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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) ignited outrage among Democrats on Tuesday by saying the House will follow standard procedure for certifying the 2024 presidential results if the election is “free, fair and safe,” Axios reports.

Donald Trump was briefed by Biden administration officials Tuesday on “real and specific threats from Iran to assassinate him,” his campaign said in a statement. Bloomberg reports.

“Democratic leaders are telling their party’s biggest donors that keeping Montana’s Senate seat blue is a real challenge. However, they are planning to go on offense in Florida to retain their majority,” Axios reports. “They are also eyeing Texas, where a recent poll has Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) up by three points against Rep.

CBS News Poll: “Kamala Harris outpaces Donald Trump on being personally liked, but there are about half of voters who dislike the way she handles herself personally. A mere 5% who dislike her are voting for her.” “But among the nearly two-thirds of voters who don’t like Trump personally, 21% are voting for him — that’s four times the number of voters who don’t like Harris personally but are backing her.”

“Prosecutors on Tuesday filed the charge of attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate against Ryan Wesley Routh, the man they say camped outside of Donald Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course for hours on end, armed with a rifle that he pointed through a chain-link fence with a clear shot to the next hole where the former president was headed on September 15,” CNN reports. “Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee who oversaw, and later threw out, the federal criminal classified documents case against the former president, was randomly assigned to oversee the case, court documents show.”

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have both agreed to do Univision town hall events. The audience will feature undecided Hispanic voters who will ask questions of each candidate.