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US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will on Wednesday visit areas devastated by Hurricane Helene, after Harris's election rival Donald Trump turned their handling of the disaster into a political football.

Walz struggled during his vice-presidential debate, with several missteps and moments of uncertainty

DC’s chapter of the Young Republicans organization is a wacky bunch, even by the standards of today’s hyper-online Gen Z and millennial conservatives. John Bowden reports from their watch party

Voters watching the debate gave their verdicts on who won and lost the vice presidential debate

Vance may have prevailed on tone and presentation, but at the end of the day Walz is on the side of democracy

The debate came five weeks before Election Day in the US and could be the last televised debate before millions head to the polls

Just like vice presidents themselves, in US politics, debates don’t really matter until they do. The most recent debate (and likely the last of the 2024 election cycle) between aspiring vice presidents Senator JD Vance and Governor Tim Walz isn’t likely to matter much at all.

Trump campaign feels that a strong performance reset his image and narrative with weeks until the election

Neither Ohio GOP Sen. JD Vance nor Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz has the national stature of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump, so viewers had a chance to judge these two relatively unknown politicians for the first time, side by side, in a relatively uncontrolled setting…

Candidates juggled detailed questions covering starkly different visions for America before sparring about democracy’s future

“The rules were that you guys weren’t going to fact check," Vance said.