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Kamala Harris, In Colbert Interview, Talks About Decision Not To Run For California Governor: “I Don’t Want To Go Back Into The System; I Think It’s Broken”

UPDATED: Kamala Harris, in her first post-2024 election interview, said that what has most surprised her about Donald Trump‘s term is the level of capitulation. “I didn’t predict that; I did not see that coming,” Harris told Stephen Colbert on CBS’s The Late Show. Colbert had asked Harris whether she would like to say “I told you so,” given that she predicted a number of things that Trump is now doing, including alienating allies and giving tax cuts to the rich. “I believed that on some level, there should be many who consider themselves to be guardians of our system and our democracy, who just capitulated.” Harris was not specific, but suggested that congressional Republicans have failed to stand to Trump as he amasses power.Watch on Deadline“I think there are a lot of people who think they are riding...
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Tariffs announced, tariffs delayed — tariffs denied? From the Politics Desk

Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Deskan evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail.In today’s edition, our team looks at Trump’s tariff agenda on the eve of his deadline for reimposing some of the duties he announced and then delayed in April, as well as a legal case looming over all of the tariffs. Meanwhile, Jonathan Allen outlines the thought process that awaits Kamala Harris ahead of the 2028 election.Sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox every weekday here.— Scott BlandTrump’s tariffs face another inflection point, and a court testPresident Donald Trump’s most sweeping tariffs, the ones he originally announced in April, are set to go into effect (again) on Friday. But on...
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Opposition rejects ‘engineered politics’ at APC, calls for restoration of democracy

ISLAMABAD: The opposition’s All Parties Conference (APC) in Islamabad on Thursday saw senior political leaders rallying for the restoration of democracy, the supremacy of the constitution, and an end to what they termed engineered politics and judicial victimization. With a strong demand to restore democracy and respect the will of the people, PTI Chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan emphasized that no political solution could succeed unless the voices and votes of citizens were respected. “Some are trying to end democracy, but democracy will continue. We will bring constitutional supremacy, free the judiciary, and repeal the 26th Amendment,” he stated, as the APC began under the banner of Tehreek Tahafuz Ayin-e-Pakistan (TTAP), an alliance formed by opposition parties against the government. The APC brought together leaders from major opposition groups, including PTI, PKMAP, former senators, legal experts, and...
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‘Obi’s 6m Votes Will Vanish If He Joins Atiku’, Says Tinubu’s Minister

Minister of Aviation and Aerospace Development, Festus Keyamo, has dismissed ongoing talks of a possible alliance between opposition leaders former presidential candidates Peter Obi and Atiku Abubakar, describing it as a “dead on arrival” project that lacked electoral viability. Speaking on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’, Keyamo claimed that merging Peter Obi and Atiku’s political bases would not pose a threat to the All Progressives Congress (APC), citing demographic and ideological divisions that would collapse under such a coalition. “I will tell you something , this so-called ADC they are forming, whoever they bring… I want to give you small expo. What they are working on is to bring Peter Obi and Atiku together and join those numbers to beat our 8.4 million votes,” he said. However, the Minister said the tactic was bound to fail due to deep...
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