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Hidden-camera video shows Project 2025 co-author discussing his secret work preparing for a second Trump term — Last month, Russell Vought sat in a five-star Washington, DC, hotel suite, bowing his head in prayer with two men he thought were relatives of a wealthy conservative donor.
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Eric Hananoki / Media Matters for America:
A Trump official criticized the media for talking “about Project 2025, which has nothing to do with our campaign.” She worked on Project 2025. — During a recent interview, Trump National Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt criticized the media for talking “about Project 2025, which has nothing to do with our campaign.”
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Philip Bump / Washington Post:
New hidden camera video reinforces Trump's Project 2025 problem — The former president knows that Project 2025 is unpopular. But he can't distance himself from its contents or its authors. — When Donald Trump was president, Russell Vought joined the White House Office of Management and Budget.
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David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Walz Says He'll Make Debate With JD Vance All About Project 2025
Walz Says He'll Make Debate With JD Vance All About Project 2025
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Lenny Bronner / Washington Post:
Harris has opened up a second path to victory, according to The Post's polling model — The Democratic nominee could win in the Rust Belt or the Sun Belt and get to the White House, while Donald Trump must win in both geographic regions to triumph. — A lot has changed in the presidential race …
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Aaron Blake / Washington Post:
5 striking new poll numbers amid Harris's rise — What we've learned about enthusiasm, running mates and down-ballot races in recent days. — A large batch of polls this week confirmed Vice President Kamala Harris's rise in the 2024 presidential race and suggests it has continued.
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Nicholas Liu / Salon:
Aides not telling Trump red states “looking worse than they should” to avoid upsetting him: report — “This election was his to lose, and he's losing it,” says longtime Republican pollster — Early in July, a poll showing President Joe Biden leading former President Donald Trump …
Jessica Taylor / Cook Political Report:
Democrats Maintain Edge in New Senate Polls, As Nevada Moves Back to Lean Democrat
Democrats Maintain Edge in New Senate Polls, As Nevada Moves Back to Lean Democrat
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ABC News:
Secret Service prepares use of bulletproof glass for outdoor Trump rallies: Sources — The safety measure comes after a gunman tried to assassinate Trump last month. — Former president Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Butler Farm Show Inc., July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa.
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Secret Service approves new plan for Trump to continue outdoor rallies
Secret Service approves new plan for Trump to continue outdoor rallies
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Nicole Sganga / CBS News:
Trump to resume outdoor rallies with bulletproof glass
Trump to resume outdoor rallies with bulletproof glass
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Andrew Perez / Rolling Stone:
Trump Warns That if Kamala Harris Wins, ‘Everybody Gets Health Care’ — Donald Trump repeatedly lies about single-payer health care — an idea he and Harris both previously supported but no longer do … Vice President Kamala Harris did, too. Neither candidate backs the idea now.
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Donald Trump, Surrounded by Groceries, Says He's ‘Entitled to Personal Attacks’ on Kamala Harris
Donald Trump, Surrounded by Groceries, Says He's ‘Entitled to Personal Attacks’ on Kamala Harris
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Trump Will Try to Drag Kamala Into the Mud With Him
Trump Will Try to Drag Kamala Into the Mud With Him
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Hugo Lowell / The Guardian:
Top Trump advisers in turmoil after campaign's worst month of 2024
Top Trump advisers in turmoil after campaign's worst month of 2024
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Daily Mail:
Trump VP pick JD Vance is seen posing with three female classmates at boys' urinals in unearthed high school photo — 18-year-old JD Vance was snapped posing with three girls in the boys' bathroom — The photo appeared in the 2003 yearbook of Middletown High School in Ohio
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Owen Lavine / The Daily Beast:
Unearthed Photo Shows Teen JD Vance Posing in Bathroom With Three Girls at Urinals — WIZZ GOING ON? — A resurfaced yearbook photo shows the GOP vice presidential nominee next to three girls pretending to use the urinals in his high school's bathroom. — JD Vance, no fan …
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Wall Street Journal:
Harris to Unveil Housing Initiatives Aimed at First-Time Buyers — Democratic nominee to address thorny economic issue by calling for more construction, tax incentives — WASHINGTON—Vice President Kamala Harris will call for the construction of 3 million new housing units in her first four years …
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Steven Walker / Sarasota Herald-Tribune:
New College of Florida tosses hundreds of library books, empties gender diversity library — Hundreds of New College of Florida library books, including many on LGBTQ+ topics and religious studies, are headed to a landfill. — A dumpster in the parking lot of Jane Bancroft Cook Library …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Harris brings her ad blitz to Fox News … - The Harris campaign on Wednesday began running four spots on the network, a Fox News spokesperson confirmed to Axios. — The ads are largely positive about Harris' life, a sharp contrast with the network's often-critical programming about her.
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Simon Kent / Breitbart:
Kamala Harris to Announce Soviet-Style Price Controls on Food Under Guise of ‘Gouging Ban’ — Soviet-style centrally administered price controls on food and grocery prices will form part of the federal economic proposals U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris will unveil Friday when she finally delivers an insight into her 2024 policies.
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Zachary Folk / The Daily Beast:
JD Vance Officially Has a Lower Favorability Rating Than Sarah Palin — LOW BLOW — Ohio Sen. JD Vance is now the most unpopular vice presidential nominee in modern history—soaring past former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's unfavorability ratings during the 2008 campaign.
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US Department of Justice:
Man Arrested for Explosives Threats and Attack on Energy Facility — For Immediate Release — U.S. Attorney's Office, Middle District of Florida — Orlando, Florida - United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces the return of an indictment charging Hashem Younis Hashem Hnaihen …
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Allan Smith / NBC News:
Inside the rift that could define the future of Pennsylvania politics — A dispute between Sen. John Fetterman and Gov. Josh Shapiro spilled into the open during Kamala Harris' VP search. It could roil state and Democratic politics for years. — John Fetterman was angry.
Alex Isenstadt / Politico:
Trump campaign brings Corey Lewandowski back on board — The move is part of an expansion of the campaign's ranks — Donald Trump's campaign is expanding its ranks as he seeks to regain his footing in the presidential campaign, bringing on a handful of top allies — including former Trump 2016 campaign manager Corey Lewandowski.
Associated Press:
FACT FOCUS: Trump blends falsehoods and exaggerations at rambling NJ press conference — Former President Donald Trump on Thursday gave his second news conference in as many weeks as he adjusts to a newly energized Democratic ticket ahead of next week's Democratic National Convention.
New York Times:
Eric Adams and His Campaign Receive Subpoenas in Federal Investigation — A new round of federal grand jury subpoenas in the investigation of Mayor Eric Adams and his 2021 fund-raising seeks a wide range of information. — Federal prosecutors investigating Mayor Eric Adams of New York …
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Rozanna Latiff / Reuters:
Malaysia PM says to increase pay for govt workers from December — Malaysia will switch to a new public service compensation scheme from Dec 1 that will see broad pay hikes and salary restructuring for the country's 1.6 million civil servants, Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim said on Friday.
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Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Biden rips Trump as ‘Donald Dump’ while signaling unity with Harris — President Biden ripped former President Trump as “Donald Dump” while signaling unity with Vice President Harris at the duo's first appearance together at an official event since she replaced Biden at the top of the Democratic ticket.
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Jon Brown / The Christian Post:
Billy Graham's granddaughter joins ‘Evangelicals for Harris,’ quotes Isaiah to blast Trump supporters — ‘Voting Kamala, for me, is so much greater than policies’ — The granddaughter of the late Rev. Billy Graham endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris during an “Evangelicals for Harris” …