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Susan B. Glasser / New Yorker:
Trump's Racist Attack on Kamala Harris Was No Accident — Is it, perhaps, a sign that the Vice-President's swift rise in the polls has him panicked? — Spoiler alert: he meant it. When Donald Trump claimed, on Wednesday afternoon, in a combative onstage interview at the National Association …
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Trump hits back at Dem attacks: 'They're the weird ones' — “Nobody's ever called me weird. I'm a lot of things, but weird I'm not,” Trump said. — After over a week of Vice President Kamala Harris and her surrogates calling Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance “weird,” the former president attempted to play an Uno reverse card.
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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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Politico:
‘He wants to take us back’: Democrats eye new strategy against Trump's attacks on Harris — The former president's attacks have proven to be effective in the past at sucking up the political oxygen. — It didn't take long for former President Donald Trump to return to his well-worn playbook …
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Beege Welborn / HotAir:
Trump Explodes Heads: Kamala Was Indian Before She Was Black
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CNN:
Get ready for even more JD Vance in the spotlight after shaky rollout
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Ian Duncan / Washington Post:
A long shot for vice president, Pete Buttigieg is suddenly everywhere
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Hans Nichols / Axios:
Harris VP mystery: Signs point to Shapiro … While Harris could surprise everyone, she seems to be headed toward a pick that a wide variety of sources — Republicans and Democrats — think is both shrewd and straightforward. — It's a combination of math and logic …
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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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Mary Ann Akers / The Daily Beast:
Women's Group to Harris: Dump Shapiro Over Sex Case Failings — VEEPSTAKES — Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro's involvement in a sexual harassment claim against a longtime aide may hit his VP chances. — Deputy Washington Bureau Chief — Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is the betting favorite …
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Politico:
Kamala Harris' veepstakes races toward the finish line
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Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Pennsylvania Gov. Shapiro cancels Hamptons trip, days before expected Harris VP reveal
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Politico:
‘That had to be bittersweet’ — how Biden managed a historic prisoner swap as his campaign was disintegrating — Just as President Biden was deciding to step off the ticket, he pulled off one of the biggest and most complex prisoner deals in U.S. history. — President Joe Biden's mind …
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Read Vladimir Kara-Murza's Pulitzer Prize-winning commentary on Russia
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Freed Americans back in U.S. after historic prisoner swap with Russia
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Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Burgum says Russia agreed to prisoner swap because they think 'Trump's going to win'
Sarah Fortinsky / The Hill:
Vance: Prisoners coming home 'a testament to Trump's strength'
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Wall Street Journal:
WSJ Reporter Evan Gershkovich Is Free
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Wall Street Journal:
Putin Wanted His Hit Man Back. A Mother Wanted Her Journalist Son to Come Home.
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Axios:
Scoop: Kamala Harris' brother-in-law emerges as key campaign adviser … - But some Democratic advisers in close contact with the campaign worry West's prominent role could re-create the same family dynamics that at times caused unnecessary drama in her 2020 campaign.
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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Harris Campaign Says It Raised $310 Million in July, More Than Double Trump's Haul — In the seven days after President Biden stepped down as the presumptive Democratic nominee, the Harris campaign raked in $200 million. — Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign survived a brutal few weeks …
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Irie Sentner / Politico:
Trump campaign says it raised $138.7 million in July
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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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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 …
Politico:
Recount confirms Bob Good's loss after GOP rallies to oust one of their own — A recount on Thursday confirmed that state Sen. John McGuire beat Good in the June election by just a few hundred votes, according to The Associated Press. — Rep. Bob Good (R-Va.), the chair …
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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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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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Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
Former Trump DOJ official Jeff Clark spared from disbarment
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
Former CIA chief: Prisoner swap a ‘remarkable display’ of ‘successful’ diplomacy by Biden administration — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 … Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
U.S. prepares to counter Iranian attack on Israel within days, U.S. officials say … - Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other senior Iranian political and military officials said Iran is going to retaliate for Haniyeh's assassination. — Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah …
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