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Good Morning AmericaBiden visits Puerto Rico after Fiona: President will announce new aid, meet victims
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will travel this week to Puerto Rico and then Florida after hurricanes ravaged the two areas. The Bidens head to Puerto Rico on Monday to survey damage from Hurricane Fiona, which killed more than two dozen people on the island last month, officials have said. Hurricane Ian shortly after struck Florida, killing more than 70 people before moving up along the Atlantic coast and killing at least four more people in North Carolina.
USA TODAYTrump cheers on Ginni Thomas at campaign rally for repeating false election claims
In an email to supporters, Trump congratulated Ginni Thomas for 'having the courage of her convictions' as she testified to Jan. 6 committee.
The New York TimesThey Legitimized the Myth of a Stolen Election -- and Reaped the Rewards
Five days after the attack on the Capitol last year, House Republicans braced for a backlash. Two-thirds of them — 139 in all — had been voting on Jan. 6, 2021, to dispute the Electoral College count that would seal Donald Trump’s defeat as rioters determined to keep the president in power stormed the chamber. Now lawmakers warned during a conference call that unless Republicans demanded accountability, voters would punish them for inflaming the mob. “I want to know if we are going to look at ho
PoliticoWeak rural turnout could hurt GOP in November
A POLITICO analysis of turnout in this year’s special elections suggests that since Dobbs, rural voters are less motivated to cast ballots than others.
Washington PostAs TV doctor, Mehmet Oz provided platform for questionable products and views
Mehmet Oz looked directly into the camera and introduced his daytime television viewers to a "controversial" weight loss approach: taking a hormone that women produce during pregnancy combined with a diet of 500 calories a day. "Does it really work? Is it safe? Is it a miracle? Or is it hype?" he asked in a 2011 episode of "The Dr. Oz Show" before introducing his audience to "human chorionic gonadotropin," or HCG, and to a weight loss doctor who promoted it.Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter
PoliticoDemocrats stake their House majority on abortion
Abortion policy has been featured in one-third of the party's broadcast TV ads to keep the House.
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Why Biden world isn’t overly worried about House GOP investigations
The White House thinks a rise of overreaching MAGA Republicans in Congress could turn voters off.
Associated PressRepublican tepid on Trump in Nevada gubernatorial debate
Nevada's Republican gubernatorial candidate, Joe Lombardo, sought in a debate on Sunday to distance himself from former President Donald Trump over his lies about the 2020 election, but said Trump's policies were better than those under the Biden administration, which he blames for inflation and rising interest rates. Lombardo said he was bothered by Trump's false claims of a stolen election, saying that he was “not shying away from that" and agreeing that Trump lying about election fraud undermined the confidence of the voters.
NBC NewsNevada Democrats see signs of nightmare scenario: Latino voters staying home
Nevada Democrats have held up their state as a national testing ground for how to win Latino voters in 2024.
The HillCollins says she ‘wouldn’t be surprised’ if a lawmaker is killed amid rise in threats
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) told The New York Times the country has seen an “erosion of any boundaries” that now enables political violence. “I wouldn’t be surprised if a senator or House member were killed,” Collins told the newspaper. “What started with abusive phone calls is now translating into active threats of violence and real…
NBC NewsBiden to visit Puerto Rico to survey Hurricane Fiona's damage
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden will visit Puerto Rico on Monday to survey the damage caused by Hurricane Fiona, the White House said.
USA TODAY'We owe Puerto Rico a hell of a lot': Biden will visit to assess Fiona recovery efforts
Puerto Rico deserves more help than it's received, President Joe Biden said before visiting the island to assess Hurricane Fiona recovery efforts.
HuffPostHow Rep. Matt Cartwright, A Progressive Democrat, Survives In Trump Country
A laser focus on local needs has helped Cartwright defy the odds. But can he hold on in what could be a Republican wave year?
USA TODAYSen. Marco Rubio says he'll oppose Hurricane Ian relief bills that include 'pork'
Florida Republican Sen. Marco Rubio said he will not "support things that are not emergency relief" in Hurricane Ian funding requests.
HuffPostFormer Rep. Max Rose Ties GOP Opponent To Deaths Of Pregnant Women
In a new TV ad, the New York Democrat makes an emotional case against Rep. Nicole Malliotakis.
LA TimesColumn: Republican Dahle is likable, level-headed and highly respected. But he won't win California governor
Unlike other GOP gubernatorial finalists in the last quarter century, Sen. Brian Dahle of Bieber has held elective offices, columnist George Skelton writes.
ReutersOath Keepers founder goes on trial over U.S. Capitol riots
U.S. prosecutors will present their opening statements on Monday in the trial of Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes and four others charged with conspiring to use force to stop the peaceful transfer of presidential power on Jan. 6, 2021. Rhodes and his co-defendants Kelly Meggs, Thomas Caldwell, Jessica Watkins and Kenneth Harrelson are accused of plotting to forcefully prevent Congress from certifying Democratic President Joe Biden's 2020 election victory, in a failed bid to keep then-President Donald Trump, a Republican, in power.
ReutersU.S. Supreme Court gets back to work with a new face and environmental case
The U.S. Supreme Court kicks off a new term on Monday with a history-making justice joining the bench and an environmental case set to be argued, with major cases due to be decided over the next nine months. The court's 6-3 conservative majority has become increasingly assertive, as evidenced by its rulings last term overturning the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision that had legalized abortion nationwide and expanding gun rights. President Joe Biden's appointee Ketanji Brown Jackson - the first Black woman justice - joins its liberal bloc after being confirmed by the Senate in April to replace now-retired Justice Stephen Breyer.
The Daily BeastGlenn Youngkin’s MAGA-Lite Image Isn’t Going to Win Over the GOP
Anna Moneymaker/GettyVirginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin is less than a year into his governorship, but he’s already making moves to be the GOP’s next presidential nominee.His political style tries to have it both ways. He aims to be sufficiently middle-of-the-road in a crucial purple state, while also playing the culture-war hits to win over the MAGA base.Tiffany Smiley Would Be the GOP’s New Star, but She’s in the Wrong StateBut it simply might not be possible to be the “Goldilocks candidate”—serving
Business InsiderIn the span of a week, Marco Rubio voted against hurricane relief, asked for additional hurricane relief, and praised the Biden administration's hurricane relief
The Florida senator this week demonstrated a now-familiar Republican routine around taking federal money for hurricane relief.
ReutersTrump staffers not returning White House records, National Archives says
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Former President Donald Trump's administration has not turned over all presidential records and the National Archives will consult with the Justice Department on whether to move to get them back, the agency has told Congress. A congressional panel on Sept. 13 sought an urgent review by the National Archives and Records Administration after agency staff members acknowledged that they did not know if all presidential records from Trump's White House had been turned over. "While there is no easy way to establish absolute accountability, we do know that we do not have custody of everything we should," acting Archivist Debra Wall said in a letter Friday to the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
HuffPostFlorida Senators Request More Federal Aid Despite Not Voting For Hurricane Relief
GOP Sens. Marco Rubio and Rick Scott refused to vote for the spending bill that includes disaster relief to help Florida recover from Hurricane Ian.
Business Insider'The View' co-host Alyssa Farah Griffin, a former White House aide, calls Trump's remarks against Elaine Chao 'despicable': 'He's not even trying to hide the racism at this point'
"This isn't some crazy person on the internet, this is the GOP front-runner for President if the Party doesn't wake up & demand better," she said.
CBS NewsTranscript: Sen. Rick Scott on "Face the Nation," Oct. 2, 2022
The following is a transcript of an interview with Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida that aired on Sunday, Oct. 2, 2022.
The Daily BeastRick Scott Panics When Asked About Trump’s Racist Truth Social Post
CNNSen. Rick Scott (R-FL) tried his best at justifying former President Donald Trump’s racist Truth Social post from Friday, in which the ex-commander in chief said Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had a “DEATH WISH” and called his former transportation secretary Elaine Chao "Coco Chow.” The senator, flailing after being asked during a CNN appearance about the post, defended Trump's predilection for "nicknames."Trump Claims McConnell has ‘Death Wish’ in Stinging Attack“As you know, the pre
“They give voters the chance to hear candidate views. In their own words. In real time.”
“There is campaigning, and there is governing. Two different things. … In the end, it is governing that really matters.”
“We are in a crisis of democracy, and we need to be able to figure out how to disagree.”
“In very close races, small mistakes can prove decisive, or at least knock a campaign in the wrong direction for a few days.”
“The debates themselves are shaping up to be major campaign issues. It’s tedious, and it does not serve the voters.”