Kelly Daughtry (R) suspended her congressional campaign in North Carolina’s 13th congressional district after Donald Trump endorsed her opponent, Brad Knott (R), in the Republican primary, the Raleigh News & Observer reports. The ballots had already been printed and voting had already started

Donald Trump used the lunch hour to post on Truth Social that he hasn’t been sleeping in court but does “close my beautiful blue eyes, sometimes, listen intensely, and take it ALL in!!!”

“A lot of these races are on the margin. They’re razor-thin races. It is going to be a night that things can go either way in many of these states. But 51 is our goal, and you will not hear me from now until Nov. 5 say anything but 51.” — NRSC chair Steve Daines (R-MT), quoted by Politico, refusing

“The Internal Revenue Service detailed its plans Thursday to significantly ramp up audit rates of wealthy taxpayers and large corporations, using funds provided by the Democrat-backed Inflation Reduction Act that passed in 2022,” CNN reports. “The audit rate of taxpayers earning more than $10

“Donald Trump has spent years railing against state-level voting operations, targeting vote-by-mail options and spreading conspiracy theories about rigged results in battleground states,” USA Today reports. “This week, the presumptive 2024 Republican White House nominee doubled down on his election