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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. tried to meet with Kamala Harris to discuss Cabinet job — Harris has rebuffed the offer of an endorsement, while Kennedy has also had conversations with Republican nominee Donald Trump about a role in his administration. — Independent presidential candidate Robert …
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Gabriel Sherman / Vanity Fair:
Trump Allies Fear He's Sabotaging His Own Campaign — The former president can't get over feeling “cheated” by Joe Biden's exit from the race, says one source, while another speculates he might “have PTSD” following last month's assassination attempt. — In the hierarchy of Donald Trump's put-downs …
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Trump Keeps Watching Clip of Himself Being Shot at: ‘May Legit Have PTSD’ — ‘OVER AND OVER AGAIN’ — Sources close to the ex-president's campaign have said he's particularly fixated on a single seven-second clip. — Those close to Donald Trump fear the former president “may have legit PTSD” …
Dana Blanton / Fox News:
Fox News Poll: New matchup, same result — Trump bests Harris by one point — Highest share of voters in over two years rate their personal finances positively — Join Fox News for access to this content — No matter how many major events intervene, and goodness knows there have been several …
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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
J.D. Vance Is Bombing His Audition As Trump Heir Apparent
J.D. Vance Is Bombing His Audition As Trump Heir Apparent
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Where Harris has improved the most on Biden — She's doing much better than Biden in every swing state. — ∙ Paid — I'll have a story forthcoming for you later this week — if I can find the time in between the zillion podcasts I'm doing — on renewed GOP efforts to “unskew the polls”.
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Victoria Prodeline / Monmouth University …:
Jump in Enthusiasm for 2024 Race — Harris picks up support among young voters and ‘double haters’ — West Long Branch, NJ - Democrats' enthusiasm has skyrocketed since they swapped their presidential nominee. The latest national Monmouth ("Mon-muth") University Poll finds voter support …
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John Stoehr / The Editorial Board:
Kamala Harris is taking power back from the press corps
Kamala Harris is taking power back from the press corps
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Quinnipiac University Poll:
Pennsylvania 2024: Harris Has Slight Edge Over Trump In Tight Race, Gets Boost From Women, Quinnipiac University Pennsylvania Poll Finds; Senate Race: Casey Up 8 Points Over McCormick
Pennsylvania 2024: Harris Has Slight Edge Over Trump In Tight Race, Gets Boost From Women, Quinnipiac University Pennsylvania Poll Finds; Senate Race: Casey Up 8 Points Over McCormick
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Cook Political Report:
Swing State Project: August 14, 2024 Toplines
Swing State Project: August 14, 2024 Toplines
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FAU PolCom Lab:
Harris Narrows in Florida: Is the Sunshine State Up for Grabs?
Harris Narrows in Florida: Is the Sunshine State Up for Grabs?
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Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Carville says Harris is more likely to win by larger margin than Trump
Carville says Harris is more likely to win by larger margin than Trump
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
J.D. Vance's Weird Thoughts on Older Women Exposed in New Audio — J.D. Vance's views on gender and parenting have come back to haunt him, again. — In 2020, long before he entered politics, Vance appeared on a podcast where the host said that having grandmothers help raise children is …
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Clare Olson / Heartland Signal:
JD Vance in 2020 agreed grandmothers raising children is ‘whole purpose of the postmenopausal female’ — While appearing on “The Portal” podcast in April 2020, Sen. JD Vance (R-OH) agreed with host Eric Weinstein's claim that “postmenopausal females” exist just to help take care of children.
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Associated Press:
Ukraine says it has taken more ground and prisoners during its advance into Russia border region — Russia says it thwarted Ukrainian charge to expand its incursion across border — Remnants of war left in border area as Ukraine claims more advances in Russia incursion
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Financial Times:
Russians fleeing Ukraine's incursion say Putin has abandoned them — ‘Lies are causing civilians to die’, says resident of town captured by Kyiv's forces — On the day Ukrainian forces started rolling into Russia's Kursk region, a group of about 40 people, mostly women, filmed a video about what was happening in their town.
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Associated Press:
Arizona court: Fetus can be referred to as ‘unborn human being’ in abortion measure voter pamphlet — PHOENIX (AP) — An informational pamphlet for voters who will decide whether to guarantee the constitutional right to an abortion can refer to a fetus as an “unborn human being,” the Arizona Supreme Court ruled Wednesday.
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Andrew McCarthy / Fox News:
Prepare for Trump to be sentenced to prison on September 18 — The objective here is to enable VP Kamala Harris and the media-Democratic complex to label Trump ‘a convicted felon sentenced to prison’ as voting begins — To the surprise of no one, Judge Juan Merchan has yet again denied …
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April Rubin / Axios:
Trump effort to push back oral arguments in case against Fani Willis denied … - Postponed oral arguments were requested by Trump's lawyer Steve Sadow to accommodate a pre-paid international trip with his wife to celebrate his 70th birthday and their 45th wedding anniversary, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
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David Wildstein / New Jersey Globe:
George Helmy will be new U.S. Senator from New Jersey — Gov. Phil Murphy intends to appoint George S. Helmy, his former chief of staff, to the United States Senate to replace Bob Menendez, the New Jersey Globe has confirmed. — Murphy is expected to formally offer Helmy the post on Thursday …
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Sean Lyngaas / CNN:
Google says Iranian efforts to hack US presidential campaigns are ongoing and wide-ranging — Google said Wednesday that an alleged Iranian hacking operation aimed at US presidential campaigns is ongoing and more wide-ranging than previously known as the hackers continue to target …
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Todd Runkle / The Asheville Citizen Times:
Donald Trump rally in Asheville live updates: Thomas Wolfe Auditorium is full — Former President Donald Trump is in Asheville today, Aug. 14, to hold a campaign rally in his bid to regain the presidency in the Nov. 5 general election. It is Trump's first campaign visit to Asheville since September 2016 …
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Aila Slisco / Newsweek:
Trump Campaign Forced to Pay North Carolina City $82k in Advance for Rally
Trump Campaign Forced to Pay North Carolina City $82k in Advance for Rally
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Laura Hackett / BPR:
Trump campaign paid Asheville $82K in advance for auditorium rental
Trump campaign paid Asheville $82K in advance for auditorium rental
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Martha Williams / Daily Mail:
Former Trump aides claim Donald is in ‘meltdown’ and ‘feels the election is slipping from him’... so is ‘lighting up the campaign’ — Donald Trump is ‘lighting up’ his campaign staffers as he hunkers down at Mar-a-Lago, two former aides have claimed. — The former president's reported meltdown comes …
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Politico:
Biden harbors lingering frustration at Pelosi, Obama, Schumer — Ahead of the convention that's meant to unify the party, tensions still remain. — President Joe Biden is frustrated that Barack Obama wouldn't tell him to his face that he should leave the race.
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Annie Karni / New York Times:
When Will They Speak Again? Once Close, Biden and Pelosi Are at Odds.
When Will They Speak Again? Once Close, Biden and Pelosi Are at Odds.
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Matt Arco / New Jersey Online:
GOP pollster on Trump-Harris: 'I haven't seen anything like this' — Republican pollster Frank Luntz appears stunned at the current state of the Kamala Harris-Donald Trump matchup and this year's presidential election. — Luntz, who's been called “The Nostradamus of pollsters” …
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Soo-Hyang Choi / Bloomberg:
South Korea's Yoon Offers Rare Olive Branch to Kim Jong Un — Seoul to keep offering humanitarian aid to North, Yoon says — Yoon proposes new group for talks and cooperation with North — South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol offered aid, dialogue and a path to unification to North Korea …