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Latest from the Campaign Trail

  1. Voters are seeing more deepfakes — and worrying more about their influence. How to spot them

    Weeks after former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., a video circulated on social media that appeared to show Vice President Kamala Harris saying at a rally, “Donald Trump can’t even die with dignity.” The clip provoked outrage, but it was a sham — Harris never said that. The line was read by an AI-generated voice that sounded uncannily like Harris’ and then spliced into a speech Harris actually gave.

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  2. Post owner Bezos defends endorsement decision

    Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos published an opinion piece Monday night on the news organization’s website, defending his decision Friday to end the paper’s practice of endorsing presidential candidates on its opinion page while lamenting that the move was announced so close to Election Day.

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  3. Days until the election: 6

    Nov. 5, 2024

Vance says Harris will 'kill' American auto industry

JD Vance zeroed in on former President Donald Trump’s vision for the American auto industry at a Tuesday campaign stop in Saginaw Township, where he accused Vice President Kamala Harris of trying to “kill the American auto industry.” "They luckily haven’t finished the job,” Vance said from a stage in Center Courts recreation center. “But if they get another four years in the Oval Office, I really do believe that everything we’ve seen over the last four years it’s going to be accelerated and Michigan auto workers are going to pay the price.” (Katy Kildee, The Detroit News)

Meme of the Day

After JD Vance, the Republican vice presidential nominee, referred to Democrats as “childless cat ladies” in July, women across the United States used his words as a call to action. One of those individuals was Taylor Swift, who announced her support for Kamala Harris to more than 270 million followers. After she shared an Instagram story encouraging people to visit vote.gov, the General Services Administration reported to Reuters that the link received 405,999 visits from Swift’s Instagram account in 24 hours.

What Other Media Are Saying

BBC What the US election outcome means for Ukraine, Gaza and world conflict

When US President Joe Biden walked through Kyiv in February 2023 on a surprise visit to show solidarity with Volodymyr Zelensky, his Ukrainian counterpart, air sirens were wailing. “I felt something… more strongly than ever before,” he later recalled. “America is a beacon to the world.” The world now waits to see who takes charge of this self-styled beacon after Americans make their choice in next week’s presidential election.

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COMING UP

  • Vice President Kamala Harris will be holding rallies Wednesday in Raleigh, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Madison, Wisconsin.
  • Former President Donald Trump will be holding a rally in Rocky Mountain, North Carolina Wednesday afternoon and another Wednesday evening in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

Number of the Day

1988

The 1988 presidential election between George H.W. Bush and Michael Dukakis was unique in that it was the third straight landslide victory for the Republican Party and was the first since 1968 that didn’t have an incumbent president on the ballot. It was also the first time a sitting vice president was elected president since Martin Van Buren in 1836 and the first vice president to be elected since former vice president Richard Nixon was elected in 1968.

Overheard

  • "We don’t know who is missing a ballot, we only know because we are getting calls. We are all concerned."

    —Whitman County Auditor Sandy Jamison, discussing the news that 200 to 300 ballots are reported missing

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  • "It’s heartbreaking. It’s a direct attack on democracy."

    —Clark County Auditor Greg Kimsey, in a phone interview, discussing the arson attack on a ballot drop box in Vancouver that destroyed hundreds of ballots.

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Latest News

After non-endorsement, 250,000 subscribers cancel The Washington Post

At least 250,000 Washington Post readers have canceled their subscriptions since the news organization announced Friday that the editorial page would end its decades-long practice of endorsing presidential candidates. The figures represent about 10 percent of The Post’s digital subscribers.

Voters are seeing more deepfakes — and worrying more about their influence. How to spot them

LOS ANGELES — Weeks after former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., a video circulated on social media that appeared to show Vice President Kamala Harris saying at a rally, "Donald Trump can't even die with dignity." The clip provoked outrage, but it was a sham — Harris never said that. The line was read by an AI-generated voice that sounded uncannily like ...

Post owner Bezos defends endorsement decision

Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos published an opinion piece Monday night on the news organization’s website, defending his decision Friday to end the paper’s practice of endorsing presidential candidates on its opinion page while lamenting that the move was announced so close to Election Day.

Trump, Harris in dead heat: Major polls find statistical tie as campaign enters final week

BOSTON – If it seems like we’ve got a particularly nail-biting election on our hands this cycle, well, that’s because we do. The race for the White House has not budged one way or the other in weeks, and continues to proceed with the runners in lock step. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, according to several recent major polls, remain locked in a statistical tie. ...

Philly DA sues to halt Elon Musk’s $1 million voter giveaway in Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner on Monday sued to halt Elon Musk’s $1 million daily giveaway to voters in battleground states including Pennsylvania, calling it an illegal lottery that skirts state requirements and violates consumer protection laws. The suit, filed in Philadelphia Common Pleas Court, is the first legal action challenging the controversial ...

Speaker at Trump rally in NYC calls Puerto Rico ‘island of garbage’

Opening speakers at Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City, billed as a marquee event to showcase his broad-based support in the home stretch of his presidential campaign, lobbed sexist, racist and otherwise demeaning insults at a variety of targets.

Political crisis looms for republic of Georgia after disputed election

Georgia, a strategically located republic at the center of the Caucasus, plunged into political crisis Sunday as the ruling party celebrated victory in a pivotal election that the pro-Western opposition declared as falsified, vowing to boycott the new parliament.