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11:00 AM ET, October 2, 2024

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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.
Laura Doan / CBS News:
Fact checking VP debate claims from Walz and Vance's 2024 showdown
CNN:
Walz's claim that he was in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square protests undercut by unearthed newspaper reports
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Tim Walz is rocked by cool JD Vance, admits 'I'm a knucklehead' during genial VP debate
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.
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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 …
Discussion: Mother Jones, Raw Story and Democrats
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
JD Vance is Trump 2.0  —  The senator from Ohio carries all of Trump's politics and far less of his baggage.  —  As Donald Trump consolidated power over the Republican Party in 2015 and 2016, his opponents, then still confident that he would not be president, mused at how much more dangerous …
Dominick Mastrangelo / The Hill:
CBS cuts mics of Vance, Walz during immigration argument
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
‘Damning non-answer’: Vance refuses to acknowledge Trump lost the 2020 election
Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
None of us should even know who JD Vance is
Discussion: Eschaton
Byron York / Washington Examiner:
Vance crushes Walz, debate was over in first minute
Discussion: USA Today and CBS News
USA Today:
Vice presidential debate fact check: What Tim Walz, JD Vance get right (and wrong)
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 …
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
J.D. Vance Tries Desperately to Rewrite His Abortion Stance During Debate  —  Tim Walz has been a champion for abortion access.  Vance wants to ban it  —  ON TUESDAY IN New York at the vice presidential debate, a dead-eyed J.D. Vance stared straight into the camera and sought to distance himself …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
Vance claims Trump ‘salvaged’ Obamacare. Trump tried, and failed, to kill it.
Axios:
Vance: GOP has to earn America's trust back on abortion
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Trump's ageing is as real as Biden's
Discussion: Breitbart and Townhall
Mary Ann Akers / The Daily Beast:   Republicans Will Secretly Cheer Walz during Debate: Friend
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.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Aaron Rupar / Public Notice:
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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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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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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.
Discussion: Raw Story and NC Newsline
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 …
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
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
 
 
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Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson says Congress has provided funds for Helene response
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Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:
Donald Trump Backs Out of Interview With ‘60 Minutes,’ Network Says
Discussion: New York Post
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
If Helene affects voting, Trump may pay the price
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