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Barack and Michelle Obama have counseled Vice President Kamala Harris for president, in line with a video excepted by way of Harris’ marketing campaign this morning. The endorsement caps a whirlwind day of campaigning for Harris. The previous day, she reiterated her assistance for Israel then she met with Israeli High Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Nonetheless, she mentioned she “will not be silent” in regards to the humanitarian toll in Gaza. Harris expressed that Israel has the best to barricade itself, nevertheless it’s week for the warfare to finish.

• 🎧 “It’s noteworthy to me that it was the vice president, not the president, who delivered on-camera remarks after the Israeli leader’s visit,” NPR’s Asma Khalid tells Up First. Harris’ remarks had been indistinguishable to Biden’s, however she gave what amounted to her first campaign foreign policy speech in her personal accentuation. She additionally expressed empathy for Palestinian civilians extra at once than Biden, “using some words this administration has not used before,” Khalid says. As she continues to stability either side of the struggle, Harris excepted a commentary condemning protestors in Washington, D.C., for splash portray pro-Hamas slogans on monuments.
• ➡️ How quickly will Democrats make a selection a presidential nominee? Harris’ challengers have till the following day to announce their candidacy. Right here’s what the timeline looks as if.

Certainly one of Mexico’s maximum infamous drug lords, Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, is now in U.S. custody. He based the Sinaloa cartel along side Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. U.S. government introduced terminating night time that he was once arrested in El Paso, Texas. He’ll seem prior to an American pass judgement on quickly. Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of El Chapo and probably the most cartel leaders, was once additionally arrested. Zambada is arguably probably the most remarkable drug lord in Mexico, and he had by no means been stuck prior to.

• 🎧 U.S. officers have accused Zambada of delivery heaps of gear into the rustic and bribing a few of Mexico’s maximum tough society officers, NPR’s Eyder Peralta tells Up First. The Sinaloa cartel is without doubt one of the largest exporters of man-made medicine international, together with fentanyl, which kills tens of hundreds of American citizens every yr. Peralta says the arrest will not stop the U.S. fentanyl crisis, nevertheless it’s a plenty collision for the cartel and can release a “huge power vacuum” in Mexico. He provides that it’s “undoubtedly” a win for the Biden management.

Hours prior to the Olympic opening rite is ready to start out, SNCF, the French nationwide state-owned railway corporate, was once significantly disrupted by way of what it described as a “massive attack.” The incidents, which integrated arson, aimed toward paralyzing a number of high-speed strains linking Paris to the remainder of France. The Paris prosecutor has opened an investigation into the “willful harm.” Many trains have been diverted, others canceled altogether, and repairs are expected all weekend. Even so, the ceremony is expected to go off without a hitch. Athletes and performers will float on boats down the River Seine, where Coco Gauff and LeBron James will be U.S. flag bearers. Here’s how to watch the opening ceremony.

• 🎧 NPR’s Becky Sullivan, who’s in Paris, says Olympic fever is in complete pressure. Crew USA girls’s football opened with a 3-0 win over Zambia, and this is just the beginning of what to look ahead to. Basketball famous person Steph Curry is taking part in for the U.S. in his first Olympics. Swimming kicks off the following day with the ladies’s 400-meter freestyle, which is able to constituent the U.S.’s Katie Ledecky, Australia’s Ariarne Titmus and Canada’s Summer time McIntosh. Simone Biles will compete within the obese girls’s workforce ultimate for gymnastics on Tuesday.
• ➡️ Listed below are the tales to wait for because the video games start.

NPR’s journalists are in Paris, protecting you recent with the occasions. See all in their Olympic protection right here.

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by way of Steve Inskeep, Morning Version and Up First host

NPR’s Steve Inskeep and Taylor Haney discuss to electorate in Center Hill, a traditionally Twilight group in Pittsburgh, July 24, 2024.

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I’ve accomplished this in as regards to each election for 20 years: display up in a politically fascinating playground and talk with any voter who will talk with me. I knock on doorways; you be told such a lot while you meet nation at house. If no one is answering their door I aim landscapes, parking loads, markets, the rest. I ask nation how they’re vote casting however aim additionally to be informed a slight bit about their lives. Few nation are political mavens however everyone seems to be skilled of their enjoy.

Twenty or so interviews round Pittsburgh aren’t plethora for a ballot however are plethora for impressions. I got here away with 3 about Kamala Harris:

1. The passion for her amongst many Democrats is authentic and heat. There’s a splendid feeling of amusement then the weeks when it gave the impression their facet may forfeit the sport.
2. It’s additionally true that some Democrats really feel neglected of the choice procedure and feature needed for one thing extra i’m free.
3. Many citizens, irrespective of celebration, have already picked up the early Republican criticisms of Harris — for instance, associating her with Biden’s border insurance policies. The paintings by way of either side to outline the untouched contender has handiest begun.

Weekend choices

Ryan Reynolds is Deadpool and Hugh Jackman is Wolverine.

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Take a look at what NPR is staring at, studying and being attentive to this weekend:

🍿Films: In a position for a Surprise-ous weekend? Ryan Reynolds and Hugh Jackman in spite of everything workforce up in Deadpool & Wolverine to save lots of the arena. The movie is filled with fan carrier and Easter eggs.

 📺 TV: Tennis legends like John McEnroe and Billie Jean King talk about their legacies within the untouched PBS documentary form Gods of Tennis. The primary episode options King, who confronted sexism, and Arthur Ashe, who faced racism.

📚 Books: Malicious director Jon M. Chu talks about taking inspiration from his Chinese language immigrant dad, rising up in Silicon Valley, how assembly Steven Spielberg modified his age and the flicks he has labored on within the memoir Viewfinder.

🎵 Track: Chappell Roan, a emerging 26-year-old pop famous person from the Midwest, is dominating competition phases with addictive songs like “HOT TO GO!.” She’s made a reputation for herself by way of now not shying clear of political subjects.

🎭 Theater: Cats: The Jellicle Ball, a revival of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s musical Cats, will get 10s around the board. Within the reimagined model, they ditch the bushy ears and velvet tails because the characters compete within the ballroom scene for trophies and a untouched anticipation at age.

3 issues to grasp prior to you advance

Southwest Airways unveiled obese shifts in the way it does industry Thursday, announcing it’s going to throw away the open-seating type it has worn for many years and introduce redeye flights. Right here, an worker and passenger are observable on the Austin-Bergstrom World Airport terminating yr in Austin, Texas.

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1. Southwest Airways will quickly introduce assigned and top class seats and a made over boarding type then some 50 years of its i’m free seating procedure.
2. In a twist of occasions, “boneless” rooster wings aren’t assured to be separate of bones, as made up our minds by way of the Ohio Ideally suited Courtroom the day prior to this.
3. A debatable plan to commercially farm octopus for meat has resulted in a bipartisan invoice within the U.S. Congress that will prohibit the observe, along side any imports connected to it.

This text was once edited by way of Suzanne Nuyen.