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Sunday

Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she is introduced during the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.'s Grand Boulé, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings) Darron Cummings/AP hide caption

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Who will Vice President Kamala Harris pick to be her running mate?

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Saturday

U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign fundraising event at the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield, Mass., on Saturday. Stephanie Scarbrough/Pool/AFP via Getty Images hide caption

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Friday

Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to speak from the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Monday, July 22, 2024, during an event with NCAA college athletes. It was her first public appearance after President Joe Biden endorsed her to be the next presidential nominee of the Democratic Party. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption

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HARRIS RACE AND GENDER MESSAGING

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Former Speaker of the House, Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) praises former Clerk of the House of Representatives Cheryl Johnson as she was honored with the United States Capitol Historical Society's Freedom Award in Statuary Hall at the U.S. Capitol on February 13, 2024. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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A year after her speakership, Nancy Pelosi's influence remains strong

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Democrats cheer for Vice President Harris at a rally — the first of her campaign — in Milwaukee on July 23, 2024. Jim Vondruska/Getty Images hide caption

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The 180-shift in the Democratic campaign

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Vice President Harris and former President Barack Obama attend a White House event marking the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images North America hide caption

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Vice President Harris and former President Barack Obama attend a White House event marking the anniversary of the Affordable Care Act on April 5, 2022. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption

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Vice President Harris speaks following a meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House complex in Washington on Thursday. Julia Nikhinson/AP hide caption

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San Francisco District Attorney Kamala Harris poses for a portrait in San Francisco on June 18, 2004. Harris successfully challenged the incumbent San Francisco D.A. in 2003, and ran the office until her election as California Attorney General in 2010. MARCIO JOSE SANCHEZ/AP hide caption

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Exploring how a President Harris might handle criminal justice issues

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Kamala Harris, Revisited

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Thursday

Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Va., was diagnosed with a degenerative neurological disorder last year that has inhibited her mobility and hampered her voice. On July, 25 she debuted the use of an AI tool built to mirror her own voice in a speech on the House floor. House Television hide caption

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Wexton uses AI voice on floor

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