Comment on Biden Agenda Faces GOP Seeking to Unify in Opposition

“Republicans backing Donald Trump are threatening Deloitte, a consulting firm that is one of the federal government’s largest business partners, with the loss of billions of dollars in contracts because an employee shared messages from 2020 in which GOP vice-presidential nominee JD Vance criticized the former president’s record,” the Washington Post reports.

Forbes: “One of Donald Trump’s prized properties, the landmark building 40 Wall Street, is 63 stories high but now appears to be underwater. The remaining 35 years on Trump’s leasehold in the Financial District tower is worth about $116 million. That’s $2 million less than the estimated $118 million Trump owes on his mortgage, according to an analysis of loan documents, real-estate records, financial disclosures and appraisals.” “The building is simply not earning enough money to cover the loan: 40 Wall Street’s annual net operating income has dropped from about $20.7 million in 2018 to $12.8 million last year, as the building’s occupancy rate plummeted from 94.3% in early 2018 to 73.9% in June, thanks in part to the distressed post-pandemic commercial real estate market.”

Associated Press: “In the election’s final weeks, people in North Carolina and Georgia, influential swing states, are dealing with more immediate concerns: widespread storm damage…” “Residents wonder where are missing friends and relatives, is there enough food and water to last until new supplies arrive and how will they rebuild.” “The focus is on survival, not politics — and may remain that way for weeks.” Washington Post: Hurricane Milton aims at Florida as Helene recovery continues.

Nate Cohn: “Over the last month, one methodological decision seems to have produced two parallel universes of political polling.” “In one universe, Kamala Harris leads only narrowly in the national popular vote against Donald Trump, even as she holds a discernible edge in the Northern battlegrounds. The numbers look surprisingly similar to the 2022 midterm election.” “In the other, Ms.

“Pennsylvania is a must-win state for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump. It is also ground zero for litigation over election rules and skeptics who still question the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election results,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “That mix has state officials, campaigns and voters bracing for a charged and potentially lengthy battle over who is crowned the winner in the Keystone State.”

“In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, arguably no state became as central to former President Donald Trump’s efforts to overturn his election loss as Georgia — the state Joe Biden stunningly won by just over 11,000 votes, flipping it blue for the first time in nearly three decades,” ABC News reports. “Now, four years later, election officials in the state are preparing for another high-stakes election — this time under the cloud of threats, conspiracy theories, and distrust in the system.”