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DEBATE DAY: Live coverage begins today at 8 p.m. ET for the Fox News Simulcast of the CBS News Vice Presidential Debate. Learn more.

What’s happening…

– Trump edges Harris in North Carolina Poll, state that hasn’t voted Democratic since 2008

– Mast demands VA fire staffers over Vance, Walz medical record breach, FBI probe possible foreign interference

–  Fox News Power Rankings: Trump maintains lead on 2 top issues ahead of VP debate

Final Face-off?

NEW YORK CITY – With a second face-to-face showdown between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump unlikely – and with a margin-of-error race with five weeks until Election Day in November – there’s a lot on the line in the vice presidential debate.

While debates between the running mates are the undercard of a White House race and have rarely moved the need much in the past, when Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democrats’ nominee, face-off on Tuesday, there will be heightened stakes.

Any major knockout blow – or agonizing misstep – could turn what’s traditionally seen as a second-tier event into an impactful showdown…Read more

JD Vance and Tim Walz FOX News VP Debate Graphic (Fox News Media)

Mideast on the Brink

HEZBOLLAH IN SYRIA: Hezbollah terrorists engaged in sex slavery, rape, mass murders of Syrians…Read more

ISRAEL ATTACKED BY IRAN: American Jewish leaders say Islamist regime will pay for missile strike…Read more

Capitol Hill 

NRA VS SEN BROWN: NRA targets Sen Sherrod Brown in 7-figure ad buy in Ohio: ‘Vote like your life depends on it’…Read more

CHILD TAX CREDIT: Johnson to push for ‘strong child tax credit,’ restrictions on China investment in Wall Street speech…Read more

SHEEHY TAKES ON TESTER: Montana GOP Senate Candidate Sheehy says he was in Afghanistan while Jon Tester was ‘eating lobbyist steak’…Read more

Tales from the Trail

BY THE NUMBERS: Trump edges Harris in North Carolina Poll, state that hasn’t voted Democratic since 2008…Read more

MAOIST TO THE CORE: Unearthed photo shows Tim Walz appointee decorated house with posters of murderous communist dictators…Read more

POWER RANKINGS: Trump maintains lead on 2 top issues ahead of VP debate…Read more

TRIPS TO CHINA: Tim Walz said he went to China ‘dozens’ of times, now his campaign says its ‘closer to 15’…Read more

HARRIS’ WEAKNESS: Pennsylvania survey finds Harris leading Trump narrowly, identifies her ‘biggest weakness’ pollster says…Read more

RECORD BREACH: Mast demands VA fire staffers over Vance, Walz medical record breach, FBI probe possible foreign interference…Read more

ABSENTEE VOTING: Pennsylvania absentee voting underway in some counties…Read more

DEBATE NIGHT ALLEGATIONS: Walz, Vance debate to kick off in NYC amid fresh lying allegations against Harris’ running mate…Read more

Across America

PORTS ON STRIKE: Trump blames port workers strike on ‘massive inflation’ caused by ‘Harris-Biden regime’…Read more

MUSK VS NEWSOM: Elon Musk compares Newsom to ‘The Joker’ after voter ID requirements banned in California…Read more

MIGRANT CRIME: 2 Martha’s Vineyard Illegal immigrants arrested on same day in latest ICE bust on wealthy, liberal island…Read more

NYC MAYOR: Eric Adams calls out alleged collusion of feds and mainstream media, asks judge for ‘consequences’…Read more

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