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Josh Shapiro, according to three people familiar with the conversation. Musk told Shapiro he wants to invest in Pennsylvania, specifically the Pittsburgh area, according to two of the sources. McCarthy was at a Yankees game with Tull on Saturday, the same day that Musk spoke at Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Shapiro spoke to Musk on Sunday. Tull then called Shapiro and put Musk on the phone for the short call.

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☆ Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy: Harris is running against someone rather than for something
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-08 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy: Harris is running against someone rather than for somethingFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy joins ‘Squawk Box’ to discuss his thoughts on the Vice President Kamala Harris’ Interview on ‘60 Minutes, the state of 2024 presidential race, and more.

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☆ Tunisia heads to the polls with a fading reputation as the Arab Spring’s only success story
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-06 | by ( Associated Press | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

Not long ago, Tunisia was hailed as the Arab Spring’s only success story. He advanced to a runoff promising to usher in a “New Tunisia” and hand more power to young people and local governments. Seventeen potential candidates filed paperwork to run and Tunisia’s election authority approved only three: Saied, Zouhair Maghzaoui and Ayachi Zammel. That includes the 83-year-old leader of Tunisia’s most well organized political party Ennahda, which rose to power after the Arab Spring. People stand in line outside a polling station during the presidential election in the capital Tunis, Tunisia, on October 6, 2024.

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☆ Four prominent previously pro-Trump GOP women to make the case against him in battleground Pennsylvania
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-03 | by ( Jake Tapper | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +1 min

CNN —Former House GOP conference chair Liz Cheney and former Trump White House aides Alyssa Farah Griffin, Cassidy Hutchinson and Sarah Matthews will make the case against the reelection of former President Donald Trump in a fireside chat in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, next week, CNN has exclusively learned. The event will follow Cheney’s expected Thursday appearance with Vice President Kamala Harris in Wisconsin, another critical swing state. Cheney, Hutchinson and Matthews have endorsed Harris. Griffin, a CNN political commentator, has not, though she often uses her platforms on CNN and on “The View” to warn of the peril she sees in a second Trump term. It is not an official event for the Harris-Walz campaign.

Persons: Liz Cheney, Alyssa Farah Griffin, Cassidy Hutchinson, Sarah Matthews, Donald Trump, Cheney’s, Kamala Harris, Hutchinson, Matthews, Harris, Griffin, Walz Organizations: CNN, Former House GOP, Trump White, Trump, Democracy, GOP Locations: Montgomery County , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Cheney, Philadelphia

☆ Trump repeats insults about Harris’ mental state as some GOP allies urge him to stick to issues
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-29 | by ( Jack Forrest | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Donald Trump on Sunday repeated his personal insults about Vice President Kamala Harris’ mental state as some GOP allies urged him to stay on message and avoid such attacks after he made similar remarks at a rally the night before. I’m saying your party, your policies, are batsh*t crazy,” Graham added of Harris after attacking her record on the border. Larry Hogan, an outspoken Trump critic who has rejected the former president’s endorsement in his Senate race, pushed back on Trump’s attacks on Harris. Asked about Trump’s recent line of attack on Harris, Steven Cheung, communications director for the Trump campaign, told CNN in a statement that “Kamala Harris is wholly unfit to serve as president” and went on to attack her record on immigration. CNN has reached out to Harris’ campaign about Trump’s most recent comments.

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☆ Tim Walz: Heading into the VP debate spotlight, Minnesota governor is fighting nerves
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-28 | by ( Edward-Isaac Dovere | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +13 min

“He’s a strong person,” said Minnesota Sen. Amy Klobuchar, who’s known Walz since they were each first elected to Washington in 2006. (Though the Transportation secretary is not going as method as Harris’ Trump stand-in did and growing out a beard.) Walz and his team want commonsense indignation to come across, according to several in the know. As they monitor how Vance has been fencing with reporters in Q&As after his many events, Walz aides know their approach risks Walz getting rusty. Vice President Kamala Harris and Walz visit with members of the marching band at Liberty County High School in Hinesville, Georgia, on August 28, 2024.

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☆ Neither party gains by letting the 2017 tax cuts expire, says former Rep. Kevin Brady
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-26 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNeither party gains by letting the 2017 tax cuts expire, says former Rep. Kevin BradyFormer House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Rep. Kevin Brady (R-Texas) and current Ways and Means Committee member Rep. Brad Schneider (D-Ill.) join 'Squawk Box' to discuss what's next for the Trump tax cuts, whether a bipartisan agreement can be reached, tax promises on the campaign trail, and more.

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Ohio Republican Senate candidate Bernie Moreno is facing a wave of criticism over his remarks about suburban women and abortion heading into the homestretch of the competitive race. Moreno said at a town hall in Warren County on Friday that many "suburban women" are "single-issue voters" when it comes to abortion. “You know, the left has a lot of single-issue voters,” Moreno said. “Sadly, by the way, there’s a lot of suburban women, a lot of suburban women that are like, ‘Listen, abortion is it. Ohio voters in November passed a ballot measure enshrining the right to abortion care in the state constitution.

Persons: Bernie Moreno, Moreno, ” Moreno, “, ’, Sen, Sherrod Brown, Reagan McCarthy, “ Bernie, ” Brown, —, Brown, Donald Trump, Nikki Haley, ” Maura Gillespie, John Boehner, ”, Gillespie, Roe, Wade Organizations: Ohio Republican, NBC, Democratic, Ohio, Senate, Republicans, U.N, CNN Locations: Warren County, Columbus, Ohio

☆ New York Democrats are desperate to avoid repeat of their 2022 midterm collapse
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-18 | by ( Gregory Krieg | Gloria Pazmino | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +12 min

New York Democrats offered a wide array of excuses for their disastrous 2022 midterms, when Republicans flipped four seats outside New York City on their way to winning a narrow US House majority. Now, less than two months out from the 2024 general election, the state party, its campaign season allies, chastened candidates and Gov. D’Esposito is one of five New York GOP freshmen facing an onslaught from Democrats determined to claw back suburban voters. “New York is the reason Democrats lost the House in 2022,” said Pamela Shifman, president of the Democracy Alliance, a liberal group spending big in New York this year. “There’s more focus than there was the last couple cycles, both from the state party, but also obviously the national committees,” the strategist said.

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He said their rhetoric is responsible for threats and violence against him, even though they routinely denounce political violence and did so on Sunday. In turning so fast to Biden and Harris, Trump skipped past appeals for sympathy and even a perfunctory call for calm or unity. The Secret Service fired at a suspect, who fled and was quickly apprehended by police. "I am thankful that former President Trump is safe." The area around Trump International Golf Club was secured after an apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday.

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☆ Congress to get beefed-up security for electoral vote certification on Jan. 6
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-12 | by ( Zoë Richards | Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Michael-Kosnar-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

The counting and certification of electoral votes at the Capitol in January — the first since the Jan. 6 riot in 2021 — will come with significantly increased security, the Secret Service said Wednesday. The Department of Homeland Security has designated the Jan. 6 count as a national special security event, affording it a level of security similar to events like the State of the Union address and the Super Bowl. “National Special Security Events are events of the highest national significance,” Eric Ranaghan, the special agent in charge of the Secret Service’s Dignitary Protective Division, said in a statement Wednesday. The Secret Service, which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, also cited reports from the former House Jan. 6 committee and the Government Accountability Office, which had asked Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to consider the enhanced security measures. The designation will unlock federal, state and local resources to be used in its security plan, the Secret Service said.

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☆ Trump is going to win the election, says former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-11 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailTrump is going to win the election, says former House Speaker Kevin McCarthyKevin McCarthy, former House speaker, joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss what McCarthy made of Tuesday's presidential debate, Trump's statement that he won the 2020 election, and much more.

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☆ Show don't tell: Harris lets her potential to make history speak for itself
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Alex-Seitz-Wald-Circle-Byline-Template.Jpg | Alex Seitz-Wald | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +6 min

CHICAGO — The delegates wore Suffragette white; Vice President Kamala Harris wore black. But she does not speak about what it would mean to have a Black woman president in her speeches or TV ads. On Monday, wearing Suffragette white, Clinton placed Harris and herself in the nation’s long struggle for gender equity. Benjamin Lowy / Getty Images fileMoreover, the electorate has shifted, thanks to Clinton, Trump and the fall of Roe v. Wade. After the 2016 election, the Democratic National Committee conducted extensive focus-group and polling research to try to understand what happened.

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☆ Fact check: RFK Jr. claimed Biden was mentioned just twice at the RNC. It was nearly 400 times
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-23 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

In contrast, at the RNC convention, President Biden was mentioned only twice in four days.”Facts First: Kennedy’s claim about Biden mentions at the Republican National Convention is not even close to true. The Republican vice presidential nominee, Sen. JD Vance, said the word “Biden” 12 times in his own convention speech. Trump himself said “Biden” twice in his convention speech (during a single reference), but Kennedy’s claim was about the Republicans’ four-day gathering as a whole. The false claim that Biden was mentioned a total of twice over the four days of the Republican convention has been circulating on social media this week. CNN has not conducted or seen a thorough independent analysis of the words used at the Democratic National Convention, which concluded yesterday.

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☆ Allies want Trump to get on message and long Covid test proves elusive: Morning Rundown
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Elizabeth Robinson | Elizabeth Robinson Is A Newsletter Editor For Nbc News | Based In Los Angeles. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +10 min

A study on long Covid fails to bring researchers closer to finding a diagnostic test. Why there’s no test yet for long CovidAn estimated 17 million people have long Covid, but identifying people with the condition still can't be achieved with one diagnostic test, researchers said this week. So “clinicians are left to continue doing what we have done in the past,” which is to rule out other potential health conditions rather than diagnosing long Covid, they said. The study is part of the National Institute of Health’s RECOVER Initiative, a billion-dollar-plus effort launched in 2021 to research causes and treatments of long Covid. The Freedom Caucus added that in the event of a stopgap bill, funding should be “extended into early 2025” to avoid passing a funding bill that “preserves Democrat spending.” Both demands would spark a standoff with Democratic lawmakers.

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Trump’s allies are also publicly making their pitch for him to refocus his attention on the race. “You’ve always got to be assessing the state of the race, and I would like to see more offense from the Trump campaign. On a swing of battleground states last week, Harris and her new running mate were greeted by a groundswell of supporters at each stop. "This was a TRUMP idea — She has no ideas, she can only steal from me," Trump wrote on Truth Social. In an appearance on Real America’s Voice last week, Trump’s political director, James Blair, made the case that it is a state-by-state race.

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☆ As Trump flails and invites conspiracies, allies plea for him to stay on message
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Kristen Holmes | Steve Contorno | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“There’s a lot of opposition to people just hearing what President Trump has to say,” Musk said. “President Trump prosecuted the case against Kamala Harris for over two hours yesterday in a record-breaking conversation on X Spaces. The Trump campaign has repeatedly featured Dion’s hit song, “My Heart Will Go On,” at rallies throughout 2023 and 2024. In a segment on Fox Business, Trump allies Larry Kudlow and Kellyanne Conway shared a message clearly tailored to their friend. “Don’t wander off, don’t call her stupid and all kinds of names, stay on message,” Kudlow said.

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☆ Whoever can finally coin an effective economic message could win the White House
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Stephen Collinson | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

CNN —Voters keep telling pollsters that their economic insecurities are the biggest issue in the 2024 election. Former President Donald Trump will try to make a case against Kamala Harris’ role in the Biden economy on Wednesday in North Carolina. President Joe Biden dedicated his domestic agenda to restoring economic fairness and sought to revive manufacturing and repair the country’s crumbling infrastructure. As the effective incumbent in this race, Harris is vulnerable to any sudden shifts in the economic outlook. But with Trump seeking an opening to define her negatively — especially on the economy — Harris must act fast.

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☆ Former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy: Kamala Harris is the weakest person they could've picked
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy: Kamala Harris is the weakest person they could've pickedFormer House Speaker Kevin McCarthy joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the state of the 2024 election, how Vice President Kamala Harris has reshaped the presidential race, how former President Trump can recalibrate, and more.

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☆ Harris to attend major San Francisco fundraiser Sunday with Nancy Pelosi
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-11 | by ( Allie Raffa | Allie Raffa Is An Nbc News White House Correspondent Based In Washington | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +3 min

After wrapping up her multi-day battleground state tour, Vice President Kamala Harris will attend a major fundraiser in San Francisco on Sunday to court West Coast donors, some of whom had pulled their support for President Joe Biden after his poor debate performance in June. Harris will court Bay Area donors using her deep roots in the area and the political blessing of former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who has represented San Francisco for nearly four decades in Congress and will join Harris at Sunday’s event, according to a Harris campaign official. In an interview with NBC's Andrea Mitchell on Wednesday, Pelosi said, "It wasn’t just, though, about the House. I thought it was very important, very important for us to make sure and that Donald Trump never becomes president after that debate. We just have to win the election.”She also said that she had not spoken with the president since he stepped aside.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Harris, Nancy Pelosi, Walz, Tim Walz, he’ll, ”, Biden, —, Pelosi, David Remnick, NBC's Andrea Mitchell, Donald Trump Organizations: San, Harris, Minnesota, NBC News, East, MSNBC, House, Senate, New, Biden, Wednesday Locations: San Francisco, Coast, Sunday’s, California, Las Vegas, Minnesota, East Coast

☆ Celine Dion's team says use of 'My Heart Will Go On' at Trump rally was 'unauthorized'
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-10 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms Mirna-Alsharif-Byline-Jm.Jpg | Mirna Alsharif | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +1 min

Céline Dion’s management team and record label, Sony Music Canada, said the use of her world-renowned hit “My Heart Will Go On” at a Donald Trump campaign rally in Montana on Friday was “unauthorized.”A video of Dion performing the 1997 song was broadcast at the Trump and JD Vance rally in Bozeman, Montana, on Friday evening. In a statement on X, the Canadian musician’s team said Saturday they became aware of the Republican campaign’s use of the “video, recording, musical performance, and likeness of Celine Dion” singing the song. “In no way is this use authorized, and Celine Dion does not endorse this or any similar use,” the statement read. Dion isn’t the first artist to reject the Trump campaign’s use of their music. “Me nor my people would ever be at or around one of those tragic rallies,” the musician said at the time.

Persons: Céline, Donald Trump, Dion, JD Vance, Celine Dion ”, Celine Dion, Dion isn’t, ” Rihanna, ”, Neil Young, Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler, Everlast, Adele, Trump Organizations: Sony Music Canada, Trump, Canadian, Republican, Pain Locations: Montana, Bozeman , Montana, British

☆ Nancy Pelosi scores yet another win with Harris' VP pick
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Grace Eliza Goodwin | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Nancy Pelosi is a master at influencing the Democratic Party, and she scored another win this week with Kamala Harris' VP pick. "Tim Walz is wonderful," Pelosi told MSNBC's Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski, adding, "He has a great vision for our country. When asked about her power within the party, particularly on Biden's decision to drop out, Pelosi told Kelly that she wasn't the one instigating phone calls with other Democrats. Advertisement"I did not call one person," Pelosi told Kelly. Pelosi told Kelly that she has not spoken to Biden since he made his decision to drop out public.

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☆ Harris taps Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as Democratic running mate
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +5 min

Tim Walz as her Democratic running mate for the 2024 presidential election. Vice President Harris is showing us the politics of what's possible. "Governor Tim Walz is an exceptionally strong addition to the ticket who will help Kamala move our country forward," Shapiro said. Within minutes of formally announcing Walz as Harris' running mate, the campaign went live with a webpage titled "Meet Governor Tim Walz" to help voters get acquainted with the new name on the Democratic ticket. Tim Walz greets Vice President Kamala Harris as she arrives at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport in Saint Paul, Minnesota, March 14, 2024.

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☆ Pelosi details 20-minute conversation with Trump ahead of first impeachment
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-06 | by ( Annie Grayer | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Hours before former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi formally launched the first impeachment investigation into former President Donald Trump in 2019, she received a call from the subject of the probe himself. During the September phone call, Pelosi said Trump claimed she would be impressed with his “lack of pressure,” that he “didn’t threaten anyone” and “there’s no reason” to impeach him. “I do not believe that the president (needs to directly) make a quid pro quo to intimidate a foreign leader,” Pelosi told Trump. “I didn’t do that,” Trump replied, to which Pelosi replied, “You withheld aid, and there is an inference drawn.”As Trump continued to claim that his call with Zelensky was “flawless,” Pelosi responded, “We’ll find out. “The call was perfect.”In her final reply to Trump before the end of the call, Pelosi said, “That call was perfectly clear.

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With only days to consider a range of contenders, Ms. Harris and her team were inundated with unsolicited advice — much of it public — about whom she should pick. Andy Beshear of Kentucky, who has also been vetted by the Harris team, appeared at a Harris campaign fund-raiser in Chicago. Mr. Biden was at home in Wilmington, Del., over the weekend while Ms. Harris interviewed prospective running mates in Washington. A White House spokesman did not immediately respond to a request for comment about whether he had spoken to Ms. Harris as she finished her deliberations. Once she chooses, Ms. Harris will spend much of the next week with her running mate.

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