Kamala Harris is making an unusual pilgrimage today — to the birthplace of the GOP Harris will travel Thursday to Ripon, Wisconsin — home to the Little White Schoolhouse, where an 1854 meeting led to the birth of the Republican Party. She'll be joined by former GOP Rep. Liz Cheney. Franco Ordoñez
PolitiFact founder says both parties need factchecking. But they don’t lie equally CBS said that its moderators would largely leave fact checking up to the vice presidential candidates in Tuesday's debate. Journalist Bill Adair said the network sent a powerful message, though. David Folkenflik
Harris and Biden surveyed damage wrought by Hurricane Helene in 2 swing states President Biden and Vice President Harris traveled to Georgia and North Carolina to reassure people that help is on the way. Making good on that promise is a critical test in this election year. Franco Ordoñez
Walz to waltz through Washington for fundraiser A day after he appeared in a vice presidential debate on CBS, Washington Democrats announced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will come to Western Washington on Oct. 8 for a "private event." Scott Greenstone
Judge unseals new Trump Jan. 6 election interference evidence Prosecutors provided the most detailed look yet at their election interference case against former President Donald Trump. Carrie Johnson
Who is the real JD Vance? And 4 other takeaways from the vice-presidential debate Vice presidential candidates are unlikely to make a fundamental difference in this election, but there were some takeaways from an interesting night. Domenico Montanaro
NPR fact checked the Vance-Walz vice presidential debate. Here's what we found JD Vance and Tim Walz debated on Tuesday in the last scheduled debate of the election. The sparring was mostly collegial but a number of points on key issues require additional context or corrections. NPR Staff
On the VP debate stage, two visions for policing in America are laid out The disparate philosophies between Tim Walz and JD Vance on law and order and ensuring public safety in the U.S. were on display in the presidential debate. Clay Masters
Trump backs out of a '60 Minutes' prime-time interview, CBS says 60 Minutes announced on Tuesday that former President Donald Trump has backed out of an interview he had agreed to do as part of its prime-time election special next week. Rachel Treisman
Hurricane Helene upends election planning in some parts of North Carolina North Carolina election officials have said early voting would start as planned on Oct. 17. But they don't know how many voting sites might be unusable in the swing state because of Hurricane Helene. Steve Harrison
