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       Kamala Harris said that she would select a running mate by Aug. 7.Credit...Erin Schaff/The New York Times

       The U.S. presidential election has been transformed by the events of the last few weeks. From now until Election Day on Nov. 5, we’ll keep you up to speed with contributions from Times journalists covering the biggest news.

       Here’s what to know:

       Democrats could formally make Kamala Harris their nominee this week. She’s trying to maintain her momentum as the honeymoon phase of her campaign winds down, but may struggle to explain the progressive positions she embraced during the 2020 race.

       Donald Trump will speak to supporters in Harrisburg, Pa., tomorrow, a return to a friendly crowd after some awkward events this weekend.

       His running mate, Senator JD Vance of Ohio, will appear at events in Nevada and Arizona after drawing criticism for his mockery of “childless cat ladies.” The Times also obtained correspondence between Vance and a law school classmate in which he expressed views sharply different from those articulated in his public statements, such as saying “I hate the police.”

       President Biden was scheduled to hold his first major event since he ended his presidential campaign, a speech commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act and pushing for legislation that would bring major changes to the Supreme Court.

       Silicon Valley billionaires are bickering over the election in an unusually public and personal fashion. Some are backing Trump, in part because of his support of cryptocurrencies, while others have been energized and emboldened by Harris’s rise to become the presumptive Democratic nominee.

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       Campaign songs for Nicolás Maduro were played near the presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela, on Sunday night.Credit...Alejandro Cegarra for The New York Times

       Maduro is declared the winner of Venezuela’s tainted election With 80 percent of voting stations counted, Venezuela’s election authority claimed that Nicolás Maduro, the country’s authoritarian leader, had received 51.2 percent of the vote in Sunday’s presidential election, while the main opposition candidate, Edmundo González, had received 44.2 percent.

       Maduro’s government has invented election results before, and the vote was riddled with irregularities. Some officials refused to release printouts verifying the electronic vote count, leaving the country without a way to confirm the result announced by the ruling party.

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       Reactions: Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazil’s president and a longtime leader within Latin America’s leftist movement, released a cautious statement that did not salute the president on his win. Colombia, led by Gustavo Petro, a former leftist militant, did not congratulate Maduro and instead called for the tallies to be released. Chile’s leftist leader, Gabriel Boric, said people were right to be skeptical. The U.S. raised serious concerns.

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