Wednesday, October 9, 2024

Trump’s rising odds

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On Politics

Wed Oct 9 2024

 

Rebecca Morin Senior National News Reporter

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Happy Wednesday! It's Rebecca Morin, senior national news reporter at USA TODAY. Not going to lie, the time difference from DC to Vegas is destroying me just a little. I'm in the Silver State talking to voters and covering Vice President Kamala Harris' latest town hall .

27 days until Election Day. 

What are Trump's odds of winning the election? Here's why they just got better

If you look at polling, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are neck-and-neck in the race for the White House. It's that way nationally … and in a key battleground, Pennsylvania. Betting markets are predicting Trump will win the major state. And that could catapult him to the presidency. Read more.

Harris' lead in polls narrow

On top of a changing betting market, the polls are also changing. It makes the already narrow election even closer. Harris is leading Trump, 46% to 43%, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll. That's a closer margin than last month, when Harris was leading by 6 percentage points. Read more.

A politics pit stop

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Afghan national in Oklahoma City charged in ISIS-related Election Day terrorist plot

Got a burning question, or comment, for On Politics? You can submit them here or send me an email at rdmorin@usatoday.com.

The Arts District in Asheville, along the French Broad River, begins clean up during the aftermath of flooding caused by the remnants of Hurricane Helene on Oct 6, 2024.

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, a variety of false claims and conspiracy theories about recovery efforts have spread widely on social media.

WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 7: Vice President Kamala Harris pauses while speaking before planting a pomegranate tree at the Vice President's residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory on October 7, 2024 in Washington, DC. The Second couple marked the one-year anniversary of the October 7 attacks in Israel by planting a memorial tree, a tradition done by second families on the grounds of the Vice President 's residence.
 

Kamala Harris on Howard Stern show: Trump has a 'desire to be a dictator'

Vice President Kamala Harris sat for an interview with Howard Stern Tuesday, the latest stop on the candidate's media blitz.

U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD), 2nd L, talks to farmers as he makes a stop on a drought tour at the Oahe Grain Elevator in Onida, South Dakota, in this August 9, 2006 file photo.
 

'A steadfast leader': Former South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson dies at 77

A statement from former Democratic South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson's family said he passed away Tuesday evening following complications from a stroke.

LEFT: Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump smiles while speaking on a panel of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention in Chicago, Illinois, on July 31, 2024. RIGHT: Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris addresses members of the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on September 17, 2024.
 

Watch: Is there an October surprise in store for the 2024 election?

An October surprise is an unexpected event or piece of information that comes out right before the election, and its upended entire campaigns before.

Fresh produce available at a Veggie Van pop-up on Friday, June 17, 2022 at Oak Hill Manor in Utica. The Licking County Health Department and Local Matters, of Columbus, in partnership with the Mobile Grocery Store Committee, a coalition of community organizations and members, are piloting four pop-up Veggie Vans around Licking County this summer. The Veggie Van is a mobile grocer that provides affordable, convenient access to healthy food options excepting   cash, credit, SNAP/EBT, and Produce Perks.    Veggie Van Pop Up
 

Nebraska almost didn't have summer EBT this year. Here's how it went

"We're able to get some things that we're not used to eating": Nebraska families with kids say program to ensure food over the summer was a success.

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