1/ Kamala Harris has the support of enough Democratic delegates to win the party’s nomination for president. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House Democratic leader Hakeem Jeffries – the top two Democrats in Congress – have also endorsed her for president. “When I announced my campaign for president, I said I intended to go out and earn this nomination,” Harris said in a statement. “Tonight, I am proud to have secured the broad support needed to become our party’s nominee. I look forward to formally accepting the nomination soon.” Separately, Harris laid out her vision for the country during her first campaign rally in Wisconsin as the presumptive Democratic nominee, saying: “This campaign is also about two different visions for our nation, one where we are focused on the future, the other focused on the past.” Harris also highlighted her record as a prosecutor while attacking Trump’s legal issues, saying: “I will proudly put my record against his any day of the week […] I took on perpetrators of all kinds: predators who abused women, fraudsters who ripped off consumers, cheaters who broke the rules for their own gain. So hear me when I say: I know Donald Trump’s type.” (CNN / New York Times / Politico / NBC News / ABC News / Bloomberg / Wall Street Journal / CNN / New York Times)
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