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Former President Donald Trump is holding his first public campaign rally since President Biden dropped out of a 2024 matchup that both major parties had spent months preparing for, leaving the former president to direct his ire toward his likely new opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.Trump is expected to turn his full focus on Harris as he stops Wednesday in North Carolina, a swing state that Trump has carried in the past, but Democrats have seen as pivotal. The former president's trip to the state shows he's still concerned about keeping it in his column this November, even as his...

Trump holding rally in Charlotte, first since Biden exited race

Business Insider

Joe Biden has dropped out of the 2024 election, a gamble that Democrats had to make to stand a chance of beating Donald Trump.

Democrats may still lose the White House. But Biden stepping aside was the only way to change the race.

Commentators and Democrats alike are throwing their weight behind Harris as Biden's replacement, but the president appears determined to hang on.

While Biden fumbles at the podium, Kamala Harris is doing her best at playing presidential

President Joe Biden announced on Sunday that he is dropping out of the 2024 presidential race. While he is no longer seeking reelection, Biden said he will finish his current term. “I believe it is in the best interest of my party and the country for me to stand down...

Biden drops out of 2024 presidential race

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With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump, who’s about to formally become the GOP nominee for president in the 2024 election, survived the attempted assassination when, initial reports said, a bullet grazed his ear . But one rally attendee was killed , more spectators were injured and the suspected gunman is also dead. The Conversation’s politics editor, Naomi Schalit, spoke with University of Massachusetts, Lowell, scholar Arie Perliger after the event. Perliger offered insight from his study of political violence and assassinations. Given the stark political polarization in the U.S., Perliger said, “it’s not a surprise that eventually people engage in violence.”

‘One Inch from a Potential Civil War’? Trump Shooting a Close Call for American Democracy

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Yesterday was the third time this year that an ad stating Chelsea Clinton lives in a beautiful Virginia home popped up on my laptop. My computer did not warn me this was a dangerous site, so this time, I clicked on the link.

Chelsea Clinton is rumored to be living in Virginia but probably still in NYC

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Charisma reveals that Megachurch pastor Joel Osteen has been criticized again for what are considered to be insensitive comments. On his Twitter/X account, the Texas preacher said the following.

Virginia ministers weigh in on Joel Osteen's comments about blessings

The recent assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump should be a "wake-up call" on gun violence, says U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy, who recently declared firearm violence in America a “public health crisis.” But disagreements on how to resolve the matter prevail. VOA's Veronica Balderas Iglesias has more.

Trump assassination bid puts spotlight on US gun violence

As chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor & Pensions, Senator Bernie Sanders released a June report entitled “ By the Wealthy, for the Wealthy: The Coordinated Attacks on Public Education in the United States .” The report is a brief but thorough (16 pages of text, 4 pages of footnotes) takedown of the current wave of attempts to end public education as we know it.

Senator Bernie Sanders Warns in New Report of Right-Wing Billionaire Plot to Sabotage Public Education in Order to Privatize It

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Town Talks

Death Disclosure Laws and Property Disclosures in North Carolina. In North Carolina, there is no legal obligation for homeowners or real estate agents to disclose if a death has occurred in a home, whether by natural causes, murder, or suicide. However, if a potential buyer directly inquires about any deaths on the property, the seller is required to provide that information.

If someone dies at your house do you have to tell a potential buyer? What North Carolina law says

“[I]nvoking the favor and guidance of Almighty God,” the Constitution of the Confederate States of America composed by southern slaveholders in 1861 sought to “establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, and secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity.” The authors of Project 2025, the latest playbook for restructuring the federal government in order to accomplish the policy goals of Christian Nationalists, similarly declare their manifesto will “decide America’s future” by securing their “God-given individual rights to live freely” and exercise dominion over others.

Legislating Inequality: The Christian Confederate Roots of Project 2025

Salon

President Joe Biden and his campaign, struggling to contain the fallout over his disastrous debate performance, have been nailing down Democratic support on Capitol Hill despite calls for him to step aside for a more viable nominee. But those efforts have done little to slow his tumbling poll numbers, which on Tuesday prompted the nonpartisan Cook Political Report to move three swing states — Arizona, Georgia, and Nevada — into the "Lean Republican" column.

"A landslide": Political analysts and some Democrats now say Biden is bringing down the whole party

In the U.S. presidential campaign, Republican candidate Donald Trump is facing a new opponent with President Joe Biden’s withdrawal as his party’s presumptive nominee. VOA's Scott Stearns looks at how Trump’s campaign is recalibrating its approach to take on Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump recalibrates campaign to take on Harris

U.S. Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle faced calls to resign from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle Monday as she testified about the agency’s failure to prevent the assassination attempt against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. VOA’s congressional correspondent Katherine Gypson has more on concerns about security during the upcoming election season.

'We failed' - Secret Service chief on protecting Trump from assassination attempt

USA TODAY

Trump allies said they would use Biden's record on immigration and the economy against any Democratic opponent, including VP Harris.

Donald Trump has a new strategy: Attack Kamala Harris (and Joe Biden)

The Independent

 Kamala Harris is now the frontrunner to take on Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race and endorsed her following weeks of pressure on him to step aside.In the hours since Biden announced he was quitting his reelection campaign and Harris confirmed she will run to replace him on top of the ticket, donors have returned to the party in their droves and a string of top Democratic lawmakers and influential figures have thrown their support behind the vice president.Though Harris is yet to be officially crowned the presidential nominee,...

Kamala Harris frontrunner for Democrats to challenge Trump as Biden quits race

Many Republicans quickly called on President Joe Biden to resign and leave the White House after his announcement on Sunday that he would withdraw from the 2024 presidential race. Republican leaders said that Mr Biden's decision to step aside confirmed their view that he was not in cognitive shape to...

Republicans call on Biden to leave White House

U.S. Secret Service chief Kimberly Cheatle told a contentious congressional hearing Monday that the agency had its “most significant operational failure … in decades” when it failed to keep a young gunman from climbing a warehouse rooftop unimpeded at a political rally and then attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump.

US Secret Service chief: ‘We failed’ to stop attack on Trump

Washington — Who will she pick? That's the big political question in America after U.S. President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris, who has quickly collected a critical mass of Democratic Party support and funding. The selection in question is Harris' running mate,...

Harris' campaign starts search for running mate

The Guardian

Polish prime minister Donald Tusk and UK PM Keir Starmer among US allies to pay tribute to US president’s decades of public service

World leaders react to Biden’s decision to exit presidential race

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After Biden quits presidential race, Trump, other Republicans demand he resign

Washington — Shortly after Joe Bidenannounced that he is withdrawing from the November presidential race on Sunday, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump demanded that Biden resign...

After Biden quits presidential race, Trump, other Republicans demand he resign

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