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Can JD Vance Win Over Skeptical Jewish Voters?

The vice president is attempting to unite conservative Jews with their antagonists in one coalition, as one appearance in Nevada on Monday showed. Some are uneasy about it.

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Vice President JD Vance at the White House in July.
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Whistle-Blower Says USPS Is Secretly Proceeding on Trump’s Mail Voting Plan Before Midterms

A report detailed “grave concerns” that a new system being rushed into use by the U.S. Postal Service could imperil millions of mail ballots ahead of the midterm elections.

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The office of Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, published the whistle-blower report on voting by mail.
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Burnham says Brexit brought ‘decade of low growth’ in first Commons address as prime minister – UK politics live

PM says he has a ‘clear diagnosis of what has gone wrong’ with UK, and pays tribute to Keir Starmer after his predecessor quit parliament

My colleague Richard Partington, the Guardian’s senior economics correspondent, grew up, like Andy Burnham, in the Warrington suburb of Culcheth. He has been home to find out what people there are saying about the new PM.

Yesterday, Kemi Badenoch announced a reshuffle, replacing Mel Stride with Andrew Griffith as shadow chancellor and Priti Patel with Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary.

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© Photograph: parliamentlive.tv

© Photograph: parliamentlive.tv

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Burnham says Brexit brought ‘decade of low growth’ in first Commons address as prime minister – UK politics live

PM says he has a ‘clear diagnosis of what has gone wrong’ with UK, and pays tribute to Keir Starmer after his predecessor quit parliament

My colleague Richard Partington, the Guardian’s senior economics correspondent, grew up, like Andy Burnham, in the Warrington suburb of Culcheth. He has been home to find out what people there are saying about the new PM.

Yesterday, Kemi Badenoch announced a reshuffle, replacing Mel Stride with Andrew Griffith as shadow chancellor and Priti Patel with Tom Tugendhat as shadow foreign secretary.

Continue reading...

© Photograph: parliamentlive.tv

© Photograph: parliamentlive.tv

© Photograph: parliamentlive.tv

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Can JD Vance Win Over Skeptical Jewish Voters?

The vice president is attempting to unite conservative Jews with their antagonists in one coalition, as one appearance in Nevada on Monday showed. Some are uneasy about it.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Vice President JD Vance at the White House in July.
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Kalshi Suspends Republican House Candidate for Betting on Her Own Race

The trading platform Kalshi issued a three-year suspension to the candidate, Laurie Buckhout, and fined her nearly $2,600. Ms. Buckhout said she had made a “dumb mistake.”

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Laurie Buckhout, a former U.S. Army colonel and a Republican, is challenging Representative Don Davis of North Carolina.
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JD Vance Called Michigan Senate Candidate Abdul El-Sayed ‘Evil’ in Speech

Vice President JD Vance also told Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, Michigan’s Democratic Senate nominee, to “keep my wife’s name the hell out of your mouth.”

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Vice President JD Vance’s remarks at a campaign rally on Monday appeared aimed at stoking tensions in Michigan’s Jewish community over Dr. El-Sayed’s nomination.
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Scott Brown Was a GOP Star. Will It Matter in the New Hampshire Senate Race?

Scott Brown is chasing the political limelight again with a seemingly improvised Senate campaign.

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Scott Brown is running for Senate in New Hampshire.
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