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How Tim Walz went from NRA-endorsed to a gun-control advocate

Walz's shift, capped by his recent support as governor for a wave of significant gun-control bills in Minnesota, placed him squarely in line with the mainstream of the Democratic Party.

Donald Trump’s campaign says its emails were hacked by Iranians but provides no specific evidence
Trump’s presidential campaign says it has been hacked and is blaming Iranian actors for stealing and distributing sensitive internal documents. It provided no specific evidence to back the claims.

Hawaii Senator Mazie Hirono wins Democratic primary for third term, will face McDermott in general
US Senator Mazie Hirono and the state’s incumbent congressional representatives won their races in the Democratic Party’s primary election on Saturday.

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Massachusetts Democratic leader manages state politics while providing $2m in aid to Ukraine

With Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, the Divine Nine is set to play a key role heading into November

GOP attacks on Walz’s military service echo ‘swift-boating’ of Kerry two decades ago. Democrats say they’ve learned since.

VP candidate Tim Walz to appear in Rhode Island next week

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Project 2025, the far-right agenda for a second Trump administration, explained

Who is JD Vance? Eight things to know about Donald Trump’s pick for vice president.

Kamala Harris’s views on key issues over the years

Five things to know about Tim Walz, running mate of Kamala Harris

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Trump’s tax plan could add trillions in debt. Harris’s is a mystery.

Independent analyses suggest Trump’s plans could add close to $4 trillion over the next decade to America’s already fast-growing national debt. Harris has no policy proposals posted on her campaign website — economic or otherwise.

Fact check: A look at claims made by Trump at news conference

The Republican presidential nominee spoke for more than an hour, discussing a number of issues facing the country and then taking questions from reporters. He made a number of false and misleading claims.

That time Trump nearly died in a helicopter crash? Didn’t happen.

Former president Donald Trump told a story about nearly dying in a helicopter ride with Willie Brown, the former California politician and ex-boyfriend of his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris.

With Kamala Harris as the Democratic nominee, the Divine Nine is set to play a key role heading into November

As Harris, a graduate of Howard University, a historically Black school, has made a point of highlighting her membership and spoken at several Black Greek-letter organization events, members have grown excited about her candidacy.

Analysis

Richard Nixon resigned 50 years ago amid questions of presidential privilege and immunity. We’re still considering those issues.

Here, as in so many other ways, former president Donald Trump has changed the calculus.

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Trump keeps losing his train of thought. Cognitive experts have theories about why.

Trump has several disjointed and occasionally incoherent verbal habits that seem to have increased in recent years, experts say.

In 60-year-old Tim Walz, Kamala Harris found a partner to advocate for reproductive rights

Already, Walz has captivated crowds in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, and Michigan with the story of his daughter’s birth, made possible through in vitro fertilization treatments.

Vance and other Trump allies amplify a false claim about Harris’s racial identity

JD Vance, Donald Trump’s running mate, defended on Wednesday a false claim the former president made about Vice President Kamala Harris's racial identity, suggesting wrongly that Harris had downplayed her Black heritage in trying to suggest she’s inauthentic.