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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
How an Elon Musk PAC is using voter data to help Trump beat Harris in 2024 election … If a voter in Michigan performs a search on Google, a somewhat shocking ad might pop up. — The ad shows a young man lying in bed late at night when someone else texts him, “Hey you need to vote,” …
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NBC News:
Election 2024 live updates: Harris team says it raised $310M in July, more than twice what Trump's team announced — Vice President Kamala Harris' team said it raised $200 million during the first week of her campaign. … Jobs report, stock declines put the economy back into the spotlight ahead of the election
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Pritzker says Trump ‘bewildered’ by Harris, new Dem excitement — Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker (D) said Thursday he believes former President Trump is “bewildered” by Vice President Harris and the excitement she has generated among Democrats. — “Kamala Harris is the perfect person at this moment …
CNN:
Harris campaign says it raised $310 million in July, doubling Trump's haul
Harris campaign says it raised $310 million in July, doubling Trump's haul
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TMZ.com, New Republic, The Guardian, Fox News, New York Post, IJR, DNyuz, Washington Examiner and Fortune
NBC News:
Election 2024: Harris VP search narrows; Trump continues attacks on Harris' race
Election 2024: Harris VP search narrows; Trump continues attacks on Harris' race
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Washington Examiner, CBS News, The Gateway Pundit, Breitbart and Reuters
Politico:
Kamala Harris' veepstakes races toward the finish line
Kamala Harris' veepstakes races toward the finish line
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New York Times, Business Insider, New York Post, Washington Post, Kentucky Lantern, NBC News and USA Today
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Harris VP mystery: Signs point to Shapiro
Harris VP mystery: Signs point to Shapiro
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DNyuz, The Guardian, 6abc, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Harris Campaign Says It Raised $310 Million in July, More Than Double Trump's Haul
Harris Campaign Says It Raised $310 Million in July, More Than Double Trump's Haul
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Bloomberg, Politico, Agence France-Presse, DNyuz, CBS News, NPR, HuffPost, The Hill, Axios, Mediaite, Associated Press, New York Post and PoliticusUSA
Washington Post:
$10M cash withdrawal drove secret probe into whether Trump took money from Egypt — Political appointees rejected efforts to search for additional evidence investigators believed might provide answers, then closed the case. — This story is based partly on research that Davis and Leonnig conducted …
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Axios:
Scoop: Trump stalled Black journalists interview over fact-checking … - “[Trump's team] said, 'Well, can you not fact check? … - At the time, President Trump blamed the delay on audio problems. — Lemon told Axios, “There were audio problems, but they were resolved very quickly.”
Bloomberg:
How Biden Persuaded Scholz to Release a Top Kremlin Assassin — Close relationship between German, US leaders was key to deal — Biden cites German concessions, Scholz sees solidarity with US — The historic prisoner swap that brought about the release of US journalist Evan Gershkovich …
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Burgum says Russia agreed to prisoner swap because they think 'Trump's going to win' — North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum (R) said he thinks that Russia agreed to the prisoner swap announced Thursday because they think former President Trump is “going to win” the upcoming election.
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Lara Seligman / Wall Street Journal:
Kamala Harris Played Role in Prisoner Swap
Kamala Harris Played Role in Prisoner Swap
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Foreign Policy, The Raw Story, DNyuz, Louder With Crowder, New York Daily News and Daily Kos
Martha McHardy / Newsweek:
Kamala Harris Now Leads Donald Trump in Seven National Polls — Kamala Harris is now leading her opponent Donald Trump in seven national polls. — The new polls show the presumptive Democratic nominee is leading the former president by between 1 and 4 points. — The vice president has the biggest lead in a
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Stephanie Lai / Bloomberg:
Trump Pushes Back on Debate With Harris, Saying He's Up in Polls — Campaign has declined to commit to Sept. 10 ABC News debate — 'I'm leading in the polls,' Trump says to explain his stance — Republican Donald Trump dismissed pressure to debate Vice President Kamala Harris …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Can Kamala Harris Rebuild the Democratic Coalition?
Can Kamala Harris Rebuild the Democratic Coalition?
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San Diego Union-Tribune, DNyuz and Christian Science Monitor
Joe Edwards / Newsweek:
Republicans Want Someone Younger Than Donald Trump as President: New Poll
Republicans Want Someone Younger Than Donald Trump as President: New Poll
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Balloon Juice, PoliticusUSA and DNyuz
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
What does “weird” even mean? Why the vagueness works — and why it's driving MAGA nuts — The “weird” discourse is turning MAGA-style doublespeak against itself — and it's totally working — Almost as soon as Democrats started circulating the word “weird” as a primary attack on Donald Trump …
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Trump pushes back: 'I'm a lot of things, but weird I'm not'
Trump pushes back: 'I'm a lot of things, but weird I'm not'
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Trump hits back at Dem attacks: 'They're the weird ones'
Trump hits back at Dem attacks: 'They're the weird ones'
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New Yorker, Mediaite and The Daily Beast
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Simone Biles jabs Trump: ‘I love my Black job’ — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 — Loaded: 0% — Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters — Chapters — Descriptions
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Davidrlurie / Public Notice:
What happened to JD Vance? — This free edition of Public Notice is made possible by paid subscribers. If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism. — 🏔️ Subscribe to Public Notice 🏔️ — Americans have been waiting for decades …
The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali:
Dear Media, You Are Allowed to Call Trump a Racist — Dear readers, I am not a doctor. I'm just a simple writer. I share this because I don't know if there are indeed “racist bones” in the human body. I also don't know what's in “people's hearts.” Thankfully, I'm married to a doctor who has assured me such a bone doesn't exist.
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America, America, The Hill and The Texas Tribune
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators fear ugly campaign after ‘uncomfortable’ Trump outburst on race — Many Republican senators are feeling “uncomfortable” and “embarrassed” by former President Trump's suggestion that Vice President Kamala Harris isn't really Black and only “happened” to adopt that identity out of political convenience.
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AP-NORC:
Few are very confident the Secret Service can protect presidential candidates from political violence — A majority believe political division and the Secret Service are to blame for the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. … In the wake of the attempted assassination …
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Daily Caller News Foundation and Mediaite
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Sam Stein / The Bulwark:
They Begged Dems for Money—Then Spent Lavishly on Hotels and Entertainment — ON NOVEMBER 13, 2023, the political action committee Democratic Victory emailed out a fundraising solicitation expressing concerns about its financial wellbeing. — “We're falling short of last week's goal by 18%,” the group's note read.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Biden warns Netanyahu against escalation as risk of regional war grows — President Biden privately demanded in a “tough” call Thursday that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu stop escalating tensions in the region and move immediately toward a Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal, two U.S. officials told Axios.
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Angry New Attack on “Dumb” Kamala Gets Wrecked by Leaked Data — At a rally in Pennsylvania on Wednesday, Donald Trump rolled out a new attack on Vice President Kamala Harris that showcased his well-known fondness for high-toned discourse: Her handling of immigration reveals her as not just weak, but also dumb.
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Digby's Hullabaloo, CBS News and Politico