The Independent

 Vice President Kamala Harris is making a bid for the White House with running mate Tim Walz after replacing President Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket just a few months before Election Day.RFK Jr. may reportedly be dropping out tomorrow, shifting the presidential race, while a new poll suggests that Harris is making more gains among women and young voters as the Democratic National Convention underway in Chicago this week.So how will Harris actually fare against Donald Trump and his vice-presidential pick, JD Vance, this November?Harris now has a 3.3-point lead over Trump in the latest average of national polls, collated...

Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

The Guardian

Group says Harris campaign denying a Palestinian speaker at the Democratic convention is a ‘terrible message’

Muslim Women for Harris disbands and withdraws support for candidate

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POLITICO

It’s clear the presidential contest is reshuffled.

The election has been totally upended. Here’s what the polls show.

The Hill

A presidential race that at one point seemed like it was becoming former President Trump’s to lose increasingly looks like a toss-up as Vice President Harris gains momentum and a new running mate. The extent to which Harris’s pick of Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) helps her is up...

Harris momentum builds in polls

Salon

Vice President Kamala Harris has taken a 3 point lead over Donald Trump in the national race for the White House, according to a pair of surveys released this week. On Monday, Survey USA and UMass Amherst both released surveys showing the Democratic candidate winning over more likely voters than the former president, a stark turnaround from before she entered the race last month. According to Survey USA, Harris earns the support of 48% of likely voters while Trump earns the backing of 45%. According to Umass Amherst, the vice president has a 46% to 43 % lead over the GOP candidate; in January, the same pollster found Trump leading President Joe Biden by 43% to 39%.

Harris beats Trump in the latest polls, expanding her lead in the national polling average

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NewsNation

Former President Donald Trump was whisked away from a NewsNation interview when he was told that things were not safe.

‘We’re in danger here’: Trump whisked away from NewsNation interview

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Fox News

Michelle Obama wore a $1,690 Monse blazer and $890 trousers while telling the DNC her parents "were suspicious of folks who took more than they needed."

Michelle Obama wore nearly $3K pantsuit to DNC while touting her parents were 'suspicious' of the wealthy

NBC News

Jessica Taylor, Senate and Governors Editor of the Cook Political Report, joins Meet the Press NOW to discuss the latest polling numbers from key battleground state senate races and how Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign could affect down-ballot races.

New senate polls show gains for most Democrats in battleground states

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Axios Raleigh

After losing voters for most of the last six months, the Democratic Party has seen a bump in affiliated voter registrations since President Biden ended his re-election campaign, per an analysis by Western Carolina University political professor Chris Cooper.Why it matters: Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign saw an influx of both volunteers and donations in its first week — pointing to momentum building in the Democratic party around her candidacy. Zoom in: The latest voter registration numbers in North Carolina are also evidence that Harris' campaign launch is giving the party a modest but much-needed boost in the state. It's "potentially...

NC Democrats see voter registration bump since Biden-Harris switch

TheDailyBeast

Donald Trump’s advisers are getting increasingly anxious about his flailing public appearances since the attempt on his life and Democrats’ presidential candidate switcheroo—all while knowing he’s unlikely to change. According to a new Axios report, Trump has grown increasingly angry and frustrated in private as Kamala Harris has surpassed him in multiple polls, a lead that’s only likely to grow after next week’s Democratic National Convention. Fresh polling from The New York Times on Saturday showed Harris leading Trump by four points—just within the margin of error—in three key battleground states, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, and Michigan. The Times also reported that two...

Trump’s Anger Out of Control as Poll Numbers Keep Cratering

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Latin Times

Florida Senator Rick Scott will seek to retain his seat in the November elections as he faces a challenge from former Representative Debbie Mucarsell-Powell. Scott, a two-term governor, is currently facing a close race, as the latest polls show him ahead by a few percentage points. FiveThirtyEight's tracker indicates that...

Trump ally Rick Scott's chances of keeping his Florida Senate seat, according to the polls

USA TODAY

Hurricane Gilma is a Category 3 storm but is expected to remain at sea and away from land for now.

Hurricane Gilma tracker: See projected path of Category 3 storm

WashingtonExaminer

So much for the expected polling bump for Vice President Kamala Harris. In three surveys since she became the presumptive Democratic nominee for president, Harris has failed to overtake former President Donald Trump as his campaign feared would happen. Instead, the race remains where it has been for months, with Trump leading Harris both in […]

Trump leads 50%-43%, no Harris bump

CNN’s Phil Mattingly on 2024 election polls

The battleground states that could decide the 2024 race

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David Heitz

A bill quietly introduced this spring in the Colorado legislature to decriminalize the possession of drug paraphernalia obtained by harm reductionists has become law. As low-key as the legislation was introduced, the bill was signed into law without fanfare June 6. It garnered little to no media attention.

Colorado legalizes needles, pipes for meth and crack if obtained by harm reduction group

Wisconsin businessman Eric Hovde won on Tuesday the GOP's senatorial primary, setting up a contest against incumbent Tammy Baldwin. Backed by former President Donald Trump and other prominent Republicans, Hovde easily beat two lesser-known opponents, while Baldwin ran unopposed. Considering the matchup was widely expected, pollsters already started measuring the...

Trump-backed millionaire Eric Hovde's chances of stealing a Wisconsin Senate seat from Democrats

CNN journalist Harry Enten broke down voter's perception around Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris' ages in a new report, detailing how the former's age is increasingly becoming a political liability, especially following President Joe Biden's decision to drop out. As Enten went over the report, he pointed out...

Number of Americans who believe Trump is too old to run for office is growing, poll shows

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 A progressive congresswoman mocked Donald Trump for “losing his memory” after he apparently confused her with another Muslim member of Congress during his visit to her home state on Saturday.Trump and his new running mate JD Vance held their first joint campaign rally of the 2024 season in Minnesota on Saturday, a state the former president lost to Democrats in both 2020 and 2016. During Trump’s speech in St Cloud, he attacked his new presumptive opponent Kamala Harris, endorsed by Joe Biden after the president announced his decision to step aside last Sunday, and also swiped at a local...

Ilhan Omar says Trump is ‘losing his memory’ after he confuses her with Rashida Tlaib

The New Republic

Donald Trump had a Freudian slip on live TV Thursday while discussing President Joe Biden’s administration.In the middle of complaining about Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris’s foreign policy during a phone interview with Fox News, the Republican presidential nominee accidentally seemed to throw them a huge compliment.“Most importantly, they’ve made our country very safe,” Trump said. “And internationally, they’ve made it even more safe!”"Most importantly, they've made our country very safe. And internationally, they've made it ever more safe" -- Trump on the Biden-Harris administration 🥴 pic.twitter.com/6v8E72mvsm— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 22, 2024But the bombastic populist regained his linguistic...

Cognitive Decline? Trump Accidentally Praises Harris’s Record

The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is predicting that Democrats will keep control of the Senate in the November election and he feels “exhilarated and gratified” by the surge of enthusiasm with Vice President Kamala Harris atop the party’s ticket. Schumer, who played a...

Schumer predicts Democrats will keep control of the Senate now that Harris is atop the party ticket

NewsBreak

Harris favorability rating spikes to 47%

The share of Americans who hold a favorable view of Vice President Kamala Harris has increased substantially since she replaced President Joe Biden atop the Democratic...

Harris favorability rating spikes to 47%

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