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7:50 PM ET, July 28, 2024

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Ivan Pereira / ABC News:
Harris sees boost in favorability after Biden drops out of race: POLL  —  The vice president's approval among independents jumped, poll finds.  —  Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the American Federation of Teachers' 88th national convention, on July 25, 2024, in Houston, Texas.
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Washington Post:
How Kamala Harris took control of the Democratic Party  —  Party officials and campaign aides raced to flip an entire brand from fading hope to salute emojis.  —  The boss had earned that much.  Vice President Harris approved no discussions.  Campaign advisers did not break ranks in public.
Discussion: Twitchy
Isabella Ramírez / Politico:
Buttigieg says voters have transferred their concerns about age to Trump  —  “How could anybody not watch the stuff he's saying, the rambling on the trail, and not be just a little bit concerned?” he said.  —  Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg said Sunday that with incumbent Joe Biden …
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:
'Don't sleep on Florida': Harris candidacy jolts battered state Democrats  —  The state is seeing more Democratic volunteers, but the party is up against serious GOP headwinds.  —  TALLAHASSEE, Florida — Vice President Kamala Harris' catapult to the top of the ticket has given Florida Democrats a rush of adrenaline.
Discussion: USA Today, Twitchy and Sun-Sentinel
Politico:
Playbook: Harris sprints out of the gates  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  DRIVING THE DAY  —  COUNTDOWN — Election Day is 100 days away.  —  BLUE HEAT — What a difference a week makes.  —  Seven days ago at this time, Democrats felt wobbly at best …
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
In Tim Walz, Democrats see a potential VP pick who can shore up the ‘blue wall’  —  The Minnesota governor's allies argue his appeal to rural and working-class voters as well as progressives could offer Kamala Harris a unique boost.  —  When Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz showed up on MSNBC's …
Politico:
Hill Dems believe this VP contender would help address Harris' biggest weakness
Discussion: Arizona Republic
Politico:
'We all realize it's unlikely.' But Pete Buttigieg's VP stock is rising.
Discussion: New Jersey Online
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Cotton says Harris makes Biden ‘look competent and moderate’
Ben Mathis-Lilley / Slate:   One VP Contender Will Give Kamala Harris Her Best Chance With Swing Voters
Erin Doherty / Axios:
Harris raises $200 million in first week of campaign
Washington Post:
Inside the powerful Peter Thiel network that anointed JD Vance  —  A small influential network of right-wing techies orchestrated Vance's rise in Silicon Valley — and then the GOP.  Now the industry stands to gain if he wins the White House.  —  In the weeks before former president Donald …
Washington Post:
Trump faces backlash for 'in four years, you don't have to vote again' remark  —  Some Democrats say his comments, directed at a Christian audience, signaled his plans to be a dictator.  His campaign says he was talking about ‘uniting’ the country, and experts point to his ‘deliberately ambiguous’ speaking style.
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Isabella Ramírez / Politico:
Trump gunman planned to create ‘diversion’ with explosives to escape, Mike McCaul says  —  The FBI said last week law enforcement had recovered explosive devices from Thomas Crooks' vehicle.  —  House Foreign Affairs Chair Rep. Michael McCaul (R-Texas) said Sunday that the gunman behind …
Discussion: RedState
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten / Fox News:
Donald Trump jumps to defend female Secret Service agent who ‘shielded’ him from assassination  —  Donald Trump said the female Secret Agent ‘wanted to take a bullet’ for him  —  BUTLER, Pa. - Former President Trump leaped to the defense of a female Secret Service agent who “shielded” …
Discussion: RedState, New York Post and Breitbart
Hayley Smith / Los Angeles Times:
Project 2025 plan calls for demolition of NOAA and National Weather Service  —  Among its many sweeping calls for change in American government, a conservative platform document known as Project 2025 urges the demolition of some of the nation's most dependable resources for tracking weather …
Miranda Jeyaretnam / Bloomberg:
US Farmers Want to Adapt to Climate Change, But Crop Insurance Won't Let Them  —  Growers looking to transition to regenerative agriculture are running into a federal insurance barrier.  —  In Kansas, where a prolonged drought has killed crops and eroded the soil, Gail Fuller's farm is like an oasis.
Discussion: New York Times
Jennie Taer / New York Post:
3 Palestinian terror suspects caught after crossing border illegally as overwhelmed agents warn: ‘I probably let terrorists in’  —  Border agents detained three Palestinian migrants who illegally crossed the southern border after they were found to have possible ties to terrorist organizations earlier this month, according to sources.
Lauren Sforza / The Hill:
Warren says the Supreme Court is ‘actively undermining’ democracy  —  Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) said Sunday that the Supreme Court is “actively undermining” democracy in the U.S.  —  Warren said on CNN's “State of the Union” that she and her colleagues are working to put together reform …
 
 
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