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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump says he'll vote no on Florida abortion-rights measure  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Play Video  —  Rising Reacts: Kamala Harris' first interview on CNN  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00  —  Loaded: 0.00%  —  Stream Type LIVE  —  Seek to live, currently behind liveLIVE
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Steve Contorno / CNN:
Trump's latest waffling on reproductive health shows he's still struggling to find an answer for what he created  —  Donald Trump said Friday that he will not support a ballot referendum to expand abortion access in his home state of Florida just 24 hours after suggesting he might.
Discussion: Raw Story and New Jersey Online
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Cheney, on the Sidelines as Harris Courts Her Endorsement, Plans to Weigh In Soon  —  The former Wyoming congresswoman, the most prominent Republican critic of Donald J. Trump, did not speak at Democrats' convention, calculating that she could have more impact later in the race.
Discussion: The Hill and al.com
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Trump in damage-control mode over abortion backlash from the right  —  The GOP nominee has landed in hot water on abortion agin after criticizing Florida's six-week ban and declining to take a stance on a state ballot measure.  —  WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump is in damage control …
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
Pushing Back on Trump's Latest Lies About IVF
Alex Gangitano / The Hill:
Harris bus tour focused on reproductive rights to start in Palm Beach
Discussion: Washington Times and UPI
ABC News:
Trump adds new campaign pledge to get IVF paid for by government or covered by insurance
Associated Press:
Police use Taser to subdue man who stormed media area of Trump rally in Pennsylvania  —  JOHNSTOWN, Pa. (AP) — A man at Donald Trump's rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, stormed into the press area as the former president spoke Friday but was surrounded by police and sheriff's deputies and was eventually subdued with a Taser.
Michael Powell / The Atlantic:
Why Trump's Arlington Debacle Is So Serious  —  This article was featured in the One Story to Read Today newsletter.  Sign up for it here.  —  The section of Arlington National Cemetery that Donald Trump visited on Monday is both the liveliest and the most achingly sad part of the grand military graveyard …
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Team Trump Makes Arlington Cemetery Fight Way Worse With Army Insult
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:   In a test of character, Trump shows his true grift
Steve Benen / MSNBC:
New details suggest Trump's Arlington controversy won't end soon
New York Times:
Brazil Blocks X After Musk Ignores Court Orders  —  The social network will go dark in the nation of 200 million, the result of an escalating fight between Elon Musk and a Brazilian judge over what can be said online.  —  Brazil blocked the social network X on Friday after its owner …
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Associated Press:
Brazilian judge suspends X platform after it refuses to name a legal representative  —  SAO PAULO (AP) — A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered the suspension of Elon Musk's social media giant X in Brazil after the tech billionaire refused to name a legal representative in the country …
Hugh Dougherty / The Daily Beast:
Miss Teen USA Runner-Up Shames JD Vance for Cruel Video Post  —  ANOTHER HAPPY VOTER  —  Vance used a 17-year-old video of a stumbling Caitlin Upton to jibe at Kamala Harris before her CNN interview.  The video had led to years of mockery for Upton.  —  A one-time Miss Teen USA contestant mocked …
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Gabe Kaminsky / Washington Examiner:
Tim Walz's political origin story does not add up  —  Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN) has long described the moment in 2004 that inspired him to run for public office.  In Walz's telling, the “folksy” high school teacher and two of his students attended a campaign rally for President George W. Bush as an educational experience.
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Spencer Lindquist / The Daily Wire:   Tim Walz Says He Got Into Politics Because His Students Were Kicked Out of a Bush Rally. That Doesn't Seem to Be The Case.
Mathew Ingram / Columbia Journalism Review:
So long, and thanks for all the fish  —  Before we go any further, I should note that this is my last newsletter for CJR, as I am moving on from my job as the magazine's chief digital writer.  (In case the headline doesn't make any sense, it comes from a Douglas Adams book …
David Edward Burke / Washington Monthly:
Tim Walz Took a Big Step Toward Scrapping the Electoral College  —  As Minnesota Governor, he signed the National Popular Vote Interstate Compact that provides a path toward electing the president by majority vote.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris selected Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate …
Discussion: Sun-Sentinel
US Food and Drug Administration:
FDA Authorizes Updated Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine to Better Protect Against Currently Circulating Variants  —  For Immediate Release:  —  Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for an updated version of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine …
Discussion: STAT, NBC Bay Area and DNyuz
Chandra Colvin / MPR News:
After storms topple mature trees, city of Minneapolis reminds residents of low-cost tree program  —  The city of Minneapolis is offering residents, property owners and businesses low-cost trees in efforts to grow the city's tree canopy, at a time when the city has lost some mature trees to severe weather.
New York Times:
At 2 Elite Colleges, Shifts in Racial Enrollment After Affirmative Action Ban  —  Amherst College and Tufts University saw shifts in the racial makeup of students after a Supreme Court decision ending affirmative action.  At other schools, the picture is murkier.
Michael Boyle / The Daily Beast:
Harris-Walz Interview Ratings Nearly Double Trump's Last Big CNN Sit-Down  —  HUGE  —  The CNN interview also outpaced the ratings for Donald Trump and JD Vance's first joint interview on Fox News.  —  The first joint interview with Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Tim Walz …
Erica Orden / Politico:
Georgia election workers launch bid to seize Giuliani's assets as they try to collect $148 million defamation verdict  —  Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss want to seize real estate, cash and jewelry.  —  NEW YORK — The two former Georgia election workers who won a $148 million defamation verdict …
Myra Adams / The Hill:
If Trump loses, expect a Republican civil war  —  Vice President Kamala Harris has one extraordinary campaign advantage — she is neither Joe Biden nor Donald Trump.  —  Before President Biden dropped his reelection bid on July 21, voters were unenthusiastic about a rematch between these two men, both born before the television age.
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Associated Press:
Trump questions acceptance of transgender people as he courts his base at Moms for Liberty gathering
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
Thumbs Up: The Story of No-Context Trump
Discussion: USA Today
Scott Feinberg / The Hollywood Reporter:
Hot-Button Trump Flick ‘The Apprentice’ Acquired by Briarcliff for Pre-election Release, Awards Campaign (Exclusive)
Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
‘Political poison’: How Trump's tariffs could raise gasoline prices
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Pelosi's Car Passed Near Pipe Bomb on Jan. 6, According to New Video
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Kamala's First ‘Interview’ Was the Dumpster Fire You Expected It Would Be
 

 
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