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☆ At Home With - Kecia Lewis
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-31 | by ( Joanne Kaufman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“It had to feel peaceful, because I have to be able to pray,” said Ms. Lewis, 59, a native New Yorker now based in Atlanta. “I have stayed in places where it was not peaceful, and I have moved out. On one visit, she stayed at an Airbnb in New Jersey, and then an Airbnb in Queens. “But once we knew we were going to Broadway, I wanted to find something in the city,” Ms. Lewis said. Not too close to Midtown, but not so far as to make for a burdensome commute to the stage door.

Persons: ”, Kecia Lewis, Miss Liza Jane, Lewis, “, Ms Organizations: Broadway Locations: Manhattan, New Yorker, Atlanta, “ Chicago, New Jersey, Queens, Midtown

☆ Anita Dunn to Leave White House in First Departure Since Biden’s Withdrawal
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Peter Baker | Katie Rogers | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Anita Dunn, President Biden’s senior adviser, is leaving her White House post next week to move over to a super PAC supporting Vice President Kamala Harris’s fledgling campaign, the first major personnel move in the West Wing since the president dropped his bid for re-election. Ms. Dunn, who coordinated communications strategy for Mr. Biden and has been one of his closest aides, will consult for Future Forward, the largest Democratic-leaning super PAC, which last week announced a $50 million advertising campaign to promote Ms. Harris in six critical battleground states. “It’s been an honor and privilege to serve in this White House, with this president and this team, during this transformational term,” Ms. Dunn said in a statement. “I am grateful to President Biden and Vice President Harris for their leadership and giving me the opportunity to be part of what they have accomplished for the American people.”In a brief telephone call, Ms. Dunn said she would be leaving the White House next Tuesday and not returning to her own consulting firm but would take on Future Forward as an independent consultant. Ms. Dunn has been part of Mr. Biden’s orbit for years and was credited with helping to turn around his campaign for the Democratic nomination in 2020 after early defeats and stabilizing his White House communications strategy.

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There were also the white women, in a Zoom-busting paroxysm of solidarity and angst. The speakers included two white dudes on the shortlist to be Ms. Harris’s running mate — Gov. Image The actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt joined the “White Dudes for Harris” call. (The “White Dudes for Harris” call, at the end of its three-hour 20-minute run, had brought in more than $4 million.) He had seen a link for the “White Dudes for Harris” trucker hat and wanted one.

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☆ Kari Lake Wins Senate Primary to Face Ruben Gallego in November
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Kellen Browning | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Kari Lake won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate in Arizona on Tuesday, according to The Associated Press, setting up a high-stakes contest in the fall for the seat of Senator Kyrsten Sinema, who is retiring. A former news anchor, she will now face Representative Ruben Gallego, a Phoenix-area former Marine who had no opposition in the Democratic primary. “Thank you for putting your faith in me, Arizona,” Ms. Lake wrote on X. “I won’t let you down.”Ms. Lake and Mr. Gallego have already spent months attacking each other. Running in a border state, Ms. Lake has accused Mr. Gallego of being a far-left radical and favoring loose restrictions on immigration, while Mr. Gallego has blasted Ms. Lake for her shifting stance on abortion rights and for continuing to make baseless claims of election fraud.

Persons: Kari Lake, Kyrsten Sinema, Mark Lamb, Ruben Gallego, Lake, Gallego, Sinema, Mr, ” Organizations: Republican, U.S, Senate, Associated Press, Trump, Marine, Democratic, Democratic Party Locations: Arizona, Pinal County, Phoenix, , Arizona

☆ Britain’s Labour Government Says It Inherited a $28 Billion Budget Hole
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Eshe Nelson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Britain’s Labour government said it was making “difficult decisions” concerning the budget, including cutting some road and rail projects and pension benefits, after accusing its predecessor, the Conservative Party, of leaving the country’s finances in a mess. Rachel Reeves, the chancellor of the Exchequer, said on Monday that there was a hole of 22 billion pounds (about $28 billion) in the country’s coffers this year because spending needs had exceeded expected revenue. Ms. Reeves accused the Conservative Party of making spending commitments on plans such as road repairs and building new hospitals “knowing the money wasn’t there.” Some of those plans would scrapped or reviewed. “The scale of this overspend is not sustainable,” Ms. Reeves told lawmakers in Parliament. She will present a full budget to lawmakers at the end of October.

Persons: Rachel Reeves, Reeves, Ms Organizations: Labour, Conservative Party Locations: Rwanda

☆ Francine Pascal, Creator of ‘Sweet Valley High’ Book Series, Dies at 92
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-29 | by ( Clay Risen | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Francine Pascal, a former soap-opera scriptwriter from Queens who conjured up an entire literary universe among the blue-eyed cheerleaders and square-jawed jocks of suburban Los Angeles, most notably in her long-running and mega-best-selling “Sweet Valley High” series of young-adult novels, died on Sunday in Manhattan. Her daughter Laurie Wenk-Pascal said the death, at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital, was caused by lymphoma. With covers instantly recognizable by their varsity-style lettering and soft-focus illustrations, “Sweet Valley High” books enraptured a generation of teenage readers with the lives of Elizabeth and Jessica Wakefield, identical twins attending high school in the fictional Los Angeles suburb of Sweet Valley. The twins are “the most adorable, dazzling 16-year-old girls imaginable,” Ms. Pascal told People magazine in 1988. They, and the books, are also strikingly innocent: Even as the thoughtful Elizabeth and the scheming Jessica clash over boys, friends and spots on the cheerleading team, drugs, alcohol and sex barely permeate the 181 titles in “Sweet Valley High,” or the scores of others in the spinoffs — and the spinoffs of spinoffs — from the series.

Persons: Francine Pascal, Laurie Wenk, Pascal, Elizabeth, Jessica Wakefield, Ms, Jessica Organizations: Presbyterian Hospital Locations: Los Angeles, Sweet, Manhattan, NewYork, Sweet Valley

☆ As F-16s Arrive, Ukraine Still Faces Steep Challenges in the Skies
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-28 | by ( Marc Santora | Eric Schmitt | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The surveillance drone appeared high above the Ukrainian air base without warning in early July. Minutes after it relayed targeting data back to a Russian base, a barrage of ballistic missiles struck the airfield, Ukrainian officials said, recounting the episode. “Now they’re hitting the air base with the rockets all the time,” Ms. Minenko said. Russia has been saturating the skies over Ukraine with surveillance drones, exploiting gaps in air-defense systems, to launch increasingly sophisticated attacks on Ukrainian positions. Ukraine’s strategy was to counter Russia in the air war with the aid of long-coveted F-16 fighter jets from the West that it says it will deploy this summer.

Persons: ”, Valeria Minenko, ” Ms, Minenko Locations: Russian, Myrhorod, Ukraine, Russia

☆ Though Critical on Gaza, Trump Cites Good Relations With Netanyahu
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Michael Gold | Matthew Mpoke Bigg | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Former President Donald J. Trump, who for months has urged Israel to end the war in the Gaza Strip as quickly as possible, said that he and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel remained on good terms after the two met on Friday, and that he would be a stronger ally of Israel than Vice President Kamala Harris. Mr. Netanyahu and Mr. Trump, who met in Palm Beach, Fla., were close allies during Mr. Trump’s presidency, but their ties became strained after the 2020 election. Even so, Mr. Netanyahu faces growing international criticism and pressure over Israel’s war effort, and his trip to shore up support fought against strong headwinds. Mr. Trump, in a Fox News interview on Thursday, said of the war in Gaza: “It can’t continue to go on like this. It’s too much.” Ms. Harris and President Biden met with Mr. Netanyahu on Thursday, and pressed, as they have for months, for a cease-fire that would provide for the release of hostages held by Hamas.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel, Kamala Harris, Mr, Netanyahu, Trump’s, we’ve, ”, Harris, Ms, Biden Organizations: Mr, Fox Locations: Israel, Gaza, Palm Beach, Fla

☆ A Test for Harris: How to Talk About the Green New Deal
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-26 | by ( Lisa Friedman | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But one past action stands out as something that could be both an asset to Ms. Harris as well as an albatross. As a senator in 2019, Ms. Harris cosponsored the Green New Deal, a nonbinding resolution that was centered around the idea that addressing climate change required significant changes in the economy. It called for converting the electric grid to 100 percent clean energy this decade, declared clean air, clean water and healthy food to be basic human rights. Ms. Harris joined them. “I am supporting the Green New Deal,” she said to thunderous applause.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, Edward J, Markey, Alexandria Ocasio, Ms, “, ” Organizations: White, Green, Green New Deal, Democratic Locations: Europe, United States, Massachusetts, Cortez, New York, New Hampshire

In the three days since President Biden announced he was quitting the 2024 race, Mr. Trump has entered foreign territory. But within 24 hours, Democratic leaders unofficially crowned Ms. Harris and stamped out any notable opposition. His team considered mounting legal challenges to her campaign committee to make it harder for Ms. Harris to hit the ground running. And Mr. Trump is still cycling through nicknames for Ms. Harris — a sign that he hasn’t yet figured out how he intends to portray her. And some Trump campaign officials have telegraphed plans to “Willie Horton” Ms. Harris.

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☆ How Kamala Harris Took Command of the Democratic Party in 48 Hours
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Shane Goldmacher | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Late on Sunday morning, Vice President Kamala Harris summoned a small clutch of her closest advisers and allies to the Naval Observatory, where she lives and works, with little notice and even less information. President Biden had informed Ms. Harris earlier that morning that he was withdrawing from the race. The vice president had assembled her team so that the exact moment Mr. Biden formally quit, at 1:46 p.m. — one minute after the president had informed his own senior staff — they were ready to go. The vice president, in sneakers and a sweatshirt, began methodically dialing Democratic power brokers. “I wasn’t going to let this day go by without you hearing from me,” Ms. Harris had said over and over, as day turned to night, according to five people who received her calls or were briefed on them.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Biden, Harris, —, ” Ms Organizations: Naval Observatory

Oleksandra Nekipelova sat down at a desk in her apartment, lit a small candle and opened her computer to join a video call. “Tell me, please, what would you like to talk about this time?” Ms. Nekipelova asked. Valeriia Korotchenko, her client, responded that she was feeling “fundamentally powerless against the war” launched by Russia on Ukraine. Near-daily Russian air attacks had made destruction and death a new normal in her life, she said. “I lose faith that I will ever be able to live peacefully,” Ms. Korotchenko told Ms. Nekipelova, who lives in Lviv, Ukraine.

Persons: Oleksandra Nekipelova, Nekipelova, Valeriia Korotchenko, “, ” Ms, Korotchenko Locations: Russia, Ukraine, Lviv

☆ Opinion | Nancy Pelosi and the Art of Nudging Out Presidents
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( Jessica Bennett | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Can we all admit there was something supremely gratifying about watching Nancy Pelosi work over the last few weeks? As concerns mounted among Democrats about President Biden’s mental fitness and his disastrous debate performance, and as Mr. Biden responded by digging in his heels, it was the 84-year-old Ms. Pelosi — a fellow octogenarian, no longer in charge, yet as shrewd and formidable an operator as ever — who took those concerns and helped organize them into a sustained pressure campaign. When Mr. Biden said he absolutely wouldn’t drop out, Ms. Pelosi went on his favorite TV show to say he needed to make a decision “because time is running short.” When the president told her during a phone call that polling data suggested he could still win, she challenged him: “Put Donilon on the phone,” Ms. Pelosi is said to have demanded of the president, asking for one of Biden’s advisers. “Show me what polls.”Even as Mr. Biden was becoming “increasingly resentful” of what he viewed as the “orchestrated campaign” against him, as The Times reported, she kept working methodically behind the scenes, talking to lawmakers, members of her old leadership team and her large network of donors, who slowly and steadily kept piling on. Before Mr. Biden ultimately threw in the towel last weekend, his team was bracing for what she might do next, Politico reported, with a quote that made this grandmother of 10 sound a bit like Don Corleone.

Persons: Nancy Pelosi, Biden, Pelosi —, Pelosi, Ms, “, Mr, Don Corleone Organizations: Times, Politico

☆ A Kamala Harris Presidency Could Mean More of the Same on A.I. Regulation
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-24 | by ( David Mccabe | Cecilia Kang | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Over the past three years, Vice President Kamala Harris has taken a leading role inside the White House on artificial intelligence as the technology is taking off. czar, she brought the chiefs of OpenAI, Microsoft, Google and Anthropic to the White House to agree on voluntary safety standards for the technology. She led a White House executive order mandating how the federal government would use and develop A.I. “We can and we must do both.”Now, as the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee, a win for Ms. Harris could mean a continued relatively smooth runway for A.I. companies, which have enjoyed little U.S. regulation and the chance to shape White House and Congressional views on the technology.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Ms, Harris Organizations: Microsoft, Google, White, Democratic

☆ Finally, a Way Around Exorbitant Rental Car Surcharges for Tolls
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Elaine Glusac | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Tolls have long been the curse of rental car drivers, who often find their final bills inflated by per-day charges for access to automated toll payment devices provided by rental car companies. Now one toll authority in Florida aims to eliminate rental car sticker shock. The program — which the toll authority says is the first of its kind in the nation — aims to ensure that a traveler’s last memory of a trip to Orlando is not being gouged by fees for a rental car transponder. Usage fees often go to third-party contractors that handle toll payments for rental car companies. “Our governing board is made up of local elected officials and they were getting calls and emails.

Persons: we’re, ”, Michelle Maikisch, Ms, Maikisch Organizations: Central Florida Expressway Authority, Orlando International Airport, Central Florida Expressway, “ Locations: Florida, Orlando

The director of the Secret Service, Kimberly A. Cheatle, resigned on Tuesday, after security failures surrounding the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump and calls for her to step down from prominent Republican lawmakers. According to an email sent to Secret Service agents on Tuesday, Ms. Cheatle said that one of the Secret Service’s foremost duties is to protect the nation’s leaders and that the agency “fell short of that mission” in failing to secure a campaign rally from a gunman on July 13. “I do not want my calls for resignation to be a distraction from the great work each and every one of you do towards our vital mission,” Ms. Cheatle said in the email, which was reviewed by The New York Times. She said she was deeply committed to the agency but added that, “in light of recent events, it is with a heavy heart that I have made the difficult decision to step down as your director.”

Persons: Kimberly A, Cheatle, Donald J, Trump, “, Ms, ” Organizations: Secret Service, The New York Times

☆ Harris Rallies Exuberant Democrats in Wisconsin: ‘The Baton Is in Our Hands’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | Simon J. Levien | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Delivering a jolt of enthusiasm to a party reeling from weeks of infighting, Vice President Kamala Harris rallied Democrats on Tuesday in Wisconsin and laid out a fierce argument against former President Donald J. Trump. Ms. Harris vowed, in her first rally as the de facto Democratic presidential nominee, to defeat Mr. Trump by attacking him as a prosecutor would. She walked out to cheers to the tune of Beyoncé’s “Freedom,” which the singer had allowed her to use. As one attendee put it, the moment felt like a release of months of pent-up Democratic energy. She highlighted the $100 million in contributions since Sunday and took a victory lap for effectively wrapping up the Democratic presidential nomination within 48 hours.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald J, Trump, Harris, Biden, “, ” Ms Organizations: Democratic Locations: Wisconsin

☆ Far Right Spreads Baseless Claims About Biden’s Whereabouts
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Stuart A. Thompson | More About Stuart A. Thompson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: 1 min

Many conspiracy theorists and far-right commentators are spreading doubts that President Biden is alive after he posted a letter on Sunday resigning from his presidential campaign. As the room echoed with applause, Mr. Biden responded, “I’m watching. I’m watching it.”Mr. Biden has also said he would address the nation later this week. Despite all that, the conspiracy theories have nevertheless gained traction among the far-right, earning support from some mainstream commentators. A hashtag on the topic became a Top 10 trending topic in the United States on X.

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☆ How Kamala Harris Will Try to Put Trump on Defense
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Nicholas Nehamas | Katie Glueck | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

From the beginning of President Biden’s ill-fated re-election bid, Democrats struggled to frame the race as a choice between two radically different visions, rather than a referendum on Mr. Biden’s age and abilities. But now that he has dropped out and Vice President Kamala Harris is cruising toward the Democratic nomination, her party sees fresh opportunities to turn the public’s attention back to the vulnerabilities of former President Donald J. Trump on key issues for voters, including abortion rights, fundamental democratic principles and questions of economic fairness. Democrats hope that Ms. Harris — a history-making former prosecutor who is nearly two decades younger than Mr. Trump — can draw a sharp new set of contrasts and tap into arguments that were out of reach for Mr. Biden, 81, starting with the issue of age but extending into matters of policy and personality. That is especially clear on abortion rights. Mr. Biden, a practicing Catholic, has long been uncomfortable discussing the issue, or even saying the word “abortion.” Ms. Harris, by contrast, speaks easily and openly about reproductive health and has held campaign events alongside women sharing their stories of miscarriages, abortions and challenges with fertility.

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Powerful leaders of the Democratic establishment quickly embraced Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday after President Biden’s shocking exit from the race, hoping that a seamless succession could end a month of damaging chaos and transform a contest widely believed to be tipping toward Republicans. With breathtaking speed, she took control of Mr. Biden’s enormous political operation and contacted Democratic leaders in Congress and state houses to ask for their support. The Biden campaign formally renamed itself “Harris for President,” giving her immediate access to an account that had $96 million in cash at the end of June. On an internal call, the Biden campaign’s leaders told staff members that they would now work for Ms. Harris. “I will do everything in my power to unite the Democratic Party — and unite our nation — to defeat Donald Trump and his extreme Project 2025 agenda,” Ms. Harris said in a statement.

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☆ Biden’s Fate Hangs Over Baldwin and Democrats in Congress as Voters Question His Fitness
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Catie Edmondson | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Tammy Baldwin, a Wisconsin Democrat seeking re-election, has noticed voters returning to the same question in recent days as she crisscrosses her state to make the case for her campaign: Does she think President Biden can win in November, and should he even try? “Typically, I’ll go to an event; I’ll share my remarks,” Ms. Baldwin said in an interview on Friday at a newly opened campaign office in southwestern Wisconsin. “And then people come up one by one and — at first in a whisper — are really concerned.”A soft-spoken two-term senator who has carved out a reputation for her cross-party appeal, Ms. Baldwin easily cruised to victory in 2018, and her race this year was never expected to be ultracompetitive, even in this crucial swing state. But rising concerns about Mr. Biden’s age and fitness to run have introduced new risks for Democratic candidates like Ms. Baldwin just 100 days out from Election Day, imperiling even seats that were once considered relatively safe for the party. That has left Democrats already anxious about losing the White House to former President Donald J. Trump contemplating the prospect of widespread losses in Congress that could leave the party locked out of power altogether during a Trump presidency and well beyond.

Persons: Tammy Baldwin, Biden, ” Ms, Baldwin, imperiling, Donald J, Trump Organizations: Wisconsin Democrat, Democratic, White, Trump Locations: Wisconsin

☆ A Harris Economy Could Prove More Progressive Than ‘Bidenomics’
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-21 | by ( Alan Rappeport | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

At the first Democratic presidential debate in 2019, Kamala Harris, then a senator from California, unleashed a scathing critique of the Trump economy. The future vice president billed President Donald J. Trump’s tax cuts as a giveaway to the rich, argued that the booming stock market was leaving the middle class behind and warned that his reckless trade agenda was hurting farmers in the heartland. “Frankly, this economy is not working for working people,” Ms. Harris said. “For too long the rules have been written in the favor of the people who have the most and not in favor of the people who work the most.”As Ms. Harris prepares to potentially replace President Biden atop the Democratic ticket, she now faces the challenge of articulating her own vision for steering a U.S. economy that is still grappling with inflation while drawing sharp distinctions with Mr. Trump, who has promised more tax cuts and tariffs.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald J, Ms, Harris, Biden, Trump Organizations: Democratic Locations: California, Trump, U.S

☆ Fund to Aid Children Harmed at Birth Hasn’t Kept Promises, Families Say
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Grace Ashford | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The birth had been long and difficult. Denise Olivio requested a cesarean section, she said, but was rebuffed until a doctor decided it was an emergency. The baby, GianRaul, came out purple, and it took doctors 15 minutes to locate his heartbeat. In that time, he was hospitalized repeatedly for seizures, respiratory and digestive problems, even at one point receiving hospice care. Each time, GianRaul pulled through, giving rise to his nickname: G.M.O., a partial acronym for God’s miracle on earth.

Persons: Denise Olivio, Olivio, —, “, Ms, GianRaul

☆ Motels Are Having a Moment
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Jim Zarroli | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In 2022, Lisa Lennox was visiting a friend in Stephenville, Texas, when she stumbled upon the Interstate Inn. The motel, on a highway an hour west of Fort Worth, had seen better days. The property needed new plumbing and wiring, and asbestos had to be removed. But Ms. Lennox immediately felt a connection to the property, with its funky design, including a giant sloped roof that screamed Space Age. But they’re all in disrepair, and a lot of them are being torn down.” Ms. Lennox had no real experience in hospitality, but she’d traveled widely and knew what made a good hotel room.

Persons: Lisa Lennox, Lennox, ”, “ They’ve, Ms, she’d Organizations: Cornell Locations: Stephenville , Texas, Fort Worth

☆ Election Live Updates: Trump and Vance Set for First Joint Rally, as Biden Vows to Return to Trail
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-20 | by ( Chris Cameron | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +4 min

“No matter the strength of their arguments.”Democratic officials also said the virtual roll call should not happen before Aug. 1. The convention’s rules committee will vote in a meeting next week on whether to conduct a virtual roll call. On Friday, at least eight more Congressional Democrats, including Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, called on Mr. Biden to withdraw from the race. changed its process to nominate Mr. Biden to accommodate an Aug. 7 deadline to place him on the ballot in Ohio. chair, acknowledged the controversy over holding a virtual roll call but defended the move as transparent, necessary and long planned.

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