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Dan Balz “drove 1,000 miles talking to voters in the most critical battleground state and found worries about Harris, fears about Trump and uncertainty all over.”

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) questioned the legality of Elon Musk promising $1 million giveaways to voters who sign his super PAC’s petition “in favor of free speech and the right to bear arms,” NBC News reports. The federal statute is pretty clear what Musk is doing is illegal.

New York Times: “Given Mr. Musk’s immense business footprint, he will be a major player no matter who wins the election.” “But he has thrown his fortune and power behind former President Donald J. Trump and, in return, Mr. Trump has vowed to make Mr. Musk head of a new “government efficiency commission” with the power to recommend wide-ranging cuts at federal agencies and changes to federal rules.” “That would essentially give the world’s richest man and a major government contractor the power to regulate the regulators who hold sway over his companies, amounting to a potentially enormous conflict of interest.” For members: What to Think About Elon Musk?

“When the history of the 2024 election is written, one of the iconic images illustrating it will surely be the mug shot taken of Donald Trump after one of his four indictments, staring into the camera with his signature glare. It is an image not of shame but of defiance, the image of a man who would be a convicted felon before Election Day and yet possibly president of the United States again afterward,” the New York Times reports. “Sometimes lost amid all the shouting of a high-octane campaign heading into its final couple of weeks is that simple if mind-bending fact.

“A majority of voters are less likely to support a candidate who promotes universal tariffs, according to NBC News polling released Sunday, marring a cornerstone economic proposal of former President Donald Trump’s campaign,” NBC News reports. “The poll found that 44% of respondents said they would be less inclined to vote for a candidate supporting a tariff as high as 20% on imports across the board.”

“Kamala Harris said Saturday that Republican former President Donald Trump was ‘cruel’ for how he talked about the grieving family of a Georgia mother who died after waiting 20 hours for a hospital to treat her complications from an abortion pill, as she put combating restrictions on reproductive care at the center of her pitch to voters,” NPR reports.