POLITICO

“He’s grasping around,” said Chuck Coughlin, an Arizona-based political strategist.

Trump and his allies had a plan for how to hit Harris. Then he opened his mouth.

The Guardian

Former president attacks Democratic rival in rambling press conference and complains media is favoring her

Trump lashes out at Harris and falsely claims no one was killed on January 6

The Associated Press

More than 200 staffers for four previous Republican presidential nominees have endorsed Democrat Kamala Harris’ White House bid, cautioning that the notion of a second term for GOP nominee Donald Trump is “simply untenable” and “will hurt real, everyday people.”. In an open letter, first written...

More than 200 former Republican presidential staffers sign open letter endorsing Harris over Trump

Business Insider

Donald Trump has reverted to form by spreading the lie that Kamala Harris isn't really Black.

The real Trump is back. It could cost him the White House.

Bozeman, MT

Following Thursday’s tsunami of absurd and false statements at his seemingly pointless “general news conference” at Mar-a-Lago, a free-wheeling Donald Trump bizarrely told supporters on Friday night that “nobody really knows” his opponent’s last name. The reclusive former president emerged from hiding at his...

Trump bizarrely claims nobody knows his Democratic rival’s last name (it’s Harris)

Minnesota State

PolitiFact is live fact-checking Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, in their first joint interview since since announcing their presidential campaign. CNN anchor Dana Bash's interview with the Democratic presidential and vice presidential nominees will air at 9 p.m. ET. PolitiFact has rated Harris...

Fact Check: Live: Fact-checking Kamala Harris and Tim Walz's CNN interview

Mediaite

Pollster Frank Luntz wondered aloud on Thursday where Donald Trump is deliberately trying to lose the presidential election as “no sane person” would campaign the way he is. Luntz joined Morning Joe after conducting a focus group with voters who did not previously support President Joe Biden’s reelection...

Frank Luntz Wonders Aloud If Trump ‘Wants To Lose,’ Declares ‘No Sane Person’ Would Run His Campaign

Wisconsin State

WashingtonExaminer

CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris has repeatedly referred to herself as a political underdog as she prepares for the fall fight in her new role as the 2024 Democratic presidential nominee. But with her persistently strong polling and fundraising numbers, Democrats at the party‘s national convention in Chicago last week were starting to consider […]

Democrats start to shed Harris’s ‘underdog’ label in battle against Trump

The New Republic

At Donald Trump’s Thursday’s press conference at Mar-a-Lago, the former president compared himself favorably to Martin Luther King Jr. After incorrectly claiming that “no one was killed on January 6th,” Trump went on to gloat that the crowd at his insurrection rally was larger than the March On Washington, which Martin Luther King Jr.’s historic speech at the Lincoln Memorial. “Nobody’s spoken to crowds bigger than me,” said the former president. “If you look at Martin Luther King when he did his speech and you look at ours...we had more.” Trump on his January 6 speech: "Nobody has spoken to...

Donald Trump’s Obsession With Crowd Size Reaches a New Low

UPI News

One of the greatest pities of this election cycle is there is no Republican version of George Clooney, who urged Biden to withdraw from the presidency. Would any Republican have the courage to do the same to Trump?

Please, Mr. Trump -- just leave

NBC News

Former President Donald Trump's campaign is releasing a new video Wednesday featuring a group of Black women who plan to vote for him as he tries to make inroads with a key part of Vice President Kamala Harris' base. The video, titled “I’m Not With Her” and shared first with...

Trump campaign ramps up efforts to win over Black women with new video

The Hill

🐪 It’s Wednesday. It’s a quiet day in Washington (and yes, my friend confirmed the Capitol is currently a ghost town 👻). But there’s plenty unfolding on the campaign trail. Here’s what’s happening today:. Harris takes flak from both sides over “no taxes...

12:30 Report — Harris in the hot seat over pro-Trump proposal

Maine State

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Sagadahoc County, ME

Lewiston, ME

The Maine Monitor

Editor’s note: This story contains references to suicide. When a bill to strengthen Maine’s yellow flag law went into effect earlier this month, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry said he felt a sense of relief.

Law enforcement officers can now get a warrant to take someone into protective custody

TheDailyBeast

Dozens of well-known Republicans including a couple of former Trump White House staffers have switched allegiance to endorse Kamala Harris in the latest blow for Donald Trump.The Harris presidential campaign on Sunday launched a “Republicans for Harris” drive, which it says already has the public endorsement of almost 30 Republican moderates who reject “the chaos, division and violence of Donald Trump and his Project 2025 Agenda.”They include former Trump White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham and Olivia Troye, who advised Vice President Mike Pence on national security matters.“I might not agree with Vice President Kamala Harris on everything, but I...

Trump White House Aides Desert Donald for Kamala in ‘Republicans for Harris’ Drive

Arizona State

Arizona Luminaria

Kari Lake appears to have won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate with about two thirds of votes counted. She will face Democrat Ruben Gallego in the general election. In the Republican primary for U.S. House of Representatives District 6 — a swing district with a history of close elections that includes parts of Pima, Pinal, Cochise, Graham and Greenlee counties — incumbent Juan Ciscomani defeated challenger Kathleen Winn.

Live Arizona election results: Kari Lake and Juan Ciscomani win primaries

Fox News

MSNBC host Alex Wagner knocked former President Trump and his supporters as part of the "White patriarchy" past who were fearful of America's future.

MSNBC host says Trump's 'White patriarchy' supporters are terrified of America's future with Obama, Harris

Pennsylvania State

Republican municipal leader in Pennsylvania Matt McCaffery joins CNN Phil Mattingly to discuss why he won’t be voting for Donald Trump and why he plans to vote for Kamala Harris in the presidential election, even if it will cost him his job. 

GOP official in battleground state refuses to vote for Trump. It will likely cost him his job

The Independent

 Donald Trump pushed back against a Fox News anchor who said Kamala Harris’s presidential campaign has “huge appeal and momentum,” telling the host “it’s only in your eyes” that she’s seen a rise in the polls.Moments after the Democratic National Convention concluded Thursday evening, the former president joined Martha MacCallum and Bret Baier to share his opinions of the four-day event — and he didn’t have many good things to say.But Trump’s anger was especially notable in his response to a question lodged by MacCallum about his campaign’s strategy going forward.“There’s been a huge appeal and momentum for women...

Trump gets annoyed with Fox News anchor saying Harris campaign has ‘huge appeal and momentum’

Georgia State

Daily Coffee Press

According to officials with the Southern District of Georgia, two recently unsealed federal indictments have charged 23 defendants in a series of broad conspiracies involving the use of drones to smuggle methamphetamine, marijuana, and cell phones into state prisons in Georgia.

23 Defendants Charged in Federal Indictments for Drone-Smuggling Drug Operation in Georgia

New Jersey State

Jersey City, NJ

Morristown Minute

MORRISTOWN, NJ - Two members of a Jersey City gang associated with the Marion Gardens Housing Complex were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for their involvement in multiple shootings and other gang-related crimes, U.S. Attorney Philip R. Sellinger announced today.

Gang Members Sentenced: 31 Years for Violent Crimes

NewsBreak

Fact Check: For pharma, Trump versus Harris is a showdown between two industry foes

As vice president, Kamala Harris cast the tie-breaking Senate vote in 2022 for legislation that allows Medicare to negotiate drug prices for its more than 60...

Fact Check: For pharma, Trump versus Harris is a showdown between two industry foes

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