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 Jennifer Lopez is set to appear at Harris' rally in Las Vegas Thursday night, continuing a streak of celebrity appearances along the Democratic nominee's campaign trail. (Beyoncé, Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson and Jessica Alba have all recently joined Harris on the road.)

Lopez will attend the vice president's "When We Vote We Win" rally in the battleground state Nevada as the event's guest speaker, after the singer of Puerto Rican descent openly endorsed Harris and condemned Tony Hinchcliffe's racist joke about the U.S. territory at a Trump rally over the weekend. 

"I don't know if you guys know this, but there's literally a floating island of garbage in the middle of the ocean right now. I think it's called Puerto Rico," Hinchcliffe said during the rally in New York City.

Although Trump refused to explicitly denounce the comedian, Harris reacted to Hinchcliffe's comments and called out Trump for failing to support Puerto Rico during his first term in office, in a videotaped statement released this week by her campaign. 

"I will never forget what Donald Trump did, and what he did not do, when Puerto Rico needed a caring and competent leader," said Harris. "He abandoned the island, tried to block aid after back-to-back devastating hurricanes and offered nothing more than paper towels and insults."

Lopez and the singer Bad Bunny, who is from Puerto Rico, each went on to repost portions of that statement to their own social media pages.

After interviewing Trump for around three hours last week on an episode of his podcast that has since raked in millions of views, Joe Rogan shared more details Wednesday about why Harris has not appeared on his show. 

In the latest installment of "The Joe Rogan Experience," the series' host said Harris' campaign initially reached out to him to inquire about scheduling an appearance, but the logistics didn't work out. 

 "I said, 'Great, I would love to talk to her.' But it was very difficult to tie it down," Rogan said in Wednesday's episode. "They wanted to travel and see the thing is, if I go somewhere, then there's going to be other people in the room. And they want to control a lot of things, I'm sure." 

Rogan acknowledged the fact he didn't agree to the campaign's terms could make him seem like "a diva."

"But she had an opportunity to come here when she was in Texas, and I literally gave them an open invitation. I said anytime," he said. "I said if she's done at 10, we'll come back here at 10. I go, I'll do it at nine in the morning, I'll do it at 10 p.m. I'll do it at midnight if she's up, if she wants to, you know, drink a Red Bull. Party on."

Rogan previously addressed plans to sit down with the Democratic presidential nominee in a post on X.

"They offered a date for Tuesday, but I would have had to travel to her and they only wanted to do an hour," he wrote. "I strongly feel the best way to do it is in the studio in Austin. My sincere wish is to just have a nice conversation and get to know her as a human being. I really hope we can make it happen."

Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday climbed into a trash truck adorned with Trump signs and American flags to speak to reporters ahead of a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin. 

Wearing an orange vest, Trump said the truck was in honor of people that voted for him, a reference to President Joe Biden's comments in the wake of a joke comparing Puerto Rico to garbage at Trump's rally in New York City.

"We're not garbage," he said. "I can tell you who the real garbage is but we won't say that."

It was the latest salvo as both Democrats and Republicans have seized on the comments to motivate voters in the waning days of the election. Trump said the truck was in honor of Mr. Biden and the Democratic candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris.

"Joe Biden should be ashamed of himself, if he knows what he's even doing. And she should be ashamed, because she shouldn't let him do it. She's the Vice President, but I assume she's acting as the president. She should never have let that happen," Trump said Wednesday ahead of his rally in Wisconsin. "I hope you enjoyed this garbage truck."

—Jake Rosen and Olivia Rinaldi

Billionaire Elon Musk has been ordered by a judge to attend a Philadelphia court hearing on Thursday after he was sued by District Attorney Larry Krasner over his $1 million giveaway to voters.

The hearing is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. in a courtroom at City Hall in Center City, according to a court document. 

According to the Associated Press, Judge Angelo Foglietta of the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas wrote that "all parties must be present at the time of the hearing."

Last week, Krasner sued Musk and alleged that Musk and his super PAC are trying to influence voters in next week's presidential election between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. 

"The Philadelphia District Attorney is charged with protecting the public from public nuisances and unfair trade practices, including illegal lotteries. The DA is also charged with protecting the public from interference with the integrity of elections," Krasner said in a statement announcing the complaint last week. 

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