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Today's Political News Compilation - Friday, August 30, 2024

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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event at Alro Steel, Thursday, Aug. 29, 2024, in Potterville, Mich. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

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Trump seeks to activate his base at Moms for Liberty gathering but risks alienating moderate voters​

By ALI SWENSON and WILL WEISSERT
Updated 2:33 PM CDT, August 30, 2024WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is scheduled to appear Friday at the annual gathering of Moms for Liberty, a national nonprofit that has spearheaded efforts to get mentions of LGBTQ+ identity and structural racism out of K-12 classrooms.In a “fireside chat” conversation in the nation’s capital, the former president will seek to shore up support and enthusiasm among a major part of his base. The bulk of the group’s 130,000-plus members are conservatives who agree with him that parents should have more say in public education and that racial equity programs and transgender accommodations don’t belong in schools.Yet Trump also will run the risk of alienating some moderate voters, many of whom see Moms for Liberty’s activism as too extreme to be legitimized by a presidential nominee. ...READ THE FULL STORY - AP
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Two-thirds of Americans say Trump unprepared to accept the election outcome: POLL

Most Americans say they and Vice President Kamala Harris alike are prepared to accept the election outcome as legitimate, a new ABC News/Ispos poll found.
abcnews.go.com abcnews.go.com
www.nbcnews.com

Five takeaways from Harris' first major interview as the Democratic nominee

The vice president responded to questions about her shifting stances on some major issues since 2019, saying, “My values have not changed.”
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
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Harris defends shifting from some liberal positions in first interview of presidential campaign

Sitting with her running mate, Tim Walz, Harris was asked specifically about her reversals on banning fracking and decriminalizing illegal border crossings, positions she took during her last run.
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www.washingtonexaminer.com

Trump to vote against Florida six-week abortion- Washington Examiner

Former President Donald Trump said he would vote against a Florida abortion ballot measure that would expand abortion access in his home state a day after signaling otherwise.
www.washingtonexaminer.com www.washingtonexaminer.com
www.foxnews.com

Top 5 moments from Kamala Harris' first interview as Dem nominee: 'I will not ban fracking'

Vice President Kamala Harris held her first sit-down interview with the media since ascending the Democratic presidential ticket last month.
www.foxnews.com www.foxnews.com
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Trump has history sparking outrage for incidents around veterans even as military voters backed him

The reported altercation at Arlington National Cemetery involving former President Donald Trump’s staff has come less than two weeks after Trump sparked outrage after he seemed to dismiss the Medal of Honor, the military’s highest decoration for service members.
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Musk's X suspended in Brazil after disinformation row

The social media giant says it refused to comply with a judge's order to appoint a legal representative.
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www.washingtonexaminer.com

Harris campaign pushes back against Trump’s IVF proposal - Washington Examiner

Vice President Kamala Harris's campaign is launching a bus tour to counteract former President Donald Trump's embrace of government-funded IVF treatment.
www.washingtonexaminer.com www.washingtonexaminer.com
apnews.com

How Trump and Georgia's Republican governor made peace, helped by allies anxious about the election

South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham helped broker peace between two longtime foes of the same party: former President Donald Trump and Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp.
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www.nbcnews.com

The real story behind the Harris-Trump hot mic feud

Kamala Harris' team welcomes Donald Trump's penchant for getting in his own way.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
www.cnn.com

Analysis: Harris bolsters momentum in first sit-down interview but leaves gaps on policy detail | CNN Politics

Kamala Harris showed exactly how she plans to deal with Donald Trump and win the presidency in CNN’s exclusive first interview with the vice president since becoming Democratic nominee, as she carefully avoided slips that could slow her momentum.
www.cnn.com www.cnn.com
www.usatoday.com

No, Democrats are not using a Nazi slogan in campaign | Fact check

Joy has become a central theme for Democrats campaigning this year, but they have not used or referenced the Nazi slogan "Strength Through Joy."
www.usatoday.com
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Israel-Hamas war latest: The Israeli military strikes Jenin on Day 3 of its West Bank raid

The Israeli military says it struck the West Bank city of Jenin on the third day of heavy fighting in the Palestinian territory and killed a senior Hamas commander in the city.
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www.cbsnews.com

Ads for Republican and Democratic groups appear under pro-Nazi, racist posts on X

Ads for major Republican and Democratic groups and candidates appear under racist content that could be making money on X.
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www.aljazeera.com

Israel’s war on Gaza updates: Israelis leave bodies after Khan Younis exit

These were the updates on Israel’s war on Gaza for Friday, August 30.
www.aljazeera.com www.aljazeera.com
www.nbcnews.com

Election 2024: Trump addresses Moms for Liberty group; Vance responds to Trump’s IVF comments

Latest news and updates on the 2024 elections. Follow the Harris and Trump campaigns as they pursue votes ahead of November.
www.nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com
www.washingtonexaminer.com

Fact-checking Kamala Harris’s first interview as a presidential candidate - Washington Examiner

Vice President Kamala Harris exaggerated her record on the economy and immigration during her first interview on CNN.
www.washingtonexaminer.com www.washingtonexaminer.com
apnews.com

Challenges of the Gaza humanitarian aid pier offer lessons for the US Army

The Army commander in charge of the U.S. military's Gaza pier project says the mission was the biggest “organizational leadership challenge” he has ever experienced.
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Washington — A Tajik man living in New York was arrested and charged with conspiring to provide material support to the ISIS and ISIS-K terrorist groups, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday.

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U.S. officials walk back plans to stop culling poultry for bird flu

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