WashingtonExaminer

Fred Trump III, former President Donald Trump’s nephew, revealed that he intends to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris this November, stating he can support her policies “without question.”  Trump’s nephew was on ABC’s The View to promote his new memoir All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way, in which […]

Trump’s nephew endorses Harris, would campaign with her ‘without hesitation’

Wisconsin State

Atlanta, GA

US presidential hopeful Kamala Harris launched a searing attack on Donald Trump Tuesday, telling her biggest campaign rally yet that the momentum was shifting in the White House race and daring the Republican to debate her face to face. "The momentum in this race is shifting, and there are signs that Donald Trump is feeling it," she said.

'Say it to my face,' Harris dares Trump as White House battle deepens

Chicago, IL

Former President Donald Trump will address the National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) in Chicago on Wednesday, prompting swift backlash within the journalism sphere. NABJ co-chair and Washington Post columnist Karen Attiah announced that she had stepped down from her position at the convention following the announcement, writing on X: “To the journalists interviewing Trump, I wish them the best of luck. For everyone else, I’m looking forward to meeting and reconnecting with all of you in the Windy City.”

Trump's planned address to Black journalists convention sparks backlash

The Atlantic

He used to talk about taking on corporate power. Now he’s openly pandering to plutocrats—and polling more strongly than ever.

Trump Isn’t Even Pretending Anymore

Charlotte, NC

POLITICO

Trump’s spokesperson says he doesn’t know if attacks referencing race or gender of Harris are “off limits,” but says Trump doesn’t do them.

As Trump unloads on Harris, even his supporters see her gaining ground

The New Republic

Donald Trump took his authoritarian threats in a dark new direction during two new public appearances. He suggested our next election might be our last, reiterated in advance that the election will be rigged against him, and admitted all the post-assassination “unity” talk was nonsense, openly declaring: “Maybe I’ve gotten worse.” We talked to Ruth Ben-Ghiat, author of the “Lucid” newsletter and the book Strongmen, who helps illuminate how Trump’s form of politics requires keeping his followers in a frenzy of excitement about what the authoritarian leader plans to inflict on their imagined enemies. Listen to this episode here.

Trump’s Mental State Suddenly Takes a Darker Turn: “I’ve Gotten Worse”

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Foodie in Chicago

Shortly before 3 AM, people in the Chicago area may have felt their houses shake as a 3.4-magnitude earthquake occurred about 60 miles west of the city. (CHICAGO) The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported a 3.4-magnitude earthquake around Somonauk, IL. Somonauk is in DeKalb and LaSalle Counties, 64 miles west of Chicago.

Did You Feel the Earthquake?

Florida State

Akeena

Wow, that's a tough situation for UKG employees in Florida. Imagine gearing up for a holiday weekend and then getting blindsided with news of massive layoffs. It's not just the number—2,200 employees, which is 14% of their workforce—but also how abruptly it was done, right before the Fourth of July.

Thousands of workers in Florida laid off by a major company

Detroit, MI

Ohio State

Now, we're going to speak with Sofia Nelson, public defender in Detroit, graduate of Yale Law School and a former close friend of JD Vance, the Ohio senator hoping to be the next vice president of the United States. Well, Vance is known these days for being a far-right politician. He's expressed his opposition to marriage equality. He's opposed abortion, including in cases of rape and incest. He's aimed to criminalize gender-affirming care for minors. All of that is in stark contrast to the JD Vance who Sofia Nelson knew for more than a decade - JD Vance, the friend who was at Nelson's bedside with homemade baked goods after they went through a gender-transition-related surgery, the friend who called Donald Trump a racist and a, quote, "morally reprehensible human being."

JD Vance is unrecognizable to his former friend, who shared their emails and texts

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Uncovering Florida

Most people are guilty of doing it at least once in their lives, many people do it by accident, some do it because they find it fun, and others do it for reasons like honoring loved ones. Regardless of the situation, just about everyone has released a balloon. The difference is that intentionally releasing balloons is now illegal by House Bill 321’s standards.

Law Signed By DeSantis Makes It Illegal To Release Balloons In Florida

Virginia State

Cheryl E Preston

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

Newark, NJ

Paterson, NJ

Morristown Minute

NEWARK, N.J. – Jasmine McGregor, 32, and Jhenelle Lewis, 35, both of Paterson, New Jersey, have pleaded guilty to conspiring with a physician to distribute oxycodone, a powerful opioid, without legitimate medical justification. The announcement was made today by U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger.

Paterson Residents Conspired with Physician to Illegally Distribute Opioids

Missouri State

Fulton, MO

CJ Coombs

Updated on July 17, 2024, concerning two of the missing children listed below. Bringing them home: for 40 years, the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) has been helping to locate missing children.

Seven teenagers have been missing in Missouri since June 2024

The acting Secret Service director was in the hot seat in a joint hearing before two Senate committees today. They're probing the assassination attempt on former President Trump. Acting director Ronald Rowe recently climbed on the roof in Pennsylvania, where the shooter fired multiple shots at Trump. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED...

Social media account with extremist comments could be tied to Trump gunman, FBI says

Bucks County Beacon

“[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

Axios

Karen Attiah, a longtime Washington Post columnist, on Tuesday said she was stepping down as co-chair of the annual National Association of Black Journalists (NABJ) convention following internal and external backlash over the announcement of former President Trump as a featured speaker. Why it matters: The group has a history...

Trump invite sparks fierce infighting within Black journalist group

Fox News

Vice President Harris would implement a sweeping pathway to citizenship for illegal immigrants if elected president, says Sen. Elizabeth Warren.

Elizabeth Warren calls for granting citizenship to illegal immigrants, says Harris 'will get that done'

Palm Beach, FL

The Independent

Former President Donald Trump hit out at Vice President Kamala Harris for her insistence that Israel should avoid civilian casualties and allow Palestinians access to humanitarian aid as he hosted Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago on Friday.In video released by Trump’s presidential campaign, the Israeli leader was greeted by the ex-president on the front steps of his Palm Beach, Florida, mansion turned social club, where the pair embraced before smiling for the cameras. In a subsequent video shot by handpicked news outlets invited into the facility by Trump’s campaign, the two right-wing politicians were seen seated at a table...

Trump calls Kamala Harris’s Israel remarks ‘disrespectful’ as he cozies up to Netanyahu at Mar-a-Lago

Cochise County, AZ

The Hill

Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance will visit the U.S.-Mexico border on Thursday on behalf of the Trump campaign in the latest effort to attack Vice President Harris, the likely Democratic nominee, on immigration. Vance will visit the border Thursday morning in Cochise County, Ariz., the Trump campaign said, as part of a multiday trip…

Vance to visit southern border as Trump campaign hits Harris on immigration

President Joe Biden forfeited his reelection bid, now making former President Donald Trump the oldest presidential nominee of a major political party, and now Democrats expect Vice President Kamala Harris to attack his age.  Prior to Biden dropping out, his campaign team worked to sooth voters’ concerns that the 81-year-old president was too old, too […]

Harris team flips the script and puts Trump’s age at center of campaign

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Fraud claims emerge in Venezuelan election. And, Trump hopes to regain the spotlight

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Fraud claims emerge in Venezuelan election. And, Trump hopes to regain the spotlight

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