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☆ Harris puts abortion rights at the center of her campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —A fired-up Vice President Kamala Harris adopted a rapid-response mentality to seize on the key issue of abortion rights this week. Harris’ strength on abortion rights is built on key groups that she hopes will show up in droves for her on Election Day. Among Black voters, 83% trust Harris, and among Hispanic voters, it was 63%. Eva Marie Uzcategui/Bloomberg/Getty ImagesWill men consider abortion rights when they vote? Abortion rights may not be a motivating issue for men.

Persons: CNN —, Kamala Harris, ”, Harris, Oprah Winfrey, CNN’s Priscilla Alvarez, Trump, Joe Biden’s, ” Alvarez, Donald Trump, Roe, Wade, “ I’m, ” Harris, Shanette Williams, Amber Nicole Thurman, ProPublica, Thurman, Winfrey, CNN’s Brianna Keilar, Nisha Verma, ” Verma, ” “, Verma, White, Walz, Eva Marie Uzcategui, CNN’s Arit John, Eva McKend, David Wright Organizations: CNN, Georgia, New York Times, Siena College, Trump, Black, Democratic, Republican, Biden, Bloomberg, Getty Locations: Atlanta, Michigan, Georgia, Chicago, North Carolina, Boynton Beach , Florida, Pennsylvania

Haiti clearly holds a place in the heart of Ohio’s Republican Gov. He’s been to the country at least 25 times with his wife, he said at a news conference Monday in Springfield. He respects the Haitians who have come to the US legally and found work in Springfield. Further, DeWine said the Haitians found Springfield because business owners there were having trouble finding workers after the Covid-19 pandemic. Like DeWine, Springfield Mayor Rob Rue has also tried very hard to correct the record on the role Haitians are playing in Springfield.

Persons: Mike DeWine, He’s, “, ”, DeWine, ” DeWine, Donald Trump, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Vance, Springfield Mayor Rob Rue, ” Rue Organizations: Republican Gov, PBS, Republican, Ohio, Springfield Mayor Locations: Haiti, Springfield, Ohio, DeWine, Springfield , Ohio

☆ Ohio Republicans distance themselves from Trump’s false claims about Haitian migrants
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Further, DeWine said the Haitians found Springfield because business owners there were having trouble finding workers after the Covid-19 pandemic. When he was asked if the comments from Trump and Vance were fueling the bomb threats, DeWine deflected. I didn’t create 20,000 illegal migrants coming into Springfield.”A man walks past city hall in Springfield, Ohio, after bomb threats were made against buildings earlier in the day on September 12. Like DeWine, Springfield Mayor Rob Rue has also tried very hard to correct the record on the role Haitians are playing in Springfield. At a press conference Tuesday, Rue and DeWine discouraged Trump from making a trip to the city.

Persons: Mike DeWine, He’s, Becky, “, ”, DeWine, ” DeWine, Donald Trump, Sen, JD Vance, Vance, Trump, ” Vance, CNN’s Dana Bash, Roberto Schmidt, Springfield Mayor Rob Rue, Springfield . Rue, CNN’s Boris Sanchez, It’s, ” Rue Organizations: CNN, Republican Gov, PBS, Trump, AFP, Getty, Republican, Springfield Mayor Locations: Haiti, Springfield, Haitian, Ohio, ”, Springfield , Ohio, DeWine, Springfield .

☆ Why are we still talking about cat memes in the 2024 campaign?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

CNN —Far be it from anyone to identify a defined strategy in the cat memes that have overtaken the American political conversation in a pivotal election year. Never mind the state’s Republican governor, who also counseled against a campaign visit, called out state troopers to city schools to ease concern about scores of bomb threats. Intentional or not, the insult cued a new round of stories about how the Trump campaign doesn’t seem to mind turning off women voters. Women voters have shifted away from Trump since Harris entered the race, according to polls. “Every time I do a focus group with swing voters, they bring up JD Vance talking about childless cat ladies.

Persons: “, Donald Trump’s, Ramaswamy, Vivek Ramaswamy, Roberto Schmidt, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Kamala Harris, Sanders, Harris, ” Harris, Kristen Soltis Anderson, ” That’s, Harris ”, Anderson, Trump, Sen, JD Vance, Harry Enten, we’ve, Enten, Nicky Jam, He’s, Taylor Swift’s, Billie Eilish’s, Lance Trover, Doug Burgum, Trover, “ I’m, ” Trover, it’s, ” Anderson, Vance, Sarah Longwell, CNN’s Jake Tapper, “ I’ve, ” Longwell Organizations: CNN, Republican, he’d, AFP, Getty, Arkansas Gov, Trump, New York Times, Siena College, Puerto, Pennsylvania doesn’t, North Dakota Gov, The New York Times, Trump Republican Locations: Ohio, Springfield, Springfield , Ohio, Michigan, Puerto Rican, Las Vegas, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

☆ The history of the US Secret Service
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-16 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

The agency was commissioned within the Treasury Department, and the Secret Service was entirely focused on counterfeit money, a major problem of the day. Threatening presidents was not made a crime until 1917, the same year Congress approved Secret Service protection for the immediate family of a president. The Secret Service remained a part of the Treasury Department until 2003, when a massive government reorganization after the 9/11 terror attacks moved the Secret Service to the Department of Homeland Security. But the Secret Service is still tasked with fighting financial crimes. The entire Secret Service employs nearly 8,000 people for its protective and investigative missions, and it secures thousands of events each year.

Persons: Abraham Lincoln, Allan Pinkerton, Lincoln, Erik Larson, Pinkerton, Union Gen, George McClellan, McClellan, Lafayette Baker, John Frederick Parker, Parker, John Wilkes Booth, Baker, Booth, Grover Cleveland, — James Garfield, William McKinley, Leon Czolgosz, Theodore Roosevelt, Roosevelt, Robert F, Kennedy, Trump’s reemergence, Trump, CNN’s Stephen Collinson, Kamala Harris, walling, Ryan Wesley Routh, Sen, JD Vance, Trump’s, Ron DeSantis, Kimberly Cheatle Organizations: CNN, Union, of Congress, Library of Congress, Smithsonian Magazine, Ford’s Theatre, United States Secret Service, Service, Treasury Department, Congress, White, California Democratic, Department of Homeland Security, Trump, Republican, Secret Service, Republican Gov Locations: Baltimore, Lincoln, Washington, DC, Los Angeles, New York City, Pennsylvania, West Palm Beach , Florida, Alexandria, Virginia

☆ Why Trump’s trade hero turned against tariffs
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-14 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

Vice President Kamala Harris has lambasted Trump’s tariff plan as a tax, but President Joe Biden has maintained tariffs Trump put in place during his presidency. We used trade policy, or tariffs, as a form of reciprocity, where we said, OK, our tariffs are pretty high. So that’s what led to all these trade agreements, the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade, GATT, which became the WTO (World Trade Organization), NAFTA (North American Free Trade Agreement) and other free trade agreements that we’ve reached. He began to entertain this idea of reciprocity, of trying to reduce foreign tariffs by offering cuts in our tariffs. How do those tariffs compare with the late 19th century tariffs?

Persons: CNN —, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Biden, Read, Douglas Irwin, Irwin, William McKinley —, Trump, IRWIN, there’s, It’s, we’ve, William McKinley WOLF, William McKinley, McKinley, they’ve, Bush, H.C ., William Jennings Bryan, that’s, they’re, it’s, Britain WOLF Organizations: CNN, Republicans, Democrats, Trump, Dartmouth College, Commerce, US Trade, Trade, WTO, World Trade Organization, American Free Trade, of Congress, University, Virginia’s, Federal, WOLF, Peterson Institute for International, Republican Party Locations: China, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Homestead , Pennsylvania, H.C, Buffalo, trillions, United States, it’s China, Britain, Japan

☆ Are undocumented immigrants voting in US elections? Here’s the available data
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —House Republicans are flirting with the idea of forcing a government shutdown over the issue of noncitizens voting in US elections. “We have a number of states who have done audits of their voter rolls and found thousands of noncitizens on their voter rolls. Johnson also later referenced Texas as a state where undocumented immigrants have tried to register to vote. “There are a number of states who have shown they have noncitizens on their voter rolls. In 2019, a review of voter rolls in the state seemed to suggest 95,000 noncitizens were on the rolls.

Persons: Mike Johnson —, Donald Trump, ” Johnson didn’t, ” Johnson, CNN’s Jake Tapper, Johnson, ”, Critics, it’s, ” David Becker, Greg Abbott, Brandon Bell, Jane Nelson, ” Becker, Frank LaRose, “, ” LaRose, Adrian Fontes, ” Fontes, LaRose, Brad Raffensperger, — Organizations: CNN — House Republicans, Republicans, SAVE, noncitizens, Department of Motor Vehicles, Center, Election Innovation, Research, CNN, Texas Gov, Republican, Texas Tribune, Austin Public Library, Texas, Texans, Capitol, Pennsylvania, Associated Press, Heritage Foundation Locations: Pennsylvania, Ohio, Georgia, Texas, That’s, Austin , Texas, United States of America, Philadelphia, Kansas

☆ Trump-Harris presidential debate, explained in key lines
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

In this debate tonight, you’re going to hear from the same old, tired playbook, a bunch of lies, grievances and name-calling. The Biden administration kept some Trump tariffs imposed on China, but Harris opposes Trump’s plan to impose new tariffs on all foreign goods. But he said he would have done things differently than Biden after Trump struck an agreement with the Taliban. One of the debate moderators asked if Trump thinks it’s appropriate to comment on the racial identity of his opponent. - TrumpHarris, on the other hand, said Trump has a history of trying to divide the country around race.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Trump, You’re, Joe Biden, Harris, Harris Harris, Harris ’, Biden, MAGA, Harris Trump, Roe, Wade, It’s, Trump’s, Sen, JD Vance, Bush, Mitt Romney, John McCain, Dick Cheney, Liz Cheney, Defense Mark Esper, Biden’s, Trump Harris, Viktor Orban, don’t, Tim Walz, We’re, it’s, they’ve, Trump Trump, Queens –, Barack Obama’s Organizations: CNN —, ABC News, Trump, Trump Trump, Defense, Queens, Capitol Locations: Philadelphia, China, America, Ohio, Kansas, Afghanistan, Kabul, that’s, Russia, Ukraine, Israel, Hungary, Lago, Florida, Pennsylvania, Brooklyn

Here’s what to know:When do voting by mail and early voting start? In some states, mail ballots must be in the hands of election officials before polls close, but others will count ballots that arrive after Election Day if they were postmarked earlier. About a quarter of voters cast ballots in person before Election Day, and about a quarter of voters cast ballots in person on Election Day, according to that survey. Some states will not be as accommodating of early or mail-in voting in 2024. Alaska and Rhode Island are unique because they only allow Election Day registration in the presidential election.

Persons: CNN — It’s, Robert F, Kennedy Jr, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, Trump, Sen, JD Vance, Tim Walz, SSRS, Joe Biden, Biden, I’m, you’re Organizations: CNN, District of Columbia, Minnesota Gov, Pew Research Center, Trump voters, Pew, Social, Voting Locations: North Carolina, Alabama, Wisconsin, Washington, Minnesota , South Dakota, Virginia, Ohio, Trump, Pennsylvania, Rhode, Alaska

☆ Analysis: Is Kamala Harris a good debater? Here’s what we know
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-09 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Unlike with Biden, Harris won’t have to go back to the 1970s to come up with lines of attack. One speaker at a timeWhile Harris will have plenty to say about Trump, she won’t have the benefit of his interruptions. Prep can fall flatNot all of Harris’ planned takedowns work quite as well as the busing attack on Biden. In another 2019 debate, Harris targeted Sen. Elizabeth Warren on the subject of Warren’s plan to break up tech companies. Lines of attack against HarrisWhich brings us to a third telling Harris debate exchange from 2019.

Persons: Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, – Harris, Harris eviscerated Joe Biden, ” Harris, Biden, Strom Thurmond, John Stennis, “, Harris, unsparing, Trump Harris, Trump, Harris won’t, won’t, ’, Hillary Clinton, Mike Pence, “ Mr, Harris ’, Sen, Elizabeth Warren, Warren, Elon Musk, ” Warren, Tulsi Gabbard, Gabbard, – Organizations: CNN, Democratic, ABC News, Trump, Twitter, Capitol, Elon, White, Rep, Democratic Party, New York Times, Siena Locations: Sens, South Carolina, John Stennis of Mississippi, California, Pennsylvania, Pittsburgh, Harris, Trump, New York

CNN —With two presidential candidates fighting over a mere 538 Electoral College votes, a tie scenario is more than possible. Those individual, competitive electoral votes in Maine and Nebraska become hugely consequential in potential tie scenarios. If there’s a 269-269 tie, or if a third party or independent candidate wins electoral votes and keeps a candidate from reaching an Electoral College majority of 270, the next step is the same. Has a contingent election happened in the years since the tied election of 1800? In 1876, when there was a contested outcome, the contingent election system was bypassed.

Persons: Thomas Jefferson, Aaron Burr, ”, Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, there’s, It’s, it’s, Mike Johnson, –, Harris, Federalist John Adams, Jefferson, Burr, Alexander Hamilton, Andrew Jackson, John Quincy Adams, Jackson, Robert M, Johnson, Martin Van Buren, South Carolina –, Republican Rutherford B, Hayes, Samuel Tilden Organizations: CNN, Electoral, Democratic, Republicans, Win, Electoral College, Congressional Research Service, CRS, Senate, Democrat, Democrats, Republican, Trump, Federalists, Jefferson’s Democratic, Federalist Locations: Wisconsin , Michigan, Arizona, Nevada, Nebraska, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Maine, California, Texas, Delaware, Wyoming, Washington, DC, Minnesota, North Carolina, – Florida, Louisiana, South Carolina, Oregon

☆ An inside look at the Supreme Court and 3 key justices
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-03 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

CNN —The US Supreme Court holds immense power over Americans’ lives but is incredibly tight-lipped about how it reaches decisions. Do they care about the perception that the Supreme Court is out of step with the country? How do you think that proposal is going over at the Supreme Court? WOLF: If Trump wins, do you expect any justices would retire? BISKUPIC: If Trump wins, the leading candidates for retirement would be Justices Clarence Thomas (age 76) and Alito (age 74).

Persons: ’, Joe Biden, Joan Biskupic, You’ve, Amy Coney Barrett, Samuel Alito, John Roberts, I’m, Barrett, Alito, WOLF, SCOTUS, Justice Barrett, Trump, Roberts, Donald Trump, Trumpism, Biden, Kamala Harris, Clarence Thomas, Harris, Sonia Sotomayor, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Antonin Scalia, Ginsburg, Scalia, They’re Organizations: CNN, Supreme, Trump Locations: Idaho, Trump

Roy Cooper has taken himself out of consideration to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, according to two sources familiar with the discussions, in a sign that the accelerated search has entered a new phase. A decision could come within a week, two people familiar with the matter said, with Harris’ goal to make an announcement before August 7. She intends to have private conversations with top contenders, sources said, but it was unclear whether those discussions have started. Cooper, whose friendship with Harris dates back to their time serving as the attorneys general of their respective states, was also the oldest candidate under consideration. His age, 67, was seen by some Democrats to be at odds with Harris’ push for a vigorous and younger ticket, the sources said.

Persons: Roy Cooper, Kamala Harris ’, Harris ’, Cooper, Harris, Mark Robinson, Josh Shapiro, Arizona Sen, Mark Kelly, Tim Walz, Andy Beshear, Pete Buttigieg Organizations: North Carolina Gov, Republican, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Minnesota Gov, Kentucky Gov, CNN Locations: Kentucky

☆ Vice presidents: What this election proves about the importance of running mates
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —One major lesson from Vice President Kamala Harris’ sudden ascension to be the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is that running mates matter. It’s a point not lost on some Republicans who are second-guessing Trump’s selection of Vance and Democrats who are anticipating Harris’ pick any day. Harris’ pick could come within days, according to CNN’s MJ Lee and Jeff Zeleny, who write that the pool of candidates has shrunk by one. Biden went on to pick Harris, the first woman of color to be on a national party’s presidential ticket. In 2016, Trump picked then-Indiana Gov.

Persons: Kamala Harris ’, Donald Trump, Sen, JD Vance, Harris, Joe Biden, It’s, Vance, “, Trump, CNN’s Edward, Isaac Dovere, –, Read, MAGA, Sofia Nelson, Vance’s, Vance's, SSRS, CNN’s KFile, ” Trump, Biden, CNN’s MJ Lee, Jeff Zeleny, Roy Cooper, Arizona Sen, Mark Kelly, Gabby Giffords, Josh Shapiro, Pete Buttigieg, CNN’s Piper Hudspeth Blackburn, Karl de Vries, Eric Bradner, Barack Obama, John McCain, Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, Paul Ryan, Romney’s, Mike Pence Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Oval, Trump, Republican National Convention, Republicans, GOP, Yale Law School, Fox News, The Washington Post, North Carolina Gov, Arizona, House . Pennsylvania, Transportation, Republican, Alaska Gov, Indiana Gov Locations: Ohio, Detroit, “, – Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Scranton , Pennsylvania

☆ ‘Weird’ election turns to how Harris laughs and Trump does not
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

The sound of Harris laughingTrump, trying out new material to mock Harris, has dubbed his opponent as “Laffin’ Kamala.”“She’s crazy. The magician/comedian Penn Jillette, who spent time with Trump during “The Apprentice” years, has talked about how Trump does not laugh. That’s a recurring theme among Trump supporters – that outrageous claims are clearly jokes. It’s a tactic that so far seems to have backfired, since Harris supporters also like to share clips of her laughing. “Apparently some people love to talk about the way I laugh,” Harris said.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump doesn’t, Harris, Trump, “ Laffin ’ Kamala, ”, JD Vance, Trump’s, Hillary Clinton, Tim Walz, CNN’s Jake Tapper, “, Hannibal Lecter, Vance, ” Walz, it’s, CNN’s Gregory Krieg, Penn Jillette, James Comey, CNN Tapper, Sen, Tom Cotton, ” Cotton, That’s, they’ll, don’t, Mary, Mary Trump, Virginia Heffernan, Slate, Drew Barrymore, ” Harris, she’s Organizations: CNN, Minnesota Gov, Union, Trump, ”, Arkansas Republican Locations: Michigan, Minnesota, “ State

☆ What to expect in the 100 days until Election Day – and beyond
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Annette Choi | Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

So we don’t know what specifically will happen in the next 100 days until Election Day on November 5, or what could come after, when the country’s unique Electoral College process gets going. December: Electoral votes are castAfter questions about the election are settled, states confirm, or ascertain, their statewide results. Electors gather in their respective state capitols to cast electoral votes for their statewide winner. Nebraska and Maine also allocate some electoral votes by congressional district, and these could be pivotal in a close race. In any event, lawmakers gather on January 6, as everyone should remember from 2020, to count electoral votes.

Persons: CNN —, Joe Biden’s, Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Harris, Jeff Zeleny, Sen, JD Vance, Trump’s, He’d, Biden, Vance, Trump, Maya Rudolph, Harris –, isn’t Organizations: CNN, Democratic Party, Biden, Democrats, Republican, Trump, ABC News, ABC, Fox News, Supreme, that’s, Electors, Nebraska, Electoral College, Electoral Locations: Chicago, Harris, North Carolina, Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Maine

☆ How the Harris 2024 shake-up could affect House and Senate races
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-27 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | Simone Pathe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

It could also have a major impact on House and Senate races. We talked by email about the state of play for the House and Senate and how the shake-up in the presidential race might change things. PATHE: House races are typically more nationalized than Senate races because the candidates are lesser known; therefore, it’s harder for them to separate themselves from their party and the top of the ticket. WOLF: The presidential primary process is over, but we’re still in the thick of statewide primaries for House and Senate races. WOLF: If there’s one Senate race that could be a bellwether for the country as a whole, which one is it and why?

Persons: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Simone Pathe, Harris, Biden, It’s, Donald Trump, Trump, Wisconsin Sen, Tammy Baldwin, who’s, Baldwin, she’d, Sen, Jon Tester, Tester, it’s, Priscilla Alvarez, hasn’t, WOLF, Ohio’s Sherrod Brown, doesn’t, Brown, — Tester, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, Jacky Rosen, Nevada –, —, There’s, we’re, — GOP Sen, Rick Scott, Debbie Mucarsel, Powell, Colin Allred, GOP Sen, Ted Cruz, there’s, Cruz, we’ve, Beto O’Rourke’s, Jaime Harrison’s, South Carolina Sen, Lindsey Graham, Allred —, That’s, Debbie Stabenow, Elissa Slotkin, Mike Rogers Organizations: CNN, CNN Politics, Senate, PATHE, Democratic, Black, Biden, Trump, Air Force, GOP, Republican, Democrat, House, — GOP, of Houston, South Carolina, Democrats, Democratic Rep Locations: Washington, Wisconsin, Madison, Milwaukee, Baldwin, Montana, California, Pennsylvania, Trump, New York, Oregon , Washington , Colorado , Michigan, North Carolina, New Mexico, Maine, Alaska, York, Ohio, In Ohio, Nevada, Arizona , Michigan, West Virginia, — Texas, Florida, Maryland, Texas, Michigan

☆ What to know about the 25th Amendment and Joe Biden as Republicans allege a ‘cover-up’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Even before Biden dropped out of the race, Rep. Chip Roy, the Texas Republican, filed a resolution in June after the president’s disastrous debate performance, calling on the 25th Amendment to be used against Biden. After Biden withdrew from the race, Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt, a Republican, wrote letters to Harris and the Cabinet officials in the Biden administration, asking them to remove Biden from office. To forcibly wrest power from a sitting president, the vice president would have to be on board, according to the text of the amendment. Why do we have the 25th Amendment? That was before the 25th Amendment, so there was no constitutional rule.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, –, Biden, Trump, Kamala Harris, Chip Roy, Mike Johnson, CNN’s Jake Tapper, “, ” Johnson, Missouri Sen, Eric Schmitt, Harris, ” Schmitt, Antony Blinken, Insurrectionists, Donald Trump, John Minchillo, Betsy DeVos, Mike Pence, Kevin McCarthy, recommitted, Nancy Pelosi, John F, Kennedy, Dwight D, Eisenhower, Kennedy slumps, Jacqueline Kennedy, Clinton Hill, Ike Altgens, Richard Nixon, Reagan Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Federal, Commission, Texas Republican, Republican, Trump’s, Republicans, USA, Trump Cabinet, New York Times, Trump, Reagan Locations: Missouri, Trump, Washington ,, Dallas

☆ Netanyahu’s long history of confounding US presidents
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Netanyahu has known President Joe Biden for decades, but Biden doubts Netanyahu’s sincerity. Netanyahu earned the undying enmity of former President Barack Obama for trying to tank the Iran nuclear deal. Trump turned opposition to the Iran nuclear deal into a major campaign issue in 2016. Despite his long relationship with Netanyahu, Biden has criticized the Israeli leader’s government for being too right-wing. But for all his criticism of Netanyahu, Biden has continued to provide Israel with weapons and aid, and the two men will meet at the White House.

Persons: CNN — Benjamin Netanyahu, Netanyahu, Joe Biden, Biden, Donald Trump, Barack Obama, Mitt Romney, Romney, Bill Clinton, “, Aaron David Miller, Benjamin Netanyahu, Luke Frazza, Obama, Kamala Harris, Trump, Biden’s, ” Trump, Axios, Rather, Jeremy Diamond, Diamond, Aviva Siegel, ” Siegel, ” Organizations: CNN, Israeli, Getty, Republican, Senate, Democratic, Trump, White, Hamas Locations: Iran, East, AFP, Jerusalem, Israel, Gaza, Tel Aviv, Washington

CNN —The ascension of Vice President Kamala Harris to become the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee in less than 48 hours is an unprecedented occurrence in American politics. Only four people in US history have won a presidential election as a sitting vice president. Back then, the vice president was the runner-up in the presidential election. In 1861, Vice President John Breckinridge oversaw the counting of electoral votes that made Abraham Lincoln president, at a time when Southern states seceded from the country rather than accept Lincoln’s 1860 victory. Vice President Richard Nixon narrowly lost the 1960 election to John F. Kennedy and oversaw the counting of electoral votes in 1961.

Persons: Kamala Harris, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Martin Van Buren, ”, Andrew Jackson, Van Buren, George H.W, George H.W . Bush, Ronald Reagan, Joe Biden, Barack Obama, Obama, Hillary Clinton, Donald Trump, Harris, John Breckinridge, Abraham Lincoln, Richard Nixon, John F, Kennedy, Nixon, Al Gore, George W, Bush Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Independence, White Locations: George H.W ., Southern

Defending President Joe Biden and ripping into Donald Trump, Vice President Kamala Harris got one of her most roaring responses in years as she spoke at a fundraiser Saturday afternoon in Provincetown, Massachusetts. But we are a group of people who understand anything worthwhile takes a lot of hard work,” Harris said. It takes believing in something and then going forward.”The event was scheduled weeks ago, in very different political circumstances. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg — who is seen by some leading Democrats as a potential running mate, should Harris become the nominee — spoke before Harris and also received a warm reception from the crowd. Read more on Buttigieg and Harris’ campaign stop here.

Persons: Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris, didn’t, —, ”, “ It’s, ” Harris, Harris, “, Kamala, Pete Buttigieg —, Read Locations: Provincetown , Massachusetts

☆ Answering questions you might have about Biden’s decision to suspend his reelection
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Jack Forrest | Danya Gainor | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In practice, whoever the presidential nominee chooses as their running mate is typically accepted by the delegates. What happens to the money raised for Biden’s reelection? Biden’s reelection efforts had raised a total of $240 million at the end of June. Those funds are split across the DNC, allied committees and Biden’s campaign committee itself. While no US president has been pressured out of a reelection campaign due to concerns over his mental fitness, it is not unprecedented for an incumbent president to abandon his reelection campaign — but it is rare.

Persons: Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, —, Biden, Mike Johnson, Elise Stefanik, Montana Sen, Steve Daines, Harris, ”, Sen, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, Pramila, Delaware Sen, Chris Coons, Roy Cooper, Josh Shapiro, Zachary Wolf, Ethan Cohen, Biden couldn’t, Joe Manchin, CNN’s Jake Tapper, Manchin, Biden’s, he’ll, Charlie Spies, Lyndon B, Johnson, Harry S, CNN’s David Wright, Zachary B, Wolf, Fredreka Schouten, Alex Leeds Matthews Organizations: CNN, Sunday, Democratic, House, GOP, Biden, North Carolina Gov, Pennsylvania, Union, Democratic Party, DNC, Federal, Street, Democratic National Committee Locations: Montana, Washington, Delaware, Tennessee, Chicago, West Virginia, “ State

Former US President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky “not to believe the ‘fake news’” that his possible reelection would help Russia, the Ukrainian president’s press secretary said Saturday. The two also talked about the latest Russian attacks on Ukraine and “agreed in principle” to hold a joint meeting, he said. The phone call between Trump and Zelensky marked their first conversation since the former president left the White House, and came the day after Trump formally accepted the Republican Party’s nomination for president. Trump’s newly minted running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance, is a staunch critic of sending support to Ukraine. Trump on Friday said he “had a very good phone call” with Zelensky, while the Ukrainian president said he wished Trump “strength and absolute safety in the future,” and “noted the vital bipartisan and bicameral” US support for Ukraine.

Persons: Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky “, Serhiy Nikiforov, ”, Trump, —, ” Nikiforov, “, Ohio Sen, JD Vance, Zelensky, Germany — Organizations: Ukrainian, Trump, White, Republican, Ukraine Locations: Russia, Ukrainian, Ukraine, Moscow, Ukraine’s, United States, Germany, Kyiv

☆ For Trump, an incredible week since escaping death
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Donald Trump may not have changed in the past week, but the presidential race clearly has. ► Watched President Joe Biden be isolated by the growing number of Democrats who worry he can’t beat him. If Biden were to look for inspiration on how to overcome the naysayers, he could find it in Trump. When Democrats win those states, they can win the White House. In the intervening days, CNN has learned that Crooks searched for information on both Trump and Biden, including for details about the Democratic National Convention.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, ►, Nikki Haley, Joe Biden, Biden, Sen, JD Vance, Ohio, Vance, Trump’s, George W, Bush, Democratic Sen, John Kerry, Zoe Lofgren, ”, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Crooks, Ethan Crumbley, Kimberly Cheatle, Marsha Blackburn, Cheatle Organizations: CNN, Republican, Trump, Republican National Convention, White, CBS News, Democratic, Biden, California Democrat, Democratic National Convention, Secret Service, Republicans, Secret Locations: Florida, Trump, New York, Grand Rapids , Michigan . Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, California, Butler , Pennsylvania, Michigan, Butler, Tennessee

☆ Electoral votes and swing state margins, explained
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Zachary B. Wolf | Renée Rigdon | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

California gets 54 electoral votes (it has two senators and 52 congressional districts). The winner is the candidate who gets 270 or more electoral votes. If no candidate gets to 270 electoral votes, the House of Representatives picks the winner from among the candidates who got electoral votes. The campaigns will focus more attention on the fewer than one-third of all electoral votes they consider to be up for grabs or winnable by either party. Two states, Maine and Nebraska, apportion some of their electoral votes by congressional district rather than giving all of them to the state winner.

Persons: CNN —, Joe Biden, Donald Trump, “, Kristen Soltis Anderson, ”, Biden, Trump, Hillary Clinton Organizations: CNN, Republican, Republican National Convention, House, Electoral, District of Columbia, Wisconsin –, Trump, Constitution, Democrats Locations: . Washington, California, . Texas, Florida, New York, Maine, – Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Constitution . North Carolina , Colorado, Nebraska

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