Despite GOP calls for Trump to focus on policy, he called Harris "crazy," referred to Biden as "stupid" and said Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz is "a clown."

For millions of Americans, the economic and financial toll of raising a family increasingly weighs on one of the most personal life choices.

Former President Donald Trump focused partly on the economy during a speech in North Carolina on Wednesday as his campaign works to reset his close fight against Vice President Kamala Harris.

Mr. Trump’s remarks on the economy and his insults aimed at Ms. Harris suggested the Trump campaign continues to suffer growing pains as it adjusts to a new opponent.

Republicans are looking for Trump to focus more than in the scattershot arguments and attacks he has made on Vice President Kamala Harris since Democrats elevated her as their presidential nominee.

Trump has said he wants stiffer tariffs on imported goods, a recycled policy from his term in office. He could help himself by explaining how the upward pressure this could put on prices will be overshadowed by benefits to small business. And he might offer an energy policy that provides a bit more detail than "drill, baby, drill."

Get the latest news from the 2024 campaign trail in the contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump.

Former President Trump concluded his "intellectual" remarks about the economy Wednesday in North Carolina by telling Vice President Kamala Harris: "You're fired!" DONALD TRUMP: We're not going to let this incompetent socialist lunatic keep breaking our economy for four more years.

A new poll released by the Financial Times shows 42 percent of voters believe Harris would be better at handling the economy than former President Donald Trump.

For good or ill, Donald Trump failed to stay on message as he gave what his aides billed as a major economic address in North Carolina