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On today’s show: The Wall Street Journal on how the gender gap became a defining feature of the Harris-Trump race. And Politico reports on why that gap is growing.   Washington Post reporter Evan Halper explains how oil lobbyists are preparing for — and pouring money into — a possible Trump victory so they can dismantle landmark Biden-era climate rules.   Plus: The Guar...

On today’s show: Washington Post reporter Abha Bhattarai on how rising housing costs are weighing heavily on the most-sought-after voters.   What we’re learning about Trump’s relationship with Putin from Bob Woodward’s latest book. PBS NewsHour spoke to the veteran journalist.   Reporter Robin Buller writes for The Guardian about why mass-shooting survivors are tu...

On today’s show: NBC ’s Sahil Kapur reports on how the Harris campaign is using Republican supporters to reach undecided voters.   Jack Herrera reports for Texas Monthly on why the border crisis won’t be solved at the border.   Wall Street Journal reporter Heather Gillers explores how storms are testing Florida’s home-insurance market. The Journal also looks at wh...

On today’s episode: Apple News editor Gideon Resnick explains what early voting can and can’t tell us about who will actually win the White House.   Bloomberg rounds up the latest news out of the Middle East as Israel prepares to attack Iran. The Atlantic ’s Jamie Thompson explains the sharp rise in carjackings in the D.C. area and the factors that have made punishment and deterrence tougher...

On today’s episode: Will the death of Hamas’s leader bring an end to the war? The Economist on what comes next. Nebraskans will choose between historic, dueling abortion questions. Washington Post reporter Annie Gowen lays out the stakes. Author and journalist Porter Fox is the latest guest on Apple News In Conversation . He explains why hurricanes are only getting deadlier — and...

On today’s show: Texas is set to execute a man even as the lead detective on his case is convinced he got it wrong.  USA Today  reports. In-person early voting starts in North Carolina today, weeks after Hurricane Helene ravaged the state. Sarah Michels, elections reporter for  Carolina Public Press , spoke to voters and election officials in the battleground state. A federal...

On today’s episode: Unpacking Trump’s bizarre town hall with the  Washington Post ’s Maeve Reston. The  Wall Street Journal ’s Michelle Hackman walks us through Vice President Harris’s track record on immigration. The  Atlantic ’s Kristen V. Brown explains what 23andMe’s uncertain future means for the DNA of its millions of customers. G...

On today’s show: Could this year flip the Electoral College on its head? Apple News editor Gideon Resnick explains a surprising trend poll watchers are seeing. And the Miami Herald has more. The New Yorker ’s Charles Duhigg reports on how big crypto companies are influencing our elections. CNN reports on the threats against FEMA. Were women snubbed by the Nobel Prize committee? Stat breaks down th...

Trump’s messaging against immigrants is getting darker, according to a Politico analysis of more than 20 of his recent rallies and campaign events. Meanwhile, Harris has been meeting with Arab American and Muslim leaders in Michigan. Yasmeen Abutaleb of the Washington Post talks about where the race stands. TikTok executives have long known about app’s effect on teens, lawsuit document...

USA Today has live updates on how Florida is starting to pick up the pieces after Hurricane Milton. And USA Today explores the phenomenon that largely spared Tampa Bay from a feared catastrophic storm surge.   Journalist Paola Ramos joins Apple News In Conversation to explain the recent shift to the right among Latino voters. ProPublica ’s Ava Kofman investigates the pair of billionaire...

ABC reports on how FEMA prepared for Hurricane Milton’s landfall. And the Wall Street Journal explains how FEMA is fighting lies about its response to Hurricane Helene. Reuters reporter Jarrett Renshaw goes inside the fight between Harris and Trump for a Pennsylvania county that’s known for picking presidents.   Sarah Blaskey, an investigative reporter at the Washington Post , looks at the mi...

Hurricane Helene isn’t an outlier. It’s a harbinger of the future, according to NBC hurricane specialist John Morales in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists . He joins us to talk about his concerns for Milton’s future victims. Vox asks: Can we trust the polls this year? And Apple News editor Gideon Resnick discusses what the polls can and can’t tell us in the final weeks...

The Washington Post ’s Ann Marimow outlines the major cases the Supreme Court is taking on this term, and assesses the possibility of legal disputes about the 2024 presidential election. NBC News ’s Sahil Kapur explains why Republicans believe they can confirm multiple Supreme Court justices if Trump wins — and why the next president will inherit the fewest judicial vacancies in...

CNN ’s Bianna Golodryga has been in close touch with the families of Israeli hostages over the last year. She tells us about some of their experiences. Youmna El Sayed, a correspondent for Al Jazeera English , has been reporting from inside Gaza. She talks about what the year of war has been like for Palestinians under Israeli bombardment.   Zack Beauchamp, a senior global correspondent...

Republican Liz Cheney invoked January 6 as she touted her backing of Kamala Harris in Wisconsin. CNN has more. Nikki Haley’s endorsement of Trump doesn’t mean her supporters will follow her, Politico reports. ProPublica reporter Lizzie Presser shares the stories of two teens who got caught up in a system unprepared to handle kids on either side of the opioid trade. Pet-custody arrangem...

The Washington Post looks into why Helene’s floods caught North Carolina off guard. Wall Street Journal reporter Elizabeth Findell on how the Harris and Trump campaigns are battling over working-class voters in Nevada. The state could go either way. Barbara Demick with the New Yorker reports on the end of China’s international adoption program, which offered new lives to abandoned infa...

NBC News has the most important moments from the debate between VP candidates JD Vance and Tim Walz. Apple News’s Gideon Resnick was there. Iran fired ballistic missiles on Israel in the latest escalation of conflict in the Middle East. The Guardian has the story. Sean “Diddy” Combs faces 120 new sexual-assault allegations in new lawsuits. The Washington Post has details. The Ash...

Crews are rushing to deliver aid in North Carolina after the state was ravaged by Helene. NBC News is on the story. Reuters previews 2024’s first and last vice-presidential debate. Israeli troops are on the ground in southern Lebanon. CNN has what to know. NBC10 Philadelphia lays out how the dockworkers’ strike could impact the region. Pete Rose desperately wanted to be inducted into t...

CNN reports on how multiple states in the southeastern U.S. are reeling from the impact of Hurricane Helene. Blue Ridge Public Radio has put together a list of resources where you can help flood victims in North Carolina. Politico reports on a looming strike that could disrupt the economy just before the election. It’s mostly up to one fiery union leader, Harold Daggett.   Car...

The City ’s Gwynne Hogan tells us what to know about the criminal case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams — and what could happen next. Kamala Harris is making her first trip to the border as a presidential candidate today. Axios has more. After a Florida jury spared the Parkland school shooter’s life, the state made it easier for juries to recommend the death penalty. Joe Se...

Congress passed a bill to avert government shutdown, setting up another funding fight in December. The Washington Post has more. New York City Mayor Eric Adams was indicted on federal criminal charges, the Wall Street Journal reports.   In a Pittsburgh speech, Harris pledged a “pragmatic” approach to the economy. Politico has the details.   The Los Angeles Times ’s Tony...

An 11th person accused Sean “Diddy” Combs of sexual assault, Rolling Stone reports. The magazine’s Cheyenne Roundtree discusses the allegations against him. She also previously spoke to In Conversation about them.   CNN reports that Republican efforts to change the way voting works in Nebraska have stalled. Apple News editor Gideon Resnick unpacks why, while USA Today looks...

News & Observer Washington correspondent Danielle Battaglia describes how North Carolina voters are thinking about presidential candidates after a recent scandal in the governor’s race shook things up. Israel and Hezbollah exchanged fire after Lebanon suffered huge casualties. Reuters has more. Benoît Morenne with the Wall Street Journal explains how an unusual lawsuit by an energy...

Israel launched a widespread wave of airstrikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon. Reuters has more. Congress struck a deal for a temporary funding agreement to avoid a government shutdown for now. USA Today has the story. A Texas medical school was leasing out body parts of unclaimed corpses, an NBC News investigation found. NBC’s Mike Hixenbaugh describes what the reporting revealed. CBS News h...

Across the U.S. in November, voters will weigh ballot measures including election policies, minimum-wage increases, and marijuana legalization. Politico ’s Emily Schultheis takes a look. Apple News In Conversation spoke to Madeleine Baran about how the U.S. military downplays possible war crimes. U.S. overdose deaths plummeted, saving thousands of lives. NPR has the story. Israel said it hit...