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Open in app View in browser   Presented By Walmart   Axios PM By Mike Allen · Jul 23, 2024 Good afternoon. Today's newsletter, edited by Sam Baker, is 487 words, a 2-min. read. Thanks to Sheryl Miller for copy editing. 🏛️ Please join me for an Axios News Shapers event Thursday at 8 a.m. in Washington, featuring conversations with Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.), senior Trump campaign adviser Jason Miller, Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and FEMA administrator Deanne Criswel. RSVP here.     1 big thing: Dems' split screen   Vice President Harris speaks to supporters today in West Allis, Wis. Photo: Jim Vondruska/Getty Images Vice President Harris leaned heavily into her experience as a prosecutor today in her first campaign rally since becoming the presumptive Democratic nominee barely 48 hours ago. ⚡️ Her coronation is now effectively complete. She secured support from a majority of delegates yesterday. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries and Sen. Chuck Schumer, the Democratic leaders in the House and Senate, endorsed her today. 📈 Harris' fundraising is off to an unprecedented start, and a new nationwide Reuters/Ipsos poll released today showed her ahead of former President Trump. 🎤 "I took on perpetrators of all kinds. ... Hear me when I say I know Donald Trump's type," Harris said at her Wisconsin rally, echoing a line from her appearance with campaign staff last night and clearly foreshadowing one of the major themes of her campaign. The election is "a choice between freedom and chaos," she said. President Biden arrives to board Air Force One at Dover Air Force Base, Del., today. Photo: Manuel Balce Ceneta/AP 📸 President Biden was seen in public today for the first time since Wednesday night, shortly after his COVID diagnosis was announced. He tested negative today and his symptoms have resolved, the White House said. Biden is heading back to Washington from his beach house in Delaware. He plans to deliver an Oval Office address tomorrow at 8 p.m. ET about his decision not to seek re-election.     2. 🕵️ Spies booted from Paris Olympics   The moon rises last night behind the Olympic rings displayed on the Eiffel Tower. Photo: Loic Venance/AFP via Getty Images ⛔️ 1,000 suspected spies have been blocked from attending the Paris Olympics, AP reports. French officials said they've conducted 1 million background checks ahead of the Games and have turned away about 5,000 people — the 1,000 potential spies and another 4,000 who were flagged for political extremism or other security concerns. 🇫🇷 "We're here to make sure ... that sport isn't used for spying, for cyberattacks or to criticize and sometimes even lie about France and the French," Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin said.     A message from Walmart Walmart hired more than 430,000 veterans over the last decade     Walmart is investing in veterans and military families by helping them turn their skills into careers. What this means: As veterans transition from the military, Walmart provides endless opportunities for them to build careers and live better. Learn how veterans build careers at Walmart.     3. Catch me up   Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle testifying before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee yesterday. Photo: Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call via Getty Images ✍️ Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned today in the wake of the assassination attempt against former President Trump. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) announced a bipartisan task force to investigate the shooting. Go deeper. ⚖️ Sen. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) will resign next month, following his conviction on bribery charges. Go deeper. 🇮🇱 Trump will meet with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Friday at Mar-a-Lago, following Netanyahu's address to Congress tomorrow. Go deeper.     4. 🚀 Minnesota's new flag flies in space   Photo: Ognjen Ilic/University of Minnesota 🛰️ Minnesota's new state flag (above, center) made a quick trip into the stratosphere last week, courtesy of University of Minnesota researchers who attached it to a research balloon. "It's a nice-looking new flag. … We thought it would be pretty cool," assistant professor Ognjen Ilic told Axios Twin Cities' Kyle Stokes.     A message from Walmart "I used to stock shelves — now I run the store"     At Walmart, veterans are rising through the ranks. In 2023, Walmart promoted 5,000+ veterans into roles of greater responsibility and higher pay. The goal: To help veterans, like Kelly, apply their skills and build fulfilling careers at Walmart. Explore Walmart's commitment to veterans.   Are you a fan of this email format? Your essential communications — to staff, clients and other stakeholders — can have the same style. 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