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9:15 PM ET, August 1, 2024

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CNN:
Vance defends Trump over former president's false claims about Harris' racial identity  —  Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance on Thursday defended Donald Trump's false comments about Kamala Harris' racial identity, saying that it was “totally reasonable” for his ticket mate to describe …
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Trump campaign says it raised $138.7 million in July  —  Trump's war chest now sits at $327 million, according to the campaign.  —  Former President Donald Trump pulled in nearly $140 million in July, his campaign announced Thursday, a major haul coming off of the Republican National Convention and an assassination attempt.
CNN:
Get ready for even more JD Vance in the spotlight after shaky rollout
Discussion: ABC News and New Jersey Online
William Kristol / The Bulwark:   A Vintage Trump Meltdown
Ian Duncan / Washington Post:
A long shot for vice president, Pete Buttigieg is suddenly everywhere
Discussion: New York Times
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:   Trump's Disastrous Interview Shows He's Afraid of Kamala Harris
Emma Brockes / The Guardian:   Trump's usual sexist sneers don't work against Harris - and to top it off, she's laughing at him
Beege Welborn / HotAir:
Trump Explodes Heads: Kamala Was Indian Before She Was Black
New York Times:
Trump Remarks on Harris Evoke a Haunting and Unsettling History
Wall Street Journal:
WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich Is Free  —  Release of 32-year-old American from Russia secured as part of largest East-West prisoner swap since Cold War  —  Russia freed wrongly convicted Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich as part of the largest and most complex East-West prisoner swap since …
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Wall Street Journal:
Putin Wanted His Hit Man Back.  A Mother Wanted Her Journalist Son to Come Home.  —  The secret negotiations to free The Wall Street Journal's Evan Gershkovich unfolded on three continents, involving spy agencies, billionaires, political power players and his fiercest advocate—his mom.
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Vance: Prisoners coming home 'a testament to Trump's strength'  —  Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) suggested on Thursday that fear of a second Trump administration motivated Russia to agree to the historic prisoner swap with the U.S., in an interview with CNN.  —  Vance, former President Trump's …
Bloomberg:
US Reporter to Be Freed by Russia in Major Prisoner Swap
CBS News:
U.S., Russia agree to prisoner swap to free Americans Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and others
The White House:
Statement by President Joe Biden on Securing the Release of Americans Detained in Russia
NBC News:
Harris campaign has met with 6 potential VP picks as the selection process nears its end  —  The top contenders include governors, a senator in a key battleground state and a member of President Joe Biden's Cabinet.  —  WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign has met …
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro cancels Hamptons trip, days before expected Harris VP reveal … Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has cancelled a trip to the ritzy New York beach enclave of the Hamptons, as he's being considered to be Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
Joe Edwards / Newsweek:
Republicans Want Someone Younger Than Donald Trump as President: New Poll  —  voters have said they would prefer a president who is younger than the 78-year-old former commander-in-chief.  —  In a YouGov poll conducted between July 25-29, 59 percent of  —  surveyed said they would prefer a president under the age of 75.
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and DNyuz
Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
The presidential election is a toss-up  —  Kamala Harris is giving Democrats the race that Joe Biden couldn't.  —  I don't want to get in the habit of making a huge ruckus every time the election model passes a certain arbitrary probabilistic threshold.  There are still a very long 96 days …
Discussion: Mediaite
Sarah K. Burris / Raw Story:
Trump co-defendant Jeff Clark barred from practicing law after fake elector charges  —  The Washington D.C. Bar Association has suspended former acting Assistant Attorney General Jeffrey Clark from practicing law for two years, Politico's Kyle Cheney reported Thursday.
Discussion: WHDH-TV and The Federalist
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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:   Former Trump DOJ official Jeff Clark spared from disbarment
Tobias Burns / The Hill:
Senate GOP blocks bipartisan bill to expand child tax credit  —  Senate Republicans blocked Wednesday a bipartisan bill that would boost a tax credit for parents as the GOP and Democrats feud over remarks from Republican vice president nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio).
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 …
Brian Klaas / The Garden of Forking Paths:
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U.S. Customs and Border Protection:
CBP officers in Arizona seize more than half a ton of fentanyl in largest seizure in agency history  —  TUCSON, Ariz. - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers at the Port of Lukeville recently seized approximately 4 million blue fentanyl pills — weighing more than 1,000 pounds …
Discussion: Washington Times and UPI
Constance Grady / Vox:
Legendary activist Kimberlé Crenshaw on why those white people Zooms give her hope  —  When word of massive, star-studded Zoom fundraisers for white Kamala Harris supporters spread across the internet, it certainly raised eyebrows.  —  Fundraisers from groups like Win With Black Women …
Amber Ruch / KFVS-TV:
Gov. Beshear cancels planned stop in western Ky.  —  HICKMAN, Ky. (KFVS) - Governor Andy Beshear canceled a stop in western Kentucky planned for Friday, August 2, according to his office.  —  They say Lieutenant Governor Jacqueline Coleman will visit the Jackson Purchase Distillery instead.
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
JD Vance Is An Investor In A Far Right Video Platform Filled With Neo-Nazi Content  —  This is your TPM evening briefing.  —  Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH) has been making headlines for his “rocky rollout” since being named former President Donald Trump's running mate last month.
Discussion: Alternet.org
Alec MacGillis / ProPublica:
The Man Behind Project 2025's Most Radical Plans  —  In January 2023, a group of about 15 people gathered for three days at the Heritage Foundation, the conservative Washington think tank a few blocks from the Capitol.  Their aim was ambitious and farsighted: to start building …
Discussion: Tangle and WBUR
Kate Conger / New York Times:
Don Lemon Sues Elon Musk Over Canceled X Deal  —  The former CNN reporter said in a lawsuit that X had refused to pay him after a testy interview with its billionaire owner.  —  Don Lemon, the former CNN anchor, sued Elon Musk and X on Thursday, arguing that the billionaire refused to pay …
Reuters:
Trump loses appeal of gag order in hush money criminal case  —  A New York state appeals court on Thursday rejected former U.S. President Donald Trump's challenge to a gag order in his criminal case on charges stemming from hush money paid to a porn star.  —  The Appellate Division's ruling …
 
 
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