Overview

• Effective September 1, the Trump administration rescinded the extension of Secret Service protection for Harris that CNN reported was granted by a secret Biden memorandum.
• By statute, former vice presidents receive six months of protection, which for Harris ended on July 21, and the reported extension had added one more year.
• California Governor Gavin Newsom and Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass criticized the decision, while Harris’s office thanked the Secret Service and declined to weigh in on the political aspect.
• Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Europe is assembling up to 100,000 soldiers near Pokrovsk, and the U.S. announced a planned $825 million package of more than 3,000 air-defense missiles for Ukraine financed by Denmark, the Netherlands and Norway that still requires congressional approval.
• The Israeli military said it recovered the bodies of two hostages in Gaza and identified one as Ilan Weiss.