Comment on Congress moving swiftly to fund government and avert shutdown before heading home to campaign

Donald Trump called on Apple to aid federal investigators in accessing phones and applications belonging to two men accused of plotting assassination attempts on his life, Bloomberg reports.

Thomas Edsall: “The mystery of 2024: How is it possible that Donald Trump has a reasonable chance of winning the presidency despite all that voters now know about him? Why hasn’t a decisive majority risen to deny a second term to a man in line to be judged the worst president in American history?” “The litany of Trump’s liabilities is well known to the American electorate.

President Biden said he was “confident” that he would have beaten Donald Trump in the 2024 election during a Wednesday interview on “The View,” Axios reports.

“Donald Trump’s campaign cut ties late last week with a number of digital firms that had been fund-raising for the campaign and slashed the commission that the remaining vendors can retain by 10 percentage points,” the New York Times reports. “The moves come as Mr. Trump has fallen far behind Vice President Kamala Harris in the cash race, and they suggest that the Republican operation is seeking to narrow its donor outreach in the final weeks of the campaign to those contributors who are most immediately profitable.” “Mr.

A new Monmouth poll in Pennsylvania finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump, 47% to 45%. However, a new Muhlenberg College poll in Pennsylvania shows the race tied, 48% to 48%.

Los Angeles Times: “Is he rambling? Indifferent to his audience? Exhibiting symptoms of cognitive decline? Or, instead, could former President Trump’s extended discourses demonstrate his genius — an ability, as he says, to ‘weave’ disparate stories into a beautiful tapestry?” “The 78-year-old Republican nominee’s meandering speaking style — and what it might say about his mental state — has become a new fixation in a race already upended when President Biden, 81, dropped out this summer amid questions about his own age and mental acuity.”