Harries vies for GOP votes while Trump courts Latinos as the White House race dwindles

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🎧 Harris didn't quite answer Baeir's question when asked what she would do differently from President Biden, NPR’s Sarah McCammon tells Up First. The vice president did note that, unlike Biden, she’s spent most of her career outside of Washington and would work more closely with Republicans, seeking out their ideas on policy issues. McCammon says most people she met at yesterday’s Pennsylvania visit were either Democrats or registered Republicans who said they had opposed Trump from the beginning. This makes it difficult to gauge how much Harris’ efforts are moving the needle for her campaign. 

🎧 NPR’s Franco Ordoñez says Trump argued that Latinos were better off when he was president. He spoke about his plans to lower energy costs as well as inflation. When asked about his immigration plans, he shifted the conversation to discuss crimes committed by those in the U.S. illegally. Many Latino voters in swing states come from mixed-status families, which makes Trump’s rhetoric toward immigrants an issue. However, he is gaining ground on Latino voters, particularly those from 2nd and 3rd generation families who have been in the country longer.

🎧 Zelenskyy informed lawmakers that some Western allies have pressured him to negotiate with Russia on what he believes are unfair terms. NPR’s Joanna Kakissis says he also stated that Russia only wants Ukraine to surrender and that the only way to keep Ukraine safe is through an ironclad security guarantee, such as an invitation to join NATO. Zelenskyy's victory plan to end the war includes a key condition that the U.S. doesn't support: the lifting of restrictions on Ukraine to strike military targets deep inside Russia with advanced weapons supplied by the West. The U.S. argues that these actions would escalate the war — a sentiment echoed by the Kremlin.