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Former President Trump will record an interview Friday with podcasting giant Joe Rogan, according to a campaign official.

"The Joe Rogan Experience" boasts the largest podcast audience in the United States and gives Trump another chance to court younger, male voters, which makes up the majority of Rogan's audience. Rogan's show has 17.5 million subscribers on YouTube and more than 14 million followers on Spotify.

According to Politico, which first reported the story, Trump will tape the interview at Rogan's studio in Austin, Texas.

Trump and Vice President Harris have made numerous stops at influential podcasts during the campaign season. Harris recently appeared on the "Call Her Daddy" podcast, which has the largest female American audience, to discuss women's issues. Trump has been a guest on such shows as Barstool Sports' "Bussin with the Boys," "Full Send" and Patrick Bet-David's podcast.

Rogan's show has reportedly been in talks about an interview with Harris, although no conversation has been set with two weeks to go before Election Day.

This is an excerpt from an article by David Rutz.

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CNN’s Jake Tapper asked Gov. Wes Moore, D-Md., how to talk to Democrats still "terrified" about Vice President Kamala Harris’ chances in the race.

"I hear from Democratic friends who are, frankly, terrified that Vice President Harris is not closing the deal. I’m sure you have even more Democratic friends than I do. What do you tell them if they reach out to you and say that they’re worried about this election?" Tapper asked.

"I would tell people that it’s important that we get to work. The days of the hand-wringing are gone. And one thing we’ve seen is that the vice president continues to make her — make her point and deliver her message. She is converting people. I mean, and think about it. I think the other thing is we need to tell people you cannot sit on the sidelines on this one," Moore said.

He added, "You cannot be either/or on this situation and you cannot sit on the sidelines. So when people, especially people, and I would say this to both Democrats and Republicans, for people who are saying that I don’t like Donald Trump and I think he is a danger to society, but you do not have the political courage to endorse the only other person that can be the President of the United States, that actually says more about you than it does about the campaign that we’re running."

This is an excerpt from an article by Lindsay Kornick.

As of Thursday evening, more than 30 million ballots have been cast nationwide in the 2024 presidential election. Recent polling suggests a razor-thin margin in the race between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, and the results are expected to come down to each candidate's performance in seven swing states: Pennsylvania, Georgia, Arizona, Michigan, Wisconsin, Nevada and North Carolina.

States have long allowed at least some Americans to vote early, like members of the military and people with illnesses unable to get to the polls. Many states expanded eligibility in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic.

In the last presidential election, mail ballots tended to skew Democratic. In 2020, 60% of Democrats reported voting by mail, compared to 32% of Republicans, according to a 2021 study from the MIT Election Data and Science Lab.

It is important to note that while early ballots demonstrate voter enthusiasm, they do not reliably determine which candidate is winning the race, because fewer voters are expected to cast early votes than in the previous presidential election.

In 2020, the Fox News Voter Analysis found that 71% of voters cast their ballots before Election Day, with 30% voting early in-person and 41% voting by mail. This time, polls suggest that around four in 10 voters will show up before Nov. 5, according to Gallup polling.

Fox News Digital's Morgan Phillips and Rémy Numa contributed to this update.

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Several Republican volunteers in one of Ohio’s most critical swing districts spoke out about what issues matter most to them and why they believe that former President Trump will continue his recent success in the swing state.

"What really gets me motivated is sitting around hearing all this stuff that's going on with our country, with the economy, with inflation being real bad, with our wages being eroded like 20% last four years," Charlie Pengov, a lifelong Toledo resident volunteering for GOP House candidate Derek Merrin told Fox News Digital. "So instead, I've been taught that if you have anxiety about this, these kind of things, get involved and do something."

Although Ohio’s long history of being a swing state has been eroded recently after former President Trump won the state by 8 points in 2020 and is expected to do even better in 2024, the race between Merrin and incumbent Democrat Marcy Kaptur in Toledo takes place in Ohio’s 9th Congressional District, which is considered a key swing district.

"Biggest thing I hear from like family members is the economy, that's number one," Pengov said. "Inflation has just kind of stolen anyone's savings that they've had or even, you know, sometimes it's even hard to buy groceries from week to week for some people. You know, that's just really the biggest issue."

"For sure the economy," Kelly, a Merrin volunteer who was born and raised in Toledo before moving to Arizona to escape "Democrat policies", told Fox News Digital.

"Things like groceries, grocery prices, gas prices, housing, everything has gone up so much in the past few years and it's just really becoming unaffordable for everyone."

This is an excerpt from an article by Andrew Mark Miller.

Singer Beyoncé is expected to join Vice President Kamala Harris during a rally in Houston on Friday, The Associated Press reported Thursday.

Harris will head to the Republican state of Texas on Friday, when she will hold a rally spotlighting the state's abortion laws following the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade in 2022. The Associated Press reported Thursday morning that Harris will be joined by Beyoncé, citing three people familiar with the event.

Beyoncé, who is from Houston, has not yet endorsed Harris for president, but her song "Freedom" has become a hallmark of Harris' rallies, including using it as Harris' walk-up song before she addresses supporters.

Speculation mounted in August during the Democratic National Convention (DNC) that Beyoncé would perform for the crowds on the convention's final night. The singer ultimately did not perform or attend the DNC.

Though Beyoncé has not yet endorsed Harris this cycle, she has a long history of supporting Democrats, including singing the national anthem during former President Barack Obama's second presidential inauguration in 2013.

Beyoncé's mother in July issued a full endorsement of Harris following President Biden dropping out of the race as concern mounted surrounding Biden's mental acuity and age.

This is an excerpt from an article by Emma Colton.