Harris rattles Trump's once-disciplined campaign |
The seismic shift in the presidential race has rattled former President Trump's once-disciplined campaign and put the GOP nominee on the defensive for the first time in months.
Trump coasted through the Republican primary, managed to turn even negative headlines about his legal troubles into campaign and fundraising fodder and had consistently led President Biden in the polls as Biden struggled to break through or excite even his own base. |
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Former President Trump is facing fierce blowback from his line of attack questioning Vice President Harris's Black identity, risking his efforts to court more Black voters in November.
The former president drew shock and outrage from members of the Black community after claiming Harris, who is biracial, had "turned Black" after identifying only as Indian for years. Harris has repeatedly referenced her Black and Indian cultural background in her years in the political spotlight. |
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Vice President Harris is seeking to keep up the momentum from the last two weeks by looking for a running mate who will further boost her bid. Harris came into August with a $377 million war chest, major endorsements from unions and top Democrats, a bump in the polls, and plans to visit every swing state next week with her choice for vice president. |
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Republican strategist Karl Rove brought out his famous whiteboard on Friday to demonstrate how Vice President Harris could get the "momentum" to "leave her in the lead" of the presidential race at the end of the Democratic convention. "Five polls have been held since the 26 of July. He leads in only two. She leads in three," Rove said on Fox News. "So I fully expect that the momentum she has is going to, is going to carry her through, unless it's a disastrous vice presidential choice. This momentum is going to leave her in the lead at the end of the Democratic convention." |
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Former President Trump vowed to "unleash hell" at his rally Saturday in Atlanta, targeting his new opponent, Vice President Harris, just days after thousands rallied for her in Georgia. "24 HOURS UNTIL WE UNLEASH HELL," began Trump's campaign email sent Friday afternoon. "At this time tomorrow, Crooked Kamala's worst nightmares come true." |
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BY JULIA MANCHESTER AND JARED GANS |
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro's (D) position on the Israel-Hamas war is coming under particularly high levels of scrutiny amid the Democratic divide over the war as Vice President Harris considers adding him to her ticket.
Shapiro has emerged as the leading vice presidential contender given his executive experience in the critical swing state, which carries 19 electoral college votes. Additionally, Shapiro's allies point to his record of appealing to voters outside of the Democratic fold. |
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin revoked a plea deal Friday that would have taken the death penalty off the table for three prisoners accused of helping to plot the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Austin said in a news release that he believes that given the significance of the case, responsibility on what happens to the prisoners held at Guantanamo Bay "should rest with me as the superior authority under the Military Commissions Act of 2009." |
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House Judiciary Committee Chair Jim Jordan (R-Ohio) is launching an investigation into special counsel Jack Smith's deputy on the Jan. 6 prosecution, asking the Justice Department (DOJ) to turn over all its files related to any internal review of J.P. Cooney. The letter to the DOJ is yet another escalation of Jordan's probes into those investigating former President Trump and comes the day after the powerful chair demanded information from the daughter of the New York judge who oversaw Trump's hush money case. |
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Former President Trump's federal election subversion charges officially returned to his trial judge in Washington, D.C., on Friday to determine the case's future after the Supreme Court last month carved out immunity for former presidents. Trump's immunity claims froze the case for months, but U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is now poised to set a schedule and announce next steps. |
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OPINION | When Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu met recently with President Biden, former President Trump, and Vice President Harris, all of them were reported to have told Israel to "end" its war with Hamas. A Wall Street Journal headline summed it up this way, "Netanyahu Receives Clear Message on Gaza War: Wrap It Up." What does it mean when Trump says Israel must end the war in Gaza "and get it done quickly." Does that mean do nothing about the inevitable return of the thousands of determined Hamas terrorists still hiding in the hundreds of miles of tunnels not yet uncovered? |
OPINION | While the Secret Service reels over the security lapses that contributed to the assassination attempt at a Trump rally on July 13, most Americans have forgotten the previous attempt to assassinate a president. And no, it wasn't Ronald Reagan. It was Bill Clinton. |
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