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CNN:
CNN Poll: Harris improves on Biden's performance against Trump in early look at new matchup  —  The likely 2024 presidential election campaign between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump begins with no clear leader, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS …
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Rolling Stone:
Trump Allies Warn Him: Underestimate Kamala at Your Peril  —  Republicans close to Trump tell him that while they were heading for a landslide before, Harris is putting key swing states back in play  —  IN THE DAYS since Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race, several Republicans close to Donald Trump …
CNN:
Biden to deliver Oval Office address on decision not to seek reelection as Harris and Trump hit the trail  —  President Joe Biden's address to the nation Wednesday evening will serve not only to explain his shocking decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race but will carry an element …
Jonathan Allen / NBC News:
In Oval Office address, Biden to frame his 2024 decision as a ‘defense of democracy’  —  The president is also expected to say in his prime-time address that “the best way forward is to pass the torch to a new generation.  That is the best way to unite our nation.”
Brad Reed / Raw Story:
Trump said to be ‘freaking out’ as he's ‘caught in a no-win situation’ against Harris  —  Vice President Kamala Harris' energetic speech in Milwaukee on Tuesday signaled a sea change in how the 2020 presidential campaign will be run, argues Salon's Amanda Marcotte.
Discussion: Salon, The Hill and CBS News
Stef W. Kight / Axios:
Harris border confusion haunts her new campaign
emptywheel:   Now that Joe Biden Stepped Down for the Good of the Country, Joe Kahn Must Join Him
Andrew Solender / Axios:
Around half of Congress' Democrats skip Netanyahu speech … - Among the boycotters are former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), former House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.) and Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.). … - Most of the lawmakers who did attend the speech are on the more moderate …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Sweeping bipartisan Netanyahu boycott grows to include Pelosi
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Capitol Hill's Netanyahu speech no-shows
Nick Robertson / The Hill:
Pelosi says Netanyahu gave ‘the worst’ speech to Congress from any foreign leader
Discussion: Business Insider
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
Trump's Nephew Reveals Racist Comments From Former President In New Book  —  In a new memoir, Fred C. Trump III claims his uncle, Donald J. Trump, made cruel and racist comments.  —  In 2020, a few months before the last election, former President Donald J. Trump's niece, Mary Trump …
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Andrew Feinberg / The Independent:
Trump suggested people with disabilities ‘should just die,’ nephew reveals in memoir
Discussion: Raw Story and Times Now
Melissa Goldin / Associated Press:
Posts spread baseless rumors about GOP vice presidential pick JD Vance having sex with a couch  —  CLAIM: Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance wrote in his 2016 memoir about having sex with a couch.  —  AP'S ASSESSMENT: False.  Vance does not write about performing such an act in his bestselling book.
New York Times:
The Murdoch Family Is Battling Over the Future of the Fox Empire  —  Rupert Murdoch, the patriarch, has moved to change the family's irrevocable trust to preserve his media businesses as a conservative force.  Several of his children are fighting back.  —  Rupert Murdoch is locked …
April Rubin / Axios:
The Senate's last Harris hold out … - Tester is seeking re-election in November in a state former President Trump won by almost 17 percentage points four years ago. … - The Democratic National Committee will host a “virtual role call” to officially select its nominee ahead of the party's convention in August.
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Caleb Groves / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Geoff Duncan endorses Harris, says he's ‘committed to beating Donald Trump’
Discussion: The Hill
Dan Froomkin / Press Watch:
Don't treat Trump like he has no agency  —  Reporters who know Donald Trump know that he will respond to Kamala Harris's candidacy with racist and sexist attacks on her as a woman of color.  —  In fact, he's already started.  —  But the way two New York Times journalists wrote about it on Tuesday …
Anthony Adragna / Politico:
Republicans condemn Netanyahu protesters for burning US flags — and waving Hamas ones instead  —  Republicans seized immediately on images of burning U.S. flags and vandalism at Washington, D.C.'s Union Station following Benjamin Netanyahu's speech as evidence of widespread antisemitism …
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Washington Post:
U.S. flag set ablaze, 23 arrested as thousands protest Netanyahu's D.C. visit
Fred C. Trump III / TIME:
My Uncle Donald Trump Told Me Disabled Americans Like My Son ‘Should Just Die’  —  When my uncle was elected President, I recognized what a highly privileged position I would be in.  I would have some access to the White House.  And as long as that was true, I wanted to make sure I used that access for something positive.
CBS News:
Kamala Harris vetting about a dozen possible VP candidates  —  Approximately a dozen individuals are being vetted as possible running mates for Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a source familiar with the process.  —  That number is larger than previously reported …
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
How Kamala Harris Took Command of the Democratic Party in 48 Hours  —  She worked the phones.  Her team worked the delegates.  When it was over, she had quickly locked down the nomination in a “well-orchestrated cascade,” as one party leader put it.  —  She worked the phones.  Her team worked the delegates.
Laura K. Field / Politico:
JD Vance Has a Bunch of Weird Views on Gender  —  Overt chauvinism is the unifying thread of the New Right.  —  On July 29, 2021, JD Vance appeared on Tucker Carlson's show back when he was still a Fox News host.  Like Carlson, Vance had once opposed Donald Trump, and like Carlson …
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Harris' Wall Street allies strategize on private call, Rubin, Lasry, Wolf among them … Vice President Kamala Harris' allies on Wall Street huddled on a private Zoom call Wednesday to strategize how to defeat former President Donald Trump, according to people familiar with the matter.
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Biden says he'll call for Supreme Court reform in final months in office  —  President Biden on Wednesday said he intends to call for Supreme Court reform as he laid out his plans for his final six months in office.  —  Biden delivered remarks from the Oval Office outlining his decision …
Juliegrace Brufke / Axios:
Johnson seeks to quash “DEI hire”-type attacks on Harris … - Johnson (R-La.) encouraged members to" focus on policy not personality" during a closed-door conference meeting Tuesday, later echoing that sentiment publicly to reporters.  — Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) encouraged members in the meeting to …
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Politico:
Possible Burchett censure resolution
Discussion: The Hill and The Root
Zachary D. Carter / Slate:
You Have No Idea What Joe Biden Did for Employment  —  Joe Biden restored full employment as the bedrock economic commitment of the Democratic Party.  It is a simple legacy of great consequence.  —  Until Biden's presidency, American full employment—the economic situation when everyone …
 
 
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Joe Gould / Politico:
Sen. Mark Kelly, a Harris veep contender, rips into JD Vance on Ukraine
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Rebecca McCray / The Guardian:
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