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“Almost exactly a year after a small group of GOP lawmakers joined Democrats to remove Kevin McCarthy from the speakership, the California Republican is divvying out $14 million to help GOP candidates across the board,” NOTUS reports. “The money is coming at a time when Republicans are trailing Democrats in fundraising as Election Day nears.” Said McCarthy: “It’s a bigger hole than I thought would happen, so I want to help fill that hole.

Philadelphia Inquirer: “The trend was consistent across racial groups, though it was most pronounced in majority-Latino neighborhoods. In two North Philadelphia political wards — including the one where Lopez lives — Biden in 2020 performed worse in nearly every voting division than Clinton did in 2016.” “In some areas, voters increasingly cast ballots for Trump.

A new Annenberg Public Policy Center poll finds public trust in the Supreme Court dropping to a record low of 56%, while just 19% say they have a great deal or a lot of trust. There’s a massive partisan gap, as Republicans feel much more favorably toward a court dominated by conservatives.

“Just weeks before early voting begins in Georgia, Republican Party officials and Donald Trump allies are trying to preemptively sow doubt about the viability of Dominion systems used across the key swing state, arguing in court that the machines should not be used because they are not safe or secure,” CNN reports. “In a replay of 2020 tactics, Republicans have continued to claim without proof that Dominion voting systems are susceptible to mass manipulation and vote-flipping by a nefarious actor.”

A new Economist/YouGov poll finds Kamala Harris leading Donald Trump nationally among likely voters in a multi-candidate field, 49% to 46%.

Donald Trump praised Sen. J. D. Vance’s debate performance and said it “reconfirmed my choice” to select him as his running mate, CNN reports. Said Trump: “J. D. was fantastic last night — it just reconfirmed my choice. There was a brilliance to what he did.”