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Melanie Mason / Politico:
Dead even: POLITICO snap poll shows stark division on debate  —  The results reflect the country's hyper-polarized politics.  —  Talk about a divided nation: There was no decisive winner in the first-and-only vice presidential debate of the 2024 election.  —  Asked who won Tuesday's debate …
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Public Notice:
Trump's decomposition was the big debate day story  —  Disoriented and incoherent, he hit new lows of unfitness. … The vice presidential debate will be a main topic of political conversation today, but far more important (and disturbing) things happened before it took place.
CNN:
Walz's claim that he was in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square protests undercut by unearthed newspaper reports  —  Newly unearthed reports contradict previous claims made by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz about his travel to China, including a claim that the Democratic vice presidential nominee …
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
How to watch the VP debate tonight between Tim Walz and JD Vance
Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump backs out of ‘60 Minutes’ primetime interview, CBS says  —  New York CNN —  Former President Donald Trump has backed out of a previously scheduled interview with “60 Minutes,” the most-watched newsmagazine in the United States, CBS News said Tuesday evening.
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Monica Alba / NBC News:
Harris launches a new ad that hits Trump's age in criticizing Vance  —  The ad is timed to begin airing with the vice presidential debate on Tuesday.  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is launching a new digital ad Tuesday slamming Republican vice presidential nominee …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump rejects “60 Minutes” interview; Harris accepts … Steven Cheung, the Trump campaign communications director, told Axios:  — “There were discussions but nothing was ever scheduled or locked in. … - “For over half a century, 60 Minutes has invited the Democratic and Republican tickets …
Mary Ann Akers / The Daily Beast:   Republicans Will Secretly Cheer Walz during Debate: Friend
Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The difference between Vance and Trump  —  At last night's vice presidential debate, we learned that Senator JD Vance (R-OH) is a much better debater than former President Donald Trump.  Vance showed he can stay on topic, properly pronounce most words, and express empathy for other people.
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USA Today:
Vice presidential debate fact check: What Tim Walz, JD Vance get right (and wrong)
Axios:
Vance: GOP has to earn America's trust back on abortion
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
CBS cuts mics of Vance, Walz during immigration argument
Cook Political Report:
Swing State Polling Finds Deadlocked Presidential Contest, ‘Blue Wall’ Senate Races Tighten  —  A new Cook Political Report Swing State Project Survey conducted by BSG and GS Strategy Group (September 19-25; 2,941 voters), shows Vice President Kamala Harris leading or tied with former President Donald Trump …
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Axios:
Republican Senate challengers lag well behind Trump in public polls
Discussion: RedState and Washington Examiner
Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Harris leading by 4 points nationwide — but most likely voters trust Trump to handle inflation, immigration and jobs: poll
Discussion: The Daily Beast
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
September 2024 Arizona and North Carolina Polls: Harris and Trump Neck-and-Neck in Key Swing States
Discussion: New Republic and RedState
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Cook Political Report shifts Texas Senate race toward Democrats  —  The Cook Political Report on Tuesday shifted Texas's Senate race from “likely Republican” to “lean Republican,” signaling momentum for Rep. Colin Allred's (D-Texas) challenge against incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in the red state.
Discussion: Joe.My.God., The Independent and Axios
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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Trump GoFundMe for Hurricane Helene victims raises more than $3M
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Breitbart
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
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 …
Reuters:
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 Diego Ibarra Sanchez for The New York Times
Ava Kofman / ProPublica:
A Pair of Billionaire Preachers Built the Most Powerful Political Machine in Texas.  That's Just the Start.  —  Tim Dunn and Farris Wilks are poised to take their Christian nationalist agenda nationwide.  —  Co-published with The New York Times Magazine … Reporting Highlights
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
If Helene affects voting, Trump may pay the price  —  Nearly a quarter of 2020 Trump voters in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas live in counties declared federal disaster areas.  —  Hurricane Helene is gone, fragmented into large cloud formations over the Eastern United States that folded into the rest of the country's weather.
Discussion: KING-TV, Wausau, BPR and The Hill
MPR News:
A deeper look at Walz's China ties ahead of Tuesday's debate  —  ListenA deeper look at Walz's China ties ahead of Tuesday's debate  —  Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance descend on New York tomorrow for the first — and only — Vice Presidential debate.  Walz's campaign has introduced …
 
 
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Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
Trump's Team Is Trying to Stop — Or Heavily Redact — the Release of Jack Smith's Election Fraud Report
Discussion: Forbes
Jordan Moreau / Variety:
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Committee to Protect Journalists:
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