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Presidential candidates both attended a memorial ceremony at Ground Zero hours after the debate
- BuzzFeed
17 People Who Were Undecided Before The Presidential Debate Are Sharing Where They Stand Now, And It's Not What I Expected
"I was leaning toward Harris before the debate, but now I'm voting for Trump. Harris never really explained her flip-flops."
- The Daily Beast
Trump Reveals Who He Will Blame If He Loses Election
Is Donald Trump gearing up to blame old folks if he loses the presidential election to Kamala Harris in November? It sure sounded that way Thursday at a rally held by the former president in Tucson, Arizona, where he took note of the changing demographic of his supporters and wondered aloud if they will be to blame if he’s defeated on Election Day.“We have a lot of young people here,” Trump said. “My audiences, they’ve gotten younger and younger, do you notice that?”Read more at The Daily Beast.
- The Daily Beast
Trump Demands ABC Be Shut Down for Daring to Fact Check Debate
Donald Trump called for ABC News to be shut down during a rant about the way he was treated by the network during his presidential debate against Kamala Harris. The former president called into Fox & Friends on Wednesday morning to complain that he’d faced a “rigged deal” with the debate, with moderators “correcting everything” he said while “not correcting with her.” Asked why he felt moderators hadn’t corrected Harris in the same way, Trump answered: “Because they’re dishonest.” “I think ABC t
- The Independent
Republican Karl Rove says Trump got ‘crushed by a woman he called dumb as a rock’ during ‘train wreck’ debate
Veteran Republican strategist says Trump’s ‘furious’ performance ‘catastrophic’ whereas Harris was ‘calm, confident, strong and focused on the future’
- INSIDER
A Navy SEAL unit that killed Osama bin Laden is busy preparing for a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan: report
Navy SEAL Team 6 has been planning and training for a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan for the last year, per the Financial Times.
- HuffPost
Jordan Klepper Taunts Trump With A Word He Really, Really Hates
The "Daily Show" correspondent hit one of the former president's sorest spots.
- The New York Times
In Debate With Trump, Harris’ Expressions Were a Weapon
She turned to him with an arched brow. A quiet sigh. A hand on her chin. A laugh. A pitiful glance. A dismissive shake of her head. From the opening moments of her first debate against Donald Trump, Kamala Harris craftily exploited her opponent’s biggest weakness. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the New York Times Not his record. Not his divisive policies. Not his history of inflammatory statements. Instead, she took aim at a far more primal part of him: his ego. At his rallies, on his s
- The Guardian
Republicans dismayed by Trump’s ‘bad’ and ‘unprepared’ debate performance
GOP lawmakers and analysts virtually unanimous that Trump was second best to Harris in first presidential debate
- INSIDER
Russia fired a new North Korean missile made this year in a strike on Ukraine, marking a first, researchers say
The missile's production mark, which read 2024, is the first public evidence of a missile made this year by North Korea being used in the Ukraine war.
- The Hill
US tanks weren’t ready for Russian attacks. Ukraine has a fix
The American-made M1 Abrams is considered one of the world’s premier tanks, yet has still proven vulnerable to Russian drones and explosives on the battlefield in Ukraine, which had sidelined the armored behemoth. But Ukraine has now improved the Abrams, better protecting it through a relatively simple method: steel cages wrapped around the frame. Ukrainian…
- CNN
Russia will be ‘at war’ with NATO if Ukraine long-range missile restrictions lifted, Putin warns
Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned that NATO allowing Ukraine to use longer-range missiles to strike inside his country would be seen by Moscow as the bloc’s direct entry into the war.
- The Independent
Russia-Ukraine War in Maps: Where are the frontlines now as Kremlin claims advances in Donetsk?
Maps of the frontline in Ukraine indicate that Russian forces are pushing towards the city of Pokrovsk
- HuffPost
JD Vance Accidentally Describes Trump In Attempted Dig At Taylor Swift
One person joked the Ohio senator "has a knack for accidentally delivering the most spot on critical assessments" of the former president.
- The Independent
Six Indians fighting for Russia in Ukraine war set to return home after release from front line
Exclusive: Families confirm to The Independent that the men have been released from duty and are now in Moscow awaiting paperwork for their journeys back to India
- France 24
Hamas says it is ready to implement Gaza ceasefire deal without ‘new conditions’
After meetings with Qatari and Egyptian mediators in Doha on Wednesday, Palestinian militant group Hamas reiterated its "readiness" to adopt US President Joe Biden's long-gestating Gaza ceasefire deal, originally proposed in May, as pressure grows on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to bring home hostages. A Hamas delegation met Qatari and Egyptian mediators in Doha on Wednesday to discuss a truce in Gaza and a potential hostage and prisoner exchange, the militant group said in a statem
- CNN
An alleged Chinese agent went undetected in New York state government for years. Why it may have taken so long for authorities to act
Following Linda Sun’s firing in 2023 and a host of charges filed against her and her husband in an indictment unsealed this month, the New York state government is grappling with having employed an alleged agent for the Chinese government – and raising questions on why it took so long to bring charges.
- Cover Media
Taylor Swift provokes huge voter registration after backing Kamala Harris
On Tuesday night, the Wildest Dreams singer announced her intention to vote for current Vice President Harris in November's US presidential election. She urged her social media followers and fans in the USA to do the same - and shared a custom URL which then directed people to vote.gov where they could register to vote on 5 November. NBC News reports the General Services Administration, which monitors the voter registration website Swift shared with her fans, recorded a 337,000 surge in first-time registrations by Wednesday afternoon.
- The Telegraph
The most consequential moment of the presidential debate came backstage
As Republican “spinners” milled with reporters under the TV screens and bright lights backstage at the presidential debate, a strange commotion broke out.
- CNN
Hear leaked audio confrontation between Netanyahu and hostage family
A leaked audio recording of a heated exchange between Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the family of a hostage killed by Hamas is sparking reaction in Israel. CNN’s Nic Robertson reports.