Comment on Watch live: J.D. Vance, Tim Walz in the vice presidential debate tonight

“Despite being worth an estimated $4 billion, Donald Trump launched a GoFundMe page, asking others to donate to help those impacted by Hurricane Helene,” The Independent reports.

Former Rep. Patrick Murphy (D-PA) told the Daily Beast that not only will he be rooting for his former colleague Tim Walz (D) to defeat Sen. J. D. Vance (R) in Tuesday night’s debate, but former colleagues on the other side of the aisle will be, too. Said Murphy: “There’s a silent majority out there that wants to send a message to Donald Trump that he was fired once for a reason.”

Reuters: “In short, a regulatory tweak fueling America’s online shopping habit is also enabling the country’s crippling addiction to synthetic opioids. So is an immutable aspect of international trade: Transporting goods is largely an honor system that’s easy for bad actors to exploit.” “Senders are supposed to tell the truth about what’s inside the boxes they export.

“Donald Trump’s lawyers are scrambling to get ahead of what could be this election’s October surprise: the public release of special counsel Jack Smith’s report detailing evidence in the election fraud case against the former president,” NOTUS reports. “In a court filing on Tuesday, Trump’s legal team accused the Department of Justice of putting together a ‘politically motivated manifesto’ specifically timed to influence voters ‘in the final weeks of the 2024 Presidential election while early voting has already begun throughout the United States.'” “They asked U.

“Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry says that he plans to call the Legislature into a special session in November, marking the third such gathering this year, with the hopes of overhauling the state’s current tax system that the Republican said is failing residents,” the AP reports. “Landry detailed his proposed tax plan during a news conference on Tuesday, with a focus on reducing the income tax and charging sales tax for more items and services.”

“A Georgia judge signaled Tuesday that he sees a need to bring clarity to the meaning of a ‘vague’ new election certification rule approved by Donald Trump allies that critics say will inject chaos into the battleground state after Election Day,” CNN reports.