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What the Trump-Clinton debates might tell us about Tuesday’s match with Harris
By JILL COLVINUpdated 11:04 PM CDT, September 8, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — He claimed she would raise taxes and accused her of supporting open border policies that would allow an influx of unvetted migrants into the country. He blamed her for a litany of the current administration’s failures and cast her potential presidency as four more years of the same.
Donald Trump wasn’t facing Vice President Kamala Harris. It was Hillary Clinton on the debate stage.
As Trump and Harris prepare to debate for the first — and potentially only — time Tuesday, his three meetings with Clinton in 2016 illustrate the challenges facing both candidates in what is again shaping up to be an extremely close election.
Harris will face a skilled and experienced debater who excels at rattling his rivals with a barrage of insults and interruptions, while projecting unflappable confidence and conviction. And Trump will be up against a longtime prosecutor known for landing pointed punches. He again faces a woman who would become the country’s first female president, and must contend with the underlying gender dynamics at play. ...
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Liz Cheney says it's 'not enough' for anti-Trump Republicans to vote for someone other than Harris
Cheney said that she had never voted for a Democrat but that Trump “poses a challenge and a threat fundamentally to the republic.”
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How Trump and Harris are preparing for their first debate of 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are set to face off for the first time on Tuesday.
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Analysis: Trump warms up for debate by threatening to jail election officials | CNN Politics
Donald Trump limbered up for his debate with Kamala Harris by showing the extremism that risks playing into the vice president’s claim that he’s an “unserious man” who is an “extremely serious” threat if he’s returned to the White House.
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Donald Trump preparing for debate with help from Matt Gaetz, Tulsi Gabbard: Sources
Trump's advisers may have publicly insisted he doesn't need any debate prep, but the former president is preparing more than he's letting on, sources tell ABC News.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper says if Kamala Harris wins his state, "she is the next president of the United States"
"There's no question about it. It's close here in North Carolina," North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper told "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan."
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Pelosi doubts Trump will show up to the debate: ‘I know cowardice when I see it’ - Washington Examiner
The former president has given no indication he will not show up to the Sept. 10 debate, though he has complained about the bias of host ABC News.
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Sen. Bernie Sanders says he considers Harris ‘progressive’ and her policy changes are ‘pragmatic’
In an interview with NBC News' "Meet the Press," Sen. Bernie Sanders said Vice President Kamala Harris' changing views are part of "doing what she thinks is right in order to win the election."
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Trump threatens prosecution of 2024 election officials who ‘cheated’ if he wins presidency | CNN Politics
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday said he would seek the prosecution and “long term prison sentences” of election officials and political operatives who “CHEATED” during the 2024 election if he again wins the presidency in November.
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Liz Cheney urges Republicans to vote for Kamala Harris, argues not voting would help Donald Trump
"Given the closeness of this election, particularly if you're going to find yourself voting in a swing state, you've got to take the extra step."
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House Republicans and Democrats to issue dueling documents casting blame for mistakes made in US withdrawal from Afghanistan | CNN Politics
The senior Republican and Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee will release dueling documents on the deadly August 2021 US withdrawal from Afghanistan on Monday, as former President Donald Trump’s campaign seeks to make the decisions surrounding the exit a key issue in the final weeks...
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The Bush-Cheney dynasty isn't backing Trump. There's a time that would have been unthinkable
It's a dynamic that would have been unthinkable 10 years ago: The GOP's most recent president and presidential nominee that came before the party's current pick won't publicly back him.
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Nikki Haley says she doesn't "agree with Trump 100% of the time"
Nikki Haley says she's supporting former President Donald Trump because she supports his policies, but she doesn't agree with him on everything.
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Cheney says Trump is an 'unrecoverable catastrophe' in call for GOP to vote for Harris
Former Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., slammed former president Donald Trump as an "unrecoverable catastrophe" in her call for other Republicans to vote against him this year.
NATO members Latvia, Romania say Russian drones breached airspace
Romania has confirmed drone fragments on several occasions since Russia began its full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
Venezuelan's González vows to 'continue to fight' for democracy
Spain has granted asylum to Edmundo González after he left his homeland on Saturday.
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Israel’s war disrupts second school year for 630,000 students in Gaza
Israeli attacks cause phone outages in Gaza as schools remain closed on what should have been the first day of classes.
GOP-led House committee accuses Biden administration of misleading the public about Afghanistan withdrawal
The House Foreign Affairs Committee details the panel's yearslong investigation into the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal in a forthcoming report.
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Harris is trying to cut into Trump's edge on the economy. It could decide the election.
Harris isn't letting herself be positioned simply as Biden's successor on the economy.
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