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Will this be the last debate? The ball’s in Donald Trump’s court.

The former president was noncommittal even as his supporters were gung ho.
Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters

How global media is reacting to the Harris-Trump debate

Headlines focused on the US vice president outperforming Trump as the candidates clashed on Ukraine, the Israel-Gaza war, and abortion.
Adam Gray/Reuters

What we can learn from Trump’s and Harris’ old debates

The former president’s relentless attacks versus the vice president’s careful rebuttals.
Rick Wilking/File Photo/Reuters

Kamala Harris baited Donald Trump into a debate on her terms

With pokes at his ego and crowd sizes, the vice president executed a clear strategy.
Brian Snyder/Reuters

Trump refuses to say if he wants Ukraine to win the war

During the first presidential debate, the former president said he wanted the “war to stop” when asked if he wanted Ukraine to win against Russia.
Win McNamee/Getty Images

The 2024 Senate battle is still coming down to Montana

Jon Tester faces the toughest reelection race of any incumbent this year. But he insists he’s no underdog, and neither party is giving up on the state yet.
Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., on Capitol Hill.Tom Brenner/Reuters

Australia moves to ban young people from social media

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said his government would introduce the legislation by the end of 2024.

New election model sees Trump leading Harris, Dems winning House

British firm Focaldata is taking a new approach to polling the US elections.

Donald Trump’s unconventional ground game is making Republicans nervous

A Republican strategist complained they’d seen “no ground activity at all” in their state.

Rand Paul stops short of endorsing Trump

The Kentucky Republican is one of only a few GOP members of Congress who’s holding out. But he has his reasons.

No breathing room between Harris and Trump ahead of presidential debate

Most voters know who Donald Trump is and what he could do as president, but few are so clear on Harris’ plans.

Mysterious influencer network pushed sexual smears of Harris

“Please God make it stop,” objected former New York Rep. George Santos.

Semaforum: Kate Conger and Ryan Mac

The two New York Times tech reporters discuss their book on Twitter under Elon Musk.

Mark Cuban is Kamala Harris’ on-call billionaire. What’s he after?

The Shark Tank star and former Dallas Mavericks owner once talked with No Labels about a third-party run. These days, he’s in the KHive.

While Trump veered off-course, his top campaign advisers delivered GOP a clear plan

At the same time as the former president’s disjointed New York remarks, his team was giving House Republicans a promising outlook on a private call.

Trump ‘press conference’ turns into rant against E. Jean Carroll, other accusers

The former president took no questions after speaking for nearly 50 minutes.

‘There’s no one like me in the Senate’: Union leader Dan Osborn looks for a Nebraska upset

The career mechanic talked to Semafor about his “working class” run against Sen. Deb Fischer.

Trump’s sentencing in hush-money case is delayed until after election

A New York judge postponed the sentencing from Sept. 18 to Nov. 26.