A summary of the most important social, economic and political news of the week.
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Thursday night, Vice-President Kamala Harris sat down with CNN’s Dana Bash for her first media interview since she became the presumed Democrat nominee after President Biden dropped out of the race 40 days ago. She defended her record in the Biden/Harris administration, shared details on her eleventh-hour nomination
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The DNC kicked off in Chicago on Monday. Over the four nights ensuing, the stars of the Democrat Party took to the stage to throw their support behind the Harris/Walz ticket. Speakers included Oprah Winfrey, Hillary Clinton, President Joe Biden and former Presidents Barak Obama and Bill Clinton. The
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Vice-President Harris continues to poll better against President Trump than President Biden did. However, the margin is still close. As of Thursday in the Real Clear Politics polling average in battleground states, Vice-President Harris polls only 1% higher than President Trump. So far, reminiscent of Joe Biden in 2020, Vice-President
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Vice-President Harris has chosen Minnesota Governor Tim Walz as her running mate for the 2024 Democrat presidential ticket. Conservatives see this as good news for their side. Normally, a Democrat Midwestern governor might be somewhat progressive, but would by and large hold views that resonated with middle-American working people (now
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President Biden’s poor performance at the debate with former President Donald Trump on June 27 split the Democrat party on whether he should stay in or leave the race. Last Sunday, after more than three weeks of immense pressure from his own party, President Biden dropped out of the
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Last Saturday, former President Donald Trump survived an assassin’s bullet with only a centimeter to spare. The last such attempt on the life of a president or presidential nominee was in 1981, when John Hinkley Jr. put a bullet in the side of newly-elected President Ronald Reagan. Tragically, Corey