2024 election updates: With 1 week to go, Harris speaks in Washington, Trump stumps in Pennsylvania

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As the race reaches one week until Election Day, Kamala Harris delivered her "closing argument" on The Ellipse -- in the same spot where Donald Trump allied his supporters on Jan. 6, 2021, to march on the U.S. Capitol nearby.

Trump tried to preempt Harris's remarks, speaking to reporters Tuesday morning at Mar-a-Lago after declaring he's "the opposite of a Nazi" on Monday night in Georgia. He holds a rally later in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where there is a large population of Puerto Rican Americans.

Kamala Harris will promise to "put country above party and above self" in the closing argument of her presidential campaign. Trump is trying to recast his NYC rally marked by raci
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Oct 29, 2024, 9:56 PM

More than 51 million Americans have voted early

As of 4:40 p.m. ET on Tuesday, more than 51 million Americans have voted early, according to the Election Lab at the University of Florida.

Of the total number of early votes, 26,855,025 were cast in person and 24,573,128 were returned by mail

There is now just one week until Election Day.

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12:17 AM GMT

Trump claims the Harris campaign bused people to Washington rally

Trump claimed during his rally in Allentown that the Harris campaign had bused people to Washington "because they couldn't get anybody to show up there tonight."

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks for a campaign rally at PPL Center, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in Allentown, Pa.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks for a campaign rally at PPL Center, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in Allentown, Pa.

The Harris campaign touted that more than 75,000 people had gathered on the National Mall for Harris' remarks tonight at the same venue where Trump spoke ahead of the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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12:06 AM GMT

Harris invokes Trump's role in Jan. 6 riot at the Ellipse

Vice President Kamala Harris stressed former President Donald Trump's role in the attack on the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, while standing on the same stage he did that preceded the riot.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives onstage at a campaign rally in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives onstage at a campaign rally in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.

"Americans died as a result of that attack. 140 law enforcement officers were injured because of that attack," Harris said.

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12:05 AM GMT

Harris both distances herself and embraces Joe Biden in closing argument speech

Harris, speaking in front of the White House, both distanced herself from President Joe Biden and embraced her one-time running mate.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to deliver remarks during a campaign event near the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to deliver remarks during a campaign event near the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.

"My presidency will be different because the challenges we face will be different," Harris said.

Biden was in the White House behind Harris while she delivered her speech. Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee when Biden opted not to run for reelection in July.

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12:02 AM GMT

'Our democracy doesn't require us to agree on everything'

Harris deliberately tried to win over Republicans and former Trump supporters, telling the audience in Washington that "our democracy doesn't require us to agree on everything."

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives onstage at a campaign rally in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives onstage at a campaign rally in Washington, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024.

"Donald Trump has spent a decade trying to keep the American people divided and afraid of each other," she said. "That is who he is. But America, I am hear to tonight to say, that is not who we are."

She added: "The fact that someone disagrees with us does not make us the enemy within."