Harris under pressure to outline stakes of the election as Biden faces calls to step aside
CNN
As President Joe Biden took on his critics in Washington, Vice President Kamala Harris made the case to their allies around the country.
As President Joe Biden took on his critics in Washington, Vice President Kamala Harris this week made the case to their allies around the country. On Tuesday in Nevada, a battleground state crucial to their reelection bid, she blasted Project 2025 – the 900-page policy agenda drafted by conservatives with ties to former President Donald Trump. In Dallas on Wednesday, she reminded her Alpha Kappa Alpha sisters that they had been “on the front lines of the fight to realize the promise of America” for more than a century. And in Greensboro Thursday, Harris told the crowd that 2024 is the most “existential, consequential and important election” of their lifetimes. “We will continue to fight. And we will continue to organize. And in November, we will win,” Harris said. “We will win, because we know what’s at stake.” Whether Biden steps aside or – as he has insisted for nearly two weeks – remains the Democratic nominee, Harris has been under increased pressure to clearly articulate the significance of this year’s election, draw distinctions between the Biden administration and Trump, and defend the ticket from Republican attacks. The vice president’s efforts to reach minority voters and other key constituencies has become critical.
FBI says it has disrupted major Chinese hacking operation that threatened US critical infrastructure
The FBI has used a court order to seize control of a network of hundreds of thousands of hacked internet routers and other devices that Chinese government-linked hackers were using to threaten critical infrastructure in the US and overseas, FBI Director Christopher Wray said Wednesday.
The Federal Reserve is preparing to cut interest rates for the first time in the Biden era after the White House spent the last three years grappling with Americans’ dissatisfaction with the cost of living, raising new questions about the health of the economy and the impact on voters at the ballot box.
Israeli officials notified the US that the country was going to carry out an operation in Lebanon on Tuesday but did not give any details about what they were planning, according to three sources familiar with the matter, including in a call between Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant early Tuesday morning.