On Politics

Tue Oct 1 2024

Rebecca Morin | Senior National News Reporter

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Greetings! It's Rebecca Morin, senior national news reporter at USA TODAY. I think I need to up my coffee dose to get me through the next month.

Today's the day of the vice presidential debate. 35 days until Election Day.

Vance, Walz square off in unusually high-stakes VP debate

Tuesday's the day: Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz are set to square off in what's likely the last debate before the general election in November. The debate between the two Midwesterners comes as the election between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris is within razor-thin margins. Read more.

•	What time is the VP debate tonight?
•	Live updates: Latest on debate rules, moderators, election polls and more
•	What's it like to debate Tim Walz?
•	What's it like to debate JD Vance?
•	Watch: VP candidates project down-to-earth dad-ness ahead of debate

VA staffers looked at medical records of vice presidential nominees JD Vance, Tim Walz

More than a dozen Veterans Health Administration employees accessed the medical records of Vance and Walz, who are both veterans, in violation of federal health privacy laws, two sources told USA TODAY on condition of anonymity because of a criminal probe into the breaches. Read more.

A politics pit stop

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•	Inauguration day for Claudia Sheinbaum, first female president of Mexico
•	Usha Vance is a 'spirit guide' to husband JD and has evolved with him on Trump
•	DOJ: Georgia prisons 'horrific and unsafe' with homicides rampant

Jimmy Carter turns 100. How his presidency changed politics

Former President Jimmy Carter is now the first White House occupant to make it to his 100th birthday. Carter changed the way presidential candidates are nominated and elected. He also provided a model of what not to do in office. Read more.

•	What to know about the former president's historic milestone
•	Watch: Jimmy Carter becomes the first US president to live to 100 years old

Really, it's Harris vs. Trump

It's already heating up between Harris and Trump supporters outside the CBS Broadcast Studios in New York where the vice presidential debate will be held. Planning on watching the debate and want to share your thoughts? You can always reach me at my email.

Protesters gather outside the CBS Broadcast Studios before the CBS News vice presidential debate between Republican J.D. Vance and Democrat Tim Walz on Oct. 1 in New York, New York.

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