Jimmy Carter turns 100 and his hometown is ringing in the milestone  —  He is the first American president to reach the century mark.  Locals are excited to celebrate the man they know as “Mr. Jimmy.”  —  PLAINS, Ga. — Signs that read “Happy 100th Birthday Mr. President!” dot lawns.

Trump makes false claims about federal response as he campaigns in area ravaged by Hurricane Helene  —  Donald Trump repeatedly spread falsehoods Monday about the federal response to Hurricane Helene despite claiming not to be politicizing the disaster as he toured hard-hit areas in south Georgia.

Supplies arrive by plane and mule to North Carolina as Helene death toll tops 100  —  Widespread devastation left behind by Hurricane Helene came into light Monday across the South, revealing a wasteland of splintered houses, crushed cargo containers and mud-covered highways in one of the worst storms in U.S. history.

Facts Need To Be Checked  —  So what's going on with CBS News?  —  Dan Rather and Team Steady  —  With our democracy being tested in unimagined ways, we are just over a month away from one of the most important presidential elections in U.S. history.  The only chance for voters …

N.C. presidential race close as Helene recovery begins, Post poll finds  —  Republican Mark Robinson trails by a wide margin in the race for governor following allegations of lewd and racist comments.  —  North Carolina voters are closely divided in the choice between Donald Trump …

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Rudy Giuliani's Daughter: Trump Took My Dad From Me.  Please Don't Let Him Take Our Country Too  —  “Nothing I have experienced prepared me for the very public and relentless implosion of my father's life,” writes Caroline Giuliani, announcing her support for Kamala Harris.

Harris launches multimillion-dollar TV ad blitz hitting Trump's ‘concepts of a plan’ for health care  —  The Democratic nominee is opening an aggressive new front on health care, seeing it as a winning issue to attract voters and paint Trump in a corner.  —  WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris …

Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas go on strike, a standoff risking new shortages  —  Dockworkers at ports from Maine to Texas began walking picket lines early Tuesday in a strike over wages and automation that could reignite inflation and cause shortages of goods if it goes on more than a few weeks.

Hundreds of citizens wrongly stripped of voting rights in botched effort to legitimize Trump's conspiracy theory  —  One of the central narratives that former President Donald Trump and his allies are pushing is that Democrats are planning to steal the election by using undocumented immigrants to pad their vote totals.

Judge again strikes down Georgia abortion law, allowing abortions to resume … About the Author  —  Maya T. Prabhu is a government reporter for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.  Born in Queens, New York, and raised in northern Virginia, Maya attended Spelman College and then the University of Maryland for a master's degree.

A Year of Fury and Feuding: GOP Lawmakers Are Still Reeling From McCarthy's Removal  —  “In the history of politics, it was the single stupidest thing I've ever seen,” New York Rep. Mike Lawler said.  — Copy  —  On a normal day, the House of Representatives is chaotic, loud and full of members jockeying for power.

Crooked Cops, Stolen Laptops & the Ghost of UGNazi  —  A California man accused of failing to pay taxes on tens of millions of dollars allegedly earned from cybercrime also paid local police officers hundreds of thousands of dollars to help him extort, intimidate and silence rivals and former business partners, the government alleges.

JD Vance Says His “Mamaw” Had Eight Miscarriages.  His Policies Deny Women Like Her Lifesaving Care.  —  His position is curious for someone whose story begins with the pregnancy of a 13-year-old girl.  —  One in every ten pregnancies in the US ends in a miscarriage, a common medical event …

Pennsylvania Republicans Lag Democrats in Early Mail Ballot Requests  —  Encouraging voters to cast mail ballots — and cast them early — benefits political campaigns.  But former President Donald J. Trump's skepticism has hurt Republican efforts in a key state.