Evening Report — Trump, Harris race to the middle

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Morning Report — Harris interview: No big stumbles

Vice President Harris’s first sit-down interview as a presidential nominee was a hurdle she had to leap. She cleared the suspense Thursday night on CNN with no big stumbles — and made little news.

Harris, who is more comfortable with her prosecutor persona than as her own defense counsel, was prepared for what turned out to be a deck-clearing series of questions probing the most significant question aimed at the Democratic ticket thus far: Does Harris...

Trump campaigns alongside Gabbard in Wisconsin

Former President Trump on Thursday was joined by Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) for a town hall event in Wisconsin, previewing how the Trump campaign plans to utilize the former Democratic congresswoman on the trail in the coming weeks.

Gabbard, who endorsed Trump earlier in the week, moderated a town hall event in La Crosse, where she guided the conversation and at times sought to keep the conversation focused on key issues like immigration, inflation and foreign policy.

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Five tough interview questions Harris could face

Vice President Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, are set to sit for their first joint interview since they rode to the top of the Democratic ticket about a month ago.

CNN’s Dana Bash landed the coveted task of interviewing the duo during a stop in Georgia with the interview airing on the network and its platforms on Thursday at 9 p.m. ET. 

Though Harris has stopped to talk to reporters traveling with her on the campaign trail, the interview comes ...

Are the Democrats now the party of Reagan?

A son of Bobby Kennedy has endorsed a Republican for president. Meanwhile, former Rep. Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) was among the prominent Reagan Republicans given a speaking role at the Democratic National Convention.

It’s not exactly, to quote “Ghostbusters,” dogs and cats living together…mass hysteria. But it’s close.

The political realignment that began with Donald Trump’s 2016 election has escalated, with the parties swapping some key parts of their brand identities...

For Democrats, ‘freedom’ is just another word for mandate 

While speakers at the Democratic National Convention tried to portray presidential nominee Kamala Harris as some type of cross between Perry Mason, Jack McCoy and Mother Teresa, the overriding theme at the convention and until the election is freedom. But don’t be fooled. Democratic strategists made it very clear months ago that they shifted to the freedom theme as a marketing strategy because it sells well.

As the Wall Street Journal’s Molly Ball reported last December, abort...

Colorado governor pushes back on reports Harris changed policy positions

Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) on Sunday pushed back on criticism that Vice President Harris has changed her stance on several policy issues and is not doing enough interviews to explain the changes, arguing that she will be a president "for all the American people."

"The truth of the matter is, yes, she's come to the middle. She's pragmatic, she's a tough leader, she's the leader we need for the future," Polis said on "Fox News Sunday." "So again, while she may have in the pas...

Democrats brace for GOP attacks on Harris

Democrats are leery about the prospect of Vice President Harris putting out anything close to a fleshed-out agenda, believing they must make the 2024 election about the former president — not the current vice president.

Instead, they’re hoping Harris will run a largely atmospheric campaign — one with limited policy substance — to make the race more of a referendum on former President Trump than on her administration's record.

One Democratic senator who attended the D...