Jim Lehrer Has Passed Away

A new Marquette Law School Poll in Wisconsin finds Joe Biden and Donald Trump are tied with 50% each in a two-candidate matchup. In a five-way contest including Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Jill Stein and Cornel West, Trump receives 40%, Biden 37%, Kennedy 17% and Stein and West 3% each. Among likely voters Trump receives 51% and Biden 49% in the two-candidate choice.

“The Supreme Court is poised to allow abortions in medical emergencies in Idaho, according to a copy of the opinion that was briefly posted on the court’s website,” Bloomberg reports. “The decision would reinstate a lower court order that had ensured hospitals in the state could perform emergency abortions to protect the health of the mother.”

“The Supreme Court overturned the bribery conviction of a former Indiana mayor on Wednesday in an opinion that narrows the scope of public corruption law,” the AP reports. “The decision continues a pattern in recent years of the court restricting the government’s ability to use broad federal laws to prosecute public corruption cases.”

“Republicans have quietly formed a new super PAC that is preparing what appears to be a significant push to persuade former President Donald Trump’s voters to vote early or by absentee ballot,” the New York Times reports. “The group, America PAC, was created last month and remains fairly secretive. But over the last two weeks, it has spent $6.6 million on behalf of Mr.

Rep. Troy Nehls (R-TX) has stopped wearing the Combat Infantryman Badge, NOTUS reports.

The Bulwark: “So far, Trump has held half a dozen of the sessions, each about an hour long, involving a core group of five top aides: communications adviser Jason Miller, policy adviser Stephen Miller, campaign co-manager Susie Wiles, and policy advisers Vince Haley and Ross Worthington.” “Other senior advisers, including communicators director Steven Cheung and campaign co-manager Chris LaCivita, have joined in from time to time as have other insiders with specialties they’ve discussed with Trump.”