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7:15 PM ET, August 8, 2024

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Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Trump suggests he's open to revoking access to abortion pill  —  The former president has previously praised a Supreme Court ruling that maintained access to the key abortion drug mifepristone.  —  Donald Trump suggested in a news conference Thursday that he is open to curbing access …
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Associated Press:
Trump and Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 presidential debate on ABC, network says  —  ABC says both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have agreed to a Sept. 10 presidential debate, setting up a face-off between the Republican and Democratic nominees.  The announcement Thursday came shortly …
New York Times:
Trump Tries to Wrestle Back Attention at Mar-a-Lago News Conference  —  In an hourlong exchange with reporters, the former president criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for not doing the same, insulted her intelligence and boasted about the size of his rallies.
Discussion: Raw Story
Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
RFK Jr. and the third-party effect are now hurting Trump  —  The dynamic has shifted with Kamala Harris atop the Democratic ticket.  And Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — once elevated by Trump allies — is looking more like a significant liability for the GOP nominee.
Martin Pengelly / The Guardian:
Trump lashes out at Harris and falsely claims no one was killed on January 6  —  Former president attacks Democratic rival in rambling press conference and complains media is favoring her  —  Struggling in the polls and charged with running a lackluster presidential campaign …
Philip Bump / Washington Post:
Trump isn't campaigning as hard as he used to
Discussion: NOTUS, The Raw Story and The Hill
Natalie Allison / Politico:
Trump campaign calls Harris' surge ‘suspended reality’
Discussion: New York Times and Daily Kos
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Hold a News Conference at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday
Jared Mitovich / Politico:
Harris campaign tweaks Walz biography amid scrutiny of military credentials  —  The update comes a day after Republicans escalated attacks on his record in the Army National Guard, accusing Walz of inflating his rank at retirement.  —  Kamala Harris' presidential campaign updated …
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Washington Post:
Tim Walz's military record, National Guard departure get new scrutiny  —  The Harris-Walz campaign has cited his Army experience as an asset.  But Republicans and some who served with him have questioned claims about his service.  —  Tim Walz was weighing a life-altering decision when he stepped …
Politico:
Why Harris isn't taking questions  —  Welcome to POLITICO's West Wing Playbook, your guide to the people and power centers in the Biden administration.  —  There is a line in the movie “Bull Durham” where CRASH DAVIS, the sage journeyman catcher played by KEVIN COSTNER, tells “NUKE” LaLOOSH …
Peter Cox / MPR News:
What Walz — and the records — say about his military service as others criticized it  —  ListenWhat Walz — and the records — say about his military service as others criticized it  —  In 1981, Tim Walz and his father traveled to the nearest Army National Guard enlistment officer to his hometown in Nebraska.
Politico:
Vance runs a Swift Boat attack against Walz's military service
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Harris leads Trump by 5 points in Ipsos poll  —  Democrat Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 42% to 37% in the race for the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, according to an Ipsos poll published on Thursday.  —  The poll found Harris had widened her lead since a July 22-23 Reuters/Ipsos survey …
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Charles Franklin / Marquette University Law School:
New Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds Harris leading Trump and outperforming Biden against Trump; enthusiasm to vote among Democrats having risen substantially  —  MILWAUKEE - A new Marquette Law School Poll national survey finds Vice President Kamala Harris is the choice …
Nate Cohn / New York Times:   Vibes and Polls and Positioning of the Harris Candidacy
New York Times:
Elon Musk's X Sued an Advertising Coalition.  Now It's Shutting Down.  —  The Global Alliance for Responsible Media will dissolve after Mr. Musk accused the group of orchestrating a boycott.  —  An influential advertising industry group said it would shut down after being sued this week by X …
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Lara O'Reilly / Business Insider:
The Global Alliance for Responsible Media is ‘discontinuing’ after Elon Musk's X filed an antitrust lawsuit against it  — The World Federation of Advertisers is ‘discontinuing’ the activities of the Global Alliance for Responsible Media.  — The decision follows an antitrust lawsuit filed …
Amanda Marcotte / Salon:
Tim Walz's normal dad energy is causing MAGA to come unglued  —  Walz is the opposite of weird: Kamala Harris' running mate shows masculinity can be about love and not hate  —  In their first go-round in attacking Gov. Tim Walz, the Donald Trump campaign bet that maximum hyperbole …
Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
Trump won't say how he'll vote on Florida abortion amendment  —  The former president also predicted the vote for the amendment would end up in a more “liberal way” than anticipated.  —  MIAMI — Former President Donald Trump wouldn't say Thursday how he'll vote on a proposed Florida state …
Discussion: Florida Phoenix
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Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Trump says abortions not ‘big factor’ in elections anymore
Discussion: Althouse
David Remnick / New Yorker:
Nancy Pelosi's Art of Power  —  The former Speaker discusses how she hastened Joe Biden's decision to drop out, her new memoir, and not getting “doggy doo-doo on your shoe.”  —  Nancy Pelosi likes to say that she went from “housewife to House member to House Speaker.”
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Associated Press:
Powerful former North Dakota lawmaker pleads guilty to traveling to Europe to pay for sex with minor  —  Ray Holmberg, 80, of Grand Forks, served more than 45 years in the North Dakota Senate.  He was indicted for travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual activity.
Discussion: Associated Press
A.B. Stoddard / The Bulwark:
Get Ready Now: Republicans Will Refuse to Certify a Harris Win  —  Some darkness in honor of JVL.  It's important stuff.  —A.B. Stoddard  —  1. Trump's Not Taking the L. . .  The last two weeks—the unveiling of the Harris-Walz ticket, and Kamala Harris's surge in the polls—feels like some surreal dream state.
 
 
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Philip Lewis / HuffPost:
Alabama GOP Candidate Who Attended ‘Segregation Academy’ Pushes For Defunding Public Schools
Politico:
Biden knows how he'll spend his last six months in office
Discussion: Washington Post
Fox News:
Trump assassination attempt: Pennsylvania police release bodycam from deadly Butler rally
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Warns Iran of ‘Serious Risk’ if It Conducts Major Attack on Israel
Bloomberg:
Trump Wants Presidents to Have Some Say Over Interest Rates
 Earlier Items: 
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
Man who brought firearm near Capitol sentenced to 2 years in prison
Discussion: Washington Examiner and USA Today
Mina Aldroubi / The National:
Outrage as Iraq considers allowing girls aged nine to be married
Discussion: Breitbart
Margaret Hartmann / New York Magazine:
What the Jeffrey Epstein Documents Reveal About Donald Trump
Brendan Morrow / USA Today:
Taylor Swift terrorist threat suspect confessed he intended to kill fans: Officials
Matthew Kassel / Jewish Insider:
Pro-Israel group struggling to gain permit to rally at DNC — while pro-Palestinian groups got green light
Anusha Mathur / Politico:
JD Vance's TikTok flop