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The 7

Thursday, August 8, 2024

The 7

The Washington Post

Daily News, News

4.51.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Thursday briefing: Trump’s campaign complaints; Harris protest; Taylor Swift; covid surge; Quincy Hall and Noah Lyles; and more


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0:00.0

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0:04.3

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0:08.2

summer games while still being your gold medal multitasking self.

0:12.3

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0:14.0

podcast. My name's Ava Wallace. I'm a sports writer at the post and I'm the

0:19.8

host of the Sports Moment. We're posting as many episodes as we can and I'm excited for you to

0:23.9

listen along. So look up the sports moment right now and give it a listen after you're done

0:27.8

with the seven. Or try the sports moment first. That works to.

0:30.9

Merci bocou. That works too. Nessie Boku. Donald Trump has been privately complaining about his campaign.

0:40.0

That's where we're starting the seven from the Washington privately complaining about his campaign.

0:43.1

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

0:45.9

I'm Hannah Jewel.

0:47.0

It's Thursday, August 8th.

0:49.0

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

1:02.0

Just a few weeks ago, Donald Trump's presidential campaign appeared all but destined for victory. He had survived an assassination attempt. He had a growing

1:05.7

lead in the polls. His criminal prosecutions were falling apart and he had a struggling

1:10.9

opponent in President Joe Biden.

1:13.0

At the GOP's convention last month in Milwaukee,

1:16.0

allies and staffers were predicting a landslide election.

1:20.0

But now, Trump finds himself in a dead even contest with the new Democratic presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris.

1:27.5

And Trump's not happy about it.

1:29.5

He's been complaining relentlessly about Harris's poll numbers and media coverage behind closed

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