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What’s happening…
-Mayorkas refuses to answer questions on Afghan terror plot…
-Dems fret Harris momentum has stalled…
-GOP sees opportunity as Dems struggle with working class voters…
Fighting in Florida
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis bashed Vice President Kamala Harris for attempting to insert herself into the response to hurricanes Helene and Milton on Thursday.
DeSantis and Harris have clashed in recent days after the governor declined to take a call from Harris regarding the hurricane response. He said Thursday that Harris has “no role” in the process and added that she had never attempted to call him during previous storms in Florida.
“I am working with the president of the United States. I’m working with the director of FEMA [Federal Emergency Management Agency]. We’ve been doing this now nonstop for over two weeks,” DeSantis said Thursday.
“Although I’ve worked well with the president, she has never called Florida. She has never offered any support,” he said of Harris. “I don’t have time for those games. I don’t care about her campaign. Obviously, I’m not a supporter of hers, but she’s not, she has no role in this process. And so I’m working with the people I need to be working with.”…Read more
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis holds multiple storm preparation news conferences on Oct. 7, 2024 as Hurricane Milton bears down on Florida (Office of Florida governor)
White House
BRIEFING BATTLE: Mayorkas refuses to answer questions on Afghan terror plot …Read more
BACK TO CRIMEA: Biden blames Obama for Ukraine war: report …Read more
‘GLITCH’: Harris’ past comes back to haunt her after crime victim from her policy blasts resurfaced speech …Read more
MORE NEEDED: FEMA has enough resources to address hurricanes but ‘will need additional funds,’ Mayorkas says …Read more
POLITICAL STORM: Mayorkas rips ‘pernicious’ misinformation over FEMA relief …Read more
‘OUT OF MONEY’: Lack of Secret Service funds, delayed payments to Homeland Security teams revealed …Read more
Capitol Hill
‘KILL AND BURY’: Defund police Dem’s past comes back to haunt him in resurfaced police report …Read more
Tales from the Trail
‘SCARED TO DEATH’: Dems fret Harris’ momentum has waned, urge campaign to be more aggressive …Read more
TESTER TESTED: GOP upset in Montana race could flip the Senate …Read more
LABOR’S LOVE LOST?: As Harris struggles with working class voters, GOP sees opportunity …Read more
UNEXPECTED OPPOSITION: Battleground Dem warns traditional voting bloc being ‘split’ in 2024 …Read more
NEIGHBORLY ADVICE: For Wisconsin Dems, a 2024 win in the battleground state is years in the making …Read more
‘BIDENVASION’: Kari Lake, Ruben Gallego spar over illegal immigration in AZ Senate debate …Read more
‘FOLLOW THE STUDENT’: Trump calls for federal education dollars to ‘follow the student,’ in push for universal school choice …Read more
DECIDING FACTOR?: Trump holds lead over Harris in battleground states on this issue …Read more
‘CRICKETS’: Walz silent on support for eliminating Electoral College after Harris camp says it does not back proposal …Read more
WHO’S MORE ACCESSIBLE?: Trump-Vance have done significantly more interviews than Harris-Walz …Read more
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at Riverfront Sports, Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2024, in Scranton, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)
Across America
‘INHUMANE AND UNCONSTITUTIONAL’: Death row inmates would be able to introduce newly discovered evidence in proposed bill …Read more
SHOCKING DEATH TOLL: More Russian casualties in Ukraine war than all conflicts combined since WWII: US …Read more
BATTLE CONTINUES: DACA saga drags on …Read more
DEVOUT CATHOLIC: Ethel Kennedy, RFK’s widow, dead at 96 …Read more
‘LET HER SUFFER AND DIE’: Hospital that delayed Georgia woman’s emergency D&C blamed for death: lawyer …Read more
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