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☆ ABC ‘full steam ahead’ for presidential debate, despite Trump backing off commitment
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Hadas Gold | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —ABC News is continuing preparations for an upcoming presidential debate, despite former President Donald Trump saying he won’t consider participating in a debate until the Democratic Party formally chooses its nominee. “Full steam ahead,” an ABC network source told CNN on Friday. I agreed to a debate with Joe Biden,” Trump, the Republican nominee, said on a press call earlier this week. After Biden dropped out and endorsed Harris, Trump suggested the ABC debate should be moved to the right-wing network Fox News. Earlier this week, Fox sent letters to both campaigns offering to host their own presidential debate.

Persons: Donald Trump, ”, David Muir, Linsey Davis, “, Joe Biden, ” Trump, she’ll, Kamala Harris, Trump, ’ ” Harris, Biden, Harris, Fox, Jason Miller, Axios, I’m Organizations: New, New York CNN, ABC, Democratic Party, CNN, Republican, Democratic, NBC, Biden, Trump, CBS, Fox Locations: New York

☆ WBD sues NBA over league’s rejection of broadcast matching rights
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

Discovery has filed a lawsuit against the NBA after the league rejected its matching offer to broadcast the league’s games for the next decade, ending the media company’s four-decade relationship with the NBA. “Given the NBA’s unjustified rejection of our matching of a third-party offer, we have taken legal action to enforce our rights,” a WBD spokesperson said in a statement. But the league said WBD “did not match the terms” of its deal with Amazon. While WBD maintains the rights to the NCAA March Madness tournament, along with the MLB, NHL and NASCAR, the NBA remains crucial to the media conglomerate. The cable channel TNT has built a programming slate around the NBA games, most notably the highly rated “Inside the NBA” show featuring Barkley, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith and Shaquille O’Neal.

Persons: “, Max, ” Mike Bass, ” Adam Silver, WBD “, Warner, WBD, Barkley, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, Shaquille O’Neal, ”, I’m, ” Barkley Organizations: New, New York CNN, Warner Bros, Discovery, NBA, Amazon, Disney, TNT, Amazon Prime, ABC, ESPN, CNN, Netflix, NCAA, MLB, NHL, NASCAR Locations: New York, New York County, United States, WBD

☆ She couldn’t stop thinking about the guy she met at the Athens Olympics. Then a message from him changed her life
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Francesca Street | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +26 min

So I thought, ‘Let me see if I can go to the Athens Olympics. An unexpected opportunityOmaira got to watch the final dress rehearsal of the opening ceremony of the Athens 2004 Olympic Games on August 13, 2004. And then Omaira was off to work at the shooting center, where the Games’ shooting events were held. But while Omaira was cultivating a pretty heady crush, Dimitris didn’t really have time to engage with his potential feelings. Omaira GillThis year marks 20 years since Omaira and Dimitris crossed paths at the Athens Olympics.

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☆ Simone Biles submits new skill on uneven bars, could become sixth named for her
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Dana O'Neil | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

Biles submitted a new element on the uneven bars for consideration to the International Gymnastics Federation on Friday. Simone Biles has submitted an original skill on the Uneven Bars! Asked about the vault, Biles’ coach Cecile Landi smiled broadly. She earned her first named move in 2013, on the floor exercise and three of her elements — the Biles on beam, Biles II on floor, Biles and now Biles II on vault — rank as the most difficult skills on their respective apparatus. At the Tokyo Games in 2021, Biles withdrew from the team competition after battling the twisties.

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☆ A massive race to start the Olympics: Get ready for the women’s 400-meter freestyle
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Nicole Auerbach | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +7 min

AdvertisementAustralian Ariarne Titmus, 23, is the defending Olympic gold medalist in the event and the favorite entering Saturday’s competition. American Katie Ledecky, 27, took gold in the 400 free in the previous Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Plus, the field includes 17-year-old Canadian phenom Summer McIntosh, who set the world record in the event in 2023 before Titmus re-set it. With none of the runners-up in view, Ariarne Titmus reaches for gold in the women’s 400-meter freestyle at the 2023 world championships. (Jacob Kupferman / Getty Images)(Top illustration: Dan Goldfarb / The Athletic; photos of Ariarne Titmus, Katie Ledecky and Summer McIntosh: Quinn Rooney, Maddie Meyer and Jacob Kupferman / Getty Images)

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☆ Meet Manu Solidaire, the TikTok star cooking and delivering meals to people living on the streets of Paris
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Gabriel Kinder | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Yet the cooking livestreams that he broadcasts from his tiny Paris apartment have attracted a huge audience on TikTok. The 33-year-old spends hours preparing dozens of meals before hopping on his bike and distributing the food to people living on the streets of Paris. Manu Solidaire — CNNWhen Solidaire first began delivering his meals in 2022, he said that he wore a GoPro camera on his bike helmet for his own security. “It’s good for me and good for them.”Solidaire found a new mission and started up his TikTok livestreams hoping to share recipes and sharpen his cooking skills. Solidaire has his camera mounted on his helmet when he distributes meals around Paris.

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“This will be the first Olympics, since Sydney, where the total costs are coming in under $10 billion,” said Victor Matheson, a College of the Holy Cross professor of economics who has researched the financial costs of the Olympics. Workmen adjust banners on the 3x3 basketball venue located at La Concorde, in Paris, ahead of the 2024 Olympic Games. Additionally, the Paris Olympic Village will be converted into offices and housing in a historically impoverished neighborhood. Still, economists say, it may take more drastic moves in the future for the Olympics to be truly sustainable and economically sound. “I love the Olympics, and I love sporting events, but I just really do not think that the way the Olympics works now is a viable business model,” Phalin said.

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☆ Gaza war weighs heavy on the minds of Palestinian Olympians: ‘I want to be an inspiration’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Zeena Saifi | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

Valerie Tarazi, 24, is originally from Gaza and one of two Palestinian swimmers who will be competing in Paris. Almasri was the first woman to represent Palestine in the World Cross-Country Championships in Belgrade in 2024, according to the Palestine Olympic Committee. But as a refugee, he couldn’t represent Palestine or Syria. Ismail, the team’s best hope to become the first Palestinian to win an Olympic medal, told CNN he feels similarly. This year, there will be eight – the most in history, according to the Palestine Olympic Committee.

Persons: Omar Ismail, Ismail, “, ”, ” Ismail, won’t, Valerie Tarazi, she’s, Tarazi, …, Layla Almasri, ” “, I’d, Almasri, don’t, Faris Badawi, he’s, couldn’t, –, Boxer Wasim Abu Sal, Jorge Salhe, Mohammed Dwedar, Yazan Al Bawwab, we’re, it’s, Omar Organizations: Abu Dhabi CNN, West Bank, United Arab Emirates, CNN, United Nations, International Olympic Committee, National Olympic Committee of Palestine, Games, Olympic Games, Paris, Palestine Olympic, Yarmouk Refugee, Tokyo Games, Palestine Olympic Committee Locations: Abu Dhabi, Jenin, UAE, Jordanian, Uzbekistan, Jordan, Palestine, Palestinian, Gaza, Paris, United States, Belgrade, “, Yarmouk, Damascus, Syria, Europe, Germany, Ramallah, Santiago , Chile, Jericho, Saudi Arabia

☆ Why Southwest just broke its 50-year boarding tradition
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Nathaniel Meyersohn | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Open seating helped Southwest load and unload passengers, which Southwest CEO Bob Jordan said meant more on-time departures and cost savings on Thursday’s earnings call. Even as other airlines switched to assigned seats in recent decades, Southwest kept its boarding process the same. ‘Sad day’Some loyal Southwest customers vented their frustration about the policy change on social media. She worries she will have to pay extra for her traditional A-group seats as Southwest moves to assigned seats. But activist pressure did not factor into the company’s move to assigned seats, Southwest CEO Jordan said on the earnings call.

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☆ Why fewer people are choosing to have kids
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Madeline Holcombe | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

“A lot of people make the assumption because we don’t have kids, we’re not fulfilled,” Becky Hayden said. “We see majorities … saying having a fulfilling life doesn’t have much to do with whether someone does or doesn’t have children,” Minkin said. The reasons people aren’t having kidsThere were many reasons why people said they didn’t have kids, including financial concerns, infertility, or that it just didn’t happen, according to the research. For people younger than 50, the top reason reported for not having children was that they don’t want to. Many of the cons people reported in the Pew survey related to not having children come from the outside.

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☆ How Doug Emhoff is amplifying his wife’s historic presidential bid
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Betsy Klein | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

CNN —Confronted with a barrage of negative social media posts from former President Donald Trump aimed at his wife, second gentleman Doug Emhoff eschewed machismo or defensiveness. “That’s all he got?” he said Tuesday of the attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris, the new and historic presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. And Monday, he leaned into a cheerleader role as he introduced the vice president at her Wilmington, Delaware, campaign headquarters. So I think that gives you a fairly good indication of if he now would move into a precedent-setting first gentleman role,” McBride said. “This first gentleman role is being a supportive spouse and understanding better than anyone the administration’s goals and how to go about best achieving that,” she said.

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☆ Park Fire in California burns nearly 125,000 acres as Oregon firefighters battle nation’s largest active fire
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Dalia Faheid | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

The largest active wildfire in the US has scorched more than 280,000 acres in eastern Oregon and another blaze has exploded to nearly 125,000 acres in California. • Park Fire explodes in size: By Thursday morning, the wildfire had burned an average of nearly 50 football fields per minute since starting Wednesday afternoon. • Firefighters battle massive Oregon fire: The Durkee Fire, which has burned an area larger than the city of Indianapolis, started on July 17 near the Oregon-Idaho state line. • Oregon wildfire destroys buildings: Three people were injured and two homes and 12 other structures were destroyed as the fire spread, according to the Oregon Department of Emergency Management. In this image provided by the Oregon Department of Transportation, shows an area burned by the Durkee fire near Interstate 84 close to Huntington, Oregon, on July 23, 2024.

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☆ Fashion week to return to Kyiv for the first time since 2022
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Leah Dolan | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —The organizers of Ukrainian Fashion Week have announced the event’s 55th season in September will take place in Kyiv — the first time since Russia invaded the country on February 24, 2022. “We still have war in the whole country, and we feel the war in the whole country,” Lisa Ushcheka, head of international communications for Ukrainian Fashion Week, told CNN in a video call. From left to right: Ksenia Schnaider, Ivan Frolov and Julie Paskal backstage ahead of the Ukrainian Fashion Week show during London Fashion Week in February 2023. “Because it’s a historical event, a fashion week taking place in a country where there is a war going on.”For Frolov, the prospect of staging a return show in Kyiv is emotionally overwhelming. I was born in Kyiv and Kyiv is everything to me.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, ” Lisa Ushcheka, ” Ushcheka, Schnaider, Ivan Frolov, Julie Paskal, Jeff Spicer, influencers, Ushcheka, ”, Frolov, Ksenia, “ Organizations: CNN, Ukrainian, Kyiv —, Arsenal, and Culture, UK Defense Ministry, Ukrainian Fashion, London, BFC, Getty, Foreign, Commonwealth, Development, US Department of State, Culture, Kyiv Locations: Kyiv, Russia, “, Ukraine, Moscow, Ukrainian, Berlin, London, Copenhagen, Paskal

☆ Should I use a smartwatch to track my health data? A doctor explains
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Katia Hetter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +9 min

To sort out my smartwatch health and fitness questions, I spoke with CNN wellness expert Dr. Leana Wen. A smartwatch with a heart rate monitor can help athletes track their heart rates to keep them in a certain range. Wen: What a lot of active people do is to track heart rate during exercise to keep the heart rate in a certain range. This is where the heart rate is under 70% to 75% of your maximal heart rate. Many smartwatches track sleep and can tell you how long you’ve slept and how much time you spent in each sleep stage.

Persons: CNN —, Leana Wen, Wen, I’ve, aren’t, it’s Organizations: CNN, Intelligence, George Washington University, Bluetooth, Apple Watch, Samsung Galaxy, US Food and Drug Administration, FDA Locations: what’s

☆ ‘It just sucks’: Charles Barkley lashes out at NBA choosing Amazon over TNT
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Liam Reilly | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

I’m not sure TNT ever had a chance.”“TNT matched the money, but the league knows Amazon and these tech companies are the only ones willing to pay for the rights when they double in the future,” Barkley added. It just sucks.”The comments came after the NBA on Wednesday rejected an offer from Warner Bros. Discovery to match Amazon’s $1.8 billion per year bid to carry the league’s games starting with the 2025-26 season. The decision set up a potential legal showdown between the NBA and WBD, the parent company of TNT and CNN, which maintains it has matching rights to any broadcast offer. “These partners will distribute our content across a wide range of platforms and help transform the fan experience over the next decade.”

Persons: Charles Barkley, Barkley, “, I’m, ”, ” Barkley, Ernie Johnson, Kenny Smith, Shaquille O’Neal, WBD, Max, ” Adam Silver Organizations: New, New York CNN, NBA, TNT, Wednesday, Warner Bros, WBD, CNN, TNT Sports ’, Amazon, Disney Locations: New York, United States

☆ Celine Dion to return to stage for performance at Olympic Games opening ceremony in Paris
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Dan Heching | Pauline Lockwood | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +2 min

CNN —Celine Dion is set to make her return to the stage at the Summer Olympic Games in Paris. Dion will close the ceremony on Friday with a performance from the first stage of the Eiffel Tower, singing a timeless classic, Edith Piaf’s “L’Hymne à l’amour”. Dion, 56, announced in December 2022 that she was taking time off from professional commitments to focus on her health after revealing her diagnosis. Lady Gaga performs in Paris, France, ahead of the opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics on Friday. In her documentary, Dion said she was determined to make her return to performing.

Persons: Celine Dion, Dion, Edith Piaf’s “, entertainer’s, ”, Lady Gaga, Zizi Jeanmaire, France’s, Luca Bruno, Celine Dion ”, NBC’s, Kotb, “, Lisa Respers France, Alli Rosenbloom Organizations: CNN, Eiffel, National Institute of Neurological Disorders, AP Locations: Paris, London, England, “, France

☆ Spaceman, Senator, V.P. Pick? Kamala Harris Sizes Up Mark Kelly.
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Jonathan Weisman | Jazmine Ulloa | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Mark Kelly, an Arizona Democrat under consideration to be Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate, knows this expanse well — a fact that even the state’s Republicans acknowledge. mayor of Douglas, recounted a phone call with Mr. Kelly two weeks ago, when the two men talked through progress on making the small city an official, expanded port of entry into the United States. The senator has pushed hard for the move, and Mr. Huish has embraced it. “What gets me about Senator Kelly is, yes, we’re in touch with staff on the issues, but he personally calls me on a regular basis, and I feel comfortable calling him,” said Mr. Huish, who identifies as a strongly conservative Republican. “I’m sure he’s taken some heat from some of his party concerning the border, but he understands it.”

Persons: Mark Kelly, Kamala Harris’s, Donald Huish, Douglas, Kelly, Huish, ”, “ Organizations: Arizona Democrat, Republican Locations: Douglas, Ariz, Mexico, Arizona, United States

☆ Kamala Harris: How her warp-speed campaign launch has changed the 2024 race
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +15 min

CNN —The five days since Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign launched at warp speed have remade the 2024 race – and given Democrats new hope of preventing a second Donald Trump presidency. Fundraising exploded, with Harris’ campaign saying she raised $126 million between Sunday afternoon and Tuesday evening. And Democrats were more eager to devote their own time to working to elect Harris: More than 100,000 people signed up to volunteer for her bid, and more than 2,000 applied for campaign jobs, Harris campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a Wednesday memo. The strength of Harris’ launch has at times surprised even the former Biden campaign staffers who on Sunday suddenly found themselves working for what was converted into the Harris campaign. Biden’s campaign believed his path to 270 Electoral College votes ran through the “blue wall” states – Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.

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☆ Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Kamala Harris for president
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Ebony Davis | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

CNN —Former President Barack Obama and former first lady Michelle Obama endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid in a video released Friday. “Michelle and I couldn’t be prouder to endorse you and to do everything we can to get you through this election and into the Oval Office,” the former president told Harris on a phone call joined by his wife, according to the video. And getting out there, being on the road,” the vice president said. This is going to be historic,” she told Harris. Obama didn’t immediately endorse Harris following President Joe Biden’s announcement on Sunday that he was not seeking reelection.

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☆ NBA and TNT’s parent company prepare for legal clash in sports rights battle for the ages
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Oliver Darcy | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

New York CNN —The stage is now officially set for a high-stakes showdown between the NBA and TNT parent company Warner Bros. WBD, the parent company of CNN, paid for matching rights when it struck its current deal with the NBA. In doing so, the NBA argued that WBD’s offer was not a legally valid match since it would also be broadcasting the games on TNT. And it should be noted that the contractual paperwork giving WBD matching rights is pages long and not simple. Zaslav and his deputies believe that they have a robust legal argument and that they are indeed entitled to use their contractual rights to match Amazon’s bid.

Persons: WBD’s, David Zaslav, Adam Silver, Warner, WBD, ”, that’s, “, NBCU, Zaslav, Stephen A, Smith Organizations: New, New York CNN, NBA, TNT, Warner Bros ., Wednesday, Amazon, Warner Bros, CNN, CNBC, NBCUniversal, Disney, ESPN, Big Tech, Apple, Google Locations: New York

☆ The ‘Olympic Picasso’ finally finds recognition for his athletics-inspired art
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Don Riddell | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +8 min

In June, his work, “A Race Against Time” was featured alongside art world legends like Rembrandt, Rodin, Andy Warhol and Banksy in a weighty French tome called “Le Sport dans L ’Art” (Sport in Art). I was like, ‘Wow, how did this happen?’“I didn’t realize how much French artists and French movements had really influenced me as an artist. The ‘Olympic Picasso’ Roald Bradstock finally finds recognition for his athletics-inspired art. “I’d rather have somebody vomit next to my work than ignore it.”The ‘Olympic Picasso’ Roald Bradstock finally finds recognition for his athletics-inspired art. “He was always a big supporter of my Olympic career and supportive of my artistic abilities but was a little frustrated that I didn’t take to other languages,” he said.

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☆ Matt Dawson: Australian amputates part of finger to compete in Olympics
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Amy Woodyatt | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

CNN —In the run up to the Paris Olympics, athletes have been stepping up their preparations in order to maintain their edge over competitors. But for Australia’s Matt Dawson, those preparations looked a little different this year, with the field hockey player opting to have part of his finger amputated in order to compete in the Games. The impact left the top of his finger almost entirely severed and had his Olympic dreams hanging in the balance. Dawson says he is "fortunate to have as much finger as possible" following the accident. Will Russell/Getty Images“It has obviously given the best chance and best opportunity to play here.

Persons: Matt Dawson, Dawson, ”, ’ ”, Lucky, Will Russell, ” Dawson, “ Organizations: CNN, Paris Olympics, Games, CNN Sport, Olympics, Tokyo, Olympic Games Locations: Paris, Argentina, Tokyo

☆ Coco Gauff still can’t wrap her head around the honor of being Team USA’s flagbearer
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Kyle Feldscher | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Gauff will serve as flag bearer alongside basketball superstar LeBron James – a role she has yet to truly wrap her mind around. “I don’t know when I’m going to meet him, but I’m already stressed about it really,” Gauff told CNN’s Coy Wire. She’s one of the faces of Team USA in Paris and says she’s finding the experience a little bizarre. “It took a while for it to sink in, (it still hasn’t really) sunken in,” Gauff told Wire just hours ahead of her big moment. “So many people are coming up to say congratulations, not just from Team USA but from other sports and countries as well.

Persons: Paris CNN — Coco Gauff, LeBron James –, ” Gauff, CNN’s Coy, “ I’ve, There’s, Simone Biles, Katie Ledecky, she’s, Wire, Gauff, “ Organizations: Paris CNN, Summer, Paris Games, Tokyo Games, Team USA, USA Locations: USA, Paris, “

☆ Barbie’s gynecologist appointment increased online search interest around reproductive health, new study finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( Taylor Nicioli | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

CNN —When she leaves Barbie Land for the real world, Barbie must keep up with her regular health maintenance, which includes seeing her gynecologist. Those examples and others inspired the researchers to look into the “Barbie” effect on interest in women’s reproductive health. But the authors noted that an increase in seeking gynecologic care may not be accurately captured in search trends. It’s possible that the searches were from people who don’t need gynecologic care, the authors note in the study. “I feel like (the scene) starts the conversation — anything that starts the conversation about reproductive health tends to cause folks to want to explore that and go in and take a look at what they should be doing about their own health,” Irobunda said.

Persons: Barbie, Barbie ”, ”, Katie Couric, Angelina Jolie, Eva Sénéchal, ” Sénéchal, he’s, Nitu, Bajekal, —, “, “ I’m, Barbie exuberantly, ‘, ’, Kate Connors, “ Barbie, Greta Gerwig, ‘ Barbie, ” Gerwig, Gynecologists, Heather Irobunda, ” Irobunda Organizations: CNN, JAMA, McGill University, American College of Obstetricians, USA Today, The American College of Obstetricians, New York, New York City Health, Hospitals Corporation Locations: Montreal, London, Perimenopause, New, New York City

☆ How older Democratic voters are responding to Harris replacing Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-25 | by ( John King | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +10 min

“Wow, we’re losing Joe Biden,” said Murphy, 83, a retiree who keeps busy teaching the Chinese tile game Mahjong to fellow seniors. You know, she’s, she’s at the perfect age. And I think she’s up to the challenge in that regard.”Boyer knows his innate optimism is about to be tested. “I think that she should be able to push his buttons.”What voters want to see from HarrisPat Levin for months bristled at the Biden age conversation. CNNHer advice to Harris is telling – so many voters who were loyal to Biden are now blunt about what was missing.

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