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- US Vice President Kamala Harris says she has secured enough support from Democratic delegates to become the party’s presidential nominee and is looking forward to formally accepting the nomination soon.
- Harris also launched her first full day of campaigning for the presidential nomination, delivering a fiery speech attacking Republican nominee Donald Trump as a felon and pledging to win the November 5 election.
- US President Joe Biden, who withdrew from the 2024 election race, told a meeting of campaign staff that he will do whatever he needs to help Harris win in November. The president’s decision to drop out of the race came after weeks of pressure following a disastrous debate performance against Trump.
- US Secret Service head Kimberly Cheatle told legislators that the assassination attempt on Trump last week was the agency’s “most significant operational failure” in decades.