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Today's Political News Compilation - Tuesday, July 30, 2024

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Project 2025 director leaves Heritage Foundation after Democratic attacks and Trump criticism​


By ALI SWENSON and LISA MASCARO

NEW YORK (AP) — The director of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 vision for a complete overhaul of the federal government stepped down Tuesday after facing pressure from Donald Trump’s campaign, which has tried to disavow a program created by many of the former president’s allies and former aides.

Paul Dans’ exit comes after the project “completed exactly what it set out to do: bringing together over 110 leading conservative organizations to create a unified conservative vision, motivated to devolve power from the unelected administrative state, and returning it to the people,” Heritage Foundation President Kevin Roberts said in a statement.

Democrats for the past several months have made Project 2025 a key election-year cudgel, pointing to the ultraconservative policy blueprint as a glimpse into how extreme another Trump administration could be. ...

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Trump Again Says That Christians ‘Won’t Have to Vote Anymore’ if They Vote for Him

Former President Donald Trump, in an interview broadcast Monday night, repeated his recent assertion that Christians will never have to vote again if they vote for him this November, and brushed aside multiple requests to walk back or clarify the statement. Trump said Friday to a gathering of...
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Donald Trump says Kamala Harris, who's married to a Jewish man, 'doesn't like Jewish people'

Former President Donald Trump claims Vice President Kamala Harris “doesn’t like Jewish people” even though she's married to a Jewish man.
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Local police spotted Thomas Matthew Crooks' gun: Takeaways from Trump shooting hearing

New details on the Trump assassination attempt investigation were revealed Tuesday, including that local law enforcement photographed the shooter.
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Biden says Supreme Court reforms are needed to counter an 'extreme and unchecked agenda'

The proposed reforms would tackle presidential powers, term limits and ethics.
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apnews.com

5 ways the 2024 race has changed with Harris replacing Biden on the Democratic ticket

Much has changed about the 2024 presidential election in the United States over the last month. Now that President Joe Biden is out of the race and Vice President Kamala Harris is in, former President Donald Trump is having to pivot his campaign to a new challenger.
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Iran trying to undercut Trump campaign and Russia doing opposite, U.S. officials indicate

Iran is trying to hinder the Trump campaign and Russia is doing the opposite, U.S. officials indicated in a briefing 99 days before Election Day.
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Atlanta man pleads guilty to making phone threats to Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene

An Atlanta man has pleaded guilty in federal court to making threats against U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia.
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Trump team celebrates ‘demise’ of Project 2025: ‘It will not end well for you’ - Washington Examiner

Former President Donald Trump's campaign celebrated in the "demise" of Project 2025 and said it had no association with the policy planners or its director.
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Fred Trump III calls uncle Donald Trump 'atomic crazy,' says he used racial slur decades ago

Fred Trump III, the son of the former president's late older brother, spoke with ABC News about his new book, "All in the Family: The Trumps and How We Got This Way."
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A speaking invitation to Donald Trump splits the most prominent American group for Black journalists

Donald Trump’s invitation to address the National Association of Black Journalists has sparked an intense debate within the organization and a flurry of arguments online.
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Israeli military says Beirut strike killed senior Hezbollah commander Fuad Shukr

At least one explosion has hit the southern suburb of the Lebanese capital, Beirut, but sources tell news agencies Shukr survived.
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Israel-Gaza live updates:

As the Israel-Hamas war continues, negotiations seem to have stalled to secure the release of hostages.
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Senate passes bill to protect kids online and make tech companies accountable for harmful content

The Senate has passed legislation designed to protect children from dangerous online content. It's pushing forward with what would be the first major effort by Congress in decades to hold tech companies more accountable for the harm they cause.
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Analysis: What this election proves about the importance of running mates and vice presidents | CNN Politics

One major lesson from Vice President Kamala Harris’ sudden ascension to be the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee is that running mates matter.
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www.washingtonexaminer.com

White House distances Biden's democracy rhetoric from Trump assassination attempt - Washington Examiner

The White House defended Joe Biden from Donald Trump's claim that the idea of Trump being a "threat to democracy" could have led to the assassination attempt.
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Project 2025 winding down policy work following months of criticism from Trump

Trump’s campaign said in a statement that they “welcomed” reports of the group’s “demise.”
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www.usatoday.com

Donald Trump to speak at National Association of Black Journalists Convention in Chicago

Donald Trump will speak at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention in Chicago to the disapproval of some attendees.
www.usatoday.com
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Biden and Lula urge Venezuelan authorities to release detailed presidential election voting data

U.S. President Joe Biden and Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva are calling on Venezuela’s government to release detailed voting data from the presidential election.
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Trump assassination attempt: Senate to grill Secret Service, FBI officials

Lawmakers on the Senate Judiciary and Homeland Security and Government Affairs committees will grill acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. and Deputy FBI Director Paul Abbate on the security failures that led to the near assassination of former President Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania...
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