A powerful US union is not making an election recommendation this time. Kamala Harris is ahead of the Republican in two key states. All information in the news blog.
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2.05 am: Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives have failed with a controversial budget bill. The proposal was defeated on Wednesday by a vote of 202 to 220, with 14 Republicans voting against and three Democrats voting for. Democrats rejected the version submitted for a vote by House Speaker Mike Johnson because it was tied to an election law change that would require Americans to show proof of citizenship when registering to vote. Trump has made illegal immigration a central theme of his re-election campaign, falsely claiming that Democrats would register illegal immigrants to vote.
Johnson then announced the drafting of a new interim budget to prevent a potential government shutdown after Oct. 1, when current funding runs out. “Now we’re going back to the drawing board, drafting a new plan and finding another solution,” Johnson said. “I’m already talking to colleagues.” Democrats in the House and Senate have expressed their willingness to pass an interim funding bill to avoid a government shutdown that would send hundreds of thousands of federal workers on furlough after the funding runs out.
Congress faces another critical deadline on Jan. 1, when lawmakers must raise the nation’s debt ceiling to prevent a default on the more than $35 trillion in national debt.
1.54 am: According to US authorities, Iranian cyber actors have attempted to influence the upcoming presidential election campaign. Messages containing non-public material from Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s campaign were sent to individuals involved in President Joe Biden’s re-election campaign over the summer, according to a joint statement from the FBI, the cybersecurity agency CISA and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence. “In addition, malicious Iranian cyber actors have continued their efforts since June to send stolen non-public material related to former President Trump’s campaign to US media organizations.”
Iran denies any interference in the US elections. Iran’s permanent mission to the United Nations in New York did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
0.58 am: The US Teamsters union is not endorsing a candidate this year. The board announced on Wednesday that the union would not endorse a US presidential candidate despite internal polls. The union, which represents truck drivers and a wide range of other workers – from pilots to animal care workers – had previously published a nationwide electronic survey of its members, which showed that members preferred Republican candidate Donald Trump over Democrat Kamala Harris by 59.6 percent to 34 percent.
Teamsters support had been widely expected because it was seen as a factor in a handful of battleground states that will decide the Nov. 5 election, including Michigan, Nevada and Pennsylvania, where unions have a strong presence.
The powerful US auto union UAW had previously announced that it would send its one million members to the election campaign to support Harris.
21:37: In a new poll for the US presidential election, the Democratic candidate Kamala Harris is well ahead of her Republican opponent Donald Trump in two particularly important states. According to the survey published on Wednesday by Quinnipiac University, Harris has 51 percent of the vote in Pennsylvania, while Trump has 45 percent. In Michigan, the ratio is 50 to 45 percent.
The poll was conducted after the TV debate between the two candidates on September 10, which Harris was generally seen as winning. In Pennsylvania, the Democrat improved by three percentage points compared to the August poll conducted by the same institute. In the state of Wisconsin, the poll showed a closer picture: Harris received 48 percent of the vote, while Trump received 47 percent.
