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Tens of thousands of people from opposite sides of the political divide gathered at duelling rallies in Wisconsin on Friday, hosted by Vice-President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump as they made a final push for votes in the critical swing state. “It feels great,” said William Dahms, holding a giant Trump 2024 flag outside the arena in Milwaukee where Trump rallied supporters later that evening. “It’s a beautiful day. I took the day off from work and here I am.”Republicans and Democrats are both vying for Wisconsin’s 10 electoral college votes. Trump narrowly squeaked out a Wisconsin win in 2016 and it swung back to President Joe Biden in 2020.The candidates are spending the final weekend before the election in battleground states that could ultimately hold the key to the W...

Stephen Winters says watching the U.S. election campaign from Canada as a dual citizen is like a parent watching their kid play sports. “When you’re on the sideline it makes you more nervous than when you’re in it,” Winters said in an interview from Calgary.“My friends and family at home are like, ‘Don’t worry that much’ because they’re there and they know things are going OK. When you’re outside, it can look worse than it is.”Winters, from Minnesota, teaches linguistics at the University of Calgary. He is one of about 600,000 eligible voters in Canada able to cast their vote in Tuesday’s election.Winters said he has cast his absentee ballot but has taken a step back from reading political news because of how helpless he feels afterwards. Story continues below advertisement ...