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10:50 AM ET, August 3, 2024

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Carol Rosenberg / New York Times:
Defense Secretary Revokes Plea Deal for Accused Sept. 11 Plotters  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III assumed direct oversight of the case and effectively put the death penalty back on the table.  —  Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III on Friday relieved the overseer of the war court …
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Ellen Knickmeyer / Associated Press:
Defense Secretary overrides plea agreement for accused 9/11 mastermind and two other defendants  —  WASHINGTON (AP) — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday overrode a plea agreement reached earlier this week for the accused mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and two other defendants, reinstating them as death penalty cases.
NBC News:
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin withdraws plea deal for accused 9/11 terrorists  —  The defense secretary overrode the agreements for Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, Walid Muhammad Salih Mubarak Bin 'Attash and Mustafa Ahmed Adam al Hawsawi.  —  WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin …
Greg Bluestein / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Jimmy Carter's next goal is voting for Kamala Harris for president  —  The former president is ‘more alert and interested in politics’ in recent days, his family says  —  As former President Jimmy Carter nears his 100th birthday, his milestone celebration isn't on his mind.  —  Defeating Donald Trump is.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat / Politico:
Mussolini, Trump and What Assassination Attempts Really Do  —  A scholar of Mussolini and authoritarianism explains how failed attacks can be used to consolidate power.  —  On April 7, 1926, Fascist leader Benito Mussolini gave a speech to a conference of surgeons, and then began walking with his aides through the streets of Rome.
Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
Many Voters Say Kamala Harris's Race Is Not an Important Issue  —  Even as Trump plays up racial divisions, many Americans said they would rather not dwell on race or identity.  “We can all see that you're Black.”  —  “Obviously, we have eyes.”  —  That was the somewhat jaded response …
Ryan Lizza / Politico:
Plouffe among corps of new advisers to Harris campaign  —  The Barack Obama veteran had been the subject of internal rumors for weeks.  —  Kamala Harris' presidential campaign is bringing on a new echelon of senior advisers, most prominently David Plouffe, the former top political adviser to Barack Obama.
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Robert McGreevy / The Daily Caller:
‘Firestorm’: Philly Mayor May Have Just Accidentally Leaked Kamala Harris' VP Pick  —  Philadelphia's Mayor Cherelle Parker may have just leaked Kamala Harris' Vice Presidential pick as Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro with a mistimed Friday tweet, according to Philly Mag's Ernest Owens.
Brian Schwartz / CNBC:
Kamala Harris raised $310 million in July, dwarfing Trump haul for month … The presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris said Friday that its political operation raised $310 million in July, dwarfing the tally raised for the Republican nominee Donald Trump in the same month.
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Job growth totals 114,000 in July, much less than expected, as unemployment rate rises to 4.3% … WATCH NOW  —  Job growth in the U.S. slowed much more than expected during July and the unemployment rate ticked higher, fueling fears of a broader economic slowdown, the Labor Department reported Friday.
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Brahm Resnik / KPNX:
Arizona AG Kris Mayes says defendant in ‘fake electors’ case has agreed to flip  —  Mayes says announcement coming next week, but wouldn't provide more information.  —  PHOENIX — Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes plans to announce next week that one of the 18 defendants in her investigation …
Discussion: DNyuz, The Raw Story and Arizona Mirror
Patrick Reilly / New York Post:
Trump says he's agreed to Fox News offer to debate Kamala Harris on Sept. 4  —  Donald Trump announced late Friday night that he has accepted an offer from Fox News to debate Kamala Harris in September.  —  The former president said in a Truth Social post that the debate would be held …
Kit Walsh / Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Federal Appeals Court Rules That Fair Use May Be Narrowed to Serve Hollywood Profits  —  Section 1201 of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a ban on reading any copyrighted work that is encumbered by access restrictions.  It makes it illegal for you to read and understand the code …
CNN:
How Biden feels about some of Harris' top running mate candidates  —  President Joe Biden acknowledged to reporters Friday morning that he and Vice President Kamala Harris have spoken about her upcoming decision on a vice presidential running mate.  —  But he wouldn't say much else …
Zach Schonfeld / The Hill:
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Jerusalem Post:
Iran plans to attack Israel on Tisha B'Av - the Jewish day of disasters, Western intelligence says  —  Iran reportedly plans to attack Israel on the day of Tisha B'Av, when Jews mourn the loss of the first and second Temples.  —  Western intelligence sources told Sky News Arabia …
Politico:
Trump's stalled election-subversion prosecution revs back to life  —  Former president's opponents seek “mini-trial” to call attention to his role in Jan. 6 unrest  —  The stalled criminal case against Donald Trump for seeking to subvert the 2020 election is starting to move.
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Michael Scherer / Washington Post:
Kamala Harris officially secures Democratic nomination for president  —  Harris becomes the first woman of color on a major national ticket, with a chance to become the first woman president in American history.  —  Vice President Harris secured a majority of the pledged delegates …
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CBS News:
Kamala Harris passes threshold needed to become Democratic presidential nominee in DNC roll call vote
 
 
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Matthew Chapman / The Raw Story:
GOP governor blames ‘Democrat machine’ after bank forecloses on his luxury hotel
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Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Group of senators introduces bill to end military draft
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Brent D. Griffiths / Business Insider:
JD Vance says he was asked in front of his wife if he had ‘any secret family’ during vice presidential vetting
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