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Secluded in Rehoboth, Biden Stews at Allies' Pressure to Drop Out of the Race — As he recovers from Covid, the president has grown resentful toward Democratic congressional leaders and former President Barack Obama. — Sick with Covid and abandoned by allies, President Biden has been fuming …
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump and Zelensky speak by phone as Ukraine worries about U.S. backing.
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Josh Wingrove / Bloomberg:
JD Vance Leads Trump's Push to Win Key ‘Blue Wall’ States
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Henry J. Gomez / NBC News:
Ohio Sen. Sherrod Brown calls for Biden to drop out of the 2024 race
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
“Don't watch cable news”: Biden campaign tries to rally staff
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Politico:
Pelosi voiced support for an open nomination process if Biden drops out — Some California House Democrats don't want the process to replace the president on the ticket to seem like a Kamala Harris coronation. — In a meeting with fellow California Democrats last week …
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CNN:
Democratic consensus solidifies around Harris, should Biden step aside — No one quite knows what the process of picking a new nominee would be if Joe Biden did step aside - but many Democrats say that any process is likelier than ever to quickly end with Vice President Kamala Harris as the nominee.
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Ja'han Jones / MSNBC:
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez warns anti-Biden Democrats about what comes next if they succeed — The progressive New Yorker spoke on Instagram about the potential risks of pressuring President Joe Biden to end his campaign. — Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has issued a dire warning …
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Nicholas Fandos / New York Times:
Ocasio-Cortez Warns of ‘Enormous Peril’ if Democrats Push Biden Aside
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
AOC Issues Dire Warning on Threats to Come if Biden Drops Out
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Jamison Foser / Finding Gravity:
The totalitarian tell in Trump's “unity” speech — Kim Jung Un and Victor Orban are role models for a type of unity, but not the type you would enjoy — By now you have no doubt heard that Donald Trump (a man who, I should note, has spent years urging his supporters to commit violent acts …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
July 19, 2024 — Today a Russian court sentenced 32-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich to 16 years in a high-security penal colony after convicting him of espionage in a secret three-day trial. The U.S. government considers Gershkovich “wrongly detained,” …
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Courtney Hagle / Media Matters for America:
Trump's RNC speech was divisive, but front pages of mainstream media claimed it was “unifying” and “healing”
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Jill Filipovic:
Was That the Worst Convention Speech of All Time?
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Paul Waldman / The Cross Section:
In the Blood — “That was some weird shit.” So said George W. Bush after watching Donald …
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The Mahablog
Doug Schoen / Fox News:
Trump did something he's never done before with RNC speech. Now, the election may already be over
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Trump the Lion, or Trump the Lyin'?
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Michelle Shen / CNN:
Sheila Jackson Lee, long-serving Democratic congresswoman and advocate for Black Americans, dies at 74 — Sheila Jackson Lee, a longtime Democratic congresswoman from Texas who was an outspoken advocate for Black Americans for decades, has died. She was 74.
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee dies after battle with cancer — The Texas Democrat announced in June that she had been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and was undergoing treatment. — Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Texas, has died at the age of 74 after a battle with cancer, her family announced on Friday.
The Texas Tribune:
U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee is dead at 74 — The Houston Democrat announced earlier this year that she had cancer. — WASHINGTON — Sheila Jackson Lee, a Houston Democrat who was one of the longest serving members of Texas' Congressional delegation and a longtime advocate for progressive causes …
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump is poised to bypass his legal woes thanks to judges he appointed — The string of victories reflects luck and timing. — Donald Trump is on the cusp of emerging unscathed from his four criminal prosecutions — thanks almost entirely to the decisions of four judges he appointed.
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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Tossing Trump's case was risky for Judge Cannon — at least for now
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NBC News:
Trump shooter flew drone over venue hours before attempted assassination, source says — The gunman was killed after he shot former President Donald Trump in the ear in an assassination attempt. A motive remains unknown. — The gunman who shot former President Donald Trump in the ear …
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Jeff Greenfield / Politico:
Joe Biden, Kamala Harris or Someone Else? The Convention Rules Might Decide. — The rules might determine who gets the nomination. — It's been decades since America last witnessed an actual contested convention, so it's easy to forget something important as Democrats barrel toward …
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Alex Seitz-Wald / NBC News:
Ignoring controversy, Democrats move forward with nominating Biden via virtual roll call
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Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Trump's GOP is no country for MAGA women — At the Republican National Convention, MAGA women learn there's no place for them in Trump's GOP — MILWAUKEE — On the third night of the Republican National Convention, Donald Trump's WWE-inspired entrance to the came complete with a trollish musical cue …
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Kiara Alfonseca / ABC News:
JD Vance's wife faces racist online backlash from far-right social media posts — Usha Chilukuri Vance is the daughter of Indian immigrants. — Republican vice presidential candidate Sen. J.D. Vance and his wife Usha Chilukuri Vance during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, WI, July 17, 2024.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta / CNN:
There are still key questions about Trump's injuries after attempted assassination — It has been nearly a week since gunfire erupted at Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump's rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, resulting in an injury to the former president, the death of one attendee …
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Alia Shoaib / Newsweek:
‘Anti-Psychopath PAC’ Set up Against Donald Trump — George Conway has launched a new anti-Trump political action committee, called the Anti-Psychopath PAC, on the — (RNC). — Serving as a mobile billboard, a truck circled the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee ahead of former President
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New York Times:
Harris Struggles to Reassure Major Democratic Donors — On a call, Vice President Kamala Harris told about 300 donors that there was little to worry about. Several listeners said they found the call to have little value. — Vice President Kamala Harris tried to buck …
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