BY JULIA MANCHESTER AND BRETT SAMUELS |
Vice President Harris's momentum after replacing President Biden atop the Democratic ticket has shaken up the political map and put the Tar Heel State squarely back into battleground territory after it appeared to be slipping out of reach for Democrats just a few weeks ago. Harris has erased former President Trump's once-sizable lead in the state, and both the vice president and the GOP nominee visited North Carolina this week for campaign speeches focused on the economy. |
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Vice President Harris outlined her economic plan at a campaign rally in North Carolina on Friday, calling her agenda a way to create an "opportunity economy." "Together, we will build what I call an opportunity economy," Harris said at the rally in Raleigh. "An economy where everyone can compete and have a real chance to succeed. Everyone, regardless of who they are, where they start, has an opportunity to build wealth for themselves and their children." |
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Vice President Harris on Friday unveiled several ambitious proposals as part of her economic plan if she wins the presidency this year. The proposals range from cutting taxes, boosting housing construction and a federal ban on grocery price gouging. Harris's campaign says the proposals mark just one part of her economic plan and will be a priority for her first 100 days in office, if elected. Here are some of the highlights. |
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Former President Trump took a swing at Vice President Harris's newly debuted economic plan Friday, claiming her proposals will make costs "100 times worse." "If you think things are expensive now, they will get 100 times WORSE if Kamala gets four years as President," he wrote on Truth Social. |
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has had a stunningly successful rollout as the Democratic vice presidential nominee, despite Republican attacks on his record in office and in the military. Walz has a positive 5-point net favorability score, according to averages from Decision Desk HQ, which stands out as many of the top politicians around him are underwater. |
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) often talks about he and his wife Gwen Walz undergoing years of fertility treatments before becoming parents, allowing him to shine a personal spotlight on a major Republican vulnerability.
"This gets personal for me and my family," Walz said of reproductive care during his first rally with Harris earlier this month, recalling the pit in his stomach when the couple received updates on their efforts to have a child, and the agony of learning multiple rounds of treatment didn't work. |
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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters said the Harris campaign has accepted an invitation to join a roundtable with members of one of the country's largest unions. "We look forward to Vice President Harris joining a roundtable of rank-and-file Teamsters to discuss the issues of importance to workers," Kara Deniz, the Teamster's assistant director of communications, told The Hill. |
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Former President Trump has once again found himself at the center of a firestorm over his comments about veterans after he compared a civilian award favorably to the Medal of Honor. Trump on Thursday spoke at an event at his Bedminster, N.J., property focused on combating antisemitism, which was also attended by GOP megadonor Miriam Adelson. During his remarks, Trump spoke about giving Adelson the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the nation's highest civilian honor, in 2018. |
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The Supreme Court in a 5-4 decision denied the Biden administration's emergency request to partially reinstate its new Title IX rule. The sweeping changes to Title IX, which protects against sex discrimination in schools, cover sexual orientation and gender identity for the first time. Various Republican state attorneys general have persuaded judges to block implementation in roughly half the country. |
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U.S. and Ukrainian officials are working to reorient how Ukraine is handling its recovery in order to insulate it from political changes in both Washington and Kyiv without a key player: Penny Pritzker, President Biden's special envoy for Ukraine's reconstruction. Pritzker only planned to serve a one-year term, which ended this month. But her impact over that time is described as monumental. |
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OPINION | You've heard the catchy commercials. You've read the news coverage. You might even have personal experience. The mainstream awareness and conversation about using prescription medications for diabetes and obesity are nearly impossible to ignore. |
OPINION | This year, the U.S. has taken a giant step backward in presidential debates. The Republican presidential candidate at first declined to debate on ABC News, although he eventually agreed. The Democratic opponent is weighing whether to accept a debate offer from Fox News. Each network is considered biased by one side or the other. A vice presidential debate is set for Oct. 1. All of this could have been avoided. |
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BY KATIE ROGERS, ERICA L. GREEN AND REID J. EPSTEIN |
Her revamped presidential campaign has quickly added loyalists from her 2019 primary bid. Her former aides have returned to write a convention speech and see her through a debate against Donald J. Trump. Her sister flew to Washington, joining her as she made a pork roast and marinated over her choices for a running mate. As Vice President Kamala Harris races through the final weeks of her campaign — the only weeks, really — she is relying on a network of confidants to guide her through the hurdles ahead. |
BY ALAN CULLISON AND ALEXANDER WARD |
President Biden said that the U.S. is close to brokering a deal that would lead to a cease-fire in Gaza, ending a war that local health authorities say has killed more than 40,000 in the enclave, freeing hostages held by Hamas, and, U.S. officials hope, head off a potential looming Iranian attack on Israel. The question now is whether Israel and Hamas really want the agreement. As a broker of the negotiations, the U.S. has often tried to minimize differences between Israel and Hamas, only to see talks collapse when the time comes to finalize an agreement. |
As the American city that has hosted more political conventions than any other, Chicago has pretty much seen it all. Presidential candidates have been made official in Chicago more than two dozen times since Abraham Lincoln in 1860, including the infamous 1968 convention, where police clashed with protesters, and Bill Clinton's 1996 renomination. Now the nation's third-largest city is back on the global political stage as it hosts the Democratic National Convention starting Monday, with city leaders, residents and activists each hoping to claim time in the spotlight and shape the city's reputation. |
BY ISABELLE KHURSHUDYAN, SIOBHÁN O'GRADY, JOHN HUDSON AND CATHERINE BELTON |
Ukraine and Russia were set to send delegations to Doha this month to negotiate a landmark agreement halting strikes on energy and power infrastructure on both sides, diplomats and officials familiar with the discussions said, in what would have amounted to a partial cease-fire and offered a reprieve for both countries. But the indirect talks, with the Qataris serving as mediators and meeting separately with the Ukrainian and Russian delegations, were derailed by Ukraine's surprise incursion into Russia's western Kursk region last week, according to the officials. The possible agreement and planned summit have not been previously reported. |
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