Election 2024 live: Harris to join Biden to greet prisoners released from Russia as Trump trashes swap deal
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Kamala Harris will join President Joe Biden tonight at Andrews Air Force Base to greet the Americans released from detention in Russia today.
The historic prisoner swap deal has been hailed as a diplomatic victory across the world, with the apparent exception of Donald Trump, who bitterly posted on Truth Social that the US never makes good deals and the negotiators were an “embarrassment”.
Meanwhile, with just over two weeks to go before the Democratic National Convention, the party’s virtual roll call has begun with Harris soon expected to become the party’s official nominee.
Voting got underway at 9am ET on Thursday and runs through August 5. Harris will announce her running mate next week before embarking on a tour of key battleground states.
On the campaign trail, Harris has rebuked Donald Trump’s comments about her race, claiming that he put on the “same old show” and says that “America deserves better”.
Trump had appeared at the annual meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists, where he wildly, and falsely, claimed that the vice president only recently “became a Black woman.” Harris’s father is from Jamaica and her mother is Indian.
Trump raised $138.7m in July, campaign says
The Trump campaign has announced its July fundraising totals.
Former president Donald Trump and the committees authorized to fundraise for his 2024 campaign have raised $138.7m in the month of July. The campaign now has cash on hand totaling $327m.
A statement reads: “These numbers reflect continued momentum with donors at every level and provide the resources for the final 96 days until victory [on] November 5th.”
Oliver O’Connell1 August 2024 21:31
Biden posts photo of families speaking with freed Americans for first time
Oliver O’Connell1 August 2024 21:27
Watch LIVE: Kamala Harris makes remarks before departure from Houston, Texas
Oliver O’Connell1 August 2024 21:15
What we know about Trump’s ancestry after he pushed his rival’s into question
“She was always of Indian heritage, and she was only promoting Indian heritage,” he said. “I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black, and now she wants to be known as Black. So I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?”
That has sparked questions on the backgrounds of both candidates. Trump is one of five children of the real estate developer Fred Trump and the Scottish immigrant Mary Anne MacLeod Trump. The former president has five children with his three wives as well as 10 grandchildren.
Here is everything we know about Trump’s ancestry and immediate family.
Gustaf Kilander1 August 2024 21:05
Trump ally Alina Habba attacks Harris over her ‘roots’
Kelly Rissman reports on what she said.
Oliver O’Connell1 August 2024 21:00
Harris spoke with Navalny widow following prisoner swap
Readout of Vice President Harris’s Call with Yulia Navalnaya
Vice President Kamala Harris spoke today with Yulia Navalnaya, widow of Alexey Navalny, following the release of 16 individuals from Russia, including three American citizens, one American green card holder, as well as five German citizens and seven Russian citizens who were political prisoners, several of whom worked with Navalny in his efforts to combat corruption and to build a free, democratic Russia. The Vice President welcomed the release of these individuals and reaffirmed that she will continue to stand with those fighting for freedom in Russia and around the world. The Vice President commended Navalnaya for her courage in continuing her husband’s work for justice and the rule of the law in Russia. The Vice President previously met with Navalnaya in February 2024 at the Munich Security Conference, just hours after the terrible news broke of Navalny’s death in a Russian prison. The Vice President wrote a piece about Yulia Navalnaya for TIME Magazine’s “The 100 Most Influential People of 2024.”
Oliver O’Connell1 August 2024 20:58
Watch: NSA Jake Sullivan explains role of Kamala Harris in prisoner swap deal
Oliver O’Connell1 August 2024 20:45
Project 2025 abortion surveillance idea comes back to bite Trump
The DNC is out with a new memo on Thursday detailing how conservatives hope to use a second Trump presidency to expand state-led efforts to monitor women who get abortions — even if they do so in states where the practice is legal.
John Bowden reports from Washington, DC.
Oliver O’Connell1 August 2024 20:30
Veepstakes: Walz says he’s ‘not interviewing for anything’
NBC News reports Tim Walz has said that Kamala Harris should pick whichever running mate will help her win in November.
The Harris campaign has requested vetting materials from the Minnesota governor, according to reports.
“I’m not interviewing for anything. I just am who I am and put it out there,” Walz said.
“I want to see that person first and foremost who is compatible with whatever the vice president wants,” Walz said. “Whatever she wants, is it in this moment and just to be candid, to put a ticket together that wins in November, and continues to implement the policies that we’ve seen out of this administration.”
Oliver O’Connell1 August 2024 20:15
Harris takes lead over Trump in betting odds for the first time
Bets placed for Harris becoming the next US president first overtook Trump bets Wednesday afternoon on the platform PredictIt.
Oliver O’Connell1 August 2024 20:05
