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It’s Thursday. The Olympic opening ceremony is going on tomorrow! Eeeeeeeeeek! My FYP is crammed with content material from athletes within the Olympic Village. U.S. Olympic rugby participant Ilona Maher is my favourite to observe to this point. Her posts are hilarious. Like this and this. Right here’s what’s occurring at the moment:
I’m Cate Martel with a fast recap of the morning and what’s developing. Ship suggestions, commentary, suggestions and cookie recipes to [email protected]. Did somebody ahead this article to you? Sign up here.
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Biden ended the evening in his favourite manner — with an ice cream celebration:
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President Biden explained his rationale for withdrawing from the 2024 presidential race in an Oval Workplace handle Wednesday night. He didn’t cite his well being or the opinions of his docs, however stated his determination was to unite Democrats after weeks of intraparty chaos following the talk.
In Biden’s phrases: “Nothing, nothing can are available in the best way of saving our democracy. That features private ambition. So, I made a decision one of the best ways ahead is to cross the torch to a brand new technology. It’s one of the best ways to unite our nation.”
💻 Watch Biden explain his decision
What you couldn’t see on TV: He was joined by first woman Jill Biden, his youngsters and their spouses, his grandchildren and a few of his longtime aides. Here are notes from the White House pool report — it provides you a way of the temper.
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➤ NOW THIS WAS THE CUTE PART:
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📊The Marketing campaign Path
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Stay footage of the presidential race atm:
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Former President Trump is narrowly main Vice President Harris in a number of battleground states, and the 2 are tied in Wisconsin, according to a new poll from Emerson College Polling and The Hill.
- Wisconsin: Trump 47 p.c; Harris 47 p.c — Tied
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Arizona: Trump 49 p.c; Harris 44 p.c — Trump +5
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Georgia: Trump 48 p.c; Harris 46 p.c — Trump +2
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Michigan: Trump 46 p.c; Harris 45 p.c — Trump +1
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Pennsylvania: Trump 48 p.c; Harris 46 p.c — Trump +2
^ Be mindful: In each state besides Arizona, the polling falls throughout the ballot’s margin of error. Meaning they’re basically tied in these states.
Evaluate this to Biden’s polling: Harris outpaces Biden’s polling from an analogous survey launched earlier this month.
See the newest polls ➡️ Decision Desk HQ and The Hill’s polling hub
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That’s only one ballot. Give me the large image:
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Trump is presently main Harris by 2 factors nationally, in line with The Hill and Determination Desk HQ’s polling common. However the scenario could be very fluid. Lower than per week in the past, Biden was nonetheless on the prime of the ticket.
The Hill’s Niall Stanage boils it down to 6 battleground states that can probably decide who wins: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Read his breakdown of the polling in each of those states
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Andy Beshear simply snapped in a Z-formation:
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Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) has emerged as an assault canine for Vice President Harris, buying and selling barbs with former President Trump’s working mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio).
Beshear advised CNN’s Kaitlan Collins: “JD Vance is a phony. He’s faux. I imply, he first says that Donald Trump is like Hitler and now he’s performing like he’s Lincoln.”
The road I’m seeing throughout social media: “The issue with JD Vance is he has no conviction, however I suppose his working mate has 34.” 💻 Watch the clip (across the 50-second mark)
Read more of their tit for tats, through The Hill’s Julia Mueller
What Beshear has to realize: He’s thought of one of many prime candidates to be Harris’s working mate.
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DEEP DIVE ON THE BIDEN-HARRIS SWAP:
Take a look at The Hill’s new episode of the “Change-Up” podcast. White Home reporter Alex Gangitano joins race and politics reporter Cheyanne M. Daniels in a deep diver on what Harris’s current rise means for November. Listen
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Democrats are usually not comfortable about how this was dealt with:
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu delivered his joint handle to Congress on Wednesday, “a speech that shook Washington, divided Democrats and infected the political divide over the Israel-Hamas struggle,” writes The Hill’s Mychael Schnell.
Memorable moments from the address
Exterior the chamber: 1000’s of protesters gathered close to the Capitol throughout Netanyahu’s handle. At Union Station, protesters removed American flags from their poles and changed them with Palestinian flags. Then, they burned the U.S. flags.
Democrats have joined Republicans in condemning the protests:
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The White Home condemned what it referred to as “disgraceful” protests exterior Union Station. A bunch of Home Republicans later restored the U.S. flags.
- Vice President Harris called the display “despicable acts by unpatriotic protestors.”
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Home Minority Chief Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) wrote in a statement that “defacing public property, desecrating the American flag, threatening Jews with violence and selling terrorist teams like Hamas is just not acceptable underneath any circumstance.”
- Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg denounced the protesters, saying their concern doesn’t justify “assist for terrorism.”
📸 Scenes of the protests and vandalism
📸 Crews removing graffiti from yesterday’s protests
Contained in the chamber: Some Democrats, together with former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), boycotted the handle. Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), the one Palestinian American serving in Congress, attended however held up an indication that stated “struggle felony” and “responsible of genocide.”
Taking place at the moment: President Biden and Vice President Harris are holding separate conferences with Netanyahu. Harris didn’t attend Netanyahu’s handle to Congress.
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🍷🧀 Have a good time: At this time is Nationwide Wine and Cheese Day!
✈️ Whoa, Southwest has ditched open seating: Southwest Airways will begin assigning seats for the primary time in its 50-year historical past. Why?: The airline stated 80 p.c of its prospects need an assigned seat. Oh, and Southwest stated it’s going to additionally begin providing in a single day, red-eye flights. What we know about the changes
^Effectively, that is excellent news for anybody who doesn’t love taking part in aggressive, 24-hour check-in video games.
👗 This gown actually is all over the place: The Washington Put up’s Rachel Tashjian writes how one Tuckernuck tweed dress is taking on Capitol Hill. I also can personally attest to the truth that it was all over the place on the Republican Nationwide Conference. This is the dress
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The Home and Senate are in. President Biden is in Washington, and Vice President Harris is returning to D.C. from Texas this afternoon. (all instances Jap)
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This morning: The Home held its final votes earlier than August recess.
- 1 p.m.: Biden hosts a bilateral assembly with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu within the Oval Workplace.
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1:30 p.m.: White Home press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre briefs reporters. 💻 Livestream
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2:15 p.m.: The Senate holds a cloture vote on the youngsters’s security and privateness payments. 📆 Today’s agenda
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2:30 p.m.: Biden and Netanyahu meet with the households of the Individuals held hostage by Hamas.
- 4:30 p.m.: Harris meets with Netanyahu within the Vice President’s Ceremonial Workplace.
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1:30 p.m. Friday: The Olympic opening ceremony begins!
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