On Politics

Mon Oct 7 2024

Rebecca Morin | Senior National News Reporter

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It's Monday! I'm Rebecca Morin, senior national news reporter at USA TODAY, and I'm headed to Las Vegas, Nevada, this week to speak with voters and to cover Kamala Harris' Univision town hall. Got any suggestions on where to go or what you want to see? Email me your thoughts!

29 days until Election Day. How is it less than a month away?

Harris leads among Latinos in key battleground states. But it might not be enough.

Democrat Kamala Harris holds a lead over Republican Donald Trump among Latino voters in Arizona and Nevada. But she's losing support among one segment of Latinos: young men. More young, Latino men are turning to Trump, and it will make the already extremely close election even tighter. Read more.

•	Both Trump and Harris are making an appeal to Latino voters this week with two separate town halls hosted by Univision. Trump's town hall will be in Miami, Florida, and Harris' will be in Las Vegas, Nevada.
•	Why does it matter? Latinos are one of the fastest growing voting blocs in the country. One in four voters in Arizona and one in five voters in Nevada is Latino.
•	Required reading before Trump's Florida town hall: How America's largest swing state lost its swing

Hurricane watch: Milton strengthened to a Category 5

Communities are still recovering from the catastrophic damage from Hurricane Helene. But Florida is already bracing for another storm, Hurricane Milton. Biden on Monday already approved an emergency declaration for Florida to supplement response efforts for the storm. Read more.

How it plays out in 2024: Response to Hurricane Helene was not exempt from politicization as the 2024 presidential election is less than a month away.

A politics pit stop

•	The RNC has filed more than 100 election lawsuits. It could influence 2024 election results.
•	Kamala Harris and Donald Trump tied amongst bettors for election win
•	Fact vs. fiction: Students learn how to spot disinformation
•	Illegal migration at the US border drops to lowest level since Trump administration
•	FEMA administrator knocks Trump's Hurricane Helene recovery claims

Biden remembers Oct. 7 victims on anniversary of Israel-Hamas war

It's been one year since Hamas attacked Israel, slaughtering 1,200 people and taking 250 others hostage. And the bloody war has no end in sight, despite the U.S.-led efforts to negotiate a cease-fire. President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden on Monday lit a candle in White House's Blue Room in remembrance of the victims of the attack. Read more.

•	Watch: Israelis commemorate one year since brutal Oct. 7 attack
•	A year without them: Israel marks Oct. 7 attacks and kidnappings
•	Trapped in Gaza: One woman's nightmare of a year − with no way out during war