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rewrite this title Meet the ‘balding gay Jew’ now leading America’s governors

Summarize this content to 100 words Apparently Kamala Harris wasn’t looking for “a 49-year-old balding gay Jew from Boulder, Colorado,” to be her running mate. That was Colorado Gov. Jared Polis’ self-deprecating description of himself — a comment that went viral — when asked about his prospects in the veepstakes. It was classic Polis, the first openly gay person elected governor of a state, and the latest example of how
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rewrite this title Harris Chooses Comfort Food: Will America Bite?

Summarize this content to 100 words PHILADELPHIA — Vice President Kamala Harris’ debut appearance with her running mate and his runner-up here Tuesday night neatly illustrated the reasoning behind her choice. Contrary to the wish-casting of the left and the sinister claims of the right, Harris didn’t select Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota because she is beholden to her party’s base or, more absurdly, uneasy with a Jewish vice president.
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rewrite this title Arizona could become the blueprint for Democrats looking to build state power

Summarize this content to 100 words TUCSON, Arizona — For Arizona Democrats, this election is about more than delivering Kamala Harris a key Sun Belt state. It is a test of the party’s down-ballot strength as Democrats mount their most aggressive campaign yet to flip the state Legislature. Taking control of Phoenix has emerged as the top target nationwide for Democrats focused on rebuilding state power after more than a
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rewrite this title Harris VP announcement coming Tuesday, likely with video

Summarize this content to 100 words Vice President Kamala Harris is bringing her crash search for a running mate to a close, with a final decision expected over the next 24 hours with a video announcement likely to follow sometime Tuesday, according to people familiar with the selection process. While the precise nature of the rollout is not final, campaign insiders are pointing to President Joe Biden’s 2020 video introduction
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rewrite this title Priced out of housing, many younger disillusioned voters embrace populism

Summarize this content to 100 words From California to Krakow, young voters who are losing faith in democracy have been spurred in part by a surprising cause: high rents and rising property prices. The scarcity of affordable housing has triggered protests across European cities, from London to Lisbon, and on both coasts of the United States, where home prices have surged 54 percent since 2019. In California recently, hundreds of
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rewrite this title Jon Stewart pushes VA to cover troops sickened by uranium after 9/11. Again, they are told to wait

Summarize this content to 100 words WASHINGTON — Comedian Jon Stewart and troops sickened by uranium ended a meeting Friday at the Department of Veterans Affairs angry that once again they have been told they will have to wait to see whether the VA will connect their illnesses to the toxic base where they were deployed shortly after 9/11. The denied claims were supposed to have been fixed by the
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rewrite this title At South Florida rally, Trump cycles through new attacks on Harris

Summarize this content to 100 words Former President Donald Trump tested out new attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris in front of a conservative audience on Friday evening, linking her to Biden administration policies on immigration and crime, with additional jabs at the state of California — and the pronunciation of her name. Trump’s address on friendly turf at the conservative Turning Point Action Believers’ Summit was in many ways
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rewrite this title Trump struggles to find line of attack against Harris: ‘They are literally grasping at straws’

Summarize this content to 100 words As Republicans rev up their anti-Kamala Harris campaign, they’re having a hard time finding a consistent line of attack. In recent days, Republicans have slammed the vice president for everything from her handling of immigration and her past as a prosecutor to her “terrible,” “horrible” and “mean” demeanor. On Wednesday, Donald Trump called Harris a “radical, left lunatic,” then branded her “nasty” in a
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rewrite this title Obama to throw his full support behind Harris

Summarize this content to 100 words Former President Barack Obama plans to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential bid, according to two people familiar with his plans. That endorsement could come as soon as Thursday, according to one of the people granted anonymity to speak about an endorsement that is not yet public. Obama, the first Black president, remains one of the most popular figures in the Democratic party even