Election 2024: Harris follows Trump to North Carolina; Vance continues his swing through the Rust Belt (2024)

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Harris accepted an invitation to meet with a Teamsters union roundtable, according to the union and the Harris campaign.

"The vice president has received and gladly accepted an invitation by IBT leadership to participate in a candidate roundtable to discuss her record of fighting for Teamsters and their families and to highlight her vision for the future," the campaign said in a statement. "The campaign looks forward to scheduling the roundtable in the near future."

The union will have a presence at the Democratic National Convention, though union president Sean O'Brien will not be a speaker, according to a source familiar with DNC convention planning. O'Brien last month delivered a speech at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

Pennsylvania GOP Senate nominee Dave McCormick today stressed getting Republicans out to the polls as a higher priority than persuading independents to vote for him.

When McCormick was asked about his strategy to win the November election, he said at an energy roundtable earlier today, “You can’t even start to talk about independents or Democrats until you say, ‘Our people are out to vote.’”

McCormick said his strategy to push for high turnout is to be “everywhere all at the same time,” arguing the math is “pretty straightforward” when you look at the number of counties in Pennsylvania that are Republican leaning.

Reporting from Washington, D.C.

TheSupreme Courton Friday barred the Biden administration from enforcing parts of amajor regulation on sex discrimination in educationthat is embroiled in litigation over its protections for transgender students.

The court rejected a request from the administration to allow less contentious parts of the regulation, many of which have nothing to do with gender identity, to go into effect in states where it has been challenged while lower courts wrangle over the contentious transgender issues.

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North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, who pulled out of consideration to be Harris' running mate, said in a CNN interview that he has "that 2008 feeling," referring to the last time his state voted for a Democratic presidential nominee.

"I said earlier today, 'I have that 2008 feeling,' and people in North Carolina know what that means. That's the last time we voted for a Democratic presidential nominee, Barack Obama," he said. "I have that same feeling now. I'm getting that vibe from voters that they want to make history again."

Corey Lewandowski, a newly appointed Trump senior campaign adviser, said in a Fox News interview that the former president's schedule will pick up.

"You’re going to see him on the road all week long, and you’re going to see the president’s schedule continue to increase, because I believe that the president’s best when he’s talking directly to the American people," Lewandowski said.

When asked what needed to change on Trump's campaign, Lewandowski pointed to wanting Trump to be "in front of the American people."

"I want him to talk to small gatherings, big gatherings, rallies, the policy speeches," he said. "That’s where he excels, and that’s where he’s the best. And I think the more people who get to see him and hear him, the more likely it is they’re going to support him."

Walz is officially on TikTok, announcing his move in his first video on the social media site today.

The governor filmed the 10-second video alongside his dog, Scout, at a dog park.

"Hey everybody, Tim here with Scout at the dog park along the Mississippi doing our first entry into TikTok," he said. "Or as he and I say: TimTok. Right, Scout?"

Former U.S. Secret Service director, Kimberly Cheatle has been designated a Secret Service protectee, after resigning her position in the wake of assassination attempt on Trump last month in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Threats have been directed at Cheatle following the shooting, criticism over security failings and her appearance on Capitol Hill, according to a source familiar with the situation.

Cheatle resigned on July 23.

She served as an agent of the Secret Service from 1995 to 2019, She then spent roughly three years in the private sector as a senior security official for Pepsi before she was named director of the Secret Service in 2022.

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., will deliver a speech at the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, according to three sources familiar with the matter.

Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee Chair Suzan DelBene, of Washington, and Rep. Tom Suozzi, of New York, will also make remarks on the same day.

Cornel West has been disqualified from appearing on Michigan's presidential ballot because the independent candidate's paperwork was not properly notarized, the state's board of elections announced Friday.

West was required to include a notarized affidavit of identity when filing to appear on Michigan’s ballot, but the Colorado notary who filled out the paperwork left out key details. The notary’s stamp was also on a separate piece of paper and not included with her certificate.

In a letter detailing the decision that was shared with NBC News, Michigan Director of Elections Jonathan Brater said officials reached out to West’s team in early August but did not hear back.

A spokesperson for West's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Billionaire Republican megadonorMiriam Adelsonappears to have a blank check policy when it comes to her support of former PresidentDonald Trump, as she aims to help get him back to theWhite House.

Adelson’s political aide Andy Abboud was overheard telling attendees at a campaign event at Trump’s golf club inBedminster, N.J.,on Thursday that whatever Trump needs from Adelson, he’s going to get, according to Abboud and a person with direct knowledge of the matter.

This person and one other in this article were granted anonymity to speak freely about private matters.

“We’re going to do whatever it takes for him to win,” Abboud said in a brief phone interview Friday with CNBC, confirming his comments overheard at the event. “In her [Adelson’s] mind, and in the minds of those who run the political action committee [Preserve America], we are going to do whatever it takes for him to win.”

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Donald Trump's voice is featured on a new rap song with New York rapper Fivio Foreign and Florida rapper Kodak Black titled “ONBOA47RD.”

Both rappers have publicly expressed support for Trump, particularly Kodak Black, whom Trump pardoned toward the end of his first term.

“Rap music imitates reality and these artists are showing their support for President Trump, which has become a common sentiment in the Black community,” Janiyah Thomas, campaign Black media director, said.

Clips of Trump speaking are used on the song’s intro and bridge: “I’m not supposed to be here tonight. I’m here today to announce a brand-new plan to deliver more opportunity, more security, more fairness.”

Reporting from aboard Vance's campaign plane

Minutes after taking off en route to Ohio, Vance's campaign plane made an emergency landing in Milwaukee after experiencing a mechanical issue with one of its doors.

"The pilot advised there was a malfunction with the door seal. After declaring an emergency, Trump Force Two returned to Milwaukee. As soon as the issue was resolved, the plane returned to its originally planned flight path back to Cincinnati,” Vance spokesperson Taylor Van Kirk said in a statement.

Campaigning in Milwaukee earlier this afternoon, Vance was set to return to his home base in Cincinnati after wrapping two stops in the area. The campaign's plane first took off just after 1:06 p.m. CT and touched back down safely 16 minutes later after declaring the emergency.

Nearly an hour later at 2:18 p.m. CT, the plane took off again headed to its original destination with the issue resolved.

In her North Carolina speech, Kamala Harris said of Trump, “He tried to cut Medicare every year he was president.”

It’s a misleading line that Democrats have been using for years, based on Trump’s budget proposals that restricted payments to Medicare providers and suppliers. AsNBC News has reported, Trump’s budgets didn’t cut Medicare benefits. The spending cuts for health care providers and suppliers have been embraced by Democrats, including in the Affordable Care Act, which Harris touted on Friday and vowed to protect.

In response to the Harris claim, Trump campaign spokesman Brian Hughes said, “Their shameless lies about President Trump are an attempt to distract from Harris’ abject failure in the White House.”

Finishing out her speech in Raleigh, Harris contrasted her economic proposals with those of the Trump campaign.

"Donald Trump plans to devastate the middle class, punish working people and make the cost of living go up for millions of Americans," she said.

She added that her administration would "bring down costs, increase the security and stability financially of your family, and expand opportunity for working and middle-class Americans."

In her speech, Harris promised "to not only restore [the child] tax credit, but expand it," adding that she would provide $6,000 to parents in the first year of a child's life.

If elected, Harris' proposal would almost surely face pushback in the Senate, which voted this month to block a smaller, bipartisan plan to impose a child tax credit.

Harris said that her economic plan will "end America's housing shortage by building 3 million new homes and rentals."

"I know what home ownership means. It’s more than a financial transaction. It’s so much more than that. ... It’s a symbol of the pride that comes with hard work. It’s financial security. It represents what you will be able to do for your children," she said.

She added, "Sadly, right now, it is out of reach for far too many American families. ... As president, I will work in partnership with industry to build the housing we need both to rent and to buy."

Harris talked about Trump raising taxes on necessities, referring to the former president saying he wants a 10% tariff on imported goods.

"It will mean higher prices on just about every one of your daily needs," she said. "A Trump tax on gas, a Trump tax on food, a Trump tax on clothing, a Trump tax on over-the-counter medication."

Trump told Fox News earlier this year thatit could be 60%— maybe even “more than that” — on imports of Chinese goods.

"While we work on the housing shortage, my administration will provide first-time home buyers with $25,000 to help with the down payment on a new home," Harris told rallygoers in North Carolina, to big cheers.

"We can do this," she added.

During the event to unveil her economic plan if she is elected president, Harris said she "will go after the bad actors" to protect consumers.

"Look, I know most businesses are creating jobs, contributing to our economy and playing by the rules, but some are not, and that's just not right, and we need to take action when that is the case," Harris said.

The former California attorney general said that she went after companies that illegally increased prices and won more than $1 billion for consumers. She said she'll do more as president.

During her speech unveiling an economic policy platform, Harris told her family's story, sharing with attendees: "For most of my childhood, we were renters. My mother saved for well over a decade to buy a home."

"Later in college, I worked at McDonald's to earn spending money," Harris said, before acknowledging that "some of the people I worked with were raising families on that paycheck."

"They worked second or third jobs to pay rent or buy food. That only gets harder when the cost of living goes up," Harris added.

Harris said that, as president, she would work to pass the first federal ban on price-gauging on food.

"My plan will include new penalties for opportunistic companies that exploit crises and break the rules, and we will support smaller food businesses that are trying to play by the rules and get ahead," Harris said.

She continued: "We will help the food industry become more competitive ... more competition means lower prices for you and your families."

Harris told the audience in Raleigh that she'll lay out her full economic vision "in the weeks to come," but today she will focus exclusively on the cost of living.

"I will address in greater detail my plans to build an opportunity economy, and today, I will focus on one element that's on the minds of many Americans as they pay their bills at the kitchen table or walk the aisles of a grocery store, and that is lowering the cost of living," she said.

She continued: "Look, the bills add up: food, rent, gas, back-to-school, clothes, prescription medication. After all that, for many families, there's not much left at the end of the month."

During her speech in Raleigh, Harris said her economic plan as president will "focus on cutting needless bureaucracy and unnecessary regulatory red tape."

She added: "As president, I will bring together labor with small businesses and major companies to invest in America. ... Key to creating this opportunity economy is building up our middle class."

In her speech focused on the economy, Harris said that the country has come a "long way" under the Biden administration.

"We were facing one of the worst economic crises in modern history, and today, by virtually every measure, our economy is the strongest in the world," Harris said.

The administration, she said, has created 16 million new jobs and has made historic investments in chips, manufacturing, clean energy and inflation is under under 3%.

"And as president of the United States, it will be my intention to build on the foundation of this progress," she said. "Still, we know that many Americans don't yet feel that progress in their daily lives, costs are still too high and on a deeper level for too many people, no matter how much they work, it feels so hard to just be able to get ahead."

Harris said her administration would build what she calls "an opportunity economy."

In her remarks, Harris mentioned North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper, who was once considered on her shortlist of running mates, before he withdrew from consideration.

Harris began her speech in Raleigh by noting how many times she's been to North Carolina, a potential battleground state, since she became vice president: 16 times.

A constitutional amendment to create open primaries in Arizona has more than enough signatures to make the ballot, a judge ruled today. The measure had 536,216 signatures, more than 150,000 over the required amount.

If the amendment is approved by voters, it would create an open primary for state, federal and county candidates. For most elections,between two and five of the top vote-getters would advance to the general election.

Supporters say opening up primaries to all voters would reduce extremism in politics and engage more Americans, while critics say the parties are entitled to nominate candidates as they choose. The measure would likely engage more of Arizona’s nearly 1.5 million unaffiliated voters in primaries; currently, they have to request a partisan ballot to participate in the primary election.

Earlier this month, the measure also survived a legal challenge that claimed it violated state law and the Arizona constitution. The case has been appealed to the state Supreme Court.

Former Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard, who left the Democratic Party in 2022, will help Trump prepare for his debate against Harris, campaign spokesperson Karoline Leavitt confirmed.

“He does not need traditional debate prep but will continue to meet with respected policy advisors and effective communicators like Tulsi Gabbard, who successfully dominated Kamala Harris on the debate stage,” said Leavitt.

The former representative had her own exchange on the debate stage with Harris in 2019.

The news was first reported by The New York Times.

In remarks to the Milwaukee Police Association, Vance defended Trump from criticism he's received after the former president claimed that a top presidential civilian award is "better" than the nation's highest military honor.

"Trust me, the veteran community is very, very much behind Donald Trump," Vance told officers in Milwaukee.

"He’s a guy who loves our veterans and who honors our veterans," Vance added. "I don’t think him complimenting and saying a nice word about a person who received the Presidential Medal of Freedom is in any way denigrating those who received military honors."

Vance was referring to Trump's remarks yesterday at a campaign event where he shared a story about giving Republican donor Miriam Adelson the Presidential Medal of Freedom and told attendees that that award is "the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor, but civilian version. It’s actually much better because everyone [who] gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they’re soldiers. They’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets or they’re dead."

The Harris campaign and other Trump critics quickly rebuked the former president for the remarks.

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Jewish voters recently surveyed in battleground Pennsylvania favored Harris over Trump by 12 points, 55%-43%, according to a poll conducted by the Honan Strategy Group earlier this month and shared with NBC News.

The survey is actually somewhat encouraging for Trump. It’s not a frequently polled demographic, so there is little other data to compare to in Pennsylvania. But anywhere from 60% to 70% of Jewish voters nationally backed Democrats at the presidential level in recent elections, according to past research, so the survey may show some small amount of movement toward him.

And Pennsylvania is the swing state with the most Jewish voters, so even a small swing toward the former president could make a big difference.

The pollster assembled the sample by contacting voters with common Jewish surnames, and respondents then self-identified when asked. The group polled 400 Jewish voters from July 26 to Aug. 1, with a margin or error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.

The survey was conducted on behalf of the TEACH Coalition/Orthodox Union, Jewish advocacy groups that have gotten involved in recent elections, including the successful primary campaign against Rep. Jamaal Bowman, D-N.Y., earlier this year.

Joined by civil rights advocates and members of Congress in the Oval Office, President Joe Biden signed a proclamation today to designate the site of the 1908 Springfield Race Riot a national monument.

"We're rewriting history. We're allowing history to be written as what happened. So our children, our grandchildren and everybody understands what happened and what could still happen," Biden said.

The landmark, where mobs of white residents tore through in 1908 to attack two Black men, became the site of a deadly riot where the white mob took their anger out on the city's Black population. By the end of the riot, two innocent Black men were hanged and homes and businesses in Springfield's majority-Black neighborhoods were demolished and burned to the ground.

Biden told reporters at an Oval Office event to designate the site of the 1908 race riot in Springfield, Illinois, as a national monument that a cease-fire deal between Israel and Hamas is closer than ever.

"One of the reasons why I was late for you all was I was dealing with the cease-fire effort in the Middle East, and we are closer than we've ever been," he said. "I don't want to jinx anything, but as my grandfather used to say, with the grace of God ... and a lot of luck."

"We may have something, but we’re not there yet," the president added, saying an agreement was "much, much closer than it was three days ago. So keep your fingers crossed."

Mediators wrapped up two days of talks today with a final so-called bridging proposal aimed at shoring up the remaining disagreements and bringing about a quick end to the conflict and the release of hostages held by Hamas. Both sides agreed to a blueprint Bidenoutlined on May 31, but talks dragged on as Hamas and Israel accused each other of trying to kill the deal with various demands.

A new Harvard study shows that celebrity endorsem*nts make a difference in presidential elections as well as in political and civic engagement.

Reporting from aboard Vance's campaign plane

Vance, on his way to Wisconsin for midday remarks, is traveling with a special guest today: his family dog.

Atlas, a 9-month-old German shepherd, traveled in the senator's motorcade from the Vances' Cincinnati home to the airport for the quick one-hour flight to Milwaukee.

He lurched up the steps onto the plane a few strides ahead of the senator who held his leash in one hand and an umbrella in the other. Vance's wife, Usha Vance, is also joining today's campaign trip.

Two White House staffers are expected to depart the Biden administration soon to join Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign, as the operation expands in the final 80-day sprint to election day, according to two administration officials and one campaign official familiar with the moves who were granted anonymity to discuss internal decisions.

With the departures, the White House is promoting deputy communications director Herbie Ziskend to an elevated role to helphandle messagingaroundPresident Joe Biden’s legacy, as he nears his final months in office, one of the officials said.

Kristen Orthman, White House principal deputy communications director, will be leaving her post to join the Harris campaign in a planning role that will coordinate across several departments, these people said.

Ian Sams, the White House counsel spokesman for oversight, will move over to the campaign as a senior spokesperson. His departure was first reported by The Washington Post.

The Harris campaign plans to announce more new staff roles as early as today, according to a source familiar with the matter.

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House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., will fundraise for Trump-endorsed candidate Joe Kent tomorrow as Kent takes another swing at capturing a western Washington congressional district this fall.

Kent, a veteran and Trump loyalist, drew criticism during his 2022 campaign, suggesting that the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol may have been an “intelligence operation” aimed at entrapping Trump supporters. He was one of two congressional candidates who spoke at a September 2021 rally in support of Jan. 6 arrestees, casting them as “political prisoners,” eight months after the Capitol riot.

Trump endorsed Kent in 2022 and again this year. Kent is facing a rematch with Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez, D-Wash., who defeated him last cycle and flipped a Republican-held district that voted for Trump in 2020. Washington's 3rd District is a top GOP target and is expected to be highly competitive again this year.

Harris' campaign ripped Trump today over his comments yesterday calling the Presidential Medal of Freedom a "much better" award than the Congressional Medal of Honor, claiming those who receive the latter award have often been killed or badly injured.

"Donald Trump knows nothing about service to anyone or anything but himself," Harris campaign spokesperson Sarafina Chitika said today in a statement. "For him to insult Medal of Honor recipients, just as he has previously attacked Gold Star families, mocked prisoners of war, and referred to those who lost their lives in service to our country as ‘suckers’ and ‘losers,’ should remind all Americans that we owe it to our service members, our country, and our future to make sure Donald Trump is never our nation’s commander in chief again,"

Speaking at a campaign event yesterday, Trump lauded Miriam Adelson, whom he awarded the Medal of Freedom during his presidency, saying, "That’s the highest award you can get as a civilian. It’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor."

“But civilian version, it’s actually much better because everyone [who] gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they’re soldiers. They’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets or they’re dead," Trump added, drawing condemnation from Democrats.

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy announced he is appointing his former chief of staff George Helmy to temporarily replace Bob Menendez when the disgraced Democratic senator resigns next week following hisconviction on corruption charges.

Helmy first served as Murphy’s chief of staff in 2019. Heleft thepostlast year and has been working for amajor health care company in New Jersey.

Before he worked in the governor’s office, Helmy spent several years workingfor Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., in various roles, includingstate director. Helmy also spent time in the private sector and was an aide to the late Sen. Frank Lautenberg,according to the governor’s office.

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A coalition of 500 health care professionals have signed an open letter repudiating efforts by Republicans to repeal the Inflation Reduction Act, citing attacks on the law by Trump and a call to repeal it in the Heritage Foundation’s "Project 2025" materials.

In the letter, first obtained by NBC News, the signatories call Harris and Walz "the only candidates in this race who will fight for our patients and lower health care costs."

"At a time when too many families struggle to afford medical care, we have to take steps to increase affordability and lower costs. We can’t go back to a time when seniors rationed their insulin because they couldn’t afford it," the letter reads. "The IRA must stay, and be strengthened."

The law instituted a $35 cap on the cost of insulin, a popular achievement that has been all over Democratic campaign ads. It also lowered some prescription drug costs and enabled Medicare to negotiate the price of prescription drugs with pharmaceutical companies, which Biden and Harris touted during a joint event in Largo, Maryland, yesterday.

The release of the letter coincides with the two-year anniversary of the law and comes as Harris proposes other measures to reduce health costs during a campaign event in Raleigh, North Carolina, this afternoon.

The Harris campaign says it's set to hold a bus tour across western Pennsylvania, a key battleground state, on Sunday.

The tour will include appearances by Harris, her running mate Gov. Tim Walz, her husband Doug Emhoff, and Walz's wife, Gwen Walz. They will focus on meeting voters, and the stops will include phone banks and canvassing, among other things, the campaign said.

The tour will start in Pittsburgh and continue with stops through Allegheny and Beaver counties.

"The Vice President and Governor Walz will expand upon the 2020 coalition in Pennsylvania, in part by highlighting their efforts to strengthen organized labor and the more than 500,000 Pennsylvania jobs created under the Biden-Harris administration through historic programs like the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and Inflation Reduction Act," the campaign said.

Trump lauded a wealthy donor on whomhe bestowedthe Presidential Medal of Freedom as having gotten the “better” award compared to the top military honor, the Medal of Honor, because those recipients are often deceased or injured.

Speaking at a campaign event intended to discuss antisemitism, Trump was introduced by Miriam Adelson, a wealthy Republican donor and widow of Sheldon Adelson, who pumped millions of dollars of his own money into electing Republican candidates.He diedin 2021.

“That’s the highest award you can get as a civilian. It’s the equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor,” Trump said, referring to the highest military honor bestowed for valor in combat. The Medal of Honor is often mistakenly called the Congressional Medal of Honor.

“But civilian version, it’s actually much better because everyone [who] gets the Congressional Medal of Honor, they’re soldiers. They’re either in very bad shape because they’ve been hit so many times by bullets or they’re dead,” Trump concluded.

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In a press release, Trump announced that his presidential transition team would be led by Linda McMahon, Howard Lutnick, Sen. JD Vance, and two of his sons, Eric Trump and Donald Trump Jr.

McMahon was the Small Business Administration administrator in the Trump administration and currently serves as the board chair for the America First Policies Institute, a conservative group.

Lutnick is the CEO of Cantor Fitzgerald.

The launch of this transition team comes later than in previous presidential campaign cycles. In 2016, Trump's campaign announced his transition leadership in May. In 2020, Biden launched his in April.

For much of his presidency, Joe Biden struggled to convince Americans their financial condition was better than they perceived. Now, Vice President Kamala Harris will try to shake those negative perceptions as voters continue to fret about the trajectory of the economy.

Harris will lay out more details on her economic policy agenda during a speech in North Carolina today where she is expected to focus on lowering prices, including a plan to prevent price gouging by major food producers and grocers, the campaign said. Harris will also propose a crackdown on acquisitions among food companies if those deals could lead to higher grocery prices.

The economy and concerns around rising costs have been among the top issues for voters, who have consistently given Biden low marks. While Biden sought to emphasize the positives, like relatively low unemployment and strong economic growth, he was unable to improve voters’ sentiments amid decades-high inflation. Former President Donald Trump has sought to tie Harris to the view on Biden, frequently asserting that she bears responsibility for all of the current administration’s policies.

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Officials in a key county in battleground Georgia are taking a new step to ensure election workers’ safety amid rising threats, equipping them with so-called panic buttons that would allow them to quickly contact authorities in emergencies.

The Board of Commissioners in Cobb County, a suburban area northwest of Atlanta, this week approved $47,250 in funding to purchase around 200 devices for election workers ahead of another heated presidential election this fall.

The panic buttons are being sold by Runbeck Election Services, an Arizona-based company that prints ballots and sells election equipment, including printers, to counties across the country, through a partnership with the Ohio-based security company Response Technologies. The devices are roughly the size of a credit card and can be worn on lanyards or tucked in pockets. They pair with users’ cellphones to dispatch GPS locations to the authorities when activated.

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Trump owns more than $1 million in cryptocurrency and made $300,000 onbranded Bibles, a personal financial disclosure form released yesterday shows.

The branded Bible, listed in the disclosure as “The Greenwood Bible,” sells for $59.99 and includes a handwritten chorus to the song “God Bless the U.S.A.” by country singer Lee Greenwood, according to the branded Bible’s website. A limited edition copy bearing Trump’s signature is also available on the website for $1,000.

The disclosure included details about a cryptocurrency wallet and “virtual ethereum key” holdings that he valued at $1 million to $5 million.

Trump’s public positions on crypto have shifted since he first took office, when he said thedigital currency was a scam.

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The Harris campaign says it's holding a "weekend of action" ahead of the Democratic National Convention next week in Chicago.

The campaign is expected to hold 2,800 events in battleground states including phone banks, canvassing, meet-ups, organizing booths and even "Project 2025 message trainings," the campaign said.

More than 10,000 people have volunteered to participate in the events, the campaign said, adding that Democratic leaders and surrogates will also take part. They include Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Va., who was the 2016 Democratic vice presidential nominee, as well as a number of House Democrats, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and his husband, Chasten Buttigieg, and celebrities such as actress Emmy Rossum and singer Ben Folds.

Harris’ campaign rolled out some of her housing policy proposals yesterday, including her support for efforts aimed at lowering the cost of rent and helping renters who are struggling financially, according to details obtained by NBC News from a campaign official.

Harris is proposing plans to stop data firms from driving up lease rates and plans aimed at stopping Wall Street investors from buying up and reselling homes in bulk at a higher price, according to the proposal.

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First lady Jill Biden will have a role at the Democratic National Convention on Monday as part of a larger tribute to her husband, President Joe Biden, as both will appear in different capacities than was planned just a few weeks ago when he was still the party’s presidential nominee.

It is expected to be a particularly poignant moment for a first lady who has often been his fiercest defender, marking a public transition for the couple after they navigated the most challenging political chapter of their lives.

The first lady has privately expressed dismay at some Democrats who were quietly supportive but publicly did not stand by her husband while he was weighing whether to stay in the presidential race, according to two people familiar with her thinking.

She now wants to ensure that his legacy of decades of public service is protected, these people said.

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Trump dodged a question on his pending federal cases from NBC News’ Vaughn Hillyard, who asked if Trump would ask an attorney general to dismiss his federal cases if elected as president. Trump responded that he didn’t want to speak about the cases.

Harris will propose a range of new tax cuts during her remarks in Raleigh, North Carolina, later today, according to Harris-Walz campaign officials.

Her proposal will include cutting taxes for middle-class families with kids, restoring the American Rescue Plan’s expanded Child Tax Credit, providing up to $3,600 per child tax credit for middle-class families, and introducing a $6,000 child tax credit for families with children in the first year of life, her campaign said.

The decision to unveil a new tax platform in North Carolina mirrors Trump, who delivered a speech on his economic proposals — and a host of other subjects — in the Tar Heel State on Wednesday.

Biden will begin his day at the White House, where he will receive the president’s daily brief. Later, he will sign a proclamation to designate the Springfield 1908 Race Riot National Monument.

Later, Biden will depart the White House en route to Camp David.