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Some leading Democrats — including Rep. Jamie Raskin of Maryland — are hedging their bets on whether they'll certify the 2024 election, should former President Donald Trump emerge victorious.

Axios spoke to several top Democrats about the issue, with Raskin, Jan Schakowsky of Illinois and Jim McGovern of Massachusetts all saying they'd certify the election for Trump — so long as there were no shenanigans.

Former President Barack Obama knocked down one of former President Donald Trump's most central pitches to voters for re-election at a Pittsburgh rally Thursday evening: that Trump was a masterful steward of the economy.

In fact, Obama argued, Trump just took credit for what his predecessor accomplished.

As Floridians begin to assess the damage and loss of life after Hurricane Milton hit Wednesday night, bringing with it a historic 150 tornadoes and causing power outages for millions, Donald Trump recorded and posted a video suggesting Floridians will be better off on “January 20,” Inauguration Day, implying they should vote for him.

“Hello, Florida, this is President Donald J. Trump,” the Republican ex-president began his video (below). Some of his supporters praised him on social media for acting as if he were the current president.

Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) was caught off guard at a town hall Thursday night after a woman’s chair apparently broke behind him on stage, prompting her to scream and Vance to quip to laughter in the crowd: “Kamala Harris built this.”

The tense moment began as Vance was listening to a question from an audience member at a town hall in Greensboro, North Carolina, when suddenly a woman screamed behind the Republican vice presidential nominee.

Democrats have grown "very, very nervous" about the election in recent weeks, pollster Doug Schoen told Fox News' Laura Ingraham on Thursday.

Schoen, a Democratic strategist who has become renowned for criticizing his own party on right-wing networks, said he doesn't believe Vice President Kamala Harris has a plan to beat former President Donald Trump on key issues.

Donald Trump gave what was billed as a speech on economic policy Thursday afternoon at the Detroit Economic Club, but he spent a good portion of his time focused on attacking the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene, attacking his Democratic presidential opponent Vice President Kamala Harris, attacking the city of Detroit, appearing to be unaware foreign auto manufacturers build cars in the U.S., announcing one of his daughters is expecting, and standing silently for several minutes for his own theme song, “God Bless the USA,” “like it was the national anthem,” according to one reporter.

“The whole country is going to be like—you want to know the truth? It’ll be like Detroit. Our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she’s your president,” Trump said, referring to Vice President Harris. “You’re going to have a mess on your hands.”

Firefighters in Scranton who held up "Scranton Firefighters for Trump" signs at the former president's campaign rally this week may not have been firefighters from Scranton.

The Times-Tribune snapped photos of Donald Trump's Scranton rally event Wednesday in which several people held up the signs, including two men who wore firefighter formal dress-blue uniforms.

Donald Trump Jr. on Thursday continued to spread false claims involving the Biden administration’s response to hurricane relief – claims roundly debunked by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, but which have been circulated by the GOP – as millions of people impacted by the monster storms seek aid.

“So again, that's just something that everyone has to know,” Trump Jr. said in a video posted to his Rumble account Thursday. “It's so easy to take that sort of, hey, a couple of bucks, right? You know, here's 750 bucks from FEMA. Yeah, you know, your house was totaled, but you didn't know it. Think about that very carefully before you do anything.”

House Judiciary Committee chairman Jim Jordan (R-OH) fired off a warning shot at Federal Trade Commission chair Lina Khan, according to the New York Post: stop investigating civil rights matters.

Jordan, along with Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), chairwoman of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, sent Khan a letter Thursday taking particular issue with the FTC's lawsuit against Coulter Motor Company, which operates Buick and Cadillac dealerships in Tempe, Arizona.

Former President Barack Obama is set to rally supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday night in Pittsburgh as both presidential campaigns look to shore up their base ahead of the Nov. 5 election.

Pennsylvania is a crucial battleground state, and along with Michigan and Wisconsin, is part of the so-called “blue wall” of three competitive states that are likely to decide the election. Obama won the state in both his 2008 and 2012 presidential races.

Longtime Donald Trump ally and political trickster Roger Stone was caught on a secret undercover recording by documentarian Lauren Windsor advocating for "armed guards" to be stationed at polling places during an August event in Jacksonville, Florida, Rolling Stone reported Thursday.

When Windsor, not revealing her identity, asked Stone how to prevent Democrats from "stealing" the election, Stone replied, “We have to fight it out on a state-by-state basis, but you have to be ready."

Former NFL star running back Marshawn Lynch has at least one big-name supporter if he follows through on suggestions that he is considering a potential bid for Oakland mayor– California Gov. Gavin Newsom.

In the podcast “Politickin’” that he co-hosts with the Democratic governor and his longtime agent, Lynch on Thursday hinted at a possible run for Oakland mayor, which could see an opening as residents consider recalling their current mayor, who is embroiled in scandal, Politico reported.

Former President Donald Trump refused to appear in an interview with CBS News program "60 Minutes" this week after they offered both presidential teams an opportunity for an interview.

And he now alleges a conspiracy is afoot.