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The 7

Thursday, August 29, 2024

The 7

The Washington Post

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🗓️ 29 August 2024

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Thursday briefing: Trump at Arlington Cemetery; student loans; Telegram charges; listeria outbreak; hurricane season; and more


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0:00.0

Donald Trump's visit to Arlington National Cemetery may have broken the law.

0:08.6

That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington Post.

0:11.6

I'm Hannah Jewel. It's Thursday, August 29th.

0:15.0

Let's get you caught up with today's 7 stories.

0:18.0

On Monday, Trump visited the country's most prestigious and hallowed military cemetery in Arlington, Virginia.

0:29.0

He was there to mark the third anniversary of the Islamic State bombing that killed 13 U.S. service members during the evacuation

0:36.2

from Afghanistan. That's an incident that Trump and other Republicans have sought to politicize over the years.

0:43.0

Federal law prohibits election-related activities at the cemetery.

0:47.0

And Pentagon officials said they gave the Trump campaign ground rules before the visit.

0:52.0

But an official told the post that

0:54.4

Trump's team ignored them and that led to a standoff. Officials and other people

1:00.1

have told the post that a cemetery employee tried to block Trump's team from bringing

1:04.7

cameras to the graves of US service members killed in recent years. But a larger male

1:10.3

campaign aide insisted the camera was allowed and pushed past the cemetery employee, leaving her shocked.

1:17.0

The incident has caused outrage among some veterans, and a statement from Arlington suggests Trump's team acted illegally.

1:25.0

The Trump campaign has shared photos and a Tik-Tok from the visit.

1:29.0

Here's what that sounded like.

1:30.0

We lost 13 great great people. What a horrible bad was. And yesterday, Trump's

1:38.4

running mate JD Vance sparked even more outrage while talking about the

1:42.4

controversy. He said talking about the controversy.

1:43.6

He said this about Vice President Kamala Harris.

1:46.5

And she wants to yell at Donald Trump because he showed up.

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