Inside a hollowed-out former railcar wheel plant Friday, Rep. Ro Khanna gathered local political leaders, a powerful labor boss, environmentalists and “Made in America” advocates to help him roll out new legislation to construct modern iron and steel plants in deindustrialized, storied towns like this one.

The event capped one of the most stunning weeks in Democratic Party history — Biden dropped out of the 2024 race and party stalwarts began rallying behind Harris — but Khanna made no mention of either during his 50-minute news conference.

Skipping over that tectonic shift is surprising, given that just days before, Khanna, one of the leading progressive voices in Congress, was a Biden-Harris surrogate who served on the campaign’s national advisory board. Now, he’s a Harris campaign surrogate.

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Trump suggested in a radio interview today that Democrats calling him a "threat to democracy" might be the reason he was shot — and then used the same language about them.

In an interview with WABC New York, Trump complained that his rivals "say I’m not democratic. I’m a threat to democracy."

"Maybe it’s the reason I was shot, who knows. You know, it’s rhetorically a terrible thing to say about somebody like me, but they say it all the time. And actually, they’re the threat," he said.

Investigators have yet to determine a motive for the shooter's actions. The 20-year-old was a registered Republican who donated $15 to a progressive group in 2021. Testifying today before a Senate hearing on the assassination attempt, FBI Deputy Director Paul Abbate said a social media account believed to be associated with the shooter "appear[ed] to reflect antisemitic and anti-immigration themes to espouse political violence."

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro spoke to reporters after shooting some hoops with kids who are part of Philadelphia Youth Basketball.

Asked about the significance of having a Jewish vice presidential nominee amid Israel's war with Hamas, Shapiro deflected and said that Harris "will make the best decision for her and her country.”

"It is a deeply personal decision for the vice president to make, who she wants to run with, who she wants to govern with and who can help best move America forward," he said. "I think there are so many people within the Democratic party who are extraordinary people, extraordinary public servants, and she will make the best decision for her and her country."

Harris and her yet-to-be-named running mate will hit the campaign trail next week on a battleground state tour, according to two sources familiar with the planning.

This is the latest indication that her vice presidential selection process is nearing its end.

The acting director of the Secret Service testified today that he was “ashamed” at the security gaps that led to the assassination attempt on Trump and pledged to discipline any agents who failed to do their jobs.

During a rare joint Senate committee hearing, acting Director Ronald Rowe Jr. said he could not understand or defend why the roof where the 20-year-old shooter fired from on July 13 was not better secured. 

He said the Secret Service was investigating whether any employees broke any rules that day. Those employees, Rowe said, would be held accountable through the agency’s disciplinary process and face penalties that could include termination. 

The Harris campaign is switching over internal email addresses to @KamalaHarris.com, aides said.

“They shifted us overnight so it’s going to be a bit of a transition. They are working out the kinks," a campaign source said.

Sen. JD Vance will visit the southern border in the Cochise County, Arizona area on Thursday, the Trump campaign announced.

Vance’s visit to the border comes as Trump seeks to blame Vice President Harris, whom he has labeled the administration's “border czar,” for high numbers of migrants crossing the border and an overwhelmed asylum system in the U.S.

In 2021, Biden tapped Harris to lead efforts to reduce migration from Central America to the southern border and to implement a long-term strategy to address the root causes of migration.

Acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe said he has lost sleep over the fact that the agency's counter drone system was not operating when the gunman who shot Trump flew his own drone over the Pennsylvania rally site on July 13, hours before the former president took the stage.

In testimony today before a joint hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Judiciary committees, Rowe said it was "something that has cost me a lot of sleep because of the eventual outcome of the assailant."

The shooter might have been stopped if the counter drone tracking system had been working, he said.

Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear is being vetted by the Harris campaign as a potential vice presidential nominee pick, according to two sources familiar with the process. 

NBC News reported last week that Beshear was being considered.