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Kamala Harris has put Trump in a box, and he's struggling to break out — As Democrats emerge from their electrifying convention in Chicago, Trump finds himself on the defense, and it's not clear he knows what to do. — CHICAGO — In his history as a candidate for president …
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PBS NewsHour and Bloomberg
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Why “we're not going back” is the perfect theme for 2024 — Harris is referring to more than just the orange man. — 🚨 This special, five-edition week of PN is made possible by paid subscribers 🚨 If you aren't one already, please sign up to support our independent journalism.
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Kamala Harris Turns the Page on the Trump Era — Despite being the sitting Vice President, Harris has come to embody the change people so desperately want — Here at the Democratic Convention in Chicago, speeches, videos, and chatter have centered on two words — hope and joy.
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New York Times

It's a New Race. Harris' Acceptance Speech Showed Why.
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Kamala Harris just revealed her formula for taking down Trump
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Show don't tell: Harris lets her potential to make history speak for itself

Harris Wants America to See Itself in Her
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Kamala Harris Gave the Best Acceptance Speech I've Ever Seen
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BEYONCÉ NOT AT DNC AFTER ALL — EXCLUSIVE — UPDATE — 9:30 PM PT — To quote the great Beyonce: We gotta lay our cards down, down, down ... we got this one wrong. — Beyoncé is in Chicago, and getting ready to pop out for Kamala Harris on the final night of the Democratic National Convention ... TMZ has learned.
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Rep: Beyoncé Is Not Performing at DNC; “Was Never Scheduled” to Attend (Exclusive)
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Trump campaign deletes Freedom video after Beyoncé blocks use of song
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CNN's Chris Wallace Notes Kamala Harris Convention Clobbering Trump's RNC Ratings: ‘People Are Watching This Convention’ — CNN anchor Chris Wallace twisted the knife a little when he noted that former President Donald Trump's RNC ratings are getting eclipsed by Vice President Kamala Harris and the Democratic National Convention.
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Trumped in the Ratings — MSNBC is posting the strongest total viewership during the DNC. Conversely, Fox News has struggled. … After night one of the DNC bested night one of the RNC (an average of 20 million viewers to 18.1 million), night two saw the gap open up even wider.
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DNC Ratings Blow RNC Out of the Water for Third Night in a Row
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Axios, USA Today, Raw Story, New Republic, The Verge and PoliticusUSA


Gus Walz broke the internet with his tearful love for his dad. Then the bullying began — Michael Collins Sam WoodwardUSA TODAY — CHICAGO - A tearful, unscripted moment between Tim Walz and his 17-year-old son, Gus, has unleased a flood of praise and admiration - but also prompted ugly online bullying.
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Supreme Court rejects GOP push to block 41K Arizona voters, but partly OKs proof of citizenship law — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the closely contested swing state …
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HotAir, Blaze Media, Axios and The Hill


Trump's businesses are raking in millions of dollars from Republican political campaigns - including his own — Late last year, former President Donald Trump announced his endorsement of car dealership owner Bernie Moreno for Ohio's Senate seat - elevating an untested candidate …


Here Is the Speech That the Uncommitted Movement Wants to Give at the DNC — Read what Georgia State Rep. Ruwa Romman hopes to tell Democrats. — Delegates with the Uncommitted movement at the Democratic National Convention have continued pushing this week for either a Palestinian American …
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Trump Hosting Fundraiser For Domestic Terrorists Who Assaulted Cops On Jan. 6 — The “J6 Awards Gala” is to take place at the coup-attempting criminal former president's New Jersey country club next month. — LOADING — WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is hosting a fundraiser …
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WATCH: Vivek Ramaswamy Chased Out By Angry Mob At Anti-Israel Protest Outside DNC — Former Republican presidential contender Vivek Ramaswamy was chased out of an anti-Israel protest a few blocks away from the DNC after making a surprise appearance. — Ramaswamy was noticed by the crowd …
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The Daily Caller, New York Post and Washington Times


RFK Jr. will probably drop out. Is that bearish for Harris? — Pun absolutely intended. — ∙ Paid — Greetings from charmingly overcast Seattle, Washington, where I'm here for a book event tonight. Given the timing and that I have family I rarely get to see all the way up here 1 …
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Kinzinger in DNC speech says GOP is “no longer conservative” — Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) said during a speech to the Democratic National Convention on Thursday that the Republican Party is “no longer conservative” under former President Trump.
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The Taliban publish vice laws that ban women's voices and bare faces in public — Afghanistan's Taliban rulers have issued a ban on women's voices and bare faces in public under new laws approved by the supreme leader in efforts to combat vice and promote virtue.
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Geller Report, The Hill, Human Events and RTÉ

FDA Approves and Authorizes Updated mRNA COVID-19 Vaccines to Better Protect Against Currently Circulating Variants — For Immediate Release: — Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved and granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for updated mRNA COVID-19 vaccines …
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Pelosi: House majority goes through New York — Nancy Pelosi may be one of California's best-known Democrats, but she believes the path to retaking the House runs through New York. The former speaker said she is intently focused on battleground seats in New York, and in fact spoke to her successor …
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Punchbowl News and The Daily Beast


Georgia county election boards could become 2024 battleground … And if implemented, they say, the measures will trip up populous counties like Fulton and DeKalb, which also happen to be Democratic strongholds. — “Elections are meant to be slow and deliberate processes with a whole lot …
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The Guardian, Talking Points Memo and Mercury News


Protests at the Democrats' Convention Weren't as Big and Disruptive as Some Expected — Pro-Palestinian organizers predicted overwhelming turnout that would take their case directly to the Democrats. Protesters gathered, but they did not steal the show. — Protesters and police officers along a Chicago street on Wednesday.
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Ex-Congressional candidate and FTX executive's romantic partner indicted on campaign finance charges — NEW YORK (AP) — A one-time Congressional candidate and domestic partner of a convicted FTX executive was arrested Thursday on campaign finance charges. — Michelle Bond, 45, of Potomac …
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