Musk Is Going All In to Elect Trump  —  Elon Musk is planting himself in Pennsylvania, has brought his brain trust to help and may even knock on doors himself.  —  In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, the richest man in the world has involved himself in the U.S. election in a manner unparalleled in modern history.

'They've given up on the idea that they can get women.' How Trump is turning to the other gender gap for victory.  —  A profound gender gap is shaping the 2024 election.  And after listening to voters in hundreds of focus groups, Sarah Longwell thinks she knows why.

I'm Running Out of Ways to Explain How Bad This Is … The truth is, it's getting harder to describe the extent to which a meaningful percentage of Americans have dissociated from reality.  As Hurricane Milton churned across the Gulf of Mexico last night, I saw an onslaught …

Trump ghostwriter ‘deeply unsettled’ by evidence of ex-president's ‘psychopathy’  —  Donald Trump's ghostwriter for his myth-making memoir “The Art of the Deal” explained how the new film “The Apprentice” reveals how the former president's childhood trauma warped him into a “psychopath” …

Harris and Walz are winning the economic policy argument  —  They're turning a Democratic weakness into a strength. … 🙌  —  For months, Trump campaign operatives have said they want their candidate to “stick to his economic policies.”  Trump supporters have repeated that shibboleth …

Michigan newspaper issues correction after Trump claims he won man of year award  —  A Michigan newspaper issued a correction after former President Trump cited the paper at a speech in Detroit, claiming he was Michigan's “Man of the Year” in 2023.  —  The former president pulled out a printout …

Obama admonishes Black men for hesitancy in supporting Harris  —  Former president suggests some in the Black community are uncomfortable voting for a woman and are coming up with excuses  —  PITTSBURGH — Former president Barack Obama on Thursday made a direct, impassioned plea to black men …

Democrats to swing states: A vote for Jill Stein is a vote for Trump  —  Democrats are arguing in a new pitch to swing-state voters that a vote for Green Party nominee Jill Stein would only help elect former President Trump.  —  An ad released Thursday says that Stein was “key” …

Trump won't golf until after the election  —  Security concerns have kept Trump off the golf course since the apparent assassination attempt last month.  —  Donald Trump has not golfed since an apparent assassination attempt near one of the former president's golf courses on Sept. 15 …

Cities seek more than $750K in unpaid bills for Trump campaign events since 2016  —  At least four cities and a county are still waiting to be reimbursed for costs associated with local law enforcement and first responders during Trump's visits.  —  Former President Donald Trump held …

Inside the Harris campaign's ground game  —  Good morning, Early Birds.  TGIF.  Send tips to earlytips@washpost.com.  Thanks for waking up with us.  —  In today's edition ... Trump's swampy campaign ... Trump 47 captains chase low-propensity voters ... but first ...

James Carville on Aging, Edibles and His Anxieties About Harris … Mr. Carville was among the first prominent Democrats to urge Mr. Biden to drop out of the presidential race.  “I could have been embarrassed.  He could have run and won.  But it never occurred to me that I was wrong,” he said.

Vance, Given 5 Chances to Say Trump Lost in 2020, Takes None  —  In an interview with The New York Times, Senator JD Vance repeatedly refused to acknowledge Donald J. Trump's defeat and said he would not have certified the 2020 results.  —  Heading into the final three weeks of the 2024 election …

'It's mindblowing': US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge  —  Storms Helene and Milton have triggered rise of misinformation stoked by Trump and fellow Republicans  —  Meteorologists tracking the advance of Hurricane Milton have been targeted by a deluge …

Jon Tester pushes for ticket-splitters in a Montana Senate race that appears to be slipping away  —  Trump voters look set to decide the Senate majority.  The main fight in Montana is all about how many of them longtime Democratic Sen. Jon Tester can entice to split their tickets.

When the Hurricane-Relief Worker Turns Out To Be a Neo-Nazi  —  Seizing on the politicization of the government response, white supremacist groups have turned out to help after recent storms in North Carolina and Florida in order to boost recruitment and burnish their image

Scranton firefighters were not holding pro-Trump signs at rally  —  The Scranton Fire Department firefighters' union had nothing to do with several signs stating “Scranton Firefighters for Trump” held and displayed by members of the public at the former president's campaign event Wednesday in Scranton, the union announced on Facebook.

Donald Trump Is Both Candidate And Insider Threat  —  Mainstream reporters should cover him as both; Democrats should campaign against him AND try to foil his schemes.  —  It came as little surprise, because he'd been clear all along that he intended to hide or ignore or misclassify new cases of COVID-19.

Roger Stone Suggests Using ‘Armed Guards’ During Election in Secret Video  —  The Trump ally explains how to ensure the former president returns to office in undercover footage from liberal documentarian Lauren Windsor  —  DONALD TRUMP IS still mad he lost in 2020, and this year he and his allies …

Vice President Kamala Harris on Her Race to the Finish  —  If politics is a game best played in temperate weather, Kamala Harris's arrival in Ripon, Wisconsin, on October 3 caught the luck of an unseasonably warm sun.  It's 71 degrees—by Wisconsin standards, summer—when Air Force Two touches …

'He's Not Well': Trump's Bizarre Off-Topic Ramble Raises Alarm Over ‘Mental Capacity’  —  The former president jumped from topic to topic to topic during a stream-of-consciousness rant.  —  LOADING  —  Donald Trump's rambling speech at the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday at times veered …

Mark Milley fears being court-martialed if Trump wins, Woodward book says  —  Retired US army general fears unusual action of being recalled to uniform for retribution, veteran reporter writes  —  Mark Milley, a retired US army general who was chair of the joint chiefs of staff under Donald Trump …