The Daily Populous

Friday August 9th, 2024 morning edition

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Former President Donald Trump says he has agreed to an offer from ABC News to debate Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 10.

Trump said so during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago Club on Thursday.

Harris also confirmed her participation in the debate and told reporters Thursday evening that she's looking forward to the matchup.

"Well, I'm glad that he finally agreed to a debate on Sept. 10.

Trump previously said he had been willing to go toe-to-toe with President Joe Biden and agreed to ABC's first invitation issued in May.

However, after Biden dropped out of the race last month and Harris became the presumptive Democratic nominee, Trump had implied he would not debate Harris on ABC.

Harris has accused Trump of "running scared" and trying to back out of the debate. »

Trump's campaign says it's 'not going to talk about couches'

Authored by businessinsider.com

It finally happened: Former President Donald Trump's campaign acknowledged the baseless online meme suggesting that Sen. JD Vance once had sex with a couch.

That includes Harris' campaign, which wrote in one post that Vance "does not couch his hatred for women.".

Harris's campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment on why it has referenced the couch meme. »

Sony says the 220 layoffs at Bungie were made in the name of—you guessed it—things like 'portfolio optimization' and enhancing 'the efficiency of the business'

Authored by pcgamer.com

The initial statement did at least paint some kind of proper picture.

Strap yourself in, because Sony has more buzzwords to pitch at you like so much spaghetti thrown against a grim, industry-wide wall.

These are words that have been translated by a live interpreter—but I'm still pretty confident they're downright fluff on content alone. »

U.S. and other ambassadors to skip Nagasaki peace memorial over Israel’s exclusion

Authored by nbcnews.com

The U.S. Embassy in Tokyo confirmed that Emanuel, who attended a similar ceremony Tuesday in the Japanese city of Hiroshima, would sit out the Nagasaki ceremony.

Instead, he will attend a peace ceremony at the Zojoji temple in Tokyo and hold a moment of silence at the embassy.

The U.S. will be represented at the Nagasaki ceremony by the principal officer of the U.S. Consulate in Fukuoka, the spokesperson said. »