Trump claims polls are fake and suburban women like himSupport trulyindependent journalismFind out moreCloseOur mission is to deliver unbiased, fact-based reporting that holds power to account and exposes the truth.Whether $5 or $50, every contribution counts.Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda.Donald Trump has held another small campaign event ostensibly themed on crime and safety yet that veered off course into other topics as the former president rambled and failed to stay on message.While at times repeating himself regarding immigration, Trump also claimed that suburban women actually like him, blaming a “fake poll” for any counter-narrative because he had kept low-income towers from being built in the suburbs and kept illegal aliens out. He also claimed people risked rape or death if they crossed the street to buy bread.Meanwhile, Trump doubled down on personal attacks against Kamala Harris, despite being advised against it by Republican strategists, taking her to task for declining to debate him on Fox News on September 4.Elsewhere, Ohio Senator JD Vance, the former president’s running mate, has accused Democratic Governor of Kentucky Andy Beshear of “wishing” one of his family members “would get raped”.Beshear criticized Vance for past comments about exceptions to abortion bans in the case of rape or incest in which he called such a pregnancy “inconvenient” saying it “fails any test of decency of humanity”. The senator claimed the governor’s phrasing implied he wanted him to experience such a situation – something the governor called “ridiculous”.Key PointsShow latest update 1724189401Giuliani is no-show in court conference after not complying with subpoenaRudy Giuliani failed to appear at a pre-motion conference in the Southern District of New York after he refused to respond to a subpoena, according to a lawyer for the plaintiffs.Eight Capitol Police officers filed a civil suit in Washington, DC federal court in December 2021 against Donald Trump over the events surrounding the Capitol riot. Former Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani was subpoenaed in the case, but has failed to comply, prompting the plaintiffs to file a motion to compel in a separate court in New York. Giuliani failed to attend a conference regarding a hearing compeling him to comply with the subpoena.Kelly Rissman has the story.Oliver O’Connell20 August 2024 22:301724189322Watch: Trump scaremongers about crime and dangers of buying breadOliver O’Connell20 August 2024 22:281724188650Thousands of unaccompanied migrant children may have been lost by Department of Homeland SecurityUS Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) may have lost track of thousands of children who immigrated to the country as unaccompanied minors, imperiling both the children’s safety and the effectiveness of the immigration process, an internal watchdog report found.Between 2019 and 2023, more than 32,000 unaccompanied minors failed to show up for their immigration court hearings, and ICE was “not able to account” for all of their locations, according to a report from the ICE inspector general’s office.Oliver O’Connell20 August 2024 22:171724187601Donald Trump rambles about wokeness during speech on ‘law and order’Oliver O’Connell20 August 2024 22:001724185801Full story: RFK Jr’s running mate admits they’re considering joining forces with TrumpRobert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign is seemingly holding on by a thread with campaign spending outweighing donations and the number two on the ticket floating the idea of teaming up with Trump.Oliver O’Connell20 August 2024 21:301724184945Chicago Police hold press conference after 13 arrests made at DNC day 1 protestOliver O’Connell20 August 2024 21:151724184293Trump’s crime and safety speech veers off course Donald Trump’s crime and safety speech in Michigan veered off course as he rambled into other topics and repeated himself as the assembled law enforcement officers looked on.Oliver O’Connell20 August 2024 21:041724183701Trump disputes crime was higher during his presidencyDonald Trump is disputing the claim that crime was higher when he was in office than it is now.Speaking in Michigan this afternoon he held up a printout of some data he said proved his point.Earlier the Trump-Vance campaign sent out a statement denying that FBI statistics were accurate and instead citing figures from the Department of Justice’s National Crime Victimization Survey from 2022.Oliver O’Connell20 August 2024 20:551724183484Watch: Trump claims he’s keeping suburbs safe by keeping illegal aliens awayOliver O’Connell20 August 2024 20:511724183221What’s worrying Trump? Kamala Harris’s speech ratings…Two sources close to the campaign told Rolling Stone the former president has brought up the topic multiple times, though he’s sure to mention the “tremendous” viewership of his own nomination speech, which attracted a peak of 28.4 million viewers, according to Nielsen.Oliver O’Connell20 August 2024 20:47