What Democrats Don't Understand About J. D. Vance  —  If you show up to a J. D. Vance campaign event and ask some of the red-hat-wearing attendees whether they're fans of the senator from Ohio, they will say: No, they are fans of Donald Trump.  —  Yet Vance is better than his ticketmate …

Swing State Poll 2024: Georgia, North Carolina: Trump Ahead In GA, On Upside Of Tight Race In NC, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; NC Governor Race: More Voters Say Robinson Should Stay In Race  —  mail_outline  —  GEORGIA: Trump 50%, Harris 44%, other candidates 3%

Live Updates: Iran Launches About 180 Ballistic Missiles at Israel  —  Many of the missiles were intercepted with the help of the United States, but some fell in central and southern Israel, the Israeli military said.  Israel vowed to retaliate.  —  Raja Abdulrahim/The New York Times

Biden Fumes After Reporter Parrots Trump Lies on Hurricane Helene  —  President Biden isn't happy with Donald Trump's lies about him ignoring the plight of hurricane victims.  —  Speaking to reporters Thursday night along with North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper, who was present via teleconference …

Taylor Lorenz Exits Washington Post to Launch ‘User Mag’ on Substack (Exclusive)  —  Lorenz, who is leaving the newspaper to launch the publication, says that it will “cover technology from the user side,” in contrast to traditional coverage of social media.

John Amos, ‘Good Times’ Dad and ‘Roots’ Actor, Dies at 84  —  John Amos, the star of “Good Times,” “Roots” and more, died on Aug. 21 in Los Angeles of natural causes, his representative confirmed to Variety on Tuesday.  He was 84.  —  “It is with heartfelt sadness that I share …

24 hours of MAGA misinformation  —  A small sampling of the inundation of false and dubious claims flowing from Donald Trump and his allies.  —  We're now in the final full month of the 2024 campaign, and that means politicians and their allies are frantically seeking votes for their side.

Paypal Opted You Into Sharing Data Without Your Knowledge  —  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.  —  “Starting early summer 2025 …

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.

Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship  —  The multinational has removed dozens of apps, even though the Kremlin's censorship body did not order the move.  These services, half-permitted by the government, enable people in Russia to access social networks and independent media

Arizona Voter Data Error Affected 218,000 Voters  —  The administrative error in Arizona's elections systems that briefly risked the voting eligibility of 97,000 residents actually affected twice that number of voters.  —  According to Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) …

Olivia Nuzzi accuses ex-fiance of orchestrating blackmail campaign amid RFK relationship  —  New York magazine writer Olivia Nuzzi is publicly accusing her ex-fiancé Ryan Lizza, a prominent political journalist with Politico, of orchestrating a harassment and blackmail campaign …

Republicans Will Secretly Cheer Walz during Debate: Friend  —  SILENTLY ANTI-TRUMP  —  A congressman who served with Tim Walz predicts even more will come out of the woodwork.  —  Deputy Washington Bureau Chief  —  Tim Walz's former roommate and fellow lawmaker claims there's a secret cabal …

Philly-Area Republican Couple Threatened After Filming Kamala Harris Ad  —  The normally idyllic lives of these Main Line farmers changed after MSNBC spotlighted the commercial.  —  Pennsylvania farmers Bob Lange and wife Kristina Chadwick Lange are lifelong Republicans.

Trump's Team Is Trying to Stop — Or Heavily Redact — the Release of Jack Smith's Election Fraud Report  —  The former president's lawyers are trying to get ahead of what could be his campaign's October surprise.  — Copy  —  Donald Trump's lawyers are scrambling to get ahead …

Eight killed in terror shooting in Jaffa, many more wounded  —  The shooting, which the MDA designated a mass-casualty incident, occurred near a light rail station in the central Israeli city.  —  Eight people were killed and at least seven wounded, as well as a dog, in a shooting terror attack in Jaffa …

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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.”

Rep. Raul Grijalva talks about cancer battle, political future  —  Congressman said the upcoming election will be his last, win or lose  —  TUCSON, Ariz. (13 News) - In an exclusive interview with 13 News on Monday, Rep. Raul Grijalva said this election will be his last.

Exclusive: Young Americans for Freedom's Pro-Israel Banner Defaced on U. of Iowa Campus  —  Conservative students with Young Americans for Freedom (YAF) at the University of Iowa found their banner promoting a Pro-Israel event defaced less than three hours after it was put up on campus.

Biden directed US military to help Israel shoot down Iranian missiles, officials say  —  National security adviser Jake Sullivan called the attack “ineffective.”  —  President Joe Biden speaks about the federal response efforts for Hurricane Helene, from the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, Sept. 30, 2024.

Senate Democrats seek probe into DOJ investigation of Trump and Egypt  —  A secret Justice Department investigation into whether Trump accepted $10 million from the Egyptian president was closed in 2020, despite prosecutors and FBI agents having sought to take additional steps, The Post previously reported.

Democratic donors prop up far-right candidates including Wisconsin gun activist in Senate race  —  David Steinglass, a wealthy donor, has supported scores of Democrats running for office and calls himself an activist for transgender rights.  So his donation earlier this year to a far-right candidate …

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 …