Harris accepts CNN debate invitation for October 23, again challenging Trump to another showdown  —  Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday accepted an invitation from CNN to debate former President Donald Trump on October 23, challenging her rival to another engagement on a public stage in the final weeks of the campaign.

Trump appeals to women in return to North Carolina without Mark Robinson, a top in-state supporter  —  Donald Trump returned to North Carolina on Saturday, stumping in the southern battleground state with direct appeals to women, claiming he would be a better champion for them than Vice President Kamala Harris …

Republicans Reeling As Trump Raised Just $44.5 Million in August  —  In what is being described as a Friday news dump, the Trump campaign waited until the very last minute to file their FEC report about how much they raised in August, because the number isn't great.

Wisconsin Town Voting Machine Access Challenge  —  United States of America v. Town of Thornapple  —  Lawsuit filed by U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) against the Town of Thornapple, the Town of Lawrence, town officials and the state of Wisconsin challenging the towns' decisions to ban …

Trump Melts Down And Attacks Bill Maher And Stephanie Ruhle As Election Slips Away  —  More proof that Trump knows that the election is slipping away from him as he went off off on a rant about Bill Maher, Stephanie Ruhle, Bret Stephens, and The New York Times.  —  Trump posted on Truth Social:

Married RFK Jr., 70, Bragged He Had ‘Intimate’ Photos of Reporter Olivia Nuzzi, 31  —  COULDN'T CURB HIS ENTHUSIASM  —  A source said the two had met multiple times, though insisted those meetings included public functions and maintained Olivia Nuzzi and RFK Jr.'s relationship was never physical.

Liz Cheney Suggests a New Political Party May Be Needed  —  Ms. Cheney, a longtime Republican, said that the G.O.P. “has rejected the Constitution in the name of supporting Trump” and that Mike Johnson should not be speaker.  —  Former Representative Liz Cheney, who has emerged as perhaps …

As President, Trump Demanded Investigations of Foes.  He Often Got Them. … Former President Donald J. Trump has threatened to carry out a campaign of retribution if he returns to the White House.Roger Kisby for The New York Times  —  It was the spring of 2018 and President Donald J. Trump …

New MyPillow ad includes a ‘disturbing wink at Nazis’: historian  —  Far-right election denier Mike Lindell's MyPillow is now being advertised at a significant discount.  One historian is pointing out that the pillow's new price is a reference to a prominent neo-Nazi rallying cry.

A tour of the 7½ key swing states  —  There's a 92 percent chance that this is where the election is decided.  —  ∙ Paid  —  In 16 years of running election forecasts, I've never seen such a close election.  —  Our polling averages in seven swing states — in alphabetical order …

A dramatic rise in pregnant women dying in Texas after abortion ban  —  Exclusive analysis finds the rate of maternal deaths in Texas increased 56% from 2019 to 2022, compared with just 11% nationwide during the same time period.  —  The number of women in Texas who died while pregnant …

Elon Musk's X Backs Down in Brazil  —  In an abrupt reversal, the social network's lawyers said it was complying with court orders that it had previously defied.  Brazil's Supreme Court could allow the site to return next week.  —  Elon Musk suddenly gave up.

Ballot error shuts down Montana online absentee voting system  —  When Max Himsl opened his electronic ballot on Friday, he was dismayed to see a candidate missing from the list of options.  —  Voting absentee electronically while living abroad, Himsl saw that under the options for president …

What Trump has promised to do on ‘day one’ as president  —  Trump has made 41 distinct promises for his first day in office, including mass deportations and banning transgender women from sports.  —  Donald Trump has a long list of executive actions he says he wants to carry out on his potential first day back in the White House.