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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

Trump leads by wide margin in N.H. primary, Post-Monmouth poll finds

With the contest for the Republican presidential nomination now a two-person race, Donald Trump holds a clear lead among New Hampshire voters over Nikki Haley, his last remaining challenger, ahead of Tuesday's primary here, according to a Washington Post-Monmouth University poll.

Trump moves to quash hopes of Ukraine-border deal in Congress

Former president and likely Republican nominee Donald Trump is moving to quash any hopes of a bipartisan compromise on immigration and Ukraine as the Senate prepares for votes as early as next week on a possible deal.

After Trump’s landslide win in Iowa, GOP race moves to New Hampshire

MANCHESTER, N.H. - The GOP presidential race barreled into New Hampshire on Tuesday, with Donald Trump aiming to build on a landslide victory in Iowa, as his rivals and critics looked to regroup in a battleground seen as perhaps the final chance of slowing his march to the nomination.

Trump takes Iowa, and a big first step toward a rematch with Biden

Donald Trump won the Iowa caucuses Monday, a crucial first step in his bid to reclaim the Republican nomination for the third consecutive election as voters braved the bitter cold, looked past his mounting legal jeopardy and embraced his vision of vengeful disruption.

Oregon Supreme Court allows Trump to appear on primary ballot

Oregon's top court on Friday allowed Donald Trump to run in the state's presidential primary, saying it wouldn't take up the issue of whether he's qualified to get on the state's ballot while the Supreme Court considers a challenge on the issue from Colorado.

New Hampshire looms as Haley’s last chance to stop Trump

Former president Donald Trump is aiming for a crushing victory in Iowa on Jan. 15. But it is the New Hampshire primary eight days later, where former U.N. ambassador Nikki Haley has narrowed the gap with Trump, that is shaping up to be the most consequential early-state contest - and perhaps the only shot to stop or slow Trump’s march to the GOP presidential nomination.

Biden, in Valley Forge speech, to hit Trump hard as threat to democracy

President Biden is scheduled to arrive outside Philadelphia on Friday afternoon to deliver his first speech of this election year, attempting to cast the 2024 presidential campaign as a battle for the future of American democracy and portray former president Donald Trump as its chief antagonist.