that it has been threatening to publicly expose registered voters who don’t vote in this year's election.

Brown has requested that the organization refrain from publishing voter information or attempting to embarrass non-voters.

In the cease-and-desist letter, he wrote, "Voting is among the most important rights that Marylanders have. Any action that intimidates prospective voters, especially on the eve of such a consequential election, will not be tolerated."

"These unnerving letters are unacceptable, and Maryland voters should know that their decision to vote this Election Day is entirely theirs to make," he continued.

The organization mass-mailed letters to Maryland residents that stated, "We’re sending this mailing to you and to your neighbors to share who does and does not vote in an effort to promote election participation. While we have hidden the name and street number of your neighbors to protect privacy, these are true voting records."

"We will be reviewing these records after the election to determine whether or not you joined our neighbors in voting," the organization's letters said.

Indiana GOP blocks expanded early vote hours in largest county

As Indiana surpasses 1 million early voters this election, state Republicans have blocked the expansion of early voting in one of the state's biggest counties.

The Marion County Election Board blocked a motion Thursday to keep early voting locations open two hours longer on Friday, Saturday and Sunday due to long lines throughout the county.

Marion County, the state’s most populous county, is home to Indiana’s capital.

With long lines across the state, Indiana Democrats told ABC News they had hoped voters would have more time to vote this weekend.

"Republicans in Indiana are becoming experts at disenfranchising voters," Indiana Democratic Party Chair Mike Schmuhl said. “We’ve seen long lines in Indianapolis and across the state because Hoosiers are excited to vote in this election."

"This is something voters want. They do not want to wait in lines, or can’t afford to, even in the best weather," he added.

-ABC News' Beatrice Peterson

Walz speaks at Puerto Rican restaurant in Pennsylvania

Gov. Tim Walz made a campaign stop at Vilma's Kitchen, a local Puerto Rican restaurant in Erie, Pennsylvania, on Thursday and brought up the controversial joke about the island from Trump's Madison Square Garden rally.

Walz said the comedian's insult was "incredibly hurtful" and "dangerous."

"We saw what happened in New York City and Madison Square Garden, as another attempt to divide us," he said.

Walz also told the group that the country needs a “specific Puerto Rico strategy.”

"I say this as a teacher, we've got to educate our fellow Americans about our fellow citizens in Puerto Rico, why it's important [and] why we're investing there, and then understanding how much the Puerto Rican community contributes to all of our states across here," he said.

Walz also spent time meeting with members of the Bharatiya Temple in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, as they celebrated Diwali.

Walz thanked the Indian and South Asian community for their contribution to "all aspects of civil, political, educational” life, in addition to their input ”across the arts and entrepreneurship and business."

"To see the political voice rise itself up, [and] to see us elect folks that look like the community, we get a more perfect union that way," he said.

-ABC News' Isabella Murray

Possible ranked choice recount could delay Maine election results: Source

Maine is one of two states in the country that uses a ranked choice voting (RCV) method to determine its federal elections and that method could lead to a delay in getting the results from the state, a source with knowledge of proceedings told ABC News.

If neither Trump nor Harris get 50% in the state's 2nd Congressional District, "it's going to be chaos," as the recount and retabulation process could last well into the next week, the source said.

In 2018, Rep. Jared Golden wasn't declared the winner in the 2nd Congressional District race until Nov. 15, 11 days after Election Day.

Ballots from every town in Maine will have to be driven to the state capital, requiring involvement from local law enforcement. Ballots will be fed into a machine in Augusta as an Election Day precaution as security is heightened, according to the source.

-ABC News' Beatrice Peterson

Trump slams 'insecure' Cuban in Truth Social post

Trump lashed out against Mark Cuban in a Truth Social post on Thursday, hours after the billionaire Harris surrogate said on "The View" that Trump is never seen "around strong, intelligent women."

Trump called Cuban a "really dumb guy" and claimed Trump surrounds himself with "the strongest of women." The former president added, "ALL women are great, whether strong or not strong."

Calling Cuban a "fool," Trump claimed Cuban called him "incessantly," and at one point he told him, "Look Mark, I've got a lot of things to do, I just can't be taking so many pointless calls from you."

Trump claimed that's why Cuban is attacking him, calling him an "insecure" man.

-ABC News' Soo Rin Kim, Kelsey Walsh and Lalee Ibssa

Philly DA requests Musk case to be sent to state court

The ongoing court battle between Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and billionaire Trump surrogate Elon Musk over his controversial $1 million voter giveaway has taken another turn.

On Wednesday, Musk filed a motion to move Krasner's lawsuit to federal court, claiming the DA's allegations "turn principally on the allegation that Defendants are somehow unlawfully interfering with a federal election."

Krasner filed an emergency motion in federal court Thursday asking the judge to "immediately" send the case back to state court -- asking them to do so by the end of day "if at all possible" so it can continue in state court.

In the filing, the DA's team said Musk's claims are "meritless" and reiterated that their lawsuit makes "only state law claims," therefore making it not subject to federal removal.

The DA said Musk's last-minute effort is "a stunt to obtain a procedural advantage to avoid a ruling ... and run the clock until election day."

Judge Gerald J. Pappert ordered Musk to respond to the DA's filing by 10 a.m. Friday, meaning the case will remain halted until then.

-ABC News' Olivia Rubin

Supreme Court denies Cornel West's request for PA polling site signs

Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito denied Thursday third-party presidential candidate Cornel West's request for Pennsylvania election officials.

West sought to put up signs at all polling places that say he is a candidate for president and can be written in.

Alito did not refer the request to the full court and did not explain the decision.

-ABC News' Devin Dwyer

Harris attacks Trump as 'unstable, obsessed with revenge'

Harris told a Phoenix crowd Thursday that they should picture the difference between her and Trump occupying the Oval Office, describing him as "unstable, obsessed with revenge, consumed with grievance, and out for unchecked power."

Harris sought to capitalize on recent comments from Trump himself, on reproductive rights, and from House Speaker Mike Johnson, on health care.

"He does not believe women should have the agency and authority to make decisions about their own bodies. This is the same man who said women should be punished for their choices," Harris added.

The vice president was interrupted by pro-Palestinian supporters during her speech. She sought to describe to them the work she would put in to end the war in Gaza and secure the release of hostages.

"Hey guys, you know what? Here's the thing. Let's talk for a moment about Gaza. We all want this war to end and get the hostages out. And I will work on it full time when I am elected president, as I've been," she said.

-ABC News' Will McDuffie, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Fritz Farrow

Vance pushes anti-vax, anti-trans messages during Joe Rogan interview

Sen. JD Vance appeared on the "Joe Rogan Experience" Thursday and discussed a wide range of topics regarding his experience and the campaign.

During the three-hour conversation, Vance talked about his skepticism about the COVID-19 vaccine to Rogan, who has pushed false claims about vaccines on his show.

The COVID-19 vaccines have been proven effective in preventing serious illnesses and death from the virus. Some side effects of the vaccine include "pain, redness or swelling at the injection site, tiredness, headache, muscle pain, chills, fever, and nausea," and typically resolve themselves in a few days, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Vance claimed on the show he was "red pilled" after he had side effects following taking an unidentified COVID-19 vaccine.

"We're not even allowed to talk about the fact that I was as sick as I've ever been for two days, and the worst COVID experience I had was like a sinus infection. I'm not really willing to trade that," Vance claimed.

Vance also said he's worried that there may be a "conflict" in 30 to 40 years with developing countries because they have a negative perception of westerners for "giving them health care that isn't actually health care," referring to vaccines.

The senator also claimed that people become trans or gender nonbinary to reject their white privilege and participate in DEI programs to get into Ivy League colleges.

-ABC News' Hannah Demissie

LeBron James endorses Harris

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James, among the most well-known basketball players in the world, endorsed Harris in a social media post on Thursday.

A video accompanying the post opens with a clip of comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's much-criticized jokes about Black people at Madison Square Garden on Sunday, and intersperses scenes of Trump speaking with footage from social justice marches in the past, as well as protests in 2020.

James does not appear in the video but wrote in the post, "What are we even talking about here?? When I think about my kids and my family and how they will grow up, the choice is clear to me. VOTE KAMALA HARRIS!!!"

-ABC News' Oren Oppenheim

Trump campaigns in New Mexico, which he falsely claims he won twice

With just five days until Election Day, Trump kicked off his western swing at an unlikely stop in Albuquerque, where he spewed false and baseless claims about past election results as he claimed New Mexico is in play for him.

Trump claimed he won New Mexico in both of his previous presidential runs and that votes from New Mexico were “rigged” -- despite Hillary Clinton winning by more than 8 points in 2016 and President Joe Biden winning the state by more than 10 points in 2020.

“I'm only here for one reason. They all said, ‘Don't come.’ I said, ‘Why?’ ‘You can't win.’ I said, ‘Look, your votes are rigged.’ We can win New Mexico. We can win New Mexico,” Trump said.

Trump claimed he can win states like New Mexico and California if his supporters can “keep the votes honest” and “keep the votes on us.”

“So, you know, we almost won it twice. And let me tell you, I believe we won it twice. Okay?” he said. “You want to know the truth? And if you can watch your vote counter – if we could bring God down from heaven, he could be the vote counter, we would win this,” Trump said.

-ABC News’ Soorin Kim, Lalee Ibssa, Kelsey Walsh

Mark Cuban responds to Trump team's attack over 'strong, intelligent women'

Harris surrogate Mark Cuban responded on X Thursday to criticism he received from Trump’s campaign over his remarks he made earlier in the day on "The View."

Cuban expanded on his statement in which he said "Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women. Ever. It’s just that simple. They’re intimidating to him. He doesn’t like to be challenged by them."

Several Trump allies bashed the Dallas Mavericks owner for his comments.

In his X post, Cuban said, "I’m happy to clarify that

1. I know many strong, intelligent women voting for Trump. Including in my extended family. I’m certainly not saying female voters are not smart , strong and intelligent.

2. I know he has worked with strong intelligent women, like Elaine Chao, Kelly Anne [Conway], Ivanka [Trump] and many others

I stand by my opinion that he does not like being challenged publicly."

Mike Bloomberg endorses Harris 'without hesitation'

Former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg revealed Thursday that he voted for Harris.

Bloomberg, who ran a failed presidential campaign during the 2020 Democratic primary, said in an X post that he voted for Harris "without hesitation."

"When it comes to policy and personal integrity, the contrast could not be clearer, and I hope undecided voters with a history of supporting candidates in both parties join me," Bloomberg, an independent voter and former Republican, said.

Mark Cuban says Trump isn't surrounded by 'strong' women. His allies push back

On ABC's "The View," Mark Cuban -- a Harris surrogate -- was asked what he made of Nikki Haley not campaigning with Trump.

"Donald Trump, you never see him around strong, intelligent women. Ever. It's just that simple. They're intimidating to him," the "Shark Tank" investor said.

"He doesn't like to be challenged by them and, you know, Nikki Haley will call him on his nonsense with reproductive rights and how he sees and treats and talks about women. I mean, he just can't have her around. It wouldn't work," Cuban added.

Now, a host of Trump's allies from Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene to Lara Trump to Sage Steele are all attacking Cuban and trying to tie his words to the Harris campaign.

Trump's national press secretary Karoline Leavitt called Cuban's words "extremely insulting to the thousands of women who work for President Trump, and the tens of millions of women who are voting for him."

It comes as Trump's campaign, for much of this election, has had missteps when it comes to courting women -- facing a myriad of questions about reproductive rights and attempting to convince Trump to lay off the personal attacks as he attacked Haley's intelligence during the primaries, and now continues to degrade Harris.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa

Nebraska county drafts poll workers into service

Finding poll workers can be tough for election officials, particularly in the heightened threat environment targeting election workers. But one Nebraska county has found a novel way of ensuring polling places are properly staffed on Election Day: a draft.

Douglas County Election Commissioner Brian Kruse told ABC News about 45% of the county's 3,000 election workers were drafted into service.

Douglas County is the most populous county in the state and one of two counties that uses an election draft. All voters registered in the county are eligible and may receive a letter in the mail letting them know they are required to participate -- a system akin to jury duty. The system has been in place for about 25 years, but Kruse says some people aren't familiar with it and are surprised when they get the notice. "Their first reaction is, 'Is this real?.' We field lots of those questions after we send letters out, but most people are good sports about it."

Some of the benefits of using a draft, according to Kruse, are lowering the average age of poll workers, creating balance among parties, and helping people gain a better understanding of how the election process works.

"A lot of people who would have never volunteered or been part of the process now come in and find out what all it takes to do it and how safe and secure it is and so they become great ambassadors for our office and many of them continue to be volunteers after their four turns are up," Kruse said.

Volunteers who are drafted are required to complete an online training course and serve during four elections. The election office will work with anyone to postpone their duty who has a trip planned, a medical issue or a spouse or family member who is a candidate, but the only way to be completely exempt from the draft is to be over 70 years old.

Douglas County also has new security measures in place for ballot drop boxes. Over the summer they county added a dry fire suppression system to all 13 of them. Kruse said there were no specific threats or concerns that led to the addition.

"The election commissioner in Hall County said she was looking into it, and she had done it and once she got a little more information then we decided it was reasonable," Kruse said.

There are also cameras monitoring the drop boxes that have been in place for at least two years.

-ABC News' Tonya Simpson

Harris using Trump's words to shore up Arab-American support in Michigan

Harris and her allies in battleground Michigan are launching a new turnout campaign to assertively shore up support among Arab Americans, sending out mailers using Trump's own words about reimplementing a Muslim ban.

"Just last month, Donald Trump said he would ban Muslims from traveling here, and also ban refugees from Gaza," one of the mailers obtained by ABC News reads. Further down, the mailer says the former president "is no friend to Arab Americans," with one of their examples being his comment that he would let Israel "finish the job" in Gaza.

Another is a full-page black-and-white photo of Trump with "FINISH THE JOB" written above him. "That's what Trump said he would let Israel do in Gaza." The mailers, which come on the heels of a six-figure digital ad push, also points to the Arab American group Emgage Action's endorsement of Harris. (A number of other Arab leaders have backed Harris.)

Michigan, a state that was narrowly won in 2016 and 2020, is a target of both Harris and Trump's campaigns and has the largest Arab-American population among the states that will help decide the election. And Trump is making a play for them, too. Over the weekend, in Novi, Michigan, Trump invited Muslim leaders to the stage who are backing him, including Hamtramck, Michigan, Mayor Amer Ghalib.

Pro-Palestinian protestors who take issue with the U.S. response have demonstrated at Harris' rallies, including on Tuesday night as she delivered her "closing argument" speech outside the White House and Wednesday at a rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

"Look, I'll repeat: We are fighting for our democracy. We love our democracy. It can be complicated at times, but it is the best system in the world," Harris said after several interruptions from demonstrators.

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow

Harris, Trump swipe at each other over the Affordable Care Act

Harris, at a news conference on Thursday, swiped at House Speaker Mike Johnson's comments about making "massive reform" to gut the Affordable Care Act.

"I've been saying throughout this campaign, be very clear that among the stakes in this election are whether we continue with the Affordable Care Act or not," she said. "It has been a part of Donald Trump's agenda for a very long time. He has made dozens of attempts to get rid of the Affordable Care Act, and now we have further validation of that agenda from his supporter, the speaker of the House."

"What that would mean for the American people is that pharma -- that insurance companies could go back to a time when they would deny you coverage for health insurance based on pre-existing conditions, pre-existing conditions such as being a survivor of breast cancer, asthma, diabetes," she added.

The Trump campaign is trying to distance itself from Johnson's comments, telling The New York Times they are "not President Trump's policy position."

Trump is also seeking to separate himself from the remarks, despite saying numerous times this campaign that he would replace the ACA without offering a clear alternative.

Trump called Harris a "liar" and said her comments were a "desperate" attempt.

More than 59 million Americans have voted early

As of 5:45 a.m. on Thursday, more than 59 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Of the total number of early votes, 31,018,125 were cast in person and 27,952,363 were returned by mail.

Harris pushes inclusivity in final days of campaign

Harris, while speaking to reports before departing Wisconsin, said she found Trump's comments about women "offensive to everybody" and that, in contrast, her campaign is about unifying people.

"You've been following me and you will see that in the tens of thousands of people who attend our rallies ... there are men, women, young people, people of every race, every background," she said.

Harris said her campaign is "about bringing people together, people of very different and diverse backgrounds, around a common theme that is about love of country, defending the Constitution of the United States, investing in our future and rejecting the notion that we are divided."

Harris rips Trump over his comments about women

Harris, speaking with reporters before departing Wisconsin, continued to slam Trump for his comments that he will protect women "whether they like it or not."

"It actually is, I think, very offensive to women in terms of not understanding their agency, their authority, their right and their ability to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies," Harris said.

"He does not prioritize the freedom of women and the intelligence of women to make decisions about their own lives and bodies and health care for all Americans is on the line in this election," she added.

Elon Musk not in attendance at hearing on his controversial giveaway

Musk is a no show in court in Pennsylvania for a hearing over the legality of his $1 million a day giveaway.

The hearing has been derailed after Musk late Wednesday sought to remove the civil case to federal court. While discussions in court are ongoing, all parties essentially agree the hearing can't go forward until federal court decides on the issue.

-ABC News' Olivia Rubin

Philadelphia hearing today on Elon Musk's $1 million voter giveaway

Elon Musk in a filing late Wednesday sought to have the civil lawsuit against his $1 million giveaway moved into federal court, arguing the claims "turn principally on the allegation that Defendants are somehow unlawfully interfering with a federal election."

Though District Attorney Larry Krasner has accused Musk and his political action committee of running an illegal lottery and violating state consumer protection laws, Musk's court filing notes the repeated references to the upcoming presidential election in the lawsuit.

The filing comes before a 10 a.m. ET hearing scheduled in Philadelphia on the issue.

Read more about Krasner's lawsuit here.

-ABC News' Lucien Bruggeman and Olivia Rubin

Where the candidates are campaigning 5 days out from Election Day

Vice President Harris will hold events at 4:20 p.m. ET in Phoenix, Arizona, and at 8:25 p.m. ET in Reno, Nevada.

Her final event of the day in Las Vegas will include remarks by Jennifer Lopez and a performance by Maná.

Trump is holding a 2:00 p.m. ET rally in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and a 6:30 p.m. ET rally in Henderson, Nevada, before joining Tucker Carlson for a hurricane relief benefit in Arizona.

Elon Musk not in attendance at hearing on his controversial giveaway

Musk is a no show in court in Pennsylvania for a hearing over the legality of his $1 million a day giveaway.

The hearing has been derailed after Musk late Wednesday sought to remove the case to federal court. While discussions in court are ongoing, all parties essentially agree the hearing can't go forward until federal court decides on the issue.

-ABC News' Olivia Rubin

Philadelphia hearing today on Elon Musk's $1 million voter giveaway

Elon Musk in a filing late Wednesday sought to have the lawsuit against his $1 million giveaway moved into federal court, arguing the claims "turn principally on the allegation that Defendants are somehow unlawfully interfering with a federal election."

Though District Attorney Larry Krasner has accused Musk and his political action committee of running an illegal lottery and violating state consumer protection laws, Musk's court filing notes the repeated references to the upcoming presidential election in the lawsuit.

The filing comes before a 10 a.m. ET hearing scheduled in Philadelphia on the issue.

Read more about Krasner's lawsuit here.

Harris seizes on Trump's comment about protecting women 'whether the women like it not'

Harris seized an opportunity to criticize Trump on abortion after for his comments at his rally Wednesday night in which he said he would protect women “whether the women like it or not.”

“Donald Trump thinks he should get to make decisions about what you do with your body,” Harris posted on X. “Whether you like it or not.”

Harris’ campaign clipped Trump’s comments and edited it into a loop with a split screen of headlines about Trump saying “he could prosecute women for abortions,” “might monitor pregnancies,” and other abortion-related headlines.

Musk asks for $1 million lottery case to be moved to federal court

In a filing late Wednesday evening, Elon Musk sought to have the lawsuit against his $1 million giveaway moved into federal court, arguing the claims "turn principally on the allegation that defendants are somehow unlawfully interfering with a federal election."

Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner has accused Musk and his America PAC of running an illegal lottery and violating state consumer protection laws.

The filing specifically states "this is not a case" about whether or not Musk violated state or federal laws that prohibit vote buying.

But Musk's Wednesday filing notes the lawsuit’s repeated references to the upcoming presidential election. That includes Krasner’s claim that Musk and his PAC "hatched their illegal lottery scheme to influence voters in that election.”

“The complaint, in truth, has little to do with state-law claims of nuisance and consumer protection," Musk's attorney wrote in his filing.

"Rather, although disguised as state law claims, the complaint’s focus is to prevent defendants’ purported ‘interference’ with the forthcoming federal presidential election by any means."

The filing argues any order in the case would "require judicial intervention into the progress of an ongoing federal election" -- a move they say is not allowed.

The filing comes before a Thursday morning hearing in Philadelphia on the issue.

-ABC News’ Olivia Rubin

Harris responds to Trump's comments on protecting women

Vice President Kamala Harris seized an opportunity to criticize former President Donald Trump on abortion after the Republican presidential nominee told a rally Wednesday night that he would protect women "whether the women like it or not."

"Donald Trump thinks he should get to make decisions about what you do with your body," Harris wrote on X. "Whether you like it or not."

Harris's campaign clipped Trump's comments and edited it into a loop with a split screen of headlines about Trump saying "he could prosecute women for abortions," "might monitor pregnancies" and other abortion-related headlines.

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Will McDuffie

Harris slams Trump after reports he promised RFK Jr. public health role

Vice President Kamala Harris commented late Wednesday night on the promises former President Donald Trump has allegedly made to Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

"Putting an anti-abortion conspiracy theorist in charge of our public health agencies says everything you need to know about how Donald Trump would govern," Harris wrote on X.

"He is more unhinged than ever, and if he wins, he'll have no one to hold him back."

Trump said Sunday of RFK Jr.: "I'm going to let him go wild on health, I'm going to let him go wild on the food, I'm going to let him go wild on medicines."

In response, Trump campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt said, "No formal decisions about cabinet and personnel have been made, however, President Trump has said he will work alongside passionate voices like RFK Jr. to make America healthy again."

-ABC News' Will McDuffie, Kelsey Walsh, Soo Rin Kim and Lalee Ibssa

Harris woos 1st-time voters during Wisconsin concert series

Vice President Kamala Harris held another get-out-the-vote rally in Madison, Wisconsin, Wednesday, joined by musical stars including Mumford and Sons, The National's Matt Berninger, Gracie Abrams and Remi Wolf.

Harris applauded the audience -- many of whom were young first-time voters -- for using their "power."

"You grew up with active shooter drills, are fighting to keep our schools safe," Harris said. "You will now know fewer rights than your mothers and grandmothers," the vice president added.

"What I know about you is these issues are not theoretical," Harris continued. "This is not political for you. This is your lived experience. And I see you and I see your power. I see your power, and I am so proud of you."

Harris largely stuck to her usual stump speech, contrasting herself to former President Donald Trump by pledging that as president she won't be looking to "score political points," but to "make progress."

-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Fritz Farrow and Will McDuffie

'Whether the women like it or not, I'm going to protect them,' Trump says during rally

Following his press conference in a garbage truck, former President Donald Trump held a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin – still opting to sport his new orange safety vest.

He stuck to his stump speech heavily focused on immigration and the economy, he also made an appeal to women repeating he will be their "protector."

Trump suggested that his campaign advised him to not say he’ll protect women, but he disagreed.

“We think it's very inappropriate for you to say,” Trump said his campaign told him.

"I said, 'Why, I'm president. I want to protect the women of our country.' They said, 'Sir, I just think it's inappropriate for you to say,'" Trump explained.

"Well, I'm going to do it. Whether the women like it or not, I'm going to protect them," Trump told the crowd. "I'm going to protect them from migrants coming in. I'm going to protect them from foreign countries that want to hit it, hit us with missiles and lots of other things."

"I'm going to defend and I'm going to protect women. I'm not going to let people go up to the suburbs or go into places where they live, whether it's suburbs or cities or farms. We're going to protect our women, at the border, we're going to protect our women, and also we're going to protect our men and our children. We're going to protect everybody."

Trump then asked the crowd: “Is there any woman in this giant stadium who would like not to be protected? Is there any woman in this stadium that wants to be protected by the president?”

The moment was met with a large applause.

'We all want the war in Gaza to end,' Harris responds to 'cease-fire now' chants

A few chants of "cease-fire now" broke out as Vice President Kamala Harris took the stage during a rally at the University of Wisconsin-Madison on Wednesday night.

"Listen, we all want the war in Gaza to end and get the hostages out as soon as possible," Harris said in response to the chanting. "And I will do everything in my power to make it heard and known."

As the chants continued, she said, "And everyone has a right to be heard. But right now I am speaking." The remark garnered loud cheers.

The event was billed as a "Get Out the Vote" rally and took place at the University of Wisconsin-Madison featuring performances by Gracie Abrams and Mumford & Sons.

With less than a week before Election Day, Harris is taking her "closing argument" to voters on the road after a big speech at the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday night. (Pro-Palestinian protesters were also escorted out of that speech)

Harris' remarks in Wisconsin lasted about 25 minutes. In them, she did not address President Joe Biden's controversial comments Tuesday that seemed to refer to Trump supporters as "garbage."

Trump's final campaign stop ahead of Election Day scheduled to take place in Grand Rapids: Sources

Former President Donald Trump's final campaign stop of the 2024 election is scheduled to take place in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on Monday, Nov. 4, sources familiar with the matter told ABC News.

Grand Rapids was where Trump concluded his 2020 campaign and 2016 campaign as well.

In addition to Grand Rapids, he's expected to make multiple campaign stops in battleground states on the eve of the Election Day, including in Pennsylvania.

-ABC News' Soo Rin Kim, Kelsey Walsh and Lalee Ibssa

Trump rides to WI campaign stop in garbage truck

Days after a comedian labeled Puerto Rico a "pile of garbage" at Donald Trump's MSG rally, the former president rode to a Green Bay, Wisconsin, rally in a Trump-marked garbage truck Wednesday.

Trump continued to bash President Joe Biden's response to the controversial moment from the MSG rally in which he said that Trump's supporters were garbage.

Biden clarified his comments and Vice President Kalama Harris told reporters, "I strongly disagree with any criticism of people based on who they vote for."

Trump, however, told reporters while riding in the garbage truck that “250 million people are not garbage."

“I can tell you who the real garbage is but I will not say that,” he continued.

Trump falsely claimed there was corruption in Pennsylvania.

Later pressed if he would accept election results if there’s no evidence of fraud, Trump reiterated claims about Pennsylvania, and then said, "If they find no evidence of cheating anywhere, I’ll accept it."

Pressed on a potential role Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could play in his administration, Trump vaguely said he would work with him but while not confirming that he’d be given the top Health and Human Services job.

“We'll work with him, and he's a very talented guy. He wants women's health. He wants health for people, and we're going to work with him. He's a very, very talented guy," Trump said.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Kelsey Walsh and Soo Rin Kim

Philly hearing on Musk lawsuit moved up to Thursday

The judge overseeing the lawsuit against Elon Musk and his $1 million dollar giveaway to registered voters who sign a petition supporting the First and Second amendments has moved up a hearing in the case to Thursday at 10 a.m., bumping it up from Friday, according to a new order.

The order from Judge Angelo Foglietta states that "all parties must be present."

Earlier Wednesday, Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner asked the court to "enhance its security" for the hearing.

Krasner said Musk's post about the case on X has "triggered an avalanche of posts." including "antisemitic attacks" against the prosecutor.

-ABC News' Olivia Rubin

Thank you cookies to NC election workers prompts hazmat response

A thank you present of pineapple-shaped cookies delivered to the Wake County Board of Elections in North Carolina prompted a hazmat response on Tuesday after election workers raised concerns about a suspicious package mailed from Hawaii.

“We are just on high alert with these things automatically,” said Wake County elections specialist Danner McCulloh, who cited recent incidents of suspicious packages containing powder sent to election offices across the country.

The Raleigh Police and Fire Departments quickly responded to the incident and bomb technicians x-rayed the package, according to Lt. Jason Borneo of the Raleigh Police Department.

After the package was deemed to not be a threat, emergency responders opened the package to learn it was full of cookies shipped from the Honolulu Cookie Company. The operations at Wake County Board of Elections were not impacted during the incident, a county spokesperson said.

According to McCulloh, a person who heard a radio story about Wake County decided to send the cookies unannounced to thank election workers.

“It was a kind gesture,” McCulloh said, though he recommended against others sending cookies to his office.

-ABC News' Peter Charalambous
 

Harris brings her closing argument to Pennsylvania: ‘Turn the page’

Harris brought her “closing argument” to Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Wednesday, highlighting what she said is a clear contrast between her and Trump, and encouraging voters to cast their ballots in the election’s final days.

“We know we have an opportunity in this election to turn the page on a decade of Donald Trump trying to keep us divided and afraid of each other. That is who he is. But Pennsylvania, that is not who we are,” Harris said, swapping out "America" for "Pennsylvania" from her speech at the Ellipse the night before.

Harris was interrupted several times by pro-Palestinian protesters.

“We are six days out of an election. We are six days away from an election. And ours is about a fight for democracy. And your right to be heard. That is what is on the line in this election. That is what is on the line in this election,” Harris said as she was being jeered by a protestor holding up a large Palestinian flag.

“Look, everybody has a right to be heard. But right now, I am speaking. And one of the biggest issues that folks around the country want to talk about and hear is about how we are going to bring down the price of living for working people," she said.

-ABC News' Fritz Farrow, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Will McDuffie

Voters, Dems ask Supreme Court to reject RNC appeal of Pennsylvania ballot case

Two Pennsylvania voters and the state's Democratic Party asked the U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday to reject a Republican request to block counting of provisional in-person ballots cast by people whose mail-in ballots were not put into a required security envelope.

The Democrats argued the Pennsylvania Supreme Court delivered a "straightforward" decision that state law permits voters whose mail ballots were not counted to "exercise their statutory right to vote provisionally rather than be disenfranchised altogether."

The party contends that the RNC has no standing to bring a challenge in the case because it involves two ballots from the 2024 Democratic primary in which the Republican Party could not have been "injured."

They also argued that the so-called Purcell principle -- of nonintervention by courts close to a voting period -- does not apply to state courts.

The Democrats also said the Republicans' request for segregation and non-counting of provisional ballots would be a "sweeping" intervention and imposition on county boards of election which are not even parties to the case.

-ABC News' Devin Dwyer'It's invaded our home,' PA nuns swept up in misinformation campaign

'It's invaded our home,' PA nuns swept up in misinformation campaign

A nun in Pennsylvania who was swept up in a misinformation campaign boosted by a Republican activist said she's praying to be left alone.

Cliff Maloney, who runs a door-knocking organization, claimed in an X post one of his staffers visited an address in Erie, Pennsylvania, last week and was told none of the 53 registered voters who used that address actually lived there.

However, the address is home to 55 resident nuns of the Benedictine Sisters of Erie. All but two of the nuns are registered to vote.

“It's invaded our home, if you want to describe it that way,” Sister Stephanie Schmidt, the prioress, told ABC News.

Maloney also posted the names and political affiliations of each nun on his X account, something Schmidt said made her empathize with countless other Americans caught up in misinformation on social media.

“It was very concerning, because this was a blatant lie, putting out to the public information that was just wrong,” she said.

“This campaign is filled with so much deceit, so much misinformation, and we have to wake people up, which is another reason why we're going public with this, to alert people to not believe everything you read,” Schmidt added.

Maloney has not responded to repeated requests to answer questions from ABC News.

He later posted an update claiming his team was "analyzing" the new information about the nuns’ residence and said, "Once we have proof, we will be content."

Schmidt says one of the things she’s praying for most is for this misinformation to leave them alone.

-ABC News' Jay O'Brien

Trump slams Biden over 'garbage' comments, calls opponents 'lowlifes'

Trump again responded to President Joe Biden's Tuesday comments in which he appeared to refer to Trump supporters as "garbage."

During his rally in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, on Wednesday, the former president claimed, "Joe Biden finally said what he and Kamala really think of our supporters. He called them 'garbage.' And they mean it."

"Frankly, they've treated you like garbage," Trump added.

Although Biden later clarified his comments, in which he was responding to the derogatory comments about Puerto Rico made during Trump's New York rally on Sunday, Trump labeled his opponents as "lowlifes" and claimed the current administration has "virtually destroyed" America.

"Kamala Harris, a low-IQ individual, is running a campaign of hate, anger and retribution. See, I'm very nice to them. They're not nice," he said.

Trump responded to a supporter who shouted, "She's an idiot!" referring to Harris, sarcastically saying, “I didn't say it. I didn't say it. In fact, I'd like to admonish you, sir. You should not say that, please.”

Although Trump disavowed the supporter, his body language told a different story as he stood on stage laughing.

-ABC News' Kelsey Walsh, Lalee Ibssa and Soorin Kim
 

Michigan authorities charge 'non-US citizen' with illegal voting

Authorities in Michigan charged an unidentified non-U.S. citizen with allegedly illegally registering to vote and casting a ballot.

More specific details about the case, which took place in Ann Arbor on Sunday, were not immediately available.

The case was referred to law enforcement by a clerk, according to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson and Washtenaw County Prosecutor Eli Savit.

"We are grateful for the swift action of the clerk in this case, who took the appropriate steps and referred the case to law enforcement. We are also grateful to law enforcement for swiftly and thoroughly investigating this case," they said in a joint statement.

"Noncitizen voting is an extremely isolated and rare event. Investigations in multiple states and nationwide have found no evidence of large numbers of noncitizens registering to vote. Even less common is a noncitizen actually casting a ballot," they added.

-ABC News' Mike Levine

Nicky Jam walks back Trump endorsement following MSG rally

Last month, Reggaeton music artist Nicky Jam, who is half Puerto Rican, stood on stage with a MAGA hat and endorsed Trump in Las Vegas.

On Wednesday, he announced he was rescinding that endorsement, citing the offensive comments about Puerto Rico made at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally.

In an Instagram video to his 43 million fans, Nicky Jam told his fans in Spanish he couldn't overlook the inflammatory language in recent days.

"The reason why I supported Donald Trump was because I thought it was the best thing for the economy in the United States, where many Latinos live ... I thought it was the best move. Never in my life did I think that a month later a comedian was going to come to criticize my country and talk bad about my country and therefore, I renounce any support to Donald Trump and I throw my sides to any political situation," he said.

During the Vegas rally, Trump thought Nicky Jam was a woman and said, "She's hot," before bringing him on stage.

-ABC News' Lalee Ibssa, Soo Rin Kim and Kelsey Walsh

Judge grants Trump campaign request to extend early voting deadline for PA county

A Pennsylvania judge swiftly granted a request from the Trump campaign to extend the in-person mail-in-ballot deadline in Bucks County by three days -- extending it to the end of the day on Friday.

The campaign had asked for one-day extension.

In his one-page order, Judge Jeffrey Trauger wrote that the county violated the Pennsylvania Election Code after "turning away voters who sought to apply for a mail-in ballot and receive one in person before the deadline."

He ordered the county to allow anyone who wishes to "apply for, receive, vote, and return a mail-in ballot" to be able to do so before the close of business on Friday.

-ABC News' Olivia Rubin

Philly DA asks for more security for Elon Musk hearing

The Philadelphia district attorney who is bringing a lawsuit to stop Elon Musk's $1 million voter giveaway asked the judge overseeing the case Wednesday to "enhance its security" for an upcoming hearing in the matter.

DA Larry Krasner said in a new court filing Musk's post about the case on X has "triggered an avalanche of posts." including "antisemitic attacks" against the prosecutor.

One account was "inviting political violence" and posted Krasner's home address, according to the filing.

"These posts, which unquestionable are criminal.... and remain posted on Musk's X website today," the filing states.

Another post read "Krasner loves visitors. Mask up and leave all cellphones at home," according to the filing.

"The directives to 'mask up' and to 'leave all cellphones at home' are to prevent identification of illegal actors by video, by eyewitnesses, and by cellphone geolocation," the filing states.

Representatives for Musk did not immediately respond to ABC News for comment.

The hearing in the case is set for Friday at 10am.

-ABC News' Olivia Rubin

Harris stresses unity in Raleigh speech

Vice President Kamala Harris held her first of three Wednesday rallies in Raleigh, hammering a message of unity.

Harris encouraged North Carolinians to take advantage of early voting, which ends Saturday in the state.

“We have just six days left in one of the most consequential elections of our lifetime, and we have work to do," she said.

"It is time for a new chapter where we stop ... pointing fingers at each other and instead let us lock arms with one another, knowing we have so much more in common than what separates us,” she said.

When a protestor began shouting, Harris spoke about bringing people with opposing views into her tent.

“Unlike Donald Trump, I don’t believe people who disagree with me are the enemy. He wants to put them in jail. I’ll give them a seat at the table, and I pledge to be a president for all Americans and to always put Americans before myself,” she said.

Harris also gave a shoutout to Gen-Z supporters.

"I see the promise of America in all the young leaders who are voting for the first time," she said.

-ABC News' Will McDuffie, Cheyenne Haslett, Gabriella Abdul-Hakim and Fritz Farrow

Trump campaign sues Pennsylvania county

The Trump campaign sued Pennsylvania's Bucks County Board of Elections and others Tuesday night over claims the county "turned away voters," according to a filing in the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas.

The campaign filed a writ of summons, which contained no allegations or specific claims.

A spokesperson for Bucks County told ABC News in a statement Tuesday evening that the county "has been made aware that litigation may be filed tomorrow. We have no comment at this time."

Lawyers for the county entered an appearance on Wednesday, according to the docket.

The county was previously accused of "suppressive and intimidating" tactics, including claiming voters were turned away and lines were closed early.

However, the county pushed back on any suggestion that what occurred in Bucks County amounts to intentional voter suppression.

"Contrary to what is being depicted on social media, if you are in line by 5 p.m. for an on-demand mail-in ballot application, you will have the opportunity to submit your application for a mail-in ballot," the county said in a statement.

The county did acknowledge that there was indeed some "miscommunication" from officials on site.

Those in line applying for on-demand ballots were "briefly told they could not be accommodated," the county said, but added that those individuals were ultimately allowed to submit their applications, according to officials.

In a post on X, the secretary of state's office echoed that sentiment, asking for voters to "be patient."

"Earlier today, we spoke with Bucks County election officials who assured us that every registered voter who goes to their county election office by 5 p.m. today will be provided an opportunity to apply for their mail ballot," the post said. "Please be patient with all county election office staff as they work hard to ensure every registered voter is able to vote in this election," he said.

-ABC News' Olivia Rubin

Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge 1,600 voters

The U.S. Supreme Court is allowing Virginia to move forward with its purge of 1,600 alleged noncitizens from the voter rolls ahead of Election Day.

The conservative majority's decision -- which was not explained -- reverses rulings by a federal district court judge and a unanimous appeals court panel.

Both had said that Virginia's purge, initiated by an executive order from Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin, violated federal law prohibiting the "systematic" removal of voters from registration lists within 90-days of an election.

The Supreme Court's decision suggests that the justices acted either under the Purcell principle -- to keep federal courts from intervening in state election administration too close to voting -- or under the belief that Virginia had compellingly argued that the federal law's "quiet period" didn't apply here.

The state advanced the idea that noncitizens -- who were never "eligible" to vote in the first place -- can be removed at any time. It also emphasized in court briefs that anyone erroneously removed as an alleged noncitizen is given two opportunities to correct his or her registration status.

The three liberal justices -- Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Ketanji Brown Jackson -- indicated they would have kept the purge on hold.

Noncitizen voters are already prohibited from registering to vote for federal and state elections.

The Virginia voters who were purged, however, can still have a chance to vote if they use Virginia's same-day registration option at the polls.

Virginia Attorney General Jason Miyares tweeted on Wednesday “I am pleased to announce that the US Supreme Court granted Virginia’s emergency stay to keep noncitizens off our voter rolls."

Damon Hewitt, the president and executive director of the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights Under Law which led the efforts in Virginia, blasted the decision.

"None of this activity is random. It's all highly orchestrated, but it's also orchestrated with a purpose," he said in a statement,

-ABC News' Devin Dwyer and Beatrice Peterson

Arnold Schwarzenegger, former GOP governor, endorses Harris

Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced Wednesday that he was going to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris.

"The Terminator" actor and longtime Republican said in lengthy X post that he didn't like either party now given the divisions and lack of progress from leaders in Washington, D.C.

However, Schwarzenegger said he was "furious" over Trump's refusal to accept the 2020 election, anti-immigrant rhetoric, economic policies and actions on Jan. 6.

"We need to close the door on this chapter of American history, and I know that former President Trump won't do that. He will divide, he will insult, he will find new ways to be more un-American than he already has been, and we, the people, will get nothing but more anger," he said.

"That's enough reason for me to share my vote with all of you. I want to move forward as a country, and even though I have plenty of disagreements with their platform, I think the only way to do that is with Harris and Walz," he said.

Will Nikki Haley campaign for Trump?

Nikki Haley recently said she is ready to campaign for Trump, despite not talking to him since June.

Trump's running mate, Sen. JD Vance, when asked about whether Haley will make an appearance, said Tuesday he would "love" to see her on the trail, but said it was up to her schedule.

Haley was Trump's last major challenger in the Republican primary. Despite hitting him hard in the final weeks of her campaign, she later endorsed him at the Republican National Convention.

And she's continued some criticism of his campaign strategy. During an appearance on Fox News, she said the racist remark about Puerto Rico by a comedian at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally was "harmful" and that the campaign "need[s] to go and tell Puerto Ricans how much, you know, they do value them."

She also said the Trump team had to improve its messaging to women.

"I mean, that this bromance and this masculinity stuff," she said. "I mean, it borders on edgy to the point that it's going to make women uncomfortable. You know, you've got affiliated PACs that are doing commercials about calling Kamala the 'C-word,' or you had speakers at Madison Square Garden, you know, referring to her and her pimps."

"That is not the way to win women. That is not the way to win people who are concerned about Trump style," Haley added.

Trump escalates baseless rhetoric on Pennsylvania's election system

It's a state that could tip the result of the 2024 election.

And Trump is ramping up rhetoric sowing doubt on the state's voting process.

In a post on his social media site on Wednesday morning, Trump claimed there's "cheating" happening at "large scale levels." He did not elaborate or provide evidence for his claims.

Some isolated incidents have emerged, including approximately 2,500 potentially fraudulent voter registration applications being investigated in Lancaster County, though officials stressed the system worked and that voters can be confident in the election.

-ABC News' Soorin Kim and Olivia Rubin

Harris hits the road with her closing pitch

Harris will take her closing argument to voters on the road after a big speech at the Ellipse in Washington on Tuesday night. She holds a 12:30 p.m. ET rally in North Carolina, a 4:35 ET event in Pennsylvania and a 9:30 p.m. ET rally in Wisconsin.

Trump will also be in North Carolina for a 1 p.m. ET rally before a 7 p.m. ET rally in Wisconsin.

Looming large over the campaign trail are President Joe Biden's comments from a Vote Latino campaign call Tuesday night. His wording angered Republicans, who saw him as referring to the supporters of Trump as "garbage." The White House and Biden himself, seeking to clarify the remark, argued he was referring to the racist rhetoric made by a speaker at Trump's Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday.