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Harris’ campaign augurs “adjusted” elections and calls for calm in the face of vote counting
The campaign of the vice president of the United States Kamala Harris augured “incredibly tight” elections and called for calm in the face of the vote count, which she hopes will delay the final results of the elections for several days.
In a call with journalists, Jen O’Malley Dilon, Harris’ campaign director, indicated that the Democratic team expects to see the “almost complete” results of the count in only a few states on the same election night. Among them, several hinged states: Georgia, North Carolina and Michigan.
On the other hand, the Democratic campaign expects the results of Pennsylvania, Winsconsin and Arizona and Nevada to be delayed until after Wednesday.
“We believe that this race is going to be incredibly close, so we may not know the final results of this election for several days,” O’Malley stressed, adding that “we are focused on maintaining calm and confidence during this period.”
“We will not allow Trump to denigrate the elections,” Harris’ team
Harris’ campaign also indicated that it expects former President Donald Trump to take advantage of that period of uncertainty to denounce alleged electoral fraud, disseminate misinformation and “proclaim a premature victory.”
“These actions will fail because it will be the voters and not Trump who will elect their next president,” said Dana Remus, counselor and lawyer for the Harris team.
The advisors expressed confidence in the US electoral system, assuring that these elections will be “the safest in the country’s history.
However, they indicated that hundreds of lawyers have already deployed throughout the country to face possible lawsuits by the Republican team that call into question the count or results of the different regions of the country.
“It will not be a quick process but the facts are on our side (…) and we will not allow Trump to denigrate the elections or institutionality with his constant attempts to create chaos and doubt,” Remus said.
Trump’s background
After the 2020 elections, in which the Republican lost to current President Joe Biden, Trump’s lawyers filed dozens of lawsuits in courts across the country alleging “electoral fraud.”
Most of those appeals were dismissed by judges at the federal and state levels. In turn, both experts and different studies have shown that instances of electoral fraud in the United States are extremely scarce.
During this electoral cycle, both Trump and important Republican figures have already promoted the false narrative that “millions” of migrants who do not have American nationality will vote in these elections to favor the Democrats.
In turn, both the Republican Party and politicians within the party have already filed several lawsuits in states such as Pennsylvania, Virginia and Texas to “purify” voter lists prior to the elections.
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Meta Says Russia Seeks to Ban WhatsApp for Defending Secure Communication
U.S. tech giant Meta, the parent company of WhatsApp, said that Russia is seeking to ban the messaging app because it “challenges government attempts to violate people’s right to secure communication.”
Russian authorities have encouraged citizens to switch to state-backed applications, and in August they already blocked WhatsApp’s calling feature.
On Friday, the communications regulator Roskomnadzor claimed that the platform was being used to “organize and carry out terrorist acts in the country, recruit perpetrators, and facilitate fraud and other crimes.”
“If the messaging service does not comply with Russian law, it will be completely blocked,” the regulator warned.
WhatsApp remains one of Russia’s most widely used messaging services, alongside Telegram.
Moscow is pressuring both platforms to grant authorities access to user data upon request for investigations into fraud and activities the government labels as “terrorist.”
Human rights advocates fear the demand could be used to target critics of the Kremlin, President Vladimir Putin, or the war in Ukraine.
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Archbishop Wenski criticizes Trump’s deportation policies, calls for stronger push for reform
The Archbishop of Miami, Thomas Wenski, has called for increased pressure on the U.S. Congress to advance comprehensive immigration reform and criticized President Donald Trump’s mass deportation policies, arguing that they “do nothing to help.”
“We need to apply more pressure on Congress so lawmakers can make the necessary changes. It is also important for the Administration to listen to our voice. We do not want to be anyone’s enemy—we are Americans,” Wenski said in an interview with EFE.
The religious leader, who heads one of the dioceses with the largest Latino and Haitian populations in the United States, issued a call to defend the rights of migrants. He also emphasized that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has maintained a strong and public stance in favor of migrants for decades.
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Trump relaunches diplomatic push to finalize U.S.-Backed peace plan for Ukraine War
U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Tuesday that his diplomatic team will resume meetings with delegations from Russia and Ukraine in an effort to pressure both sides to accept the peace plan proposed by Washington to end the war in Ukraine.
As part of this new round of talks, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff will travel to Moscow to meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Meanwhile, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll will hold discussions with Ukrainian representatives to narrow differences on the remaining points of the agreement.
Trump also confirmed his intention to meet personally with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and with Putin, though he emphasized that such meetings will only take place “when the agreement is fully finalized or in its final stage.”
The president claimed that his administration has made “tremendous progress” toward resolving the conflict and reiterated that the war “never would have started” if he had been in the White House at the onset of the crisis.
The U.S.-backed peace plan consists of 28 points and has been revised following feedback from both sides. According to Trump, only “a few points of disagreement” remain under active discussion.
One of the most controversial aspects of the proposal is the suggestion that Ukraine cede parts of the Donbas region to Russia and limit the size of its armed forces. Kyiv is working closely with Washington to soften these clauses in search of an arrangement that does not compromise its sovereignty or security.
With this diplomatic push, Trump aims to solidify his role as the main mediator in the conflict and steer the war toward a political resolution after years of devastation, humanitarian crisis, and rising global geopolitical tensions.
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