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New York Times:
Trump Campaign Prepares Attack Plan for Harris in Case Biden Withdraws — The effort, which includes expansive advertising and polling, assumes that the vice president would be the most likely candidate to replace the president at the top of the Democratic ticket.
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Washington Post:
Democratic donors funding an effort to vet potential VP candidates — The effort to vet potential running mates, should Biden exit and Harris become the nominee, is independent of the Biden campaign — Major Democratic donors are funding a preliminary vetting process for potential vice …
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
GOP builds new case for Biden resignation … - “Everyone calling on Joe Biden to *stop running* without also calling on him to resign the presidency is engaged in an absurd level of cynicism,” Trump's running mate Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) posted on Saturday. — “If you can't run, you can't serve.
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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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Matt Viser / Washington Post:
Biden family grapples with pressure on their patriarch to step aside — Family members seek to provide private support while confronting a new level of scrutiny amid Democratic calls for Biden to end his candidacy. — President Biden had just arrived back at the White House following …
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
‘Ready to step up’: VP Harris gains Capitol Hill cheerleaders as Biden isolates with Covid … Vice President Kamala Harris has gained more public support from Democratic lawmakers as a potential replacement for President Joe Biden, should he decide to drop out of the race against former President Donald Trump.
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Annie Linskey / Wall Street Journal:
Elizabeth Warren Signals Support for Harris if Biden Drops Out
Elizabeth Warren Signals Support for Harris if Biden Drops Out
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
“Don't watch cable news”: Biden campaign tries to rally staff
“Don't watch cable news”: Biden campaign tries to rally staff
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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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Savannah Kuchar / USA Today:
‘In the clear’: Dr. Anthony Fauci weighs in on Trump injury after shooting
‘In the clear’: Dr. Anthony Fauci weighs in on Trump injury after shooting
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emptywheel:
Will Peter Baker Exhibit the Same Tenacity about Medical Records on the Trump Shooting as He Did a Parkinson's Conspiracy Theory? — Something funny happened on Xitter. — In an attempt to demonstrate the double standard and cowardice of the captive media, I tweeted at Peter Baker asking …
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
A Searing Reminder That Trump Is Unwell — Donald Trump's bizarre diatribe at the RNC shows why the pro-democracy coalition is so worried about beating him. — Donald Trump's bizarre diatribe at the Republican National Convention shows why the prodemocracy coalition is so worried about beating …
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Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump and Zelensky speak by phone as Ukraine worries about U.S. backing.
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
JD Vance Leads Trump's Push to Win Key ‘Blue Wall’ States
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Jacob Knutson / Axios:
How Project 2025 would change American life … - At least 140 former Trump administration officials contributed to Project 2025, CNN reports. — Trump has publicly disavowed the project; his campaign has pointed to his own policy plan, Agenda47, and the official Republican Party platform as his agenda if he wins in November.
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NBC News:
Some Democratic cities have quietly begun cooperating with ICE, director says — Some sanctuary cities that wouldn't tell ICE when they released undocumented immigrants from jail are now doing so because of public concern about crime, said P.J. Lechleitner.
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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
Ignoring controversy, Democrats move forward with nominating Biden via virtual roll call
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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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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.
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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Ann E. Marimow / Washington Post:
Tossing Trump's case was risky for Judge Cannon — at least for now — Judge Aileen Cannon sidestepped key legal rulings to find that special counsel Jack Smith was improperly appointed to investigate Donald Trump. — Judge Aileen M. Cannon's stunning dismissal this week …
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