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Donald Trump to speak at an event in Juneau, Wisconsin, his fourth scheduled stop in eight days in the state

CBS’s 60 Minutes will air an interview with Kamala Harris on Monday. The network released a sneak peek into the interview, where Bill Whitaker asked Harris if the US lacks influence over Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

“The aid that we have given Israel allowed Israel to defend itself against 200 ballistic missiles that were just meant to attack the Israelis and the people of Israel,” Harris said.

“When we think about the threat that Hamas Hezbollah presents Iran, I think that it is, without any question, our imperative to do what we can to allow Israel to defend itself against those kinds of attacks.”

During his appearance on Fox News this morning, Tim Walz said Donald Trump’s agenda would destroy the American economy, while he supported Kamala Harris’s plan to lower costs and stimulate job growth.

“Well, we saw a blockbuster jobs report this week,” Walz said. “We saw interest rates come down, and we’ve also seen that Vice President Harris is laying out a middle-class agenda.”

He added: “I was in Ohio yesterday, in Cleveland, in Cincinnati, and talking about this. Folks in Ohio know that Donald Trump’s policies led to 180,000 manufacturing jobs leaving.”

Melania Trump was asked whether Donald Trump knew she would express strong support for abortion rights in her upcoming memoir, where she emphasized that women should have the autonomy to decide whether to have children based on their own convictions, without government interference or pressure.

“Yes, he knew my position and my beliefs since the day we met, and I believe in individual freedom,” she said.

“I want to decide what I wanted to do with my body. I think I don’t want government in my personal business,” she added.

Former first lady Melania Trump sat down with Fox News’s Maria Bartiromo this morning, where she showed her unwavering support for her husband Donald Trump.

“I don’t believe in polls. I never did,” she said. “I think in the end, people really see it, what’s going on in the country and how this leadership is performing.”

The Democratic vice-presidential pick, Tim Walz, sat down with Fox News Sunday’s Shannon Bream, where he discussed how the overturning of Roe v. Wade has affected women.

“The real issue here is women being forced into miscarriages, women being forced to go back home, get sepsis and potentially die,” Walz said.

Good morning, US politics blog readers. Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at an event in Juneau, Wisconsin, on Sunday, his fourth scheduled stop in eight days in the state. Republicans are trying to rack up support in Wisconsin, which has only flipped red once in the past 40 years, when Trump won the state in 2016.

Meanwhile, Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz are slated to sit down with major TV personalities this week. Walz is slated to sit down with Fox News’s Shannon Bream on Sunday for his first solo interview. On Monday, he’ll join Jimmy Kimmel Live. On Tuesday, Harris will be in New York for appearances on The View, The Howard Stern Show, and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

Here’s what else is happening:

After the US supreme court granted Donald Trump significant immunity from prosecution for actions during his presidency, the court is set to embark on its next nine-month term on Monday with public confidence in the court still reeling following the ruling compounded by the ethically dubious conduct of some justices.
The White House moved Saturday to quash claims that government officials control the weather, including a far-fetched rumor circulating on social media that Hurricane Helene was an engineered storm to allow corporations to mine regional lithium deposits.
Republican fearmongering about crime in major cities like Atlanta is serving to stoke racial tensions and suppress the growing political power of Black Democrats, despite a decline in crime rates, writes The Guardian’s George Chidi.