Key Battlegrounds Tighten

“Vice presidential debates have produced many memorable moments, but it’s hard to say any has made a decisive difference in the election outcome,” NPR reports. “This year the anticipation may be higher than in the past, if only because the race is so close and neither candidate seems to have a clear advantage.

“Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are in an even tighter race in the battlegrounds of Michigan and Wisconsin than just seven weeks ago,” according to a new New York Times/Siena College poll. “Ms. Harris’s advantage from early August has been chiseled away slightly by Mr. Trump’s enduring strength on economic issues, the polls found, a potentially troubling development for the vice president given that the economy remains the most important issue driving voters.” Wisconsin: Harris 49%, Trump 47% Michigan: Harris 48%, Trump 47% Nebraska 2: Harris 52%, Trump 43%

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While proving she's in need of a civics class, Fox's Julie Banderas beats the war drums with Iran over recently revealed death threats made by Iran as payback for the killing of Qasem Soleimani back in 2020. Here's more on the story that sparked this nonsense: Iran trying to assassinate Donald Trump, other US leaders, officials say: Iran has made it "clear" that it is trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump, as well as members of his administration – and the current Biden administration – as payback for the killing of an Iranian general and other hardline policies, U.

This is incredible! A senior staff member for JD Vance's campaign spoke at an open meeting of Springfield, Ohio City Commission about Haitian immigrants who've settled in the community and the recent controversy, stirred up by lies and conspiracies. When addressing the role Vance, Trump and the GOP as a whole, played wellhe didn't quite say what you'd expect.

The Israel Defense Forces said the leader of the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was dead, after it hit what it called Hezbollah’s “central headquarters” in Beirut’s southern suburbs, the Washington Post reports. The New York Times reports Hezbollah confirmed the death of Hassan Nasrallah, its longtime leader.