On Politics

Tue Aug 27 2024

Rebecca Morin | Senior National News Reporter

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Hi hi! I'm Rebecca Morin, senior national news reporter at USA TODAY, and I forgot to have coffee today… Reach me at rdmorin@usatoday.com.

14 days until the first presidential debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. 70 days until Election Day. 4 days until WWE's Bash In Berlin (Rhea Ripley and Damian Priest BETTER beat Liv Morgan and Dominik Mysterio!)

Ex-Pence national security adviser warns Trump will claim 'rigged' election

Will Donald Trump claim another rigged election? (The 2020 election wasn't.) One former White House advisor thinks so. Olivia Troye, a national security and counterterrorism adviser to former Vice President Mike Pence who quit her job after Jan. 6, believes Trump is gearing up to claim a "rigged" election again in 2024. Read more.

•	Flip through to see which Republicans have backed Harris
•	More than 200 Republicans who used to work for either former President George W. Bush, the late Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., or Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, endorsed Harris.

A politics pit stop

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•	Latino civil rights group demands investigation into Texas AG voter fraud chase
•	Democratic Party sues Georgia State Election Board over rules to 'prevent chaos'
•	Tulsi Gabbard endorses Trump: Why the former Hawaii Democrat is backing him

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RFK Jr., Tulsi Gabbard joins Trump 2024 transition team

Former Democrats Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Tulsi Gabbard – who have both endorsed Trump – are joining the former president's transition team. The position will give Kennedy and Gabbard influence over a second Trump administration if he wins the 2024 election. Read more.

You asked, On Politics answers: Why is Harris promoting border bill?

Keep the questions coming! Clarisa from Austin, Texas asks: "Why is Harris claiming the bipartisan senate border bill for Democrats? It's a cruel bill, written by conservative lawmakers, that's ineffective at best and cruel at worst."

Across the board, immigration has become a growing concern among many United States voters, per recent Gallup polling. It's an issue that Democrats are trying to walk a fine line on, including Harris, in an effort to quell voters' immigration concerns. Promoting the bipartisan border security bill (more on that here), is part of that strategy. The bill would have expanded detention capacity and expanded the number of green-card-eligible visas every year for five years, while still making it harder for people to qualify for asylum.