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Kamala Harris spent Sunday campaigning in Pennsylvania, a battleground state that could swing towards either candidate this election.

At a rally in Philadelphia, Harris told supporters that "we must not wake up the day after the election and have any regrets". Though it is a swing state, Pennsylvania has been taken by the Democrats in most recent elections, but went Republican in 2016.

Harris's campaign focused on shoring up the vote amongst Latino voters, and on Sunday, Puerto Rican recording artist Bad Bunny threw his support behind the Democrats.

While she already leads in the demographic against Donald Trump - whose campaign on Sunday came under fire for offensive comments about Puerto Ricans made at his Madison Square Garden rally - some in Harris's camp have suggested that she needs to do more to drum up support amongst Latino voters.

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Here's a recap of what happened on the campaign trail last night:

• Donald Trump held a large rally at the iconic Madison Square Garden in his hometown of New York, sticking to a largely familiar script to "bring back the American dream" and showcasing high-profile backers including the world's richest person, Elon Musk
• Speeches made by Trump-backers at the event have drawn strong criticism – the former president's childhood friend, David Rem, called Kamala Harris "the devil" and "the antichrist"
• One of the warm-up acts, comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, referred to Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage", said Latinos "love making babies", and made a comment about "carving watermelons" at a Halloween party hosted by a black man
• Kamala Harris's campaign, which on the same day laid out its plans to support Puerto Rico, said the rally was "mirroring the same dangerously divisive and demeaning message" as her opponent
• Republicans were also among those criticising the joke about Puerto Rico, with some members of Congress describing it as "racist" and "in poor taste"
• One of Trump's senior advisors distanced the campaign from the joke, saying it did not reflect the views of Trump or his campaign

We'll continue to bring you more reaction and analysis, and all the key updates from the campaign trail today.

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During his rally at New York's Madison Square Garden last night, Trump said he was announcing a new policy – that he would support "a tax credit for family caregivers who take care of a parent or a loved one".

No further details were provided, but Trump said "it's about time that they were recognised" and "they add so much to our country and are never spoken of".

The idea is mentioned in the Republican Party's official election policy platform – released in July – under the heading of protecting care at home for the elderly. It says the party would "support unpaid family caregivers through tax credits and reduced red tape".

Tax credits - reductions to income tax - can take different forms in the US, and it's not clear what exactly Trump or his party have in mind.

The proposal makes up part of a wider set of tax reductions and cuts his campaign has proposed, including no tax on tips, overtime or social security benefits for seniors.

In recent weeks, Trump's opponent, Kamala Harris, has been laying out her own plans to help the "sandwich generation" – adults caring for aging parents while raising children – and the "care economy", including a proposal to expand healthcare benefits to cover at-home senior care.

The race for the White House is entering its final stretch and over the last few days both candidates have taken the stage with celebrities to win the support of voters across the country:

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Donald Trump walked off stage to Frank Sinatra's classic New York, New York - but during his speech at Maddison Square Garden, he played all the old familiar tunes on the economy, inflation and immigration.

He promised once again to deport millions of migrants on day one of his administration and said that any migrant who killed an American should get the death penalty.

As Trump enters the final week of campaigning, there is little between him and Kamala Harris in those key swing states that will decide this election.

On Sunday night, Trump achieved a lifelong ambition to appear before a packed Madison Square Garden - but no one knows how this race will end.

Whether this huge hometown rally will move the needle in terms of who wins the election, we will have to wait and see.

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Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump want to appeal to the roughly 36 million Latino voters in the US - and they have had a weekend of differing fortunes on that front.

On Saturday, Grammy award-winning reggaeton artist Bad Bunny endorsed Harris in a video shared with his 45 million Instagram followers.

The Puerto Rican star referenced a controversial 2017 moment when the then-President Donald Trump threw packets of paper towels into a crowd during a visit to the island after it had been it by a hurricane.

A day later, Trump's campaign was forced to issue a statement distancing the Republican candidate from a derogatory joke about Puerto Rico made by a comedian at his New York rally.

That description of Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage" has been picked up by Latinos on social media. Among them is Puerto Rican singer Ricky Martin, who told his fans: "This is what they think of us."

While people who live in Puerto Rico can't vote, there are an estimate 5.8 million people of Puerto Rican descent living in the US who can.

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There has been a backlash from some Latino Republican lawmakers over comments made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at Donald Trump's New York rally on Sunday, including describing Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage".

Florida congresswoman María Elvira Salazar wrote on X that she was "disgusted" by his "racist comment". Her state has one of the largest populations of Puerto Ricans in the US.

Fellow Florida Republican Carlos A. Gimenez described Hinchcliffe's speech as "completely classless and in poor taste", while New York congressman Anthony D'Esposito said he was "proud to be Puerto Rican".

"The only thing that’s ‘garbage’ was a bad comedy set," he wrote on X.

As a reminder, Trump's campaign has distanced the former president from the remark, saying it does not reflect his views about the island.

Remarks by comedian and podcast host Tony Hinchcliffe, who was invited as a warm-up speaker ahead of Donald Trump's speech at Madison Square Garden, have been condemned by Democrats and Republicans.

It was one of several contentious comments made during the New York rally which have drawn focus away from the former president's speech.

Puerto Rico is a US island territory in the Caribbean. While its inhabitants are unable to vote in US presidential elections, there is a large diaspora across the US who can.

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Trump didn’t explicitly offer Robert F Kennedy Jr a cabinet position if the former president returns to the White House - but he practically did.

While speaking at Madison Square Garden, Trump praised Kennedy - who has been criticised for spreading disinformation on health topics like Covid-19 and vaccines.

The former president promised he would let RFK Jr "go wild on health" if he wins. He added: "I'm going to let him go wild on the food. I'm going to let him go wild on medicines."

Kennedy, whose family has produced several significant Democratic figures over the decades, ran for president as an independent. He abandoned his bid in August and endorsed Trump.

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Donald Trump held a huge rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night. This hometown appearance was billed as Trump's opportunity to set up the final weeks of his presidential campaign by setting out his message to voters.

Instead, much of the focus in the hours since has been on the rhetoric used by his supporters from the stage prior to him speaking.

Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe was among those invited to warm up the crowd ahead of Trump speaking. He referred to the US territory of Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage".

Shortly after that remark, the Trump campaign issued a statement distancing the former president from it.

Hinchcliffe also said Latinos "love making babies" and made a comment about "carving watermelons" at a Halloween party hosted by a black man - both of which draw on offensive stereotypes about those groups.

David Rem, a childhood friend of Trump, used his speech to call Kamala Harris "the devil" and "the antichrist", while Trump's former attorney Rudy Giuliani falsely claimed the Democratic candidates is "on the side of the terrorists" in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

The Harris campaign has condemned the language heard at the event as "divisive and demeaning".

As we head into the last full week of campaigning in the US election, here are the key developments you need to know about:

• Donald Trump summed up the closing message of his campaign during a huge hometown rally at Madison Square Garden, New York, where he promised to "bring back the American dream"
• However, comments from his supporters have drawn criticism - including comedian Tony Hinchcliffe calling Puerto Rico a "floating island of garbage"
• The Trump campaign said that comment does "not reflect" the Republican candidates views, with both camps trying to win over crucial Latino voters
• Harris spent Sunday campaigning in Pennsylvania, one of the key states for both the Democrats and Republicans
• She targeted her message at so-called Gen Z voters, recognising that some young people are "impatient for change"
• Almost 42 million Americans have already voted ahead of polling day on 5 November - and President Joe Biden is set to cast his ballot on Monday
• The polls could not be closer - you can see the latest data here

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