Donald Trump says he will not debate Kamala Harris again, days after the pair's first showdown in Philadelphia on Tuesday
Moments after Trump's comments, the Harris campaign issued a statement saying "we owe it to the voters to have another debate"
Harris and Trump are both out on the campaign trail for the first time since they faced-off on ABC News
Harris spoke at two events in North Carolina
Earlier, Trump spoke in Arizona, a swing state on the US-Mexico border which will play a crucial role in November's election
Trump says he won't debate again as Harris calls for another
Harris laughs at Trump's 'concepts of a plan' debate comment
At Kamala Harris's events just moments ago she brought up a quote of her rivals which has gone viral on social media this week.
During the debate, Donald Trump said he had the "concepts of a plan".
You can watch what Harris had to say about that in the video above.
Shortly after Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that "there will be no third debate", the official account for Kamala Harris's campaign has responded.
"We owe it to the voters to have another debate," her campaign said on Twitter/X, external.
The post was made as Harris spoke on stage at a rally in North Carolina.
Image source, Getty ImagesTrump's Georgia mugshot is frequently seen at his rallies
Meanwhile, as Harris as spoke to supporters in Charlotte, a court in neighbouring Georgia has dismissed two criminal charges against Donald Trump for alleged attempts to interfere with the 2020 presidential election in the southern state.
According to court documents,, external Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee ruled that the state did not have the authority to bring the specific charges against Trump and his alleged co-conspirators in the case.
The charges against Trump of conspiracy to commit false documents and conspiracy to commit forgery were dropped on Thursday.
Two of his co-defendants had charges of forgery dropped as well.
Steven Sadow, a lawyer for Trump, praised the Georgia ruling, said that Trump has "prevailed once again"., external
Eight other charges against Trump remain in place.
Trump - and 14 co-defendants - have pleaded not guilty to racketeering and other state charges related to alleged efforts to overturn Trump's loss in Georgia.
Some of the biggest applause lines of Harris's first rally came when the vice-president mentioned abortion rights to the Charlotte crowd. The topic is one of the core issues of her campaign.
"One does not have to abandon their faith or deeply held beliefs to agree the government should not be telling her what to do with her body," Harris shouted to the crowd.
She's finished speaking for now. Stay with us and we'll bring you the latest from Trump's rally scheduled to begin soon. You'll be able to follow that, along with Harris's second rally in North Carolina later, live at the top of this page.
Harris is speaking now to rallygoers in North Carolina.
She's poking some fun at Trump's debate performance.
"He said 'concepts of a plan'," she shouted to the Charlotte crowd as they laughed, quoting a line Trump uttered at the debate when asked about what he would improve about healthcare policy if elected president again.
We're waiting to hear if Harris will react to Trump's recent statement that he will not debate her again.
Stick with us for the latest.
Image source, Getty ImagesKamala Harris has taken the stage in North Carolina at her first rally after debating Donald Trump on Tuesday night.
You can watch the rally live at the top of this page.
Harris is holding a rally in Charlotte, North Carolina. Here's what it looks like as thousands gather to hear her speak for the first time since Trump said he would not debate Harris again.
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Image source, GetDonald Trump has said he will not participate in another debate against Kamala Harris in a post on his Truth Social platform, external.
The post comes after the Harris campaign said the Democrat is ready and willing to participate in another debate, following the pair's first meeting on a debate stage in Philadelphia on Tuesday.
"When a prizefighter loses a fight, the first words out of his mouth are, 'I want a rematch,'" Trump wrote, equating Harris to a boxer who has lost.
He claimed that polls show that he won the debate, but snap polls taken in the immediate aftermath indicated voters felt Harris performed more strongly.
The former president added that all of the "problems caused by Kamala and Joe [Biden]" were "discussed in great detail" during his first debate against Biden in June and then in his second debate against Harris.
"There will be no third debate!" he ended his post, using all capital letters.
Trump said he will not participate in a second debate against Harris in a Truth Social post Thursday.
The announcement comes two days after Harris and Trump debated for the first time.
Trump claimed that polls show he "clearly won" his first debate against Harris.
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Graeme Baker
Reporting from Washington DC
Image source, EPAHarris and Trump met Tuesday night - literally for the first time, with the vice-president striding across the stage to introduce herself to the former president as he approached his podium.
"Kamala Harris," the Democrat said, offering a handshake. “Let’s have a good debate.”
“Nice to see you. Have fun,” the Republican responded.
Harris went on the offensive from the outset, goading her rival with barbs over his criminal trials and calling his campaign rallies boring, while Trump blamed heated Democratic rhetoric for the assassination attempt against him by a gunman whose motives are so far unknown.
“I probably took a bullet to the head because of the things they said about me,” he said.
The two argued over the economy, abortion and healthcare. One of the evening’s more memorable moments came during discussions about immigration, when Trump repeated unsubstantiated claims that Haitian migrants had been stealing and eating pets in Springfield, Ohio.
"They're eating the dogs, they're eating the cats, they're eating the pets of the people that live there,” Trump said, though city officials city officials have told the BBC there are no credible reports to support these claims.
"Talk about extreme," Harris said of her rival.
Image source, ReutersTuesday's debate was the first between Former President Donald Trump and Vice-President Kamala Harris - but it wasn’t the first debate of this US election period.
So what’s happened since then? Here’s a quick round-up of some of the key moments of this election campaign so far.
Image source, Getty ImagesKamala Harris - US Vice-President
Age: 59
Party: Democrat
Campaign promises: Harris’s catchphrase is: “We are not going back”. It refers to the policies of former president Trump. She supports women’s right to abortion, launched an economic plan that would ban price gouging at the grocery store, and says she will "end America's housing shortage”.
Major moment of 2024: Her headlining speech at the Democratic National Convention in August acted as an official introduction to the nation as a presidential nominee, barely a month after Joe Biden dropped out of the race.
Donald Trump - former US president
Age: 78
Party: Republican
Campaign promises: Trump says he will “seal the border” to halt illegal border crossings, has pledged across-the-board tax cuts, proposed a 10% tariff on all US imports, and vowed to “drill, baby, drill” to bring down energy prices. Trump has also vowed retribution against his political opponents.
Major moment of 2024: Trump has dominated headlines all year, from surviving an assassination attempt at a political rally, to becoming the first former or sitting president to be convicted of a crime after a jury found him guilty of falsifying business records.
James FitzGerald
Live reporter
Both US major party presidential candidates are headed out on the campaign trail Thursday, visiting swing states with potentially close races.
Arizona
Donald Trump is speaking in Arizona, which Biden narrowly won in 2020 as Arizonans voted to back a Democrat for the first time since the 1990s.
The state borders Mexico for hundreds of miles, making it a flashpoint in the country’s contentious debate around immigration.
Border crossings have fallen in recent months from record highs, which have made the issue near the top of voters' concerns.
Arizona has also hosted a bitter row over the key issue of abortion, after Republican state officials tried unsuccessfully to reinstate a 160-year-old near-total ban on terminating pregnancies.
North Carolina
Polls appear to have tightened in the Tar Heel State after Harris assumed her place at the top of the Democratic ticket, and some analysts now call it a "toss-up".
Trump has called the state a "very, very big state to win", while Democrats gave Governor Roy Cooper a prime speaking spot on the last night of their convention last month.
Trump carried North Carolina in 2020 but did so by just over 70,000 votes, which has further buoyed Democrats' hopes that this "purple" state could be winnable in this election year.
Read about the other swing states garnering major attention this election cycle.
Caitlin Wilson
Live editor
Welcome to our live coverage of the events along the US presidential campaign trail today.
Though both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump appeared publicly at 9/11 memorial events on Wednesday, Thursday marks the first time either of them will speak in front of voters since their debate clash on Tuesday evening.
Harris will make two stops in North Carolina, where she will hold a rally in Charlotte at 15:40 local time (20:40 BST) and another in Greensboro at 18:50 (23:50 BST). Trump will speak in Arizona at 14:00 local time (22:00 BST).
The vice-president and former president both want to appeal to voters in these key swing states, with time ticking down until election day on 5 November.
You can watch all three events live at the top of this page.
Stick with us as we bring you all the latest updates and analysis.