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Will Saletan / The Bulwark:
The One Question That Mattered in the VP Debate — IN TUESDAY NIGHT'S VICE-PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, JD Vance and Tim Walz covered lots of issues: inflation, housing, guns, abortion, immigration, health care, and much more. — But there was only one question on which the vice presidency …
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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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CBS News:
CBS News VP debate poll shows voter reactions to Vance-Walz showdown — In the first — and likely only — vice-presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance, voters who watched Tuesday night said it was an almost even match, and an overwhelming majority felt the tone of the debate was positive.
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
JD Vance Was So Good, It May Drive Trump Crazy — A few thoughts on Tuesday's VP debate. — Tim Walz was . . . fine. His performance rated somewhere between lovable lunkhead and compelling nice guy. Your mileage may vary. He had one or two very bad moments (Eye-Ran; his China trip) …
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Vox:
3 winners and 2 losers from the Walz-Vance debate — The vice presidential debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday was something of a stalemate, though it did feature several striking moments and offered an interesting preview into what presidential politics might look like once Donald Trump is off the stage.
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Stefan Becket / CBS News:
Read the full VP debate transcript from the Walz-Vance showdown — The first and only vice presidential debate between Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz took place in New York on Tuesday, a largely collegial affair that touched on many pressing issues facing the country.
CNN:
CNN Instant Poll: No clear winner in VP debate between Tim Walz and JD Vance — Registered voters who watched Tuesday's debate between vice presidential nominees Tim Walz and JD Vance were closely divided over which candidate did the better job, according to a CNN instant poll …
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Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
At debate, Vance whines: You weren't supposed to fact-check me!
At debate, Vance whines: You weren't supposed to fact-check me!
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Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Vance claims Trump ‘salvaged’ Obamacare. Trump tried, and failed, to kill it.
Vance claims Trump ‘salvaged’ Obamacare. Trump tried, and failed, to kill it.
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Politico:
The big VP debate takeaway: Neither candidate delivered the goods
The big VP debate takeaway: Neither candidate delivered the goods
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The only moment from the VP debate that mattered
The only moment from the VP debate that mattered
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Reagan Reese / The Daily Caller:
‘Nervous As Hell’: Bewildered Walz Emerges From Media Quarantine Only To Get Shelled By Vance
‘Nervous As Hell’: Bewildered Walz Emerges From Media Quarantine Only To Get Shelled By Vance
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The difference between Vance and Trump
The difference between Vance and Trump
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
JD Vance is Trump 2.0
JD Vance is Trump 2.0
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Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
J.D. Vance Tries Desperately to Rewrite His Abortion Stance During Debate
J.D. Vance Tries Desperately to Rewrite His Abortion Stance During Debate
Oliver Darcy / Status:
The Tiffany Network's Truths
The Tiffany Network's Truths
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Washington Post:
Who won the VP debate? Voters weigh in on how Vance and Walz performed.
Who won the VP debate? Voters weigh in on how Vance and Walz performed.
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Zachary Basu / Axios:
America's time machine: Takeaways from a refreshingly civil VP debate
America's time machine: Takeaways from a refreshingly civil VP debate
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New York Times, National Journal, HuffPost, NPR and Washington Examiner
Laura Doan / CBS News:
Fact checking VP debate claims from Walz and Vance's 2024 showdown
Fact checking VP debate claims from Walz and Vance's 2024 showdown
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Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
CBS cuts mics of Vance, Walz during immigration argument
CBS cuts mics of Vance, Walz during immigration argument
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Monica Alba / NBC News:
Harris launches a new ad that hits Trump's age in criticizing Vance
Harris launches a new ad that hits Trump's age in criticizing Vance
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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
‘Damning non-answer’: Vance refuses to acknowledge Trump lost the 2020 election
‘Damning non-answer’: Vance refuses to acknowledge Trump lost the 2020 election
Washington Post:
Trump mixes up words, swerves among subjects in off-topic speech — The Republican nominee appeared tired and complained about his heightened campaign schedule. — MILWAUKEE — Republican nominee Donald Trump spoke for 33 minutes before his first mention of the ostensible focus of his remarks.
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
Trump's decompensation was the big debate day story — 🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism. 🚨 — 🎤 Subscribe to Public Notice 🎤
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
How unhinged must Trump get to even matter? — The irony is now painful. For many years now, the artsy mountain resort city of Asheville, N.C. has been marketed to a growing retiree population as a “climate refuge,” a temperate inland fortress far from the potential killer hurricanes …
CBS News:
How the U.S. is responding to Iran's missile attack against Israel — The U.S. has called Tuesday's Iranian missile attack against Israel a significant escalation with the threat of wider war in the Middle East now seemingly at a tipping point. CBS News reporter Olivia Gazis …
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Robert Sherman / The Hill:
What Iran's missile attack on Israel felt like — HAIFA, Israel — I knew right from the get-go this attack from Iran was going to be different than anything we had seen. — Over the past year, I've personally witnessed countless rocket attacks on cities like Tel Aviv, Ashkelon and Sderot coming from Gaza.
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
A Wider War in the Middle East, From Hamas to Hezbollah and Now Iran
A Wider War in the Middle East, From Hamas to Hezbollah and Now Iran
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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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Paul Specht / WRAL-TV:
Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson criticized for skipping vote on Helene emergency declaration — As a deadly storm system approached the southeastern U.S. last week, North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper's office asked top state officials to support his call for emergency help.
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Josh Boswell / Daily Mail:
Kamala Harris's husband Doug Emhoff ‘forcefully slapped ex-girlfriend for flirting with another man’ in booze-fueled assault after date to star-studded gala — Vice President Kamala Harris's husband assaulted his ex-girlfriend, three friends have told Dailymail.com.
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Trump's ageing is as real as Biden's — The former president's verbal decline and random meanderings are shrugged off as just more of the same — A boy has a crush on a girl and tells everyone how great she is. The girl does not feel the same way and picks another suitor.
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Jason Koebler / 404 Media:
Internal Emails Reveal How Hate Overwhelmed Springfield After Trump's Lies About Haitian Immigrants — Internal emails from Springfield, Ohio reveal what has happened in the city after Donald Trump and JD Vance spread the conspiracy that Haitians are eating pets.
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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
The White House:
FACT SHEET: UPDATE: Biden-Harris Continues Life-Saving Response Efforts in Response to Hurricane Helene — President Biden and Vice President Harris continue to mobilize an intensive Federal response to the impacts of Hurricane Helene. The Administration is prioritizing life-saving …
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Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
As Democrats Seek an Offensive Target, Texas Senate Shifts to Lean Republican — As Democrats struggle to keep their slim Senate majority — and as Montana continues to slip from their grip — they must find new offensive targets to maintain a plausible path to 50 seats.
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Cook Political Report shifts Texas Senate race toward Democrats
Cook Political Report shifts Texas Senate race toward Democrats
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