This year’s presidential election has been transformed by the events of the last few weeks. For the next 99 days, until Election Day on Nov. 5, this newsletter will dedicate a section to the 2024 election, keeping you up to speed.
Today, President Biden, in his first major event since opting out of his re-election run, called on Congress to impose 18-year term limits on Supreme Court justices and create an enforceable code of ethics on the justices. He also proposed a constitutional amendment that would reverse the court’s recent ruling giving presidents broad immunity from criminal conviction.
House Speaker Mike Johnson called the proposal “dead on arrival.” Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, said she supported Biden’s effort.
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Harris could formally become the Democratic nominee as soon as this week. She’s trying to maintain her momentum as the honeymoon phase of her campaign winds down, but may struggle to explain some progressive positions she embraced during the 2020 race.
Donald Trump will speak to supporters in Harrisburg, Pa., on Wednesday. His events this weekend with religious leaders and Bitcoin enthusiasts demonstrated how he code switches as he campaigns.
Trump’s running mate, Senator JD Vance of Ohio, will appear at events in Nevada and Arizona after drawing criticism for mocking “childless cat ladies.” The Times also obtained correspondence between Vance and a law school classmate in which he expressed views sharply different from those articulated in his public statements.
Tech billionaires, many of whom are part of the “PayPal Mafia,” are openly brawling with one another over the presidential race.
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Maduro was declared the winner in a disputed election
Venezuela’s election authority said today that the country’s authoritarian leader, Nicolás Maduro, won yesterday’s presidential election, despite enormous momentum from an opposition movement. The tally, however, was riddled with irregularities, and the result was immediately called into question by the U.S. and countries around the world.