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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 …
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.
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 …
Discussion: Washington Examiner
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:
Discussion: Mediaite
Talking Points Memo:
Trump Goes Full Racist In Front Of Black Journalists  —  This is your TPM evening briefing.  —  Shortly after President Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as his pick for Democratic nominee, Republican leadership in Congress quickly put …
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 …
Mother Jones:
White Man Tells Black Journalists His Black Opponent Is Not Black
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Kelly says Trump's comments at NABJ are of a ‘desperate’ and ‘scared old man’
Discussion: Axios
New York Times:
Trump Remarks on Harris Evoke a Haunting and Unsettling History
Diana Glebova / New York Post:
Trump takes stage at black journalists convention in Chicago amid outcry
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
Top Senate Republican says Trump should focus on issues, not race in campaign against Harris
New York Times:
Live Election Updates: Trump Looks to Counter a Rejuvenated Democratic Rival
Associated Press:
Donald Trump falsely questions Kamala Harris' race as he appears at gathering of Black journalists
Politico:
Hostile Trump takes the stage at Black journalists' conference
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
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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Associated Press:
Trump ramps up his defense of Vance after one of the rockiest VP rollouts in recent memory
Paul Kane / Washington Post:
JD Vance has much to learn about the spotlight, Senate Republicans say
Discussion: The Raw Story
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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Bloomberg:
Harris VP Search Team Meets Shapiro While Labor Groups Oppose Kelly  — Democrat to choose running mate before swing-state tour  — Key groups on left look to influence Harris' decision  —  Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro met with Kamala Harris' representatives …
Discussion: DNyuz
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.
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”.
Farnaz Fassihi / New York Times:
Iran's Leader Orders Attack on Israel for Haniyeh Killing, Officials Say  —  Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, ordered retaliation after a humiliating security failure, as Iran once again balances showing strength against the risk of escalation.
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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.
Discussion: The Root
Riley Beggin / USA Today:
'It's very intense': The vice presidential vetting process, from those who have been vetted  —  WASHINGTON - So you want to be vice president?  Prepare for one of the most invasive reviews of your personal life in American politics.  —  Before they can be selected as a running mate …
Discussion: Politico
 
 
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Casey Murray / NOTUS:
GOP Lawmakers Don't Know How Trump's ‘Mass Deportation’ Policy Would Work. They're Still On Board.
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Trump Promises Lower Interest Rates, but the President Doesn't Control Those
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