Reuters reported that at a campaign event on the evening of August 10 (US time) in Las Vegas, Nevada, Ms. Kamala Harris made commitments, including ending the tip tax.

“I promise everyone here that as president, I will continue to fight for working families by raising the minimum wage and repealing the tip tax for service and hospitality workers,” Harris said.

Tipping is a common practice in the United States and is taxable by law. Republicans have long pledged to eliminate the tip tax to appeal to voters. However, some service industry workers prefer to raise their wages over eliminating the tip tax, according to NBC News.

Writing on the social network Truth Social on August 10, Mr. Trump said Ms. Harris had “copied” his policy of not taxing tips.

“The difference is she (Harris) won’t do it. She’s just trying to get political. This is Trump’s idea, she could just steal it from me,” he wrote. In June, Trump also campaigned in Las Vegas and said he would seek to end the tip tax.

Meanwhile, on August 11, CBS News broadcast an interview with US President Joe Biden, the first time Mr. Biden gave a television interview since withdrawing from the election race.

President Biden said his predecessor Donald Trump “was a real danger to American security.”

Biden also spent part of the interview explaining his decision to end his campaign, including some Democrats who believe the incumbent president’s continued campaign could impact the race for the US Senate and House of Representatives.

“If I continued to run, it would have been a distraction and a topic of discussion. And while it would be an honor to be president, I think I have an obligation to the country to do the most important thing, which is defeat Trump,” President Biden said.

Mr. Biden said he made the important decision while at home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware with his family. He announced he was suspending his campaign on July 21.