Comment on Consumer Sentiment Rises to Five-Month High

“He is really a family man.” — Melania Trump, speaking about her husband on Fox & Friends.

Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) called for New York City Mayor Eric Adams to resign after he was charged with accepting illegal foreign contributions and engaging in wire fraud and bribery, Politico reports.

“U. S. consumer sentiment continued to rise in late September, reaching a five-month high on more optimism about the economy in the wake of the Federal Reserve’s interest-rate cut,” Bloomberg reports.

Nate Silver: “A lot of polling since our last update, and the model mostly liked it for Harris — especially the national polls, which show her lead expanding to an even 3 points. There were exceptions, notably in Arizona, though the model somewhat shrugs Arizona polling off since it’s relatively unlikely to be the tipping-point state, making it among the less critical swing states.

Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) “is asking the Biden administration to do more to help state and local governments detect and respond to online disinformation campaigns designed to manipulate voters in the November election,” NBC News reports.

“A grand jury has indicted multiple Iranians on charges related to hacking Donald Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign,” Politico reports.