Live: The final stretch of the 2024 presidential election begins

The Democratic Party is facing a significant challenge in Pennsylvania, a key battleground state, where tens of thousands of registered voters have switched their party affiliation.

As of this election year, Pennsylvania has 9,088,583 registered voters statewide. While Democrats still hold a lead over Republicans—3,971,607 to 3,673,783—the shift in voter registration suggests troubling trends for Democrats.

According to Fox News, the figures reveal a sharp contrast to 2020. Democrats have seen a net loss of 257,281 voters, while Republicans have gained 428,537 registered voters, a significant boost for the GOP ahead of the election.

With the presidential election fast approaching, President Joe Biden sparked controversy by calling for the imprisonment of Republican candidate Donald Trump: “We need to lock him up.”

“If I had said this five years ago, I’d have been jailed: we have to lock him up,” Biden remarked during a campaign stop at a Democratic office in Concord, New Hampshire.

After receiving applause from the audience, Biden appeared to walk back his statement, clarifying, “Politically, lock him up—lock him out, that’s what we need to do.”

Top officials within the Harris campaign are increasingly alarmed about their standing in North Carolina and the critical "blue wall" states of Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania, according to a report by NBC News.

Just weeks ago, Democratic strategists viewed victories in these states as the most viable route for Kamala Harris to secure the presidency. Now, with less than two weeks until the election, growing concerns are emerging over her declining poll numbers, particularly in North Carolina and Michigan.

Former Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, who already endorsed President Trump in this election campaign, announced that she will officially join the Republican Party.

"And it is because of my love for our country, and specifically because of the leadership that President Trump has provided to transform the Republican Party and return it to the party of the people and the party of peace, that I am proud to stand here today with you, President Trump, and announce that I am joining the Republican Party. I join the party of the people, the party of equality, the party that was founded to fight slavery and end it in this country," Gabbard said.

Vice President Harris and some top representatives of her campaign will make stops in Republican states to defend abortion.

The decision comes as a surprise, especially after former President Donald Trump took the lead in major electoral patterns and regained ground in several swing states, putting himself as the slight favorite two weeks before the election.

According to a recent poll by Fox News, ex-President Trump is leading Vice President Harris by double digits in the Hispanic vote, a fact that, if true, would put the Democratic candidate in serious trouble.

The network's new poll showed that Hispanic voters are backing Trump by 49% to 38%.

In 2020, according to a Pew Research analysis, 59% of Hispanic voters supported Biden in the 2020 race. Harris would be taking a massive loss, according to the Fox News poll.

Semafor reported that the progressive-leaning Los Angeles Times will not endorse any candidate for the upcoming November 5 election.

According to the report, Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, the paper's owner, will not allow the editorial board to endorse Vice President Harris or former President Trump in the upcoming election.

The news means a blow to Harris, as the Los Angeles Times has endorsed every Democratic presidential candidate since 2008.

Former President Donald Trump will appear for the first time on famed host Joe Rogan's podcast on Friday.

According to various reports the show will be in-person in Austin, Texas.

The interview with the country's most popular podcaster underscores Trump's strategy of sitting down with nontraditional media figures with a predominantly young audience.