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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 …
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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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 …
Axios:
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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The Hill:
Musk pledges to give $45M a month to Trump super PAC: report — Tech billionaire Elon Musk said he will commit $45 million per month to a new political action committee backing former President Trump, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Musk's announcement comes on the same day Trump …
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Suzanne Lynch / Politico:
Europe reacts to J.D. Vance as Trump's VP pick: ‘This is a disaster for Ukraine’ — “This is a disaster for Ukraine.” Those are the words of one senior EU official today as Europe reacted to Donald Trump's choice of Ohio senator J.D. Vance as his running mate.
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Joseph Bernstein / New York Times:
Who Is Usha Vance, the Wife of J.D. Vance?
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
The risk of J.D. Vance
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Francesca Chambers / USA Today:
‘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
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New York Times:
Biden Facing Challenges in Two Must-Win States, Times/Siena Polls Find
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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
Kelsey Vlamis / Business Insider:
JD Vance said a dinner with elite CEOs made him realize he might end up hating what he'd become
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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 …
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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Lester Holt / NBC News:
Transcript: Read the full Biden interview with Lester Holt on NBC News — President Joe Biden sat down for an interview with NBC News anchor Lester Holt. — LESTER HOLT: Mr. President, thank you for sitting down with us. There's a lot to talk about. I'd like to start with the horrible events …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Biden says ‘it was a mistake’ to use ‘bullseye’ in rhetorical Trump attack
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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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Washington Post:
Biden allies worry he is not getting complete information about race — Concern grows among Democrats that he is hearing from a shrinking number of aides. — Democratic lawmakers and strategists inside the effort to reelect President Biden have grown concerned in recent days that he is listening …
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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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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.
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 …
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.
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Judge Aileen Cannon does Trump's bidding in dismissing Mar-a-Lago case — A day bookended by reminders that Donald Trump expects and rewards obedience — from Cannon's Florida ruling to Trump's VP pick, J.D. Vance. — U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon is a Trump appointee who rules …
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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