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10:15 PM ET, October 1, 2024

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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump backs out of ‘60 Minutes’ primetime interview, CBS says  —  New York CNN —  Former President Donald Trump has backed out of a previously scheduled interview with “60 Minutes,” the most-watched newsmagazine in the United States, CBS News said Tuesday evening.
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Trump rejects “60 Minutes” interview; Harris accepts … Steven Cheung, the Trump campaign communications director, told Axios:  — “There were discussions but nothing was ever scheduled or locked in. … - “For over half a century, 60 Minutes has invited the Democratic and Republican tickets …
Monica Alba / NBC News:
Harris launches a new ad that hits Trump's age in criticizing Vance  —  The ad is timed to begin airing with the vice presidential debate on Tuesday.  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign is launching a new digital ad Tuesday slamming Republican vice presidential nominee …
Mary Ann Akers / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Will Secretly Cheer Walz during Debate: Friend  —  SILENTLY ANTI-TRUMP  —  A congressman who served with Tim Walz predicts even more will come out of the woodwork.  —  Deputy Washington Bureau Chief  —  Tim Walz's former roommate and fellow lawmaker claims there's a secret cabal …
Discussion: USA Today
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Cook Political Report shifts Texas Senate race toward Democrats  —  The Cook Political Report on Tuesday shifted Texas's Senate race from “likely Republican” to “lean Republican,” signaling momentum for Rep. Colin Allred's (D-Texas) challenge against incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in the red state.
Jalen Drummond / gofundme.com:
Support Hurricane Helene Victims - Trump Authorized  —  Meredith ORourke is organizing this fundraiser. … President Donald J. Trump has launched this GoFundMe campaign as an official response for MAGA supporters to offer their financial assistance to their fellow Americans impacted by Hurricane Helene.
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Biden Fumes After Reporter Parrots Trump Lies on Hurricane Helene
Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Trump GoFundMe for Hurricane Helene victims raises more than $3M
Discussion: Breitbart and Joe.My.God.
Reuters:
Live Updates: Iran Launches About 180 Ballistic Missiles at Israel  —  Many of the missiles were intercepted with the help of the United States, but some fell in central and southern Israel, the Israeli military said.  Israel vowed to retaliate.  —  Raja Abdulrahim/The New York Times
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ABC News:
Biden directed US military to help Israel shoot down Iranian missiles, officials say
Elaine Godfrey / The Atlantic:
What Democrats Don't Understand About J. D. Vance  —  If you show up to a J. D. Vance campaign event and ask some of the red-hat-wearing attendees whether they're fans of the senator from Ohio, they will say: No, they are fans of Donald Trump.  —  Yet Vance is better than his ticketmate …
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Swing State Poll 2024: Georgia, North Carolina: Trump Ahead In GA, On Upside Of Tight Race In NC, Quinnipiac University Poll Finds; NC Governor Race: More Voters Say Robinson Should Stay In Race  —  mail_outline  —  GEORGIA: Trump 50%, Harris 44%, other candidates 3%
Discussion: The Hill and HuffPost
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
September 2024 Arizona and North Carolina Polls: Harris and Trump Neck-and-Neck in Key Swing States
Discussion: RedState and Raw Story
Josh Christenson / New York Post:
Harris leading by 4 points nationwide — but most likely voters trust Trump to handle inflation, immigration and jobs: poll
Melissa Quinn / CBS News:
How to watch the VP debate tonight between Tim Walz and JD Vance  —  Washington — Vice presidential candidates Gov. Tim Walz and Sen. JD Vance are poised to go head-to-head tonight at their first and only debate in New York on Tuesday, as ballots are already being mailed to voters weeks before Election Day.
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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Dems privately worry how Walz will fare against Vance in VP debate
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
If Helene affects voting, Trump may pay the price  —  Nearly a quarter of 2020 Trump voters in Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas live in counties declared federal disaster areas.  —  Hurricane Helene is gone, fragmented into large cloud formations over the Eastern United States that folded into the rest of the country's weather.
Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
Taylor Lorenz Exits Washington Post to Launch ‘User Mag’ on Substack (Exclusive)  —  Lorenz, who is leaving the newspaper to launch the publication, says that it will “cover technology from the user side,” in contrast to traditional coverage of social media.
Jordan Moreau / Variety:
John Amos, ‘Good Times’ Dad and ‘Roots’ Actor, Dies at 84  —  John Amos, the star of “Good Times,” “Roots” and more, died on Aug. 21 in Los Angeles of natural causes, his representative confirmed to Variety on Tuesday.  He was 84.  —  “It is with heartfelt sadness that I share …
Axios:
Republican Senate challengers lag well behind Trump in public polls … - Its persistence is a warning for the Republican high command that a close Trump victory in any given swing state doesn't guarantee a GOP Senate seat — even if it also signals a bloc of still-persuadable voters.
Washington Post:
120 additional sexual assault lawsuits to be filed against Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs  —  Lawyers for dozens of new accusers allege that some assaults took place at Combs's infamous “White Parties,” and involved victims as young as 9 and 14.  —  A team of lawyers announced Tuesday that it would be filing …
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
24 hours of MAGA misinformation  —  A small sampling of the inundation of false and dubious claims flowing from Donald Trump and his allies.  —  We're now in the final full month of the 2024 campaign, and that means politicians and their allies are frantically seeking votes for their side.
Thomas Joscelyn / The Bulwark:
JD Vance Can't Be Trusted to Protect the Constitution  —  BEFORE TONIGHT'S VICE PRESIDENTIAL DEBATE, we should recall why JD Vance will be on the stage.  Donald Trump didn't pick Vance as his running mate because the junior senator from Ohio had any significant experience in government.
Discussion: Raw Story, New York Times and Wausau
Jose Pagliery / NOTUS:
Trump's Team Is Trying to Stop — Or Heavily Redact — the Release of Jack Smith's Election Fraud Report  —  The former president's lawyers are trying to get ahead of what could be his campaign's October surprise.  — Copy  —  Donald Trump's lawyers are scrambling to get ahead …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Forbes
Emily Brooks / The Hill:
Speaker Johnson says Congress has provided funds for Helene response  —  Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said Congress has already authorized the disaster relief funds needed for the immediate response to Helene, the storm that has ravaged multiple states from Florida up through western North Carolina and Tennessee.
Samantha Cole / 404 Media:
Paypal Opted You Into Sharing Data Without Your Knowledge  —  PayPal quietly opted users into sharing data with third parties for “personalized shopping experiences,” according to multiple complaints on social media and 404 Media's own tests.  —  “Starting early summer 2025 …
Antony J. Blinken / Foreign Affairs:
America's Strategy of Renewal  —  Rebuilding Leadership for a New World  —  A fierce competition is underway to define a new age in international affairs.  A small number of countries—principally Russia, with the partnership of Iran and North Korea, as well as China …
Devan Cole / CNN:
Georgia judge signals a need to clarify ‘vague’ new election certification rule  —  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.
ProPublica:
Have Government Employees Mentioned Climate Change, Voting or Gender Identity?  The Heritage Foundation Wants to Know.  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.
CNN:
Walz's claim that he was in Hong Kong during Tiananmen Square protests undercut by unearthed newspaper reports  —  Newly unearthed reports contradict previous claims made by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz about his travel to China, including a claim that the Democratic vice presidential nominee …
Javier G. Cuesta / El País:
Apple quietly deletes nearly a hundred VPNs that allowed Russians to get around censorship  —  The multinational has removed dozens of apps, even though the Kremlin's censorship body did not order the move.  These services, half-permitted by the government, enable people in Russia to access social networks and independent media
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Video Out of North Carolina After Hurricane Helene Is Tough Viewing  —  Meanwhile, eighty-two Republicans voted to shut down the government as a catastrophic storm prepared to devastate a quarter of the country.  —  The video evidence from western North Carolina looks like something Matthew Brady would have sent back from Antietam.
 
 
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Kerry Breen / CBS News:
Race continues to find Helene survivors as death toll from storm rises
UNHCR US:
News comment: UNHCR reiterates concern about US asylum regulations
Discussion: IJR and The Gateway Pundit
Washington Post:
Senate Democrats seek probe into DOJ investigation of Trump and Egypt
Discussion: Raw Story and Joe.My.God.
Associated Press:
Democratic donors prop up far-right candidates including Wisconsin gun activist in Senate race
Discussion: The Daily Caller
 Earlier Items: 
Jimmy Carter / New York Times:
Trump Insults Harris's Mental Fitness, Adding to Questions About His Own
Discussion: Raw Story and UPI
Phoebe Quinton / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Thousands of people purged from Georgia's voter rolls reregistered after Kamala Harris' rally in Atlanta
Discussion: Raw Story
 

 
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Alexandra Bruell / Wall Street Journal:
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