Harris Campaign Raises $310 Million, Immigration Program Paused Amid Fraud Concerns, Lavish Spending at LGBTQ Organization | Aug. 2

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TOP NEWS | On today’s Daily Signal Top News, we break down: Vice President Kamala Harris has enough delegates to secure the 2024 Democratic nominee, and her presidential campaign has broken a fundraiser record. The Biden administration pauses an immigration program over fraud concerns. A groundbreaking New York Times report reveals that one of the nations leading LGBTQ groups has some lavish spending habits. A ruling out of the Michigan Supreme Court indicates that the state’s minimum wage is about to rise. Olympics boxing match draws outrage. Is “Twisters” worth seeing? We review the summer blockbuster. Relevant Links Listen to other podcasts from The Daily Signal: https://www.dailysignal.com/podcasts/ Get daily conservative news you can trust from our Morning Bell newsletter: DailySignal.com/morningbellsubscription Listen to more Heritage podcasts: https://www.heritage.org/podcasts Sign up for The Agenda newsletter — the lowdown on top issues conservatives need to know about each week: https://www.heritage.org/agenda Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Kamala Harris has enough delegates to secure the 2024 Democratic nomination.
0:07.0	I'm Virginia Allen and this is the Daily Signal Top News for Friday, August 2nd. Vice President Kamala Harris has received enough delegates in order to lock in
0:27.0	that 2024 Democratic nomination for President and her presidential campaign meanwhile has broken a fundraising
0:35.2	record. In July the campaign reported raising $310 million. In the first week after
0:42.4	President Joe Biden dropped out of the race for president and endorsed Harris, the campaign raised 200 million dollars alone.
0:50.0	Harris' campaign says that two-thirds of the donations came from first-time donors.
0:55.2	While Harris is raking in some big cash numbers, the Trump campaign continues to also have some
1:00.9	strong fundraising numbers.
1:02.8	The Trump campaign raised $139 million in July,
1:06.8	112 million in June, and $141 million in May.
1:11.3	May, of course, was the month that Trump was convicted on felony charges in New York.
1:16.0	According to NPR, Harris and Trump have about the same amount of money in the bank.
1:21.0	With three months until the election the Harris campaign has
1:23.7	377 million and Trump has 327 million.
1:30.3	The Biden administration has paused in immigration program over fraud concerns.
1:35.6	That's according to an exclusive report from Fox News.
1:38.8	Under the Biden administration, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced a new immigration program for a select group of foreign
1:46.8	nationals. The program granted advanced travel authorization for up to 30,000 individuals from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela
1:56.6	to come to the U.S. each month and seek parole.
2:00.4	But the Department of Homeland Security confirmed to Fox News Digital that out of an abundance of caution
2:06.6	It has temporarily paused the issuing of these advanced travel authorizations for the program.
2:13.2	The program was allowing illegal aliens to fly directly into the US.
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