NTD Evening News Full Broadcast (August 2)

Published on August 2, 2024

The Democratic National Committee said Vice President Kamala Harris earned enough votes from delegates to secure the party’s nomination for president Friday. This came while her campaign announced that it raised $310 million last month. In a change of course, the Secret Service said that local police in Pennsylvania should not be held responsible for security failures during the assassination attempt on former president Trump. New acting director Ronald Rowe characterized these oversights as “a failure” of his agency. The Justice Department sued TikTok, accusing the company of violating children’s online privacy law. The government said the social media platform failed to obtain parental consent to collect personal information from users under age 13....

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