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Joseph Konig / Spectrum News NY1:
Trump falsely claims Harris Michigan rally crowd 'didn't exist,' was generated with AI — Former President Donald Trump took to social media on Sunday to falsely claim that Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign faked photos of the crowd at her Detroit-area rally last week using artificial intelligence.
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Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
Trump Falsely Claims That the Crowds Seen at Harris Rallies Are Fake — The former president, in a series of social media posts, said that Vice President Kamala Harris had used A.I. technology to create images of fake crowds at her events. — Former President Donald J. Trump has taken …
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CNN, The Hill, Raw Story, Washington Post and PoliticusUSA
Ariana Eunjung Cha / Washington Post:
Trump falsely accuses Harris campaign of fabricated AI crowd photos — In the days following President Joe Biden's announcement that he would step aside as the Democratic nominee, conspiracy theorists and far-right influencers have promoted a number of falsehoods targeted at the Harris campaign.
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The Daily Beast and CNBC
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Trump is obsessed with crowd size. Now Democrats love bragging about it, too.
Trump is obsessed with crowd size. Now Democrats love bragging about it, too.
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The Good in Us, Associated Press, HuffPost and Las Vegas Review-Journal
Julianne McShane / Mother Jones:
Trump Is a Threat Whether He Wins or Loses, Biden Says — “He's a genuine danger to American security,” Biden said of Trump in his first TV interview since dropping out of the race. — In his first interview since dropping out of the election last month and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris …
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Ivan Pereira / ABC News:
JD Vance says mass deportations should ‘start with 1 million,’ defends ‘thought experiment’ giving parents extra votes — The GOP vice presidential candidate discussed several issues with Jonathan Karl. — Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance is interviewed by ABC News' Jon Karl on Aug. 10, 2024.
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Daily Caller News Foundation, The Hill, Fox News, Axios, Mediaite, Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Robert Costa / CBS News:
President Biden speaks on the stakes of the 2024 election, and on his place in history
President Biden speaks on the stakes of the 2024 election, and on his place in history
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Fox News, Al Jazeera, The Times of Israel, Deadline, New York Daily News and Breitbart
NBC News:
JD Vance says 2021 comments about giving more votes to people with kids were a ‘thought experiment’
JD Vance says 2021 comments about giving more votes to people with kids were a ‘thought experiment’
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The Daily Beast
Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
JD Vance: Trump Can't Be Racist Because He Called Wife Usha ‘Beautiful’
JD Vance: Trump Can't Be Racist Because He Called Wife Usha ‘Beautiful’
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Mother Jones, The Gateway Pundit, USA Today, Newsbusters, RedState, Daily Caller News Foundation, Rolling Stone, Raw Story, The Hill, The Forward, Mediaite and Breitbart
Ryan King / New York Post:
Biden admits he was pushed out of presidential race, name-drops Pelosi in first interview since exit
Biden admits he was pushed out of presidential race, name-drops Pelosi in first interview since exit
Joe Hernandez / NPR:
Biden says he's ‘not confident’ of a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses
Biden says he's ‘not confident’ of a peaceful transfer of power if Trump loses
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The Daily Caller and The Hill
Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Inside Trump's slump … - Advisers are telling him Harris will grow her lead coming out of the Democratic convention, which begins a week from tomorrow — especially if they don't define her better, faster. … But it's Trump. So a new script is often fictional wishfulness.
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PoliticusUSA, Mediaite and The Daily Beast
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Corbin Bolies / The Daily Beast:
Trump's Anger Out of Control as Poll Numbers Keep Cratering — GOING DOWN — According to Axios sources, Trump “is struggling to get past his anger” and his advisers are “deeply rattled” by his “meandering, mean and often middling public performances.” — Donald Trump's advisers …
Domenico Montanaro / NPR:
162 lies and distortions in a news conference. NPR fact-checks former President Trump — There were a host of false things that Donald Trump said during his hour-long news conference Thursday that have gotten attention. — A glaring example is his helicopter emergency landing story, which has not stood up to scrutiny.
Lily Mae Lazarus / The Daily Beast:
JD Vance's Campaign Won't Deny That's Him in Viral Drag Photo — ‘SOFA LAUREN’ — The GOP's vice presidential pick is a vocal critic of gender affirming care for minors and once opposed federal protections for gay and interracial marriages. — Journalist
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Democrats
A.R. Moxon / The Reframe:
What “Center” Is That, Exactly? — Hey friends! If you've read Very Fine People and enjoyed it, why not leave a quick rating or review on Amazon or Goodreads? It would help bunches! — I really can't get over the signs. — The Republicans held what was basically a Nuremberg rally …
Barak Ravid / Axios:
New Israeli intelligence suggests Iran prepares to attack Israel within days: sources … - But one of the sources who has direct knowledge of the intelligence said the situation is “still fluid.” — The assessment, which was drafted in the last 24 hours, represents a shift, the sources said.
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New York Post and Breitbart
David French / New York Times:
To Save Conservatism From Itself, I Am Voting for Harris — I believe life begins at conception. If I lived in Florida, I would support the state's heartbeat bill and vote against the referendum seeking to liberalize Florida's abortion laws. I supported the Dobbs decision and I support …
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National Review and Fox News
Richard Fausset / New York Times:
Kid Rock Threw the Party. MAGA Faithful Brought the Joy, Rage and Smirnoff Ice. — A music festival headlined by the pro-Trump musician offered a snapshot of a maturing American subculture, with a mash-up of hedonism, rebellion and beer-guzzling pursuit of happiness.
Associated Press:
State House Speaker Scott Saiki loses Democratic primary to Kim Coco Iwamoto — Hawaii's longtime House speaker lost his Democratic Party primary election to a former state Board of Education member who campaigned on tackling corruption in government. — Speaker Scott Saiki was ousted by Kim Coco Iwamoto.
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USA Today and Honolulu Civil Beat