Politics

The Hill reports: The vice presidential debate between Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) is set for Oct. 1 on CBS. Vance posted Thursday on the social platform X that he had accepted the invitation for the debate after Walz did the same Wednesday night. Vance also indicated he would be willing to do an additional …

The New York Times reports: Senator Jacky Rosen of Nevada, a Democrat seeking re-election to her seat for the first time, is pulling ahead of her Republican challenger, Sam Brown, in a race that was once considered a feasible pickup for the G.O.P., according to several polls released this week. New polling from the Cook Political Report released Thursday morning, …

Roll Call reports: Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued the Biden administration Wednesday seeking to block a rule that requires nursing homes to have a minimum level of nurse and aide staffing to care for patients. The lawsuit argues the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services does not have the authority to require more staffing in nursing homes. The lawsuit …

The Daily Beast reports: Donald Trump and JD Vance may have avoided talking about Project 2025 but Tim Walz is determined to make the controversial conservative guidebook the focus of the touted first prime time vice presidential debate on October 1. After agreeing to take part in the proposed CBS debate, Walz went on the attack and made it clear …

Axios reports: George Helmy, former chief of staff to New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, is expected to be appointed as the state’s next U.S. senator, Axios has learned. Helmy will serve in a caretaker role until 2025, when the winner of the November general election for the seat will take over. Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) will officially resign from the …

Andrew McCarthy writes for Fox News: To the surprise of no one, Judge Juan Merchan has yet again denied former President Trump’s motion that the judge recuse himself. I am speaking, of course, about the case in which Manhattan’s elected progressive Democratic District Attorney, Alvin Bragg, is prosecuting Trump. In early June, a jury found the former president and current …

The Associated Press reports: An informational pamphlet for Arizona voters who will decide in the fall whether to guarantee a constitutional right to an abortion can refer to a fetus as an “unborn human being,” the state’s highest court ruled Wednesday. The Arizona Supreme Court sided with Republican lawmakers over proponents of the ballot measure on abortion rights. The pamphlet …

CBS News reports: Gov. Tim Walz on Wednesday agreed to participate in a vice presidential debate hosted by CBS News on Oct. 1 in New York City. Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has not yet agreed to the date, leaving GOP Sen. JD Vance’s participation in question. Earlier in the day, CBS News proposed four dates for a debate between …

Chicago’s ABC affiliate reports: Leaders for the Coalition to March on the DNC said Tuesday they will appeal U.S. District Judge Andrea Wood’s decision to deny their request for a preliminary injunction. Wood’s decision kept the alternative parade route that the city proposed a few weeks ago as the final version for protesters to use on Monday. In her decision, …

From the latest FAU/Mainstreet poll results: Former U.S. President Donald Trump holds a slight edge over U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris among likely Florida voters, with 50% supporting Trump and 47% backing Harris. This close margin suggests Florida’s potential swing state status may return in the upcoming election. “The narrowing gap between Trump and Harris is consistent with the tightening …

The highly-regarded nonpartisan Cook Report writes: A new Cook Political Report Swing State Project Survey conducted by BSG and GS Strategy Group shows Vice President Kamala Harris leading or tied with former President Donald Trump in all but one of the seven battleground states. Overall, she holds a narrow lead of 48% to 47% in those states in the head-to-head. …

Politico reports: International Brotherhood of Teamsters President Sean O’Brien made a splash last month speaking at the Republican National Convention, and his organization now stands alone among America’s largest unions in withholding an endorsement of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. But Donald Trump’s comments to Elon Musk Monday night suggesting that striking workers ought to be summarily fired have inflamed …

Florida Politics reports: A digital advertisement for U.S. Rep. Kat Cammack’s re-election campaign says “Gator nation” doesn’t need a chicken representing them. “Gator Nation is my home, and I will continue to work tirelessly for my constituents to protect and defend their freedoms,” Cammack said. “The radical Left’s on a warpath,” a narrator states, “and too many politicians in Washington …

USA Today reports: Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., beat back a primary challenger Tuesday in a closely watched race after two of her progressive colleagues lost their own primary bids earlier this year in the face of massive spending from pro-Israel groups. The Minnesota lawmaker’s victory came after Reps. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., and Cori Bush, D-Mo., all members of the informal …

The Hill reports: UPSIDE Foods, a company that produces meat cultivated in a lab, filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging Florida’s new ban on the production, distribution and sale of lab-grown meat. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, argues the ban unconstitutionally favors in-state businesses at the expense of out-of-state competitors because …

CNN reports: Maryland Democratic Rep. Steny Hoyer suffered a “mild ischemic stroke” over the weekend and is responding well to treatment, his office said. Hoyer has no lingering symptoms and is expected to return to his normal schedule next week, his office said in a statement Tuesday. The House is in its August recess and not in session. Hoyer, who …

St. Louis’s CBS affiliate reports: Missouri voters will decide in November whether to guarantee a right to abortion with a constitutional amendment that would reverse the state’s near-total ban on the procedure. The secretary of state’s office certified Tuesday that an initiative petition received more than enough signatures from registered voters to qualify for the general election. It will need …

Axios reports: Democrats will stream their convention next week on TikTok, Instagram and YouTube, committee staffers told Axios. The party hopes making the stream available via vertical video apps will draw in younger viewers who get most of their news on their phones. Roughly one-third of Americans ages 18 to 29 say they get news regularly on TikTok, which only …

NPR reports: Arizona voters will get to decide in November whether to add the right to an abortion to the state constitution. The Arizona secretary of state’s office said Monday that it had certified 577,971 signatures — far above the required number that the coalition supporting the ballot measure had to submit in order to put the question before voters. …

The New York Times reports: The New York Times editorial board will no longer make endorsements in New York elections, including in races for governor and mayor of New York City, The Times’s Opinion editor said. The change will be immediate: The paper does not plan to take a stance in Senate, congressional or state legislative races in New York …