3h ago
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Helen Sullivan (now); Maanvi Singh , Chris Stein,
Léonie Chao-Fong, and Yohannes Lowe (earlier)
Wed 24 Jul 2024 03.22 BST
Summary
Here are the
key developments from the last few hours:
Kamala Harris made the first public speech of
her presidential campaign, promising to unite Democrats during a visit to the
vital swing state of Wisconsin, and comparing Donald Trump to the sorts of
criminals she used to prosecute in California. Earlier in the day, the two most
powerful Democrats in Congress, the Senate majority leader, Chuck Schumer, and
the House minority leader, Hakeem Jeffries, announced their endorsements of the
vice-president, underscoring the glide path Harris appears to be on to become
the party’s presidential nominee.
Donald Trump has said he wants to debate
Kamala Harris despite speculation that he was seeking a way out. Trump had been
due to face Joe Biden on 10 September but, after the president’s withdrawal,
cast doubt on whether he would still take part.
In a statement, the Harris campaign noted that
they had raised $100m in donations in the 36 hours since Biden withdrew from
the 2024 race, adding: “Baseless legal claims – like the ones they’ve made for
years to try to suppress votes and steal elections – will only distract them.”
Donald Trump’s campaign on Tuesday filed a
complaint with the Federal Election Commission against Harris, accusing her
2024 campaign of violating federal campaign finance laws by replacing Joe
Biden’s name with her own to take control of his campaign funds.
The Vermont senator Bernie Sanders has
condemned Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s upcoming address to the
US Congress, and US military support for the war, calling Netanyahu a “war
criminal” presiding over a “rightwing extremist government”. Sanders delivered
his remarks on the Senate floor on Tuesday as Congress expects Netanyahu to
give a speech to Congress on Wednesday afternoon. The speech comes after an
underwhelming arrival to the US, just after President Joe Biden announced his
withdrawal from November’s elections.
Comments Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance
made in 2021 questioning Harris’s leadership because she did not have
biological children have resurfaced, testing the young conservative senator in
his early days campaigning as part of the Republicans’ presidential ticket.
US Capitol Police arrested Jewish activists
protesting against US military support for Israel inside a congressional
building on Tuesday, a day before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is
scheduled to deliver a speech to Congress. The protesters, organized by
activist group Jewish Voice for Peace, wore red T-shirts bearing the phrases
“not in our name” and “Jews say stop arming Israel.” Some carried banners
reading “ceasefire now” and “let Gaza live.” The activist group said over 250
protesters were arrested and 400 people took part in the demonstration. Police
said around 200 people were arrested.
Secret Service officials are reported to be
encouraging Donald Trump’s campaign to stop holding outdoor rallies in the wake
of the 13 July assassination attempt on the former president at a fairground in
Butler, Pennsylvania. The move, reported by the Washington Post, comes as
Secret Service director Kimberly Cheatle resigned on Tuesday following a
combative grilling before a congressional committee by both Democrats and
Republicans over apparent security failures before an attempt on Trump’s life
by a 20-year-old gunman.
The president will meet with the Israeli prime
minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, when he visits Washington DC, and the pair will
also sit down with the families of American hostages taken by Hamas. Harris
will attend neither event.
The House will vote on setting up a bipartisan
panel to investigate the Trump assassination attempt, its Republican and
Democratic leaders said in a joint statement.
Biden condemned an Ohio state senator who
warned of “a civil war to save the country” as he introduced Trump’s running
mate JD Vance yesterday. The state senator apologized.
Jamie Raskin, the top Democrat on the
oversight committee, joined Republicans in approving of Cheatle’s decision to
resign, while also saying the Trump rally shooting proves assault weapons must
be banned.
Bob Menendez, the New Jersey senator convicted
on charges related to accepting bribes, will reportedly resign his Senate seat
in August.
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