Wall Street reacts to historic global sell-off: Markets are in an 'aggressive risk-unwind' cnbc.com/2024/08/05/wal…

“Trading was halted for short periods of time in Japan and South Korea as circuit breakers designed to prevent panic selling were triggered multiple times.” kesq.com/money/cnn-busi…

S&P 500 INDEX OPENS 4.2% LOWER, NASDAQ 100 DECLINES 5.4% .... happy monday

New excerpt in VANITY FAIR from my book Trump in Exile (out tomorrow!) about how Donald Trump brought Susie Wiles -- now leading the campaign to make him president again -- into the fold in early 2021: vanityfair.com/news/story/sus…

U.S. officials said they have since the weekend started seeing Iran moving missile launchers and conducting military drills, which could indicate Tehran is preparing for an attack in the coming days. W Michael R. Gordon Alex Ward Nancy Youssef, نانسي يوسف wsj.com/world/middle-e…

As of last night, VP Harris had not yet made a final decision and wanted to sleep on it one more night, according to a source familiar familiar with the process.      This source tells me the Harris campaign has printed signs with Harris’ name and multiple different possible VP

Tim Walz will be Kamala Harris’s running mate. What does he offer for Democrats? Ezra Klein interviewed Walz and explored this question in his podcast last week. Listen, or read the transcript, here: nyti.ms/3SFky1X

Gov. Tim Walz to be Kamala Harris' VP pick. w/ Eugene Daniels Holly Otterbein politico.com/news/2024/08/0…

One factor in the Walz pick was simply a strong personal rapport with Harris, per a person familiar with the process.

Interesting reporting from POLITICO team: After their meeting on Sunday, Shapiro called Harris’ team and made clear that he was “struggling with the decision to leave his current job as governor of Pennsylvania, in order to seek the vice presidency” politico.com/news/2024/08/0…

The race is on to define Gov. Walz washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/… With Hannah Knowles

On Wednesday, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was trading 275 points higher, or 0.7%. The S&P 500 jumped 1.4%, and the Nasdaq Composite advanced 1.9%. nbcnews.com/business/marke…

NEW: Over 90% of US Population Growth Since 2020 Came From Hispanics. White population fell. Alex Tanzi via Bloomberg Economics bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

NEW — About $42 million raised on @ActBlue in the 24 hours after the Tim Walz selection, per NYT's tracker. Yesterday was one of Democrats' best fundraising days ever — though not quite as good as the money bonanza unleashed after Biden decided to step aside in late July.

.⁦Vice President Kamala Harris⁩ kicks of five day tour of swing states.

When VP #Harris and Gov #Walz landed in Wisconsin, JD Vance’s plane was also there. He decided to walk over to the Air Force Two. Pool has asked him why: “I just wanted to check out my future plane,” Vance told. He didn’t speak to Harris, but added that he “wanted to go say

scooplet: the Harris-Walz campaign tells @teenvogue nearly $1 million worth of camo hats were bought yesterday (an initial run of 3000 hats sold out in 30 minutes) teenvogue.com/story/why-the-…

Iran is planning strikes on Israel but there is little preparation of the public or information about a looming war. Iranians say they are anxious, confused & kept in the dark. Our story: nytimes.com/2024/08/07/wor…

This crowd for Harris in WI is rivaling Trump rallies. It’s Harris’ first outdoor rally since running for president.