Harris will be the first presidential nominee to decline the invitation to address the charity dinner in decades.

Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in Wisconsin, concluding with a rally tonight in Green Bay; former President Donald Trump will speak tonight at the annual Al Smith charity dinner in New York City.

What's happening on the campaign trail

Vice President Kamala Harris is campaigning in Wisconsin, making stops throughout the day in Milwaukee, La Crosse and Green Bay.

Former President Donald Trump will address the Al Smith dinner in New York. Although the charity event will play a recorded message from Harris, her campaign previously said she won't attend, citing a scheduling conflict with campaign events. Trump called the decision "sad but not surprising." Harris will be the first nominee not to attend the event benefiting Catholic charities in decades — despite pleas from some in her party to reconsider.

The vice presidential nominees, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, will also hit the trail today. Walz is set to campaign with former President Bill Clinton in North Carolina, while Vance continues his Midwestern pitch in Pittsburgh.

Al Smith dinner to play recorded message from Harris as she skips charity event

The Al Smith charity dinner in New York City will play a recorded message from Harris tonight in lieu of the vice president's attendance at the event for Catholic charities, according to Joseph Zwilling, director of communications for the archdiocese of New York.

Harris' campaign said she declined the invitation to attend the dinner — the first time a presidential candidate has done so in decades — because of conflicting events in the final weeks of the campaign. Trump, who will give remarks, criticized Harris' decision, writing in a Truth Social post last month that "it's sad but not surprising" that she chose not to attend.

The event, which typically features humorous remarks from the candidates, will be hosted by Cardinal Timothy Dolan, with comedian Jim Gaffigan is serving as the night's emcee.

Trump is hosting a series of town halls in an effort to win over Hispanic and women voters — during one of which he elaborated on his policies on abortion and in vitro fertilization, calling himself “the father of IVF.” NBC’s Garrett Haake reports for "TODAY."

Trump to hold rally in Greenville, North Carolina

Trump will head to the battleground state of North Carolina on Monday for a rally in Greenville. The event will be held on the campus of East Carolina University, just a short drive from where Harris held a rally at a church Sunday.

In the release, the campaign said the rally will focus on the economy and inflation, saying "Kamala Harris has abandoned North Carolina families, leaving them to struggle under the crushing weight of inflation and skyrocketing costs."

In new ad, Democratic Senate candidate Ruben Gallego spotlights Republican city councilwoman who's supporting him

Democratic Senate candidate Rep. Ruben Gallego, of Arizona, released a new campaign ad today that will air on TV that spotlights a Republican city councilwoman who has decided to support him over Republican Kari Lake for Senate.

“I grew up as conservative as it gets. Lifelong Republican, still am, but I cannot vote for Kari Lake. She doesn’t want to solve problems. She wants power. I’m supporting Ruben Gallego,” Mesa City Councilwoman Julie Spilsbury says in the ad.

She continues, “We should look for candidates who demonstrate integrity, passion, and service to others, regardless of party affiliation. I don’t need to be a Democrat to know that he has the character to lead Arizona forward.”

Democratic candidates, including Harris herself, have been platforming Republicans who are supporting them over Republicans.

New ad mocks GOP House candidate's 'fake wife and kids'

A Democratic super PAC has put out an ad making fun of Derrick Anderson, a Republican running for Congress in Virginia, for a campaign photo that made it look like he was married with kids.

"Derrick Anderson was caught using a fake wife and kids for his campaign," the ad by the House Majority PAC begins, as an actor playing Anderson returns home to cardboard cutouts of a family. It then shows him throwing a frisbee to one of the cardboard kids and sitting down to dinner with the cutouts, and accuses him of trying to hide that he's "an extreme MAGA politician."

The New York Times first reported on the campaign pictures — one of which shows him standing in front of a house with a woman and her three daughters and another of which shows them eating at a dining table — last month.

Anderson, whose biography on his campaign website says, "He lives in Spotsylvania County with his dog, Ranger, a Dalmatian," has said he was simply photographed with constituents who are longtime friends. His campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the ad.

Anderson's Democratic opponent, Eugene Vindman, used the pictures as a line of attack in their debate earlier this month, according to Virginia Public Radio, saying, “If you are going to lie about something as fundamental, portray yourself as a family man so people like you, how can you be trusted on more serious topics?”

Anderson countered that it was "unbelievable" that Vindman brought the picture up. “You talk about distracting from the issues. Good grief folks, you can’t have anything that’s more distracting about the issues,” Anderson said.

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