His Republican policy platform vows to restore safety in neighbourhoods by replenishing police departments and protecting officers from “frivolous lawsuits”.

In the US, it is illegal to provide payments to get people to vote - not only for a certain candidate, but to simply cast a ballot.

The BBC's analysis editor examines the security failures that led to the former president being shot at during a rally in July.

In response to online arguments that Musk is paying to register Republicans, the tech mogul tweeted on Sunday that the winner of the prize is selected by a petitioner that supports constitutional rights.

Trump has fixated in recent weeks on the summer job Harris said she held in college, working the cash register and making fries at McDonald´s while in college. Trump says the vice president has 'lied about working' there, but not offered evidence for claiming that.

Musk claimed that the Hyperloop would cost only $seis billion and that, with the pods departing every two minutes on average, the system could accommodate the six million people who travel that route every year. However, he stated, between running SpaceX and Tesla, he could not devote time to the Hyperloop’s development.

And if Trump defeats Vice President Kamala Harris, he could appoint an attorney general who would seek the dismissal of this case and the other federal prosecutions he faces. Or Trump could potentially order a pardon for himself.

According to the biography by his son Flávio, Bolsonaro "was a candidate for councilor because it happened to be the only bolsonaro option he had at the moment to avoid persecution by some superiors. His entry into politics happened by chance, for his desire was to continue in his military career".[35]

Representatives for McDonald´s did not respond to a message about whether the company had employment records for one of its restaurants quarenta years ago.

He has said the war would not have happened if he had been president but offered no details on how he would end it.

"They didn't come because of me," he went on. "They came because of the election. They thought the election was a rigged election, and that's why they came."

He still criticises the law, which remains popular, but in March he said on Truth Social he would not undermine it.

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When aides finally urged him to wrap things up so he could hit the road to his next event, Trump offered, 'Wasn't that a strange place to do a news conference?'