The book is called “107 Days,” the length of her abbreviated campaign, and will be published by Simon & Schuster on Sept. 23.
“Just over a year ago, I launched my campaign for President of the United States,” Harris said in a video announcement on Thursday. “107 days traveling the country, fighting for our future — the shortest presidential campaign in modern history. Since leaving office, I’ve spent a lot of time reflecting on those days and with candor and reflection, I’ve written a behind-the-scenes account of that journey. I believe there’s value in sharing what I saw, what I learned, and what it will take to move forward.”
This cover image released by Simon & Schuster shows “107 Days” by Kamala Harris. (Simon & Schuster via AP)
Simon & Schuster CEO Jonathan Karp declined to offer any specifics on what Harris will write about, including her thoughts on questions about President Joe Biden’s fitness for office, but said Harris “addresses everything we would want her to address.”
Harris ended up heading the Democratic ticket after Biden dropped out last July in the wake of a disastrous debate performance, and she was defeated last November by Republican Donald Trump. She would have been the first woman and first woman of color to become president.
On Wednesday, she announced that she will not run for California governor in 2026, but she is still regarded as a potential presidential candidate for 2028. CBS Television announced that Harris will appear Thursday night on “The Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” her first interview since the election.
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Simon & Schuster, where authors also include former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Washington Post journalist Bob Woodward, is calling the Harris book a “page-turning account,” with ”surprising and revealing insights.”
“Kamala Harris is a singular American leader,” Karp said in a statement. “’107 DAYS’ captures the drama of running for president better than just about anything I’ve read. It’s one of the best works of political nonfiction Simon & Schuster has ever published. It’s an eyewitness contribution to history and an extraordinary story.”
Financial terms for “107 Days,” which is listed at 320 pages, were not disclosed. In 2019, Penguin Books published Harris’ “The Truths We Hold: An American Journey,” timed to coincide with her presidential run for the 2020 election. Harris dropped out before the first primary but was eventually chosen by Biden to be his running mate.
There are many words you could use to describe Nicole Tompkins, the disabled protagonist of “Shaky,” Audible’s recent 9-part comedy audio series: passionate, wild, talented, messy. But she’s also kind of an asshole.
That’s not a role that disabled people have often been able to play in fiction—neither pure nor villainous, just a regular messed-up human who acts impulsively or lashes out at friends and loved ones during times of stress. Even today, disabled characters are rarely allowed to take center stage in their own stories; instead they become “inspirational” props to the able-bodied characters around them. Though “Shaky” features an ensemble of engaging characters, it’s Nicole, played by Rosa Salazar, who drives the plot throughout.
Katherine Craft (Courtesy)
The new series from writer and director Katherine Craft, which was released on July 3, follows Nicole’s journey back to her hometown of Plano after being diagnosed with young-onset Parkinson’s at the age of 30. She’s trying to hold onto her gig as the drummer in Golden Braid, her best friend’s band, struggling to come to terms with her new illness, and distracting herself from her troubles by hooking up with hot guys at every opportunity.
Craft says she sees a lot of herself in Nicole’s impulsiveness and anger at her lot in life. In her 20s, Craft underwent a series of surgeries that, instead of improving her vision, permanently damaged her ability to see.
“I just had this rage inside of me for several years, and it was important for me, for Nicole to have that same rage and, as a woman too, I think women are not supposed to have that kind of rage,” Craft told the Texas Observer. “So it was important for me to have this lead character who’s going through it and is not being pretty and sweet and nice about it.”
A few years after she moved back home, Craft’s father, who died in 2023, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s, which also inspired the plot of “Shaky.” To further ensure realism, Craft worked with Amy Carlson, an actress and creator with Parkinson’s, as a disability consultant. “It was fun to have a writer and an artist who understood the process, who could come in with her own ideas and experiences and help make it a lot richer.”
Carlson also has a small role as a woman who suggests homeopathy could cure Nicole’s Parkinson’s. Thanks to the numerous disabled characters in the supporting cast, “Shaky” introduces listeners to common pitfalls of life with a chronic condition—such as unhelpful, unsolicited medical advice. We also see how other disabled people, further along in their journeys than Nicole, find autonomy, independence, and meaning in their lives in spite of, or by embracing, their conditions.
But “Shaky” isn’t a lecture on disability culture or activism. It’s a laugh-out-loud-funny comedy laced with drama and a strong sense of place. We visit boisterous nightclubs, playful music therapy classes, and even a bougie retirement community where Nicole’s mother (played by Roselyn Sánchez) connects with a sexy older gentleman from a dating app.
The characters and casting also further cement this as a story based in the Lone Star State. Frank, a recumbent-bike riding neighborhood busybody who eventually becomes Nicole’s running coach and Obi-Wan Kenobi-like mentor is memorably brought to life by the Austin character actor Sonny Carl Davis (“Fast Times at Ridgemont High,” “Bernie,” the “Evil Bong” Series, and a famous endorsement for Beto O’Rourke directed by Richard Linklater). Davis’ performance hints at hidden depths to Frank beneath the cowboy drawl and exasperated jokes, which makes his life advice land harder when Nicole finally slows down long enough to listen.
Frank was inspired by Craft’s father, who had an accent similar to Davis’ and used a recumbent bike with a headrest as a way to stay active. “He was like the neighborhood mayor,” she recalled. “He’d get on his bike and go hang out in someone’s driveway and have a beer. It was a really interesting method of accessibility that let him be out of the house and do stuff.”
As Craft skillfully plays each characters’ flaws off one another, the various plot threads meet in a wild mix of rock music, sexy hookups, TikTok culture, and even a disability rights protest, all of which keeps the listener engrossed through the entire three-and-a-half-hour miniseries. It is hard to find fault here: I’d have liked to see more disability representation among the cast themselves, and the audio mixing on a couple of the busier scenes was a bit hard to follow. But none of this detracted from my enjoyment of Craft’s heartfelt storytelling. It’s easy to recommend “Shaky” to fans of audio dramas, and I’ll be eagerly looking out for whatever Craft does next.
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Russia attacked Ukraine’s capital with missiles and drones overnight, killing at least nine people, including a 6-year-old boy, and wounding 124 others, authorities said Thursday.
Ten children, the youngest being a 5-month-old girl, were among the wounded, Kyiv City Military Administration head Tymur Tkachenko said. A large part of a nine-story residential building collapsed after it was struck, he said.
Rescuers work in a destroyed apartment building after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Rescue teams were at the scene searching for people trapped under the rubble.
Yana Zhabborova, 35, a resident of the damaged building, woke up to the sound of thundering explosions, which blew off the doors and windows of her home.
“It is just stress and shock that there is nothing left,” said Zhabborova, a mother of a 5-month-old infant and a 5-year-old child.
Russia fired 309 Shahed and decoy drones, and eight Iskander-K cruise missiles overnight, the Ukrainian air force said. Ukrainian air defenses intercepted and jammed 288 strike drones and three missiles. Five missiles and 21 drones struck targets.
Meanwhile, Russia’s Ministry of Defense said Thursday that it had shot down 32 Ukrainian drones overnight.
A drone attacked had sparked a blaze at an industrial site in Russia’s Penza region, local Gov. Oleg Melnichenko said. He didn’t immediately give further details other than to say that there were no casualties.
In the Volgograd region, some trains were also halted after drone wreckage fell on local railway infrastructure, state rail operator Russian Railways said.
Russia’s Defense Ministry also said that its forces took full control of the strategically important city of Chasiv Yar in Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk region.
Russian and Ukrainian troops have battled for control of Chasiv Yar for nearly 18 months. It includes a hilltop from which troops can attack other key points in the region that form the backbone of Ukraine’s eastern defenses.
Women react outside a destroyed apartment building after a Russian missile attack in Kyiv, Ukraine, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Victor Trehubov, a Ukrainian military spokesperson, told The Associated Press that Russia’s claim was untrue.
“Just a fabrication, there wasn’t even a change in the situation,” he said.
A report on Thursday from Ukraine’s Army General Staff said there were seven clashes in Chasiv Yar in the past 24 hours. An attached map showed most of the town as being under Russian control.
DeepState, an open-source Ukrainian map widely used by the military and analysts, showed early Thursday that neighborhoods to the south and west of Chasiv Yar remained as so-called gray zones, or uncontrolled by either side.
The attack targeted the Kyiv, Dnipro, Poltava, Sumy, Mykolaiv regions, with Ukraine’s capital being the primary target, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy wrote on Telegram.
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“Today, the world once again saw Russia’s answer to our desire for peace with America and Europe,” Zelenskyy said. “New demonstrative killings. That is why peace without strength is impossible.”
He called on Ukraine’s allies to follow through on defense commitments and pressure Moscow toward real negotiations.
Plumes of smoke emanating from a partially damaged building and debris strewn on the ground. The force of the blast wave was powerful enough to leave clothes hanging limply from trees.
At least 27 locations across Kyiv were hit by the attack, Tkachenko said, with the heaviest damage seen in the Solomianskyi and Sviatoshynskyi districts. More than 100 buildings were damaged in Kyiv, including homes, schools, kindergartens, medical facilities and universities, he said.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he’s giving Russian President Vladimir Putin a shorter deadline — Aug. 8 — for peace efforts to make progress, or Washington will impose punitive sanctions and tariffs.
Western leaders have accused Putin of dragging his feet in U.S.-led peace efforts in an attempt to capture more Ukrainian land.
Vasilisa Stepanenko and Illia Novikov contributed to this report.
By WAFAA SHURAFA and MELANIE LIDMAN, Associated Press
DEIR AL-BALAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — President Donald Trump’s special envoy arrived in Israel on Thursday to discuss the disintegrating humanitarian situation in Gaza, as the death toll of Palestinians waiting for food and other aid continued to climb.
At least 91 Palestinians were killed and more than 600 wounded while attempting to get aid in the past 24 hours, according to the Gaza Health Ministry. This includes 54 people killed while awaiting food in northern Gaza near the Zikim crossing on Wednesday, the ministry said. The toll is expected to rise further as many of those killed or wounded were brought to isolated, smaller hospitals in northern Gaza and have not yet been counted.
The Israeli military said Palestinians surrounded aid trucks and the Israeli military fired warning shots into the crowd, but that it isn’t aware of any injuries stemming from Israeli fire. A security official who spoke on the condition of anonymity in line with military regulations said the gunfire came from within the crowd and altercations between Palestinians attempting to access aid.
Humanitarian aid is airdropped to Palestinians over Zawaida, central Gaza Strip Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Nabila Al Shaer, center, mourns the body of her son, Jamil Al Shaer, 21, who was killed while trying to receive aid from the U.S.-backed Gaza Humanitarian Foundation (GHF) in Netzarim, in the central Gaza Strip, at Al-Aqsa Hospital, Thursday, July 31, 2025.(AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Mourners attend the funeral of their relatives killed in an Israeli bombardment, in Deir al-Balah, central Gaza Strip, Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Relatives and supporters of Israeli hostages held in the Gaza Strip attend a protest demanding their release from Hamas captivity and calling for an end to the war, outside the Prime Minister’s office in Jerusalem Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)
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Humanitarian aid is airdropped to Palestinians over Zawaida, central Gaza Strip Thursday, July 31, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)
Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff arrived in Israel on Thursday afternoon as the U.S. imposed new sanctions on officials from the Western-backed Palestinian Authority. He is expected to speak with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu about the humanitarian situation in Gaza and a possible ceasefire, according to an official who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive matters.
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This is the first meeting between Witkoff and Netanyahu since both Israel and the U.S. called their negotiation teams home from Qatar one week ago. Witkoff said at the time that Hamas “shows a lack of desire” to reach a truce. Hamas has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States, Canada and the European Union.
Hamas started the war with its attack on southern Israel on Oct. 7, 2023, in which terrorists killed around 1,200 people and abducted 251 others. They still hold 50 hostages, including around 20 believed to be alive. Most of the others have been released in ceasefires or other deals.
Israel’s retaliatory offensive has killed more than 60,000 Palestinians, according to Gaza’s Health Ministry. Its count doesn’t distinguish between fighters and civilians. The ministry operates under the Hamas government. The U.N. and other international organizations see it as the most reliable source of data on casualties.
In Jerusalem, about 50 people, including families of some of the approximately 50 hostages still being held in Gaza, demonstrated on Thursday in front of Netanyahu’s office calling for an end to the war.
Aid trickles into Gaza
Under heavy international pressure, Israel announced a series of measures over the weekend to facilitate the entry of more international aid to Gaza, but aid workers say much more is needed.
The Israeli defense body in charge of coordinating humanitarian aid in Gaza said 270 trucks of aid entered Gaza on Wednesday, and 32 pallets of aid were airdropped into the Strip. That amount is far lower than the 500 to 600 trucks per day that aid organizations say are needed.
The international community has heaped criticism on Israel over the deteriorating humanitarian situation in Gaza. International organizations said that Gaza has been on the brink of famine for the past two years, but that recent developments, including a complete blockade on aid for 2 1/2 months, mean that the “worst-case scenario of famine is currently playing out in Gaza.”
Criticism of Israel in Gaza comes from staunch allies
German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul was also due in Israel later Thursday on a two-day trip that will also take him to the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
Germany, traditionally a staunch ally of Israel, has been increasingly critical recently of Israel’s actions in Gaza. It has insisted that Israel must do more to increase aid supplies and pushed for a ceasefire.
Berlin hasn’t joined major allies France, Britain, and Canada in saying it will recognize a Palestinian state in September. But in a statement ahead of his departure Thursday, Wadephul underlined Germany’s position that a two-state solution is “the only way” to ensure a future in peace and security for people on both sides.
“For Germany, the recognition of a Palestinian state stands rather at the end of the process. But such a process must begin now. Germany will not move from this aim,” Wadephul said.
U.S. revokes visas of Palestinian officials
Palestinian officials linked to the Palestinian Authority and the Palestine Liberation Organization will no longer be able to travel to the U.S. after their visas were revoked Thursday, marking a further deterioration of their relations with the United States.
The State Department said the organizations had violated longstanding agreements not to undermine the peace process or globalize the conflict through international courts. It accused them of inciting violence and supporting attackers and their families.
It did not specify which officials would be sanctioned, but similar actions taken during President Donald Trump’s first term led the group to shutter it’s Washington-based office in 2018.
Some of the recent recognitions of Palestinian statehood have been predicated on reforming the PA, which is mired in corruption and widely unpopular at home. The PA has also clashed bitterly with Hamas, the group that controls Gaza.
The PLO, the internationally recognized representative of the Palestinian people, oversees the Western-backed Palestinian Authority, which exercises limited autonomy in parts of the Israeli-occupied West Bank.
PLO member Mustafa Barghouti called the move a response to nations recognizing Palestine and said it proved the U.S. couldn’t be a neutral mediator in the peace process.
“It is time for everyone — including the Palestinian Authority, which along with the PLO is facing U.S. sanctions — to realize that it is futile to bet on the illusion that the United States can act as a mediator,” he said in an interview. “The U.S. is completely and absolutely biased toward Israel and is complicit in its war crimes.”
Sam Metz in Jerusalem and Imad Isseid in Ramallah, the West Bank, contributed reporting.
This version corrects the number of people who protested Wednesday outside Netanyahu’s office.
