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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.
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CNN:
Get ready for even more JD Vance in the spotlight after shaky rollout
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Politico:
Trump and his allies had a plan for how to hit Harris. Then he opened his mouth.
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Ian Duncan / Washington Post:
A long shot for vice president, Pete Buttigieg is suddenly everywhere
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Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Republicans Freak Out Over Trump's New Race-Based Attack on Harris
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Beege Welborn / HotAir:
Trump Explodes Heads: Kamala Was Indian Before She Was Black
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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
Rachel Looker / BBC:
‘Is she black or Indian?’: Trump questions Harris' racial identity
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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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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.
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Washington Post:
Read Vladimir Kara-Murza's Pulitzer Prize-winning commentary on Russia — Kara-Murza courageously wrote incisive, historically informed columns about Russia from confinement. — Vladimir Kara-Murza, a Washington Post contributing columnist, is reportedly set to be released …
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 …
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Bloomberg:
US Reporter to Be Freed by Russia in Major Prisoner Swap
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Wall Street Journal:
A Letter From The Wall Street Journal Editor in Chief
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Washington Post:
Evan Gershkovich, others freed by Russia in landmark prisoner swap
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U.S., Russia agree to prisoner swap to free Americans Evan Gershkovich, Paul Whelan and others
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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
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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.
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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 …
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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.
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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Brian Klaas / The Garden of Forking Paths:
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emptywheel:
How to Fact Check Trump's Lies about His Document Case … The three women who attempted to interview Trump yesterday had an uneven performance. At times, their questioning flummoxed Trump. But in several cases, when he took over the interview, they just sat there silently as he lied at length.
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.
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 …
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 …
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