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Latest from the Campaign Trail

  1. Kamala Harris says America needs more homes. Here’s why that’s different.

    The core of Kamala Harris’s housing platform is a simple idea: America needs more houses. But the vice president’s pitch - to help build 3 million homes and incentivize local governments and builders to join in - stands apart from how major political candidates typically talk about housing, if they do at all.

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  2. Trump, who has criticized Jewish Democrats, blames their party for antisemitism

    Former president Donald Trump on Monday suggested that Democrats have embraced antisemitism in a way Republicans have not, even as he has a long history of trafficking in antisemitic tropes and criticizing Jewish Democrats.

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  3. Days until the election: 26

Meme of the Day

In 1960, Senator John F. Kennedy and Vice President Richard Nixon participated in four televised presidential campaign debates. At the first debate, Nixon declined to wear makeup, which made his complexion blend in with his gray suit on black and white televisions.Then there were those hot TV studio lights, which caused the vice president to sweat a bit. According to History.com, Chicago mayor Richard J. Daley reportedly said, “My God, they’ve embalmed him before he even died.” (graphic via KingOfTheUzbeks on Reddit)

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What Other Media Are Saying

Fox News Biden cancels overseas trip as Milton bears down on Florida; DeSantis tells VP 'it's not about you Kamala'

Hurricane Milton, now a dangerous Category 4 storm, bears down on Florida as relief efforts continue in Georgia and the Carolinas, hard hit by Hurricane Helene

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COMING UP

  • President Biden canceled a trip to Germany Tuesday in order to monitor Hurricane Milton from the White House.
  • Tim Walz is scheduled to attend an event in Chandler, Arizona Wednesday with veteran and military families along with U.S. Senate candidate Ruben Gallego and Jim McCain, son of the late Senator John McCain.
  • JD Vance is also in Arizona, where he plans to attend a CPAC town hall Wednesday in Mesa.

Number of the Day

69

The number of electoral votes George Washington received to win the 1789 presidential election. The runner-up, John Adams, received 34 votes and was named vice president. Electors named two candidates on their ballots up until 1804 with the ratification of the 12th Amendment, which formally clarified the process for electing presidents and vice presidents.

Overheard

  • "Yes, people need to be informed. We did feel there was already coverage of the event, but also having multiple endorsed candidates in the race, we didn’t want to present bias into the race. We did not want to interfere with that election."

    —Spokane County Democrats Vice Chair Patrick Miller, when asked if it was appropriate to withhold a report into a heated exchange between Natasha Hill, a candidate for state House, and county party chair Naida Spencer until after the election.

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  • "We are held to certain standards to provide facilities that are up to a certain code. If we aren’t doing that, then the state could come and say, ‘You’re no longer fit to house students here.’ At that point, we would probably be absorbed by some surrounding district, and then we would lose control as this community."

    —School board member Naomi Lathrum, discussing why Orchard Prairie School District is seeking a bond to replace a 1970s-era building

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Latest News

After embarrassing result in Nevada, Haley goes after her own party

After perhaps her worst result in her Republican primary campaign -- finishing second to "None of These Candidates" in Nevada's primary, in which the front-runner, former President Donald Trump was not competing -- Nikki Haley unloaded on her own party, painting the day not as bad for her, but for Republicans.

Right-wing congressman to run for Senate in Montana, igniting GOP fight

Rep. Matt Rosendale of Montana is expected to announce a campaign for Senate as soon as this weekend, torching plans from top Republican officials to avoid a bruising primary battle in a state that many in the party view as their best chance to win back control of the chamber.

Trump has no immunity from Jan. 6 prosecution, appeals court rules

A federal appeals court has unanimously ruled that Donald Trump can be put on trial for trying to stay in power after losing the 2020 election, rejecting Trump’s sweeping claim of presidential immunity and moving the case one step closer to a jury.

RFK Jr. courts Las Vegas voters as alternative to Trump vs. Biden

Independent presidential candidate and former Democrat Robert F. Kennedy Jr. delivered a wide-ranging campaign speech to Las Vegas Valley supporters Sunday at Area 15. Kennedy, who is trying to position himself as a viable alternative to a Donald Trump vs. Joe Biden rematch, focused the first part of his speech on America’s health crisis and the purported link between Big Pharma and many of ...

Supreme Court enters election season with politically potent cases

The Supreme Court will grapple with a sizable number of politically significant cases as the presidential election season heats up over the next few months, touching on abortion rights, gun control and the fate of criminal charges against the leading Republican candidate, Donald Trump.

Haley camp seeks to convince top donors Trump would cost GOP the House

Nikki Haley’s campaign manager warned influential donors Tuesday that the GOP would lose control of the U.S. House of Representatives if Donald Trump is the party’s presidential nominee, leaning into concerns about down-ballot races as some anti-Trump Republicans view the fight over Congress as a better investment than the presidential race.

GOP struggles to account for E. Jean Carroll verdict against Trump

On Tuesday, New Hampshire Republican primary voters put Donald Trump on a glide path to the 2024 GOP presidential nomination, leading high-ranking Republicans to declare the race effectively over. Three days later, those GOP officials got a taste of what they will be forced to account for over the next nine months. And it reinforced how difficult that’s going to be.

U.S. reviews Venezuela sanctions as Machado blocked from vote

The U.S. government condemned a Venezuelan court ruling that blocked the leading opposition candidate from running for the presidency in elections this year, adding that it’s reviewing its sanctions policy on the Latin American nation.

Colorado voters press Supreme Court to bar Trump from return to office

A group of Colorado voters on Friday asked the Supreme Court to bar Donald Trump from the state’s primary ballot, telling the justices in their brief that he is ineligible to return to the White House after spearheading the attack on the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

After two Trump wins, congressional Republicans again fall in line

Last spring, a veteran of Republican Senate leadership said that former president Donald Trump’s time had “passed by” and that the GOP needed to “come up with an alternative.” Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) also questioned Trump’s ability to win a general election, arguing that the former president didn’t understand “that when you run in a general election, you have to appeal to voters beyond your base.” Less than a year later, Cornyn joined a number of remaining GOP holdouts in endorsing and rallying around Trump after his decisive victories in the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary.

GOP pivots on abortion stance as 2024 nears

Republican political groups and anti-abortion advocates are no longer focusing on federal abortion bans on the campaign trail, and leading GOP candidates are hedging on the issue as voters increasingly shy away from strict abortion laws.