Harris narrowly beating Trump in 6 key battleground states: Polling  —  Vice President Harris is narrowly leading former President Trump in six critical battleground states, while the candidates are tied in Georgia, according to new polling.  —  The survey, published late Thursday …

DNC will send funding to all state parties to support down-ballot races  —  The nearly $2.5 million investment is the first time the national party has sent funding to every one of its state counterparts.  —  The Democratic National Committee is sending money to every state Democratic party …

What Vance's Vetters Missed  —  Devastating scenes out of Florida last night after Hurricane Helene slammed into the state's Big Bend, leaving at least six people dead and knocking out power for millions of others across the Southeast.  Say a prayer for those in the impact zone today.  Happy Friday.

John Roberts Doesn't Want You to Vote  —  Donald Trump is certainly going to lose the popular vote, like he did in 2020 and 2016.  —  Donald Trump is probably going to lose the Electoral vote, like he did in 2020.  —  But if the latter is close—and thanks to the antidemocratic architecture …

Meeting with Zelenskyy, Trump says he will negotiate a Ukraine-Russia deal 'that's good for both sides'  —  Trump also complained about his 2019 impeachment, which stemmed from a July 2019 phone conversation with Zelenskyy about the Bidens.  —  Meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskyy …

JD Vance, in 2020 messages, said Trump ‘thoroughly failed to deliver’  —  In previously undisclosed messages, the future vice-presidential nominee said Trump had not fulfilled his economic agenda and predicted he would lose to Biden.  —  Vice-presidential nominee JD Vance has a go-to explanation …

58 percent favor electing presidents based on popular vote: Gallup  —  A near majority of Americans favor amending the Constitution in order to elect presidents based on the popular vote, according to a poll released Friday.  —  The Gallup survey found that 58 percent of Americans are in favor …

Jack Smith files evidence under seal against Trump in Jan. 6 case … - Trump has pleaded not guilty to all federal charges in the case — including “conspiracy to defraud” the U.S.  — The charges remain the same in the superseding indictment, though it's pared down from the original to account for the Supreme Court ruling.

RFK Jr's chaos campaign to support Trump  —  🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.  🚨  —  🤝 Subscribe to Public Notice 🤝

Gov. Gavin Newsom deals blow to reparations effort in California  —  The state's reparations task force was the first in the nation.  —  NaN:NaN  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during a press conference in Los Angeles, on Sept. 25, 2024.  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom dealt …

The Kleptocracy Club  —  Autocrats dump their democratic allies and keep the company of kleptocrats.  —  Since the earliest days of the republic, America's international friendships have shaped domestic politics.  And some of those friendships helped America strengthen its democratic principles.

Doug Emhoff Gives Unequivocal Reply To Question About Trump's Threat To Jews  —  “He lies about a lot of things, but you gotta take him at his word on things like this,” the second gentleman said of the former president.  —  LOADING  —  MSNBC's Jen Psaki asked second gentleman Doug Emhoff …

A dual win for consumers: Inflation cooled last month, paving way for borrowing costs to come down more  —  New York CNN —  Americans and Federal Reserve officials have news to celebrate: Inflation cooled significantly last month, likely giving central bankers more confidence to continue cutting interest rates.

Newsmax and Smartmatic settle 2020 election defamation case on eve of trial  —  The pro-Trump cable outlet Newsmax and voting technology company Smartmatic settled a major defamation lawsuit Thursday in a last-minute agreement, averting a high-stakes trial over the airing of false 2020 election claims.

Just Stop Oil protesters jailed for throwing soup at van Gogh's ‘Sunflowers’  —  LONDON — Two Just Stop Oil climate protesters who threw soup over Vincent van Gogh's “Sunflowers” were sentenced to prison Friday, the latest in a series of hefty punishments for activists in the U.K.

Election 2024 Video of the Week: Trump's Bonkers Economic Plan  —  This week's Election 2024 Video of the Week focuses on Trump's bizarre economic plan.  —  To remind you, the goal of this series is not to preach to the converted but to give you facts, analysis, and arguments to share with those who aren't.

Maybe It's Not the Economy, Stupid?  —  Americans should not be miserable about the economy.  But they are.  President Joe Biden should not be considered a poorer steward of the economy than former President Donald Trump.  But he is.  And if Americans really think Biden did a bad job on the economy …

The Eric Adams Indictment Is Laden With Irony  —  The indictment of Eric Adams, unsealed Thursday, is a colorful document, alleging over $100,000 in graft, the defrauding of $10 million in public funds, and a whole lot of subsidized travel to Turkey.  It accuses Adams of crimes that span …