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Elon Musk has said he plans to commit around $45 million a month to a new super political-action committee backing former President Donald Trump's presidential run, according to people familiar with the matter. — Other backers of the group, called America PAC, include Palantir Technologies …
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Jason Sattler / I Know How Much You Care:
JD Vance is Trump's gift to Putin — The GOP nominee may have picked the one American his second-biggest donor prefers over him. — 1× — The pick of JD Vance, who underperformed Ohio's last Republican Senator by 15% and the entire Ohio GOP ticket by 11%, has made clear …
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Behind the Curtain: Why J.D. … - Youth & vigor: Vance, who turns 40 in two weeks, is half Trump's age. … - Smart: Vance can put an intellectual wrapper around Trump's red meat. … - American Dream bio: James David Vance grew up in a broken Rust Belt home in Middletown, Ohio, with deep ties to Appalachia.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
The Authoritarian Ticket — Another one for the “weeks where decades happen” files: Hours before the Republican National Convention and Donald Trump's selection of J.D. Vance as his running mate took over the news cycle, Judge Aileen Cannon squeezed in a little news of her own …
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Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
What J.D. Vance really believes — I met Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), Donald Trump's new choice for vice president, in the summer of 2022. I was covering a conservative conference in Israel, and Vance was the surprise VIP attraction. We chatted for a bit about the connections between right …
Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
Who Is Usha Vance, the Wife of J.D. Vance? — The two met at Yale Law School, and Ms. Vance has helped him along in his political rise ever since — including now to Donald J. Trump's vice-presidential pick. — If you were to build a member of the American elite from scratch, she might look something like Usha Vance.
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Politico:
Playbook: Trump upstages Vance on Night 1 — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — The first day of the GOP convention in Milwaukee was supposed to be about something mundane: economic policy. The slogan was “Make America Wealthy Once Again.”
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Suzanne Lynch / Politico:
Europe reacts to J.D. Vance as Trump's VP pick: ‘This is a disaster for Ukraine’
Europe reacts to J.D. Vance as Trump's VP pick: ‘This is a disaster for Ukraine’
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The Hill:
Musk pledges to give $45M a month to Trump super PAC: report
Musk pledges to give $45M a month to Trump super PAC: report
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The risk of J.D. Vance
The risk of J.D. Vance
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Lester Holt / NBC News:
Transcript: Read the full Biden interview with Lester Holt on NBC News
Transcript: Read the full Biden interview with Lester Holt on NBC News
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Francesca Chambers / USA Today:
‘The VP will take it to JD’: Biden campaign pushes Vance to debate Kamala Harris
‘The VP will take it to JD’: Biden campaign pushes Vance to debate Kamala Harris
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Ian Ward / Politico:
55 Things to Know About J.D. Vance, Trump's VP Pick
55 Things to Know About J.D. Vance, Trump's VP Pick
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Paul Bradley Carr / The San Francisco Standard:
With JD Vance as VP, Peter Thiel would finally have Trump right where he wants him
With JD Vance as VP, Peter Thiel would finally have Trump right where he wants him
Kelsey Vlamis / Business Insider:
JD Vance said a dinner with elite CEOs made him realize he might end up hating what he'd become
JD Vance said a dinner with elite CEOs made him realize he might end up hating what he'd become
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Biden says ‘it was a mistake’ to use ‘bullseye’ in rhetorical Trump attack
Biden says ‘it was a mistake’ to use ‘bullseye’ in rhetorical Trump attack
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Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Special counsels are unconstitutional if they make Trump sad — So says Aileen Cannon, who makes a mockery of the rule of law. … It finally happened. — Judge Aileen Cannon, who has been telegraphing for months that she was committed to finding a way to get Trump off the hook …
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Robert B. Hubbell / Today's Edition Newsletter:
The education of Aileen Cannon
The education of Aileen Cannon
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New York Post:
Firefighter Corey Comperatore's widow refused Biden call after Trump rally shooting: 'Didn't want to talk to him' — SARVER, Pa. — The heartbroken widow of Corey Comperatore, the hero firefighter shot dead by a sniper at a Trump rally, wanted nothing to do with President Biden when he called after the tragedy, she told The Post.
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Alistair Smout / Reuters:
UK deputy PM dismisses ‘Islamist’ nuclear state jibe by Trump VP pick Vance — Britain's deputy prime minister on Tuesday played down comments by U.S. vice presidential contender J.D. Vance that Britain was an Islamist nuclear-armed country, saying he had a history of making “fruity” remarks.
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John King / CNN:
Private efforts to nudge Biden to step aside continue — The public calls from Democrats asking President Joe Biden to bow out of the presidential race have quieted in recent days, but private efforts to nudge the president and his top aides continue, several Democratic sources told CNN.
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Victor Nava / New York Post:
Bandaged Trump defiantly appears at RNC 2024 just days after dodging assassin's bullet — MILWAUKEE - Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump made an appearance Monday at the GOP convention, two days after he was left bloodied by a sniper's bullet. — Most of the 78-year-old former …
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Politico:
FBI, DHS warn of possible retaliation for attack on Trump — Intelligence bulletin raises alarm about election violence. — U.S. authorities are concerned about possible attacks in retaliation to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the FBI and Department of Homeland Security …
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CNBC:
Trump 2.0 could be bad news for global inflation, analysts say … A second presidential term for former President Donald Trump could reignite global inflation as his America-first policies drive up costs across the world, analysts warned. — The high tariff, low tax economic agenda …
Brian Slodysko / Associated Press:
Kennedy and West third-party ballot drives are pushed by secretive groups and Republican donors — WASHINGTON (AP) — Libertarians in Colorado want to put Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on the ballot to create chaos. — Petition drives for Cornel West in Virginia and North Carolina are being run by groups with Republican ties.
Derek Thompson / The Atlantic:
Stop Pretending You Know How This Will End — The failed assassination of Donald Trump might not have any lasting effect on the election or politics in general. — In the immediate aftermath of the failed attempt on Donald Trump's life, pundits and politicians rushed to proclaim …
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Axios:
Scoop: How the DNC plans to run out the clock for Biden … - Once Biden receives votes from a majority of the nearly 4,000 delegates, it will become exceedingly difficult to remove him from atop the Democratic presidential ticket. — The DNC's current plan is to train state party chairs next week …
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ABC News:
ABC Exclusive: Trump rally shooting ‘unacceptable,’ Secret Service director says — “The buck stops with me,” Kimberly Cheatle said in an ABC News interview. — U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle sat down with ABC News in her first network interview since the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.
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