The month since Kamala Harris launched her presidential campaign has been a largely unprecedented spell in American politics: never has a modern general election campaign gone from a standstill to a full sprint so quickly.In that time Democrats pulled together a well-scripted national convention with slickly produced promotional videos, political set-pieces and musical interludes, all […]
Donald Trump has questioned whether Kamala Harris has the “right” to run for the presidency, arguing the vice president picking up the Democratic Party’s nomination, despite not winning its primary, is a “threat to democracy.” The Republican presidential nominee made the comment in a post on his Truth Social website on Friday, where he branded […]
For Tim Walz, in vitro fertilization (IVF) is a deeply personal issue—or at least he made it seem that way. In several recent interviews, the Minnesota governor and Democratic vice presidential candidate implied or outright suggested that his own two children were conceived using IVF. One problem: It’s not true. Walz’s children were conceived using […]
Vice President Kamala Harris formally accepted the Democratic Party’s presidential nomination in Chicago on Thursday, delivering a forceful speech that laid out her vision for the country while warning about the possibility of former President Donald Trump returning to the White House.Capping off the fourth and final day of the Democratic National Convention, Harris recited […]
Independent presidential contender Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has reportedly withdrawn from the 2024 presidential election in Arizona amid unconfirmed reports that he could soon drop out of the White House race entirely. According to the Associated Press, Kennedy and his running mate, Nicole Shanahan, submitted letters on Thursday announcing they were withdrawing from the 2024 […]
Vice President Kamala Harris prepared for the highest-profile moment of her political life from a hotel suite in downtown Chicago, readying herself for an opportunity to turn the swell of momentum on which she arrived at the Democratic National Convention this week into a movement that propels her into the Oval Office. The enormous stakes […]
Democrats are working to keep a critical voting bloc in their camp come November, and they are increasingly relying on union leaders for help. Former President Donald Trump is hoping to build on gains he made with rank-and-file members of organized labor through his protectionist policies and attempts to paint the Democrats as out-of-touch elites. […]
Ukraine attacked Moscow on Wednesday with at least 11 drones shot down by air defences in what Russian officials said was one of the biggest drone strikes on the capital since the war in Ukraine began in February 2022.The war, largely a grinding artillery and drone battle across the fields, forests and villages of eastern […]
The Obamas dominated Tuesday night at the Democratic National Convention, underscoring an extraordinary reality: The party’s two best orators are married to each other. The only point of division among Democrats on the night seemed to be which one of them is better. Former President Obama sought the higher ground, invoking former President Lincoln’s call […]
Former President Donald Trump bashed Vice President Kamala Harris Monday night for reportedly refusing to participate in the September 4 debate hosted by Fox News. “Comrade Kamala Harris has just informed us that she will NOT do the FoxNews Debate on September 4th,” Trump wrote to Truth Social while the first night of the Democratic […]
Vice President Kamala Harris is starting to unveil her economic plans, including a proposal to provide a $6,000 tax credit for parents of newborns as well as bringing back the pandemic-era expanded Child Tax Credit. The more generous tax credits could lift millions of children out of poverty and aid middle-class families with the cost […]
President Biden delivered his highly anticipated address to the Democratic National Convention late Monday night and touched on a variety of subjects including strong criticisms of former President Trump and the conflict between Israel and the Hamas terrorist organization in control of Gaza. “Those, those protesters out in the street, they have a point,” Biden […]