Trump wants to position himself as the nation’s protector. But Harris is offering real-world, practical protection on the issues that matter.

And her exposés of racist lies form a crucial part of the history of disinformation in America. That’s not the way I originally conceived such a history, though. In trying to chronicle media malpractice in America for a book,

In terms of politics, Vice President Kamala Harris and President Joe Biden are hoping that recovery from Hurricane Helene will resemble the federal government's response to Hurricane Sandy in 2012 - a fairly smooth process that did credit to the last Democratic-led White House in a presidential election season.

As the Post reports, the Harris campaign is seeking to challenge Trump's masculinity directly, "sending surrogates on cable news to mock Trump’s rejection of another meeting in increasingly blunt terms," with Harris strategist David Plouffe, a veteran of Barack Obama's campaigns, repeatedly referring to Trump as "chicken man" on social media:

Harris and Trump are still competing for votes in several tossup swing states, according to 538's polling aggregate.