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Trump And Harris' First Presidential Debate Of 2024 Is Tuesday Night. Here's What To Know

Former President Donald Trump was supposed to face off against President Biden in their second, and possibly final, debate before the election. Then came the unexpected twist in July.

The debate, hosted by ABC News at Philadelphia's National Constitution Center, is now a showdown between Vice President Kamala Harris and Trump, who both agreed to move forward with it after weeks of back-and-forth about the event's specifics.

Here's what to know:

GOP Opposition Appears To Doom Speaker Johnson’s Initial Plan To Avert Shutdown

Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) opening bid to avert a government shutdown appears doomed to fail in the House this week amid widespread — and growing — Republican opposition, thwarting the top lawmaker’s hopes of the proposal squeezing Democrats in both chambers.

At least six GOP lawmakers announced that they will vote against Johnson’s plan — which pairs a 6-month continuing resolution (CR) with a Trump-backed bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote — more than the number needed to tank the effort. If all Democrats vote no, Republicans can only afford to lose four of their members, assuming full attendance.

SpaceX Launches Private Mission That's Expected To Feature First All-Civilian Spacewalk

A SpaceX capsule carrying four private citizens blasted off early Tuesday on a five-day mission that is set to include the first spacewalk carried out by an all-civilian crew.

The mission, known as Polaris Dawn, lifted off at 5:24 a.m. ET from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida.

Apple Debuts New iPhone, Apple Watch Models

Apple used a press event Monday to introduce its latest iPhone 16 smartphones, along with updated Apple Watch and AirPods models.

The iPhone remains the tech industry's single most important product and the key not only to Apple's fortunes but for a range of players including wireless carriers and component makers.

Here are the biggest things Apple announced on Monday:

James Earl Jones, Iconic Actor And Memorable Voice Of Darth Vader And Mufasa, Dead At 93

You can’t think of James Earl Jones without hearing his voice.

That booming basso profundo, conveying instant dignity or menace, was Jones’ signature instrument. It brought power to all his stage and movie roles, most indelibly as Darth Vader in “Star Wars,” Mufasa in “The Lion King” and as the voice of CNN.

Wisconsin Headlines

Wisconsin Supreme Court To Decide Whether Mobile Voting Vans Can Be Used In Future Elections

The Wisconsin Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments Tuesday in a case brought by Republicans who want to bar the use of mobile voting vans in the presidential battleground state.

Such vans — a single van, actually — were used just once, in Racine in 2022. It allowed voters to cast absentee ballots in the two weeks leading up to the election. Racine, the Democratic National Committee and others say nothing in state law prohibits the use of voting vans.

DNR Releases Final Environmental Statement On Line 5 In Wisconsin

State environmental regulators released a final environmental impact statement Friday on a Canadian energy firm’s plans to reroute an oil and gas pipeline around a northern Wisconsin tribe’s reservation.

In 2019, the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa sued Canadian firm Enbridge Inc. in federal court to shut down and remove the 70-year-old Line 5 on tribal lands. In response, the company proposed a $450 million plan rerouting the pipeline around the tribe’s reservation.

Police In Wisconsin Investigating Social Media Post Indicating School Shooting

Authorities in southern Wisconsin have opened an investigation after numerous concerned citizens reached out with concern over a social media post indicating a potential school shooting.

According to a release, the Madison Police Department received several calls from individuals who observed a “widely circulated social media post” indicating that Madison schools would be the target of a school shooting.

Ahead Of 2024 Election, Some Voters Say They're Tired Of Incivility In Politics

More than a dozen voters told Wisconsin Public Radio that they're frustrated by heated language, lack of cooperation in politics.

Politics has always been divisive, usually listed with religion and money as impolite topics for discussion. But growing polarization has fueled a new style of political rhetoric in recent election cycles that uses more heated and attacking language. That’s left many voters like Bartels frustrated by the constant clash among lawmakers.

As Election Cycle Heats Up, WisconsinEye Calls On Baldwin Campaign To Pull Ad Footage

WisconsinEye, a statewide public affairs network that broadcasts government proceedings and policy-oriented interviews, has called for campaigns to stop using its footage in negative advertisements.

The network reminded campaigns of its longstanding policy forbidding using its content in negative ads earlier this summer, and last week, specifically denounced an ad from U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin’s campaign for how it used footage of her Republican opponent, Eric Hovde.