Trump repeats debate conspiracies at Vegas rally as questions swirl over Laura Loomer’s campaign influence: Live

Donald Trump doubled down on his outlandish conspiracies about Tuesday’s presidential debate — that he won, that the polls are up, and that Kamala Harris was fed the questions and wore an earpiece — none of which are true.

Earlier, he also continued to peddle falsehoods about Haitian migrants in Ohio during a rambling, low-energy press conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, California.

Trump falsely claimed during the debate on Tuesday that the Haitian community in Springfield (who are there legally, and at the town’s invitation) were stealing and eating domestic pets. Both the mayor and governor have denied this is happening.

Meanwhile, questions have been raised about the proximity and access to Trump granted to far right-wing instigator Laura Loomer, which has unsettled a number of Trump allies given her history of racist and conspiratorial comments.

Trump stressed on Truth Social that she is not part of the campaign.

Meanwhile, Harris urged Trump to return to the debate stage despite his announcement on Thursday that he would not face her again.

On Friday, the vice president sat for her first solo interview since becoming the party’s nominee, pitching herself as “a new generation of leadership”.

A scathing report from the Secret Service details failures by agents in the hours leading up to the shooting of Donald Trump -including breakdowns in communication and haphazard securing of the site.

The findings are part of a Secret Service probe into the July 13 shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. The shooting wounded Trump in the ear. It also left one spectator dead and two more hurt.

Gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks was able to climb onto the roof of a building only a few hundred yards away and fire at Trump with an