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.

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 …

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.

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.

Paypal Opted You Into Sharing Data Without Your Knowledge  —  Here's how to opt out of sharing data for “Personalized shopping.”  —  PayPal quietly opted users into sharing data with third parties for “personalized shopping experiences,” according to multiple complaints on social media and 404 Media's own tests.

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.

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.

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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.”

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 …

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.

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 …

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.

Why Isn't Harris Clobbering Trump?  These 15 Swing State Voters Can Tell You.  —  For all the Democratic Party energy behind Kamala Harris, she is in a dead heat in all seven swing states against Donald Trump, despite his low favorability ratings and divisive policies like tax cuts for the wealthy and opposition to abortion rights.

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.

Thousands of people purged from Georgia's voter rolls reregistered after Kamala Harris' rally in Atlanta  —  More than 40,000 people have filled out paperwork to vote on Election Day in November  —  Stanlecia Johnson, 48, registered to vote when she turned 18 years old …