Vice President Harris has lost some of her mojo in the battle for the White House. Former President Trump's chances of a second term are edging up, and Democrats are fretful. To be clear, Harris might well become the next president. But the small advantage she enjoyed after a strong launch to her candidacy, including a smooth Democratic National Convention and a powerful debate performance against Trump last month, has all but vanished. |
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Split-ticket voters could ultimately propel Democratic Rep. Ruben Gallego to the Senate in Arizona even as voters in the Grand Canyon State choose former President Trump over Vice President Harris in the presidential race. An aggregate of Arizona surveys compiled by Decision Desk HQ shows Trump — who won the state in 2016 before narrowly losing it in 2020 — just edging past Harris at roughly 49 percent to 48 percent. Yet a DDHQ aggregate shows Gallego more comfortably leading Senate GOP challenger Kari Lake at 50 percent to 42 percent. |
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Officials are warning a key federal program that provides disaster loans to businesses and homeowners is running critically low on funds in the aftermath of back-to-back hurricanes, increasing the pressure on Congress to return to Washington.
The Small Business Administration (SBA) has roughly $50 million left for new disaster loans, and the agency says it expects funds to be depleted soon, potentially before Congress returns from recess next month, amid heightened demand in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. Officials say the program needs about $1.6 billion. |
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Vice President Harris on Saturday plans to release a report on her medical history and health information, according to a senior Harris aide.
The report, the aide said, concludes that the vice president possesses the physical and mental resiliency required to successfully execute the duties of the presidency. |
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Former President Obama is drawing backlash for recent comments calling on Black men to turn out for Vice President Harris in November's election. At a campaign stump for Harris on Thursday in Pittsburgh, Obama said that despite Harris raising upward of $1 billion, "we have not yet seen the same kinds of energy and turnout in all quarters of our neighborhoods and communities as we saw when I was running." |
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The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced a lawsuit against the state of Virginia for purging voter rolls on Friday. The department claims state officials violated the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 (NVRA) by challenging voters' eligibility too close to the November election. "As the National Voter Registration Act mandates, officials across the country should take heed of the law's crystal clear and unequivocal restrictions on systematic list maintenance efforts that fall within 90 days of an election," said Kristen Clarke, assistant attorney general in the Civil Rights Division. |
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Boeing plans to cut 10 percent of its workforce, or about 17,000 workers, CEO Kelly Ortberg announced Friday. The airplane maker also said that deliveries of its 777X planes will be delayed until 2026 and that it will be discontinuing production of its 767 Freighters in 2027. |
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Arizona Democrats closed their field office in Tempe, Ariz. after three shooting incidents. The office served as a base for the Sun State's congressional campaigns and Vice President Harris's presidential effort in recent weeks.
The Tempe Police Department said the latest incidents on Oct. 6 involved gun shots fired at the Democratic campaign office at around 12:30 a.m. They said no one was inside the building. Officers are now looking for a silver Toyota Highlander with an unknown plate, which was seen on the premises. |
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Pastor and GOP candidate for Indiana lieutenant governor Micah Beckwith said that he would fire staff members with pronouns in their email signature at a Monroe County Republican dinner in Bloomington. "If you think that men can be women and women can be men, and there's pronouns needed when we're talking to one another, you don't understand the basics of even reality," he said at the dinner earlier this month. |
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OPINION | President Biden entered office with a wealth of foreign policy experience and the promise to restore American leadership on the global stage. Yet, as his term nears its end, his administration's handling of international crises raises questions about the effectiveness of his approach. While facing a complex and volatile world, Biden's foreign policy has been marked by caution that at times borders on indecision, potentially undermining U.S. interests and global stability. |
OPINION | Alabama's ban on the sale of cultivated meat goes into effect this month, with violators facing a $500 fine and up to three months in jail. It's a stunningly anti-free market sop to the in-state meat industry and a likely violation of the Interstate Commerce Act, which prohibits states from unduly burdening the free flow of commerce across state lines. Yet, it's nothing new for big agricultural interests in their ongoing fight against pro-animal products and compassionate welfare reforms. In the battle against so-called "activists," the anti-animal lobby regularly skirts the law — and the Constitution. |
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JD Vance keeps showing up. The Republican vice-presidential nominee and first-term senator from Ohio is talking to reporters at campaign rallies. He is scheduling network and cable interviews. And he is sitting down with The New York Times. Something has shifted in American politics when it is noteworthy that a candidate willingly faces one unscripted question after another. But here we are. |
Former President Trump is running on his economic record from his four years in office. Vice President Harris isn't at the helm at the White House, but President Biden's record is, in effect, hers. Americans have consistently given Trump better marks on the economy than Biden — to the frustration of Biden's advisers, who complain the president hasn't gotten the credit he deserves. While recent polls suggest Harris is making up ground on the economy, she still trails. |
Hezbollah militants have clashed along the border while the Lebanese army has largely stood on the sidelines. It's not the first time the national army has found itself watching war at home from the discomfiting position of bystander. |
BY SARAH KAPLAN AND DINO GRANDONI |
In the beginning, Jessica Meidinger tried to keep her hopes up. She tried to believe that her mother, Kim Ashby, was just stranded somewhere in the storm-ravaged mountains of western North Carolina. She tried to put her faith in the rescue crews who spent each day scouring the riverbanks near Ashby's now-demolished home. She tried to imagine her phone ringing with good news, tried to picture the moment when she and her mom were finally reunited. |
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