![]() ![]() ![]() super PAC: He may jump in with a flurry of television ads, with Georgia and Pennsylvania topping the list. PUTTING HIS MONEY WHERE HIS MOUTH IS - NYT’s Michael Bender has more details on Trump’s midterm plans for his new MAGA Inc. ![]() Or email the rest of the team: Rachael Bade, Eugene Daniels, Ryan Lizza. Drop me a line at and weigh in on which of these narratives - or something else entirely - will matter most in November. “Both reviews ramped back up this week after a three-judge panel on Wednesday reversed major elements of a previous ruling by U.S. DNI AVRIL HAINES’ office is looking at the documents’ classification levels and potential impact on national security. Trump: After an appeals court win for the Justice Department, intelligence officials on Friday dove back into their national security risk review of some materials the FBI seized from DONALD TRUMP’s Mar-a-Lago, Andrew Desiderio scooped. Dozens of migrants “said they’re choosing to cross here because they’ve heard from other migrants that the journey is relatively safe.” Says one local rancher: “This is something that we have never seen before.” Barely half of Republicans said they back the buses/flights.īut the influx at the border continues: NPR’s Marisa Peñaloza and Joel Rose have a dispatch from Eagle Pass, Texas, where many of the Venezuelans, Cubans and Nicaraguans who end up being transported first enter. Immigration: Though Americans generally prefer Republicans to Democrats on immigration, the recent burst of publicity around GOP governors’ moves to ship migrants to blue states doesn’t appear to be helping the party: Just 29% of respondents in a new Reuters/Ipsos poll support the practice, versus 40% who oppose it. “Get your foot in the door, and you can go anywhere with Amazon,” said John, who started as a part-time seasonal worker and is now working in tech. More than 150,000 Amazon hourly employees have taken advantage of free on-the-job training programs to move into higher-paying, in-demand careers. The White House corrected the gas price comment after Dale asked. Though the Fed is projecting optimism that it can steer the economy to a soft landing, “traders and analysts who follow the direction of interest rates closely said they were bracing for a more dire outcome than the Fed had projected,” NYT’s Joe Rennison reports.įact check: Biden made inaccurately rosy claims about gas prices and the unemployment rate at his DNC event, CNN’s Daniel Dale reports. The economic jitters have turned on messaging from the Fed and other central banks that raising interest rates to rein in inflation will continue. pound now at its weakest since 1985: “Economic activity in Europe declined sharply in September, data showed Friday, raising the risk of recession as governments grapple with war-related disruptions.” Meanwhile, global indicators are flashing red, another WSJ report notes, with both stock and bond markets in turmoil and the U.K. The past two weeks have seen the Nasdaq’s biggest plunge since the month that pandemic lockdowns hit, per the WSJ. The Dow crashed 1.6% to close at its lowest level since the month Biden was elected. The economy: Fears of slowing economic growth and rising recession risks laid stock markets low Friday. ![]() “If you give me two more Democratic senators in the United States Senate, I promise you we’re going to codify Roe,” he reiterated. President JOE BIDEN highlighted abortion at a DNC event Friday in his response to House Republicans’ unveiling of their “Commitment to America” agenda, criticizing Republicans as extreme on the issue. Friday’s ruling prompted Planned Parenthood to stop providing abortions in the state, per the NYT. Now the conflicting laws on the books - and an expected appeal - leave the status of the procedure uncertain. The news “stands to be a potentially galvanizing force just ahead of November’s midterm elections,” the Arizona Republic’s Stacey Barchenger and Ray Stern write. Her opinion upholding the old territorial law came just before a new 15-week ban, which Republicans passed earlier this year, goes into effect today. Abortion: Access to abortion in Arizona is now in flux after a judge ruled Friday that an almost-total 1864 ban (which predates Arizona’s existence as a state) must be enforced. As both parties jockey to find messages that will drive turnout and change minds, developments Friday in four crucial areas indicated the various paths this year’s tight and uncertain midterms could follow. | Evan Vucci, File/AP Photo DRIVING THE DAYĮvery election hinges on a handful of key issues, some of them obvious only in retrospect. President Joe Biden highlights abortion at a DNC event Friday in his response to House Republicans’ unveiling of their “Commitment to America” agenda. ![]()
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