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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 to stay on Michigan GOP ballot, state’s top court says

The Michigan Supreme Court left intact a ruling allowing Donald Trump to stay on the state’s Republican primary ballot next year despite his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, one week after Colorado’s high court ruled he’s ineligible to serve.

Wall Street donors keep wallets closed as 2024 race heats up

Big Republican donors warned months ago that the only way to stifle Donald Trump's comeback bid was to coalesce around one of his rivals. That never happened. Many of the donors who fuel presidential ambitions with their checkbooks -- Citadel's Ken Griffin, Blackstone Inc.'s Stephen Schwarzman and Elliott Investment Management's Paul Singer - have so far stayed on the sidelines.

Fewer young Americans plan to vote in 2024, Harvard youth poll finds

Fewer voters under age 30 plan to vote in the upcoming presidential election than did at this point in the 2020 election cycle, and less than one-third of those who identify as independents definitely plan to participate, a newly released Harvard Youth Poll shows.

Liz Cheney, outspoken Trump critic, weighs third-party presidential run

Liz Cheney, one of the most vociferous critics of Donald Trump in the Republican Party, says she is weighing whether to mount her own third-party candidacy for the White House, as she vows to do "whatever it takes" to prevent the former president from returning to office.