JD Vance doesn't think he needs debate prep to defeat Tim Walz  —  He plans to attack Walz during the debate over his record as governor.  —  Ahead of his first and likely only national debate of the presidential cycle, JD Vance prepared for the event at his home in Cincinnati and virtually on Zoom.

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.

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.

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 …

Nevada Republicans Freak Out Over ‘Deplorable’ Statue of a Giant, Naked Trump  —  ‘PORNOGRAPHIC’  —  A 43-foot effigy of an entirely nude Donald Trump that mysteriously appeared outside Las Vegas over the weekend has been condemned by Nevada Republicans, who slammed the “deplorable” sculpture as “pornographic.”

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.

Video Out of North Carolina After Hurricane Helene Is Tough Viewing  —  Meanwhile, eighty-two Republicans voted to shut down the government as a catastrophic storm prepared to devastate a quarter of the country.  —  The video evidence from western North Carolina looks like something Matthew Brady would have sent back from Antietam.

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.

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What Happened to Tucker Carlson?  —  The strange journey of a pundit, Trump whisperer, and potential 2028 presidential candidate.  —  (Illustration by Aaron Sandford/Photos via Getty Images)  —  When 9/11 truthers confronted Tucker Carlson on the campaign trail ahead of the 2012 Iowa caucuses …

Iran preparing missile attack on Israel, White House says  —  Iran is preparing to fire ballistic missiles at Israel, according to a senior White House official, who said the attack could be launched “imminently.”  —  “We are actively supporting defensive preparations to defend Israel against this attack …

5 possible October surprises that could roil the Trump-Harris race  —  The 2024 presidential race has seen enough shocking events transpire in a few short months to fill an entire calendar year, but that doesn't mean there won't be a much-talked about October surprise looming in the final weeks of the campaign.

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.

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 …

Say Goodbye to Truth as We Know It If Trump and Vance Win  —  AS HURRICANE HELENE RACED TOWARD FLORIDA last week, the Miami Herald seized a dramatic opportunity to remind readers that “we live and die—sometimes literally” by information from the National Hurricane Center and National Weather Service.

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.