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Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
JD Vance Says Trump's Comments About Kamala Harris' Racial Identity Were ‘Hysterical’ — “I think he pointed out the fundamental chameleon-like nature of Kamala Harris,” Vance told reporters on his plane. — Copy — PHOENIX — Sen. JD Vance told reporters it's “hysterical how much the media …
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Politico:
Trump and his allies had a plan for how to hit Harris. Then he opened his mouth. — “He's grasping around,” said Chuck Coughlin, an Arizona-based political strategist. — Scrambling to put an end to Kamala Harris' ascent, Donald Trump's campaign and outside allies came up with a plan …
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Axios:
Republicans reel at Trump's “embarrassing” remarks about Harris … - “It was awful,” one House Republican said of the interview, telling Axios it raised concerns about whether Trump can contain his impulses while running against the first woman, Black and Asian American vice president.
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New York Times:
Trump Remarks on Harris Evoke a Haunting and Unsettling History — White America has long sought to define racial categories — and who can belong to them. — The audience of Black journalists was prepared for a combative exchange well before Donald J. Trump took the stage on Wednesday …
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Marc A. Caputo / The Bulwark:
Trump Allies Believe Kellyanne Conway Is Badmouthing JD Vance — DONALD TRUMP'S 2024 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN is facing its biggest stress-test yet. And already the pressure is widening subterranean cracks of mistrust and rivalry. — The fault lines emerged rapidly as Trump's VP pick …
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Emma Brockes / The Guardian:
Trump's usual sexist sneers don't work against Harris - and to top it off, she's laughing at him — Younger, slicker and more telegenic than her rival, the Democratic candidate really might just beat him — A funny thing happened in the hours after the exit of Joe Biden from the US presidential race …
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
JD Vance Insists He Has Trump's Confidence — In an interview with NOTUS, the GOP vice presidential candidate pressed to move on from the last week and spelled out how he'd be different from Mike Pence. — Copy — OVER ARIZONA — JD Vance is downplaying how rocky his first days …
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's new birtherism — Donald Trump's audacious lie about Vice President Kamala Harris' race confirmed what many had long suspected: running against a Black woman could summon the former president's worst impulses. … - In one fell swoop, Trump hijacked a news cycle dominated …
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Politico:
Playbook: So much for the ‘new’ Trump — With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine — DRIVING THE DAY — FIRST IN PLAYBOOK — A new round of surveys from GOP pollster Public Opinion Strategies, conducted for the Competitiveness Coalition, finds a tight presidential race in five battleground states:
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Talking Points Memo:
Trump Goes Full Racist In Front Of Black Journalists
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
JD Vance has much to learn about the spotlight, Senate Republicans say
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Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Kelly says Trump's comments at NABJ are of a ‘desperate’ and ‘scared old man’
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Associated Press:
Trump ramps up his defense of Vance after one of the rockiest VP rollouts in recent memory
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emptywheel:
Trump Aborts Interview after Smart Black Women Ask Tough Questions
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Diana Glebova / New York Post:
Trump takes stage at black journalists convention in Chicago amid outcry
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Top Senate Republican says Trump should focus on issues, not race in campaign against Harris
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New York Times:
Live Election Updates: Trump Looks to Counter a Rejuvenated Democratic Rival
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Associated Press:
Donald Trump falsely questions Kamala Harris' race as he appears at gathering of Black journalists
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Bloomberg:
US Reporter to Be Freed by Russia in Major Prisoner Swap — Wall Street Journal reporter Gershkovich to be let go in deal — US, Russia had held extensive talks on prisoner exchange — Russia is releasing Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich and former US Marine Paul Whelan …
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U.S. Department of Defense:
Plea Agreements Reached with 9/11 Defendants Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Bin 'Attash and Mustafa al Hawsawi — The Convening Authority for Military Commissions, Susan Escallier, has entered into pretrial agreements with Khalid Shaikh Mohammad, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash …
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New York Post:
9/11 mastermind KSM and two other terrorists awaiting trial on Guantánamo Bay strike plea deals
Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
Accused Sept. 11 Plotters Agree to Plead Guilty at Guantánamo Bay
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Associated Press:
What polling shows about the top VP contenders for Kamala Harris — As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate, a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that several of the top contenders for the role are largely unknown to Americans.
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New York Times:
How Hamas Leader Ismail Haniyeh Was Killed in Iran … A photograph circulating on Telegram and among Iranian officials on Wednesday showed a damaged building in northern Tehran.Provided to The New York Times — Ismail Haniyeh, a top leader of Hamas, was assassinated on Wednesday …
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Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
Iran's Leader Orders Attack on Israel for Haniyeh Killing, Officials Say
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Public Notice:
Why Tim Walz's progressive support is great for Democrats — Also: Trump's racist self-immolation in front of Black journalists. … Two weeks ago, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz was largely unknown nationally. Today, he's a widely beloved Democratic figure and a leading candidate to become Kamala Harris's running mate.
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Gordon Brown / The Guardian:
First, Murdoch papers targeted me. Now there is evidence they falsely implicated me in a cover-up — Asked why millions of News Group emails were deleted, Washington Post publisher Will Lewis pointed the finger at me — Blazoned across the top of every edition of the Washington Post is the statement “Democracy dies in darkness”.
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
The truth about “migrant crime” during the Trump administration — “Our crime rate is going up while crime statistics all over the world are plunging,” Trump told the crowd at the Turning Point Action Conference last week in West Palm Beach, Florida. “We have a new form of crime. It's called migrant crime.”
Richard A. Webster / ProPublica:
New Louisiana Law Serves as a Warning to Bystanders Who Film Police: Stay Away or Face Arrest — Louisiana is the fourth state to enact a so-called police buffer law, which allows officers to order people to keep their distance. Journalists say the law will make it harder to document when police use excessive force.
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Lee Moran / HuffPost:
Critics Stunned By Donald Trump's ‘Heartless’ Punch Line About Man Killed At His Rally — The Republican nominee was slammed as horrible, unkind and a “self-centered sadistic monster” over the line. — LOADING — Donald Trump drew fierce criticism for making a crass comment about the wife …
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