News in brief
By The Associated Press
Vance, Walz agree to vice presidential debate
COLUMBIA, S.C. | Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Ohio Sen. JD Vance have agreed to debate each other on Oct. 1, setting up a matchup of potential vice presidents as early voting in some states gets underway for the general election.
Meanwhile, Democratic nominee Kamala Harris said she would face Donald Trump in a second debate, though details are not nailed down.
CBS News on Wednesday posted on its X feed that it had invited both Vance and Walz to debate in New York City. Walz accepted later on Wednesday and Vance responded Thursday that he would attend on Oct. 1. He also challenged Walz to meet on Sept. 18 on CNN.
Venezuela’s opposition
faces setback
SAO PAULO | Venezuela’s opposition has been dealt a blow as countries that had been pressuring President Nicolás Maduro to release vote tallies backing his claim to victory in last month’s presidential election are now suggesting the possibility of repeating the contest.
The proposal from the leftist governments of Colombia and Brazil came Thursday, less than three weeks after the results of the highly anticipated election came into question when the main opposition coalition revealed it has proof that its candidate defeated Maduro.
U.S. President Joe Biden expressed support for new elections in comments to reporters that the White House later appeared to back away from.
Venezuelan opposition leader MarÃa Corina Machado quickly rejected any plan to redo the election.
—From AP reports
