Texas has emerged as the key state for candidate visits today, with both Trump and Harris expected to appear there. Donald Trump will be in Austin for a podcast recording with Joe Rogan, and Kamala Harris will attend a rally in Houston.

Here’s what else is on the agenda today:

• President Joe Biden will visit Indian Country in Arizona and deliver remarks at the Gila River Indian Community, in Phoenix
• Former President Barack Obama will campaign in North Carolina, headlining an event in Charlotte
• Trump will appear at a rally in Traverse City, Michigan
• Mitch McConnell will speak at a Federalist Society Kentucky event
• Harris will appear at a rally in Houston

• And, today is the deadline for Trump’s legal team to file a brief with the US Court of Appeals in a case which alleges the former president mishandled classified documents

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Sarah Smith
North America editor, reporting from Michigan, Pennsylvania and Arizona

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Two months ago, Kamala Harris was crowned as the Democratic presidential nominee at a jubilant national convention in Chicago.

For thousands of party faithful, she was the electoral saviour, replacing an 81-year-old incumbent who seemed incapable of defeating Donald Trump and winning another term.

But even then, senior party strategists told me they worried Democrats were over confident about her path to victory.

Now, as election day looms and anxieties grow, it seems their concerns were well-founded.

There is no doubt that Harris enjoyed a surge of momentum, and an instant and significant boost in the polls compared to President Joe Biden, who was lagging far behind Trump. Yet it appears she was winning back those who normally vote Democratic anyway, but who had worried about Biden and his age.

For victory, Harris needs to attract voters from beyond the Democrats’ base, while holding together the fragile coalition that helped Biden win in 2020.

• Read more of Sarah Smith's analysis here

On Thursday, the presidential candidates once again targeted key battleground states, with Harris fronting a star-studded rally in Georgia and Trump courting voters in Arizona and Nevada.

Here are the key takeaways from those appearances.

• With the family of Amber Thurman - whose death has become a flashpoint in the US abortion debate - in the audience, abortion rights were again a key plank of Harris's pitch to voters in Atlanta
• She also promised to improve the economy and help Americans with the cost of living, by reducing the costs of medication, housing and groceries, and also giving small businesses more support
• Warming up the crowd before Harris came out, Barack Obama hit out at Trump, calling him "crazy" and "dangerous"
• In Arizona, which shares a border with Mexico, Trump took aim at Harris over immigration, blaming her for making the US "a garbage can for the world" and reiterating his plans for mass deportations, something experts say poses significant legal and practical challenges
• Stopping global conflict was a big theme during his second rally of the night, where he claimed he would be able to immediately end both the war in Ukraine and the war in Gaza by making economic threats, if elected on 5 November
• Actress Gina Carano - who was sacked from Disney's the Mandalorian after a series of controversies over her social media use - and former race car driver Danica Patrick endorsed Trump to voters

As we've been reporting, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump have held rallies in swing states as they try to gain the momentum to win the US presidential election.

Trump appeared at a rally in Tempe, Arizona and then headed up another event in Nevada not long after.

On the other side of the country, Harris courted voters alongside political backers like Barack Obama and Bruce Springsteen at a rally in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Kayla Epstein
Reporting from Georgia

LaDena Bolton, who is running for a commissioner seat - a local government role - here in DeKalb County, Georgia, believes Harris’s rally on Thursday night was a wise strategic play.

She said speakers like Hollywood luminaries Samuel L Jackson, Spike Lee, and Tyler Perry, as well as Barack Obama himself, were the right line-up at the right time.

“I could tell she’s targeting black men because there’s been so much conversation of how they could make or break the race,” Bolton said.

Trump has been aggressively courting these crucial voters. And the timing was right, Bolton said, as it coincided with early voting.

She did note that “there has been voter apathy” - but still felt confident Harris could pull it off.

A bit earlier yesterday evening, while Donald Trump was holding his first rally of the night in Arizona, he reiterated his plans to deport a million immigrants if elected.

He then shared a clip of his rally in Tempe on Truth Social, making that promise once more.

"The United States is now an occupied country," he wrote. "November 5th, 2024 will be called Liberation Day."

Experts, however, say such a promise is much easier said than done - and that there are significant legal and practical challenges to expelling so many people.

Immigration advocates have also warned that the human cost of deportations would be significant too, with families torn apart and raids taking place in communities and workplaces across the US.

• The BBC spoke with experts about this policy and explored both the legal and logistical challenges it would pose

Cai Pigliucci
Reporting from Georgia

The Harris campaign tells the BBC there were 23,000 people at her rally in Clarkson, Georgia, last night.

In a campaign season full of references to crowd size, that’s certainly a pretty big turnout.

Former president Barack Obama fired up the crowd - with many people coming out to specifically see him.

Despite the campaign being only a few months old, Harris’s campaign looks more and more like a well-oiled machine drawing star-studded openers and endorsements.

Supporters here last night told us they are voting for her because of her stances on reproductive rights and the economy - and to prevent a second Trump presidency.

This event in battleground state Georgia was key for Harris, with more than two million votes already cast in the state, and election day just 11 days away.

Lily Jamali
Reporting from Nevada

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In remarks to a packed crowd in Las Vegas, Nevada, on Thursday, former President Donald Trump seized on economic angst in the state.

“We will end inflation,” he told supporters. “And we will bring back the American Dream.”

Inflation has eased in recent months after peaking in 2022.

Trump repeated his “No tax on tips” proposal - to huge applause - which he first floated during a previous stop in Las Vegas.

He said he would also block taxes on overtime and social security payments.

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Good morning from London, where we’re getting ready to take you through all the key lines on the race for the White House.

Yesterday, the candidates crisscrossed the US, with Republican candidate Donald Trump stopping in both Arizona and Nevada to cheers as he pledged to "end inflation". Democrat Kamala Harris, meanwhile, drew a crowd of as many as 23,000 at her star-studded stadium event in Georgia, according to her campaign.

Here’s some of what we’re watching today:

• Colorado election officials are investigating a possible ballot fraud scheme in Mesa County
• Harris will be holding a rally in Houston, with Beyoncé expected to appear
• Trump’s camp is planning rally in Traverse City, Michigan - a hotly-contested swing state

We'll be bringing you the latest from the campaign trail, as well as analysis and more, so stay with us throughout the day.