Former President Trump and his vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), are working to make sure they don't alienate Georgia voters — key for a Republican victory in the presidential race.
The big picture: The pair is tag-teaming, with each relying on their strengths — including with Georgia's Republican Gov. Brian Kemp, who Trump has repeatedly torched but needs for a win in November.
Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, will sit for a joint interview with CNN that airs Thursday and is sure to be deeply scrutinized by media outlets nationwide.
Why it matters: This is Harris' first in-depth interview since she launched her presidential campaign.
Ohio Sen. JD Vance is once again facing scrutiny for unsurfaced comments about people who aren't parents: This time blasting a teachers union president for not having "some of her own" children.
Why it matters: In a race framed as the boys v. girls election, the GOP's VP nominee has found himself at the center of widespread criticism over several resurfaced comments about women and family, with arguably the most infamous being his 2021 dig at "childless cat ladies" on the left.
The share of Americans who say they disapprove of labor unions hasn't been this low since September 1967, per new Gallup data.
Why it matters: Unions have seen a resurgence in recent years, with an uptick in strikes and organizing efforts, helped along by more positive public sentiment and, until recently, a strong labor market that emboldens workers to push for more from their employers.
The Supreme Court's recent ruling on former President Trump's legal immunity violated the core principle ofequal treatment under the law, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said in her first television interview since joining the bench.
Why it matters: The decision forced Special Counsel Jack Smith to bring a new, more targeted indictment against Trump in the ongoing election interference case, leaving out communications with the Justice Department that could be viewed as "official acts" under the ruling.
The Harris campaign is launching an ad blitz tying former President Trump to Project 2025, the conservative vision to radically expand the power of the government.
Why it matters: It's the latest sign that Harris, like President Biden before her, is trying to aggressively link Trump to the conservative plan for governing as she seeks to paint the former president as a threat.
Voters in just a handful of states will effectively decide this November's presidential election. But which states flipped parties most recently and are seen as especially up for grabs?
Driving the news: The above maps show the last year each state went for a different party than it did in 2020, starting in 1964.
An anti-censorship movement born from the chaos of COVID and cultivated on platforms like X is increasingly aligning with the Trump campaign — and scoring some big wins.
Why it matters: Championed by Elon Musk, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and disaffected liberals, this loose network of dissenters views censorship — real or perceived — as the existential question of the 2024 election.
There "was an incident" when former President Trump visited Arlington National Cemetery this week, a spokesperson for the cemetery in Virginia said Tuesday evening, without elaborating further.
The big picture: The Trump campaign denies claims made in an NPR report that two aides "had a verbal and physical altercation" with a cemetery official who tried to stop the GOP presidential nominee's staffers from "filming and photographing in a section where recent U.S. casualties are buried."
The presidential race in North Carolina has tightened to a "toss up" from "lean Republican," and New Hampshire and Minnesota have shifted to "likely Democrat," Cook Political Report's Amy Walter wrote Tuesday.
Why it matters: The "Tar Heel State looks more competitive than ever," with Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents "coming home" to back Vice President Kamala Harris against former President Trump in swing states he was tipped to win just months ago, per Walter.
House Democrats are effectively inviting a hardline Republican to go rogue and force a vote to impeach President Biden in the final weeks of the 2024 election.
Why it matters: Top House Democrats are in rare agreement with their Republican counterparts that an impeachment vote would damage GOP attempts to hang onto control of the House.
