Happy Thursday! It's Rebecca Morin, senior national news reporter at USA TODAY. I'm hoping readers stay safe from Hurricane Helene. |
5 days until the vice presidential debate. 40 days until Election Day. 2 days until the All Things Go music festival (which I'm *very salty* I won't be attending.) |
NYC Mayor Eric Adams charged with bribery, foreign funding |
Breaking news from New York City: Mayor Eric Adams was indicted on five federal charges, including fraud and soliciting foreign campaign donations for corrupt acts going back a decade. Adams is the city's first mayor to be criminally charged while in office. Read more. |
| • | Watch: New York mayor Eric Adams vows to fight 'false' federal charges | | • | White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre did not comment on the indictment but rejected a claim President Joe Biden targeted Adams over differences on immigration policy. | |
Adams isn't the only New York mayor facing legal issues. Rudy Giuliani, former New York mayor who served as one of Donald Trump's lawyers in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election based on disproved allegations of fraud, was disbarred Thursday in the District of Columbia. Read more. |
Iran trying to assassinate Donald Trump, other US leaders, officials say |
United States officials and top lawmakers on Wednesday said Iran is trying to assassinate Trump, in addition to some members of his administration and current Biden administration officials, as payback for killing an Iranian general. Read more. |
An ode to the "Man in Black" |
A statue of country music legend Johnny Cash was unveiled at the U.S. Capitol earlier this week. Cash's music filled my family's red Dodge Ram on our summer trips to San Antonio when I was a child. Personally, I'm looking forward to dropping by Statuary Hall to see the statue very soon. | Family members of Johnny Cash pose for a portrait during an unveiling ceremony of a statue of Johnny Cash in Emancipation Hall at the U.S. Capitol on Sept. 24, 2024. Josh Morgan, USA TODAY | | | | Former First Lady Melania Trump said in an interview that the FBI's Mar-a-Lago search in 2022 was an "invasion of privacy." | | | | The State Department's bounty was described as unusually high, signaling the Biden administration's concern over Iranian threats. | | | | Thirty-four Senate seats will be on the ballot in November, but a handful of close races could decide the balance of power in Congress. | | | | Rep. Clay Higgins deleted a social media post Wednesday calling Haitian immigrants "thugs" following condemnation from many of his colleagues. | | | | The October 5 rally be held at the same farm in Butler where Trump was shot in the summer. | | | | | | | This 7-day newsletter course will help you be an informed voter before Nov. 5. | | | | | | | |
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