Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough Democratic Party delegate votes to become the party's nominee when voting ends on Monday, according to the Democratic National Committee. And Harris is just days away from naming her running mate.
Former President Donald Trump and his vice presidential pick, Sen. JD Vance, have spoken to voters across the country this past week as they sharpen their attacks on Harris.
North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper issued a statement on Monday night signaling that he's removed himself from contention as a vice presidential running mate for presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
"I strongly support Vice President Harris' campaign for President. I know she's going to win and I was honored to be considered for this role. This just wasn't the right time for North Carolina and for me to potentially be on a national ticket," he said in a post on X.
"As l've said from the beginning, she has an outstanding list of people from which to choose, and we'll all work to make sure she wins," he added.
Former President Donald Trump seems to be one step closer to formally agreeing to debate his opponent for the presidency, Vice President Kamala Harris.
During an interview on "The Ingraham Angle" Monday night, Trump told the Fox News host that he will "probably end up debating" Harris. In his remarks, though, he also appeared to downplay the necessity of debates.
"I want to do a debate, but I also can say this. Everybody knows who I am. And now people know who she is," he said.
"If you're going to have a debate, you gotta do it, I think, before the votes are cast. I think it's very important that you do that. So, the answer is yes, but I can also make a case for not doing it."
A short while later, a spokesperson for Harris' campaign issued a statement on Trump's comments on Fox, insisting that the vice president will be at the next debate no matter what.
"Why won’t Donald Trump give a straight answer on debating Vice President Harris? It’s clear from tonight’s question-dodging: he's scared he’ll have to defend his running mate’s weird attacks on women, or his own calls to end elections in America in a debate against the vice president. Vice President Harris will be on the debate stage September 10th. Donald Trump can show up, or not."
-ABC News' Lalee Ibassa and Gabriella Abdul-Hakim
Rapper Megan thee Stallion will give a special performance at Vice President Kamala Harris' rally in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday, a source familiar confirmed to ABC News.
In addition to Megan thee Stallion, Georgia Sens. Jon Ossoff and Raphael Warnock and former Rep. Stacey Abrams will be in attendance, supporting Harris' 2024 presidential bid.
The news was first reported by Billboard.
-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-hakim
Democratic long-shot nominee Marianne Williamson has suspended her campaign for president, announcing on X Monday that it is "time to let go" of her bid for the White House.
Williamson said she failed to register for the Democratic National Convention's candidate directory by Saturday evening's deadline.
6pm on Saturday was the deadline for filing as a Democrat running against Kamala Harris for the nomination for President. We did everything possible to stand for a blitz primary, an open convention and so forth. Yet the way things worked there truly was no way, and all we could…
— Marianne Williamson (@marwilliamson) July 29, 2024
"We did everything possible to stand for a blitz primary, an open convention and so forth. Yet the way things worked there truly was no way, and all we could have done is create noise," she said on X.
"I was in the race to create fundamental change, yes -- but not as a chaos agent. Things being what they are -- including the fact that defeating Donald Trump has always been and continues to be the goal that most matters -- it was time to let go," she continued.
Williamson, notably, did not endorse Harris in her statement, directing supporters to "do whatever is in your heart." Though she implied she will not be voting for Trump.
"For myself, the more I read about former President Trump's proposed policies, the more I hear his words and ponder them in my heart, the more I believe our most urgent task now is to make sure he does not return to the White House," she said. "That conviction is what will determine my vote on election day."
This is technically Williamson's second time suspending her campaign; she initially closed down shop after her less-than-ideal placements in the New Hampshire and Nevada primaries in February, but threw her hat back into the ring after the urging of her supporters.
-ABC News' Brittany Shepherd
The Harris campaign has hired a slew of new senior advisers this week, including multiple leaders from former President Barack Obama's campaign, according to people briefed on the campaign shifts.
Stephanie Cutter, Obama's former deputy campaign manager will take on the role of senior adviser message and strategy, Mitch Stewart, a former Obama grassroots organizer, will become the senior adviser for battleground states, and David Plouffe, one of Obama's top strategists, will end his ties with TikTok and his podcast to become the senior adviser for path to 270 and strategy, the sources said.
The news was first reported by Politico.
The Harris campaign is also bringing on Terrance Woodbury of HIT Strategies, a specialist in Black voter opinion research. Quentin Fulks, the principal deputy campaign manager for Harris, will take over leadership of the campaign’s advertising program with the current paid media team.
"We’re thrilled to expand her team with these battle-tested leaders that know her and know how to win close elections. Together, we will harness the historic enthusiasm and support we’re seeing to do the work in reaching the voters who will decide this election – because when we fight, we win," campaign chair Jennifer O'Malley Dillon said in a statement.
-ABC News' Gabriella Abdul-Hakim, Fritz Farrow, Isabella Murray and Will McDuffie
