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7:30 AM ET, October 2, 2024

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Laura Doan / CBS News:
Fact checking VP debate claims from Walz and Vance's 2024 showdown  —  The CBS News Confirmed team is fact checking the biggest claims made by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance in tonight's 2024 vice presidential debate in New York City.  —  CBS News is hosting …
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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.
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 …
Discussion: Townhall and The Daily Beast
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 …
Axios:
Vance: GOP has to earn America's trust back on abortion … - “I want us, as the Republican Party, to be pro-family in the fullest sense of the word,” he said. … - He added, “We can be a big and diverse country where we respect people's freedom of conscience and make the country more pro-baby and pro-family.”
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Vance claims Trump ‘salvaged’ Obamacare.  Trump tried, and failed, to kill it.  —  When Trump was president, Republicans fought to repeal the health insurance program.  —  Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance on Tuesday night claimed — in contradiction of history …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
America's time machine: Takeaways from a refreshingly civil VP debate … - At least a half-dozen times, Vance and Walz surprised viewers by expressing agreement on America's root problems — and more remarkably, on the potential solutions.  — As CBS News anchor John Dickerson put …
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
‘Damning non-answer’: Vance refuses to acknowledge Trump lost the 2020 election
USA Today:
Vice presidential debate fact check: What Tim Walz, JD Vance get right (and wrong)
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
CBS cuts mics of Vance, Walz during immigration argument
Politico:
The big VP debate takeaway: Neither candidate delivered the goods
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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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 …
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 …
Mary Ann Akers / The Daily Beast:   Republicans Will Secretly Cheer Walz during Debate: Friend
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: 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
Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
September 2024 Arizona and North Carolina Polls: Harris and Trump Neck-and-Neck in Key Swing States  —  Home Polls September 2024 Arizona and North Carolina Polls: Harris and Trump Neck-and-Neck in Key Swing States  —  Democratic Statewide Candidates Outperform Harris in Arizona & North Carolina
Discussion: New Republic and RedState
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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
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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AJ McDougall / The Daily Beast:
Tim Walz Reveals During Debate That Son Gus Witnessed a Shooting
Axios:
Republican Senate challengers lag well behind Trump in public polls
Discussion: RedState and Washington Examiner
UNHCR US:
News comment: UNHCR reiterates concern about US asylum regulations
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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Danielle Wallace / Fox News:
Tennessee migrant workers arrested for allegedly looting Hurricane Helene devastation
ProPublica:
Have Government Employees Mentioned Climate Change, Voting or Gender Identity? The Heritage Foundation Wants to Know.
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:
John Amos, ‘Good Times’ Dad and ‘Roots’ Actor, Dies at 84
 

 
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