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Now back to last night’s presidential debate. One of the more bizarre moments was when Donald Trump claimed that Haitian immigrants are eating people’s pets in the town of Springfield. 

Tuesday night’s studio in Philadelphia was a world away from the rapturous rallies where Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have spent most of their campaign time.

The US has filed money-laundering charges against two employees of the Russian state media network RT.

The news is that there is no news. And perhaps that’s exactly the outcome Kamala Harris had intended after her first prime time TV interview.

We spoke to Larry Sabato, professor of politics at the University of Virginia, and director of the Center for Politics ‘Crystal Ball’ election predictor website. He also won an Emmy for a documentary about the Kennedys.

Robert Kennedy Junior has appeared alongside Donald Trump at a campaign rally in Arizona – after dropping his bid to run for the White House as an independent. Mr Trump embraced him on stage, describing him as “phenomenal”. 

We’re joined by Dr. Nii-Quartelai Quartey, who is a political journalist and author of ‘Kamala, The Motherland & Me’.

It’s hard to believe, but just over a month ago Joe Biden was still the Democratic presidential candidate.

We spoke to Lindy Li – a top Democratic fundraiser and member of the Democratic National Finance Committee. She was with Kamala Harris after her speech.

It wasn’t a speech for the ages and despite rampant speculation, an A-list cameo failed to materialise. But Kamala Harris delivered a prosecutor’s dissection of Donald Trump.

We speak to American pollster and communications consultant Frank Luntz, who’s also been in Chicago.

Inflation may have fallen, but with many Americans still feeling the pinch from the cost of living crisis, the economy is a crucial issue in this election.

Back then, there were divisions within the party, anti-war protests on the streets, and a Republican rival talking all about law and order. Sound familiar?

Immigration is already one of the big political issues in the US election, one that Democrats arriving in Chicago for their National Convention will be talking about over the coming days.

Project 2025. Two words that Kamala Harris nearly always mentions on the stump, and it is always greeted with boos from the crowd. For Democrats, it is the coming doomsday.