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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Surprise Poll Reveals a Key Trump Weakness Against Kamala Harris — It's one of the biggest unknowns about Kamala Harris's presidential candidacy: Will she successfully reconstitute the Democratic coalition amid Donald Trump's surprising, persistent strength among nonwhite voters, particularly Latinos, and young people?
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP senators say Trump caught ‘off guard’ by Harris's strength — Video Player is loading. — Play Video — Unmute — Current Time 0:00 … Stream Type LIVE — Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE — Playback Rate — Chapters — Chapters — Descriptions
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Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
JD Vance is touring the same states as Harris this week — The Republican vice presidential nominee is “bracketing” Harris as she introduces her runningmate. — JD Vance is planning to trail Kamala Harris to a series of battleground states over the coming week, a move that comes …
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Washington Examiner and Wide World of News
Sophia Cai / Axios:
Harris' new map: Sun Belt back in play … - A new CBS poll shows Harris and Trump are tied across the collective battleground states, erasing Trump's previous lead over Biden. — The Harris campaign is counting on a strategy that involves engaging Republicans who have endorsed Harris …
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HotAir, NOTUS and Los Angeles Times
Anders Hagstrom / Fox News:
Harris VP search comes down to the wire, with Dems divided over Shapiro, Walz, Kelly — Harris is due to appear with her running mate in Pennsylvania on Tuesday — Join Fox News for access to this content — Vice President Kamala Harris' search for a running mate is quickly coming to a close …
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Scripps News, IJR, Reuters, USA Today, RedState, Business Insider and New York Times
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Hospitality workers' union endorses Harris, dismissing Trump's pledge of tax-free tips
Nandita Bose / Reuters:
Kamala Harris to announce vice president pick before battleground states tour
Kamala Harris to announce vice president pick before battleground states tour
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New York Times, The Daily Beast, The Guardian and Washington Post
Eugene Daniels / Politico:
Harris VP announcement coming Tuesday with likely video
Harris VP announcement coming Tuesday with likely video
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CBS News
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
What's Rattling Trump: The Size of Harris's Crowds
What's Rattling Trump: The Size of Harris's Crowds
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New Republic, Washington Examiner, Associated Press and Crooks and Liars
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Harris to embark on a seven-state campaign blitz with her VP pick
Harris to embark on a seven-state campaign blitz with her VP pick
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The Economist, Breitbart, Associated Press, The Hill, Raw Story and NPR
Maya Boddie / Alternet.org:
‘Unprecedented’: Launch of ‘Republicans for Harris’ causes commotion
‘Unprecedented’: Launch of ‘Republicans for Harris’ causes commotion
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Townhall, UPI, The Gateway Pundit, Raw Story, Chicago Sun Times, Scripps News, The Daily Beast and The Hill
Joey Garrison / USA Today:
Is Sen. Marky Kelly in or out of Harris VP search? Posts on X stir intrigue
Is Sen. Marky Kelly in or out of Harris VP search? Posts on X stir intrigue
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The Hill, RedState, New York Post, Fox News, Raw Story and New York Times
Rebecca Picciotto / CNBC:
Ex-Trump White House officials, dozens of Republicans endorse Harris
Ex-Trump White House officials, dozens of Republicans endorse Harris
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The Hill, Associated Press and CNN
Washington Post:
Secretaries of state urge Musk to fix AI chatbot spreading false election info — Grok, the AI search assistant on Musk's X platform, suggested that Kamala Harris had missed the ballot deadline in nine states. She hasn't. — Five secretaries of state plan to send an open letter …
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The Guardian and Mediaite
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Ivana Saric / Axios:
Musk's AI chatbot spread election misinformation, secretaries of state say … - The chatbot wrongly told social media users that Vice President Kamala Harris had missed the ballot deadline in nine states: Alabama, Michigan, Minnesota, Indiana, New Mexico, Ohio, Texas, Pennsylvania and Washington.
Julianne McShane / Mother Jones:
Elon Musk's X Is Spreading Deepfakes of Kamala Harris
Andrew McDonald / Politico:
UK PM slams Elon Musk for saying far-right riots ‘inevitable’ — LONDON — Britain's Keir Starmer took aim at Elon Musk after the tech billionaire claimed the wave of far-right violence hitting the U.K. was “inevitable.” — The British prime minister's spokesperson said there was …
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William Wallis / Financial Times:
Why are the far right rioting in England?
Why are the far right rioting in England?
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The Mirror, The Guardian, New York Times and DNyuz
CNN:
Rioters attack hotels used to house asylum seekers amid worst UK disorder in years
Rioters attack hotels used to house asylum seekers amid worst UK disorder in years
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The Guardian, Metro.co.uk, No More Mister Nice Blog, New York Times, The Mirror, Boston Herald, The Sun, Breitbart, Washington Post, DNyuz and Bloomberg
Bradford Betz / Fox News:
Riots erupt in UK after stabbing spree falsely blamed on asylum seeker
Riots erupt in UK after stabbing spree falsely blamed on asylum seeker
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CBS News, Breitbart, The Mirror, The National Pulse, UPI, RedState, The Daily Caller, Bloomberg and Metro.co.uk
Clare Malone / New Yorker:
What Does Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., Actually Want? — The third-party Presidential candidate has a troubled past, a shambolic campaign, and some surprisingly good poll numbers. — In December of 2021, the pollster Jeremy Zogby began designing a national survey to capture the radical changes …
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The Daily Beast, The Hill, Rolling Stone, The Guardian and Mediaite
Michael Dahlstrom / Yahoo News:
Free speech fears after Aussie group SUSPENDED by Elon Musk's X … Australian anti-nuclear campaigners have been suspended from billionaire Elon Musk's privately-owned social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter. The decision has sparked fears about US-based companies limiting free speech by environmental campaigners.
Richard Lardner / Associated Press:
Russell Vought, a Project 2025 architect, is ready to shock Washington if Trump wins second term … Russell Vought sounds like a general marshaling troops for combat when he talks about taming a “woke and weaponized” federal government. He recently described political opposition as …
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CNN, The Raw Story and Alternet.org
Emma G. Fitzsimmons / New York Times:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Admits He Left a Dead Bear in Central Park — Mr. Kennedy, an independent presidential candidate, confessed to dropping off the bear cub 10 years ago and making it appear that a bike had hit the animal. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the independent presidential candidate …
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posts video saying he put a young dead bear in Central Park
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posts video saying he put a young dead bear in Central Park
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IJR, The Guardian, Mediaite, The Raw Story, The Hill, DNyuz and CBS News
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
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Max Tani / Semafor:
Journal still can't confirm January story about UN agency for Palestinians — The Scoop — In January, The Wall Street Journal made an explosive claim: Quoting “intelligence reports,” the paper reported that not only had 12 members of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency …
Dan Ladden-Hall / The Daily Beast:
Usha Vance Defends Hubby J.D. Over His ‘Childless Cat Ladies’ Comment — WELL, ACTUALLY... Trump's running mate was actually trying to make a “substantive” point, his wife said on “Fox & Friends.” — J.D. Vance's wife is pushing back against criticism her husband is facing for his …
Dave Eisenstadter / masslive.com:
Harris vs. Trump: New poll shows 7-point swing in presidential race — A University of Massachusetts Amherst poll conducted between July 29 and Aug. 1 showed a 7-point swing in the presidential race since the last time the poll was conducted in January.The poll went from a 4-point lead …
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