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Trump election subversion case returned to trial judge following Supreme Court opinion
WASHINGTON — The criminal case charging former President Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election was returned Friday to the trial judge in Washington after a Supreme Court opinion last month that narrowed the scope of the prosecution. The case was formally sent back to U.S. District...
Harris has secured enough Democratic delegate votes to be the party’s nominee, committee chair says
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough votes from delegates to become her party’s nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said Friday. The announcement was made before the online voting process ends on Monday, reflecting the breakneck speed of a campaign that is eager to...
Scrapped fundraisers and watching from the treadmill. How Harris’ VP contenders wait for her choice
WASHINGTON — One is sparking speculation that he’ll be the choice by forgoing swanky fundraisers in the Hamptons. Another watched TV commentators speculate about his viability as the pick while getting in a workout. A third is sticking to praising the new presidential candidate who is closing in on a...
Harris raised a massive $310 million in July, as she looks to reset November’s race against Trump
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris ’ campaign announced Friday that it raised $310 million last month, an eyepopping sum showing that donors who once seemed spooked about the prospects for November’s election with President Joe Biden are now offering mountains of cash to boost his former No. 2. The...
Trump is making his 2024 campaign about Harris’ race, whether Republicans want him to or not
NEW YORK — Donald Trump has found tremendous success from the very first moment he stepped onto the presidential stage by stoking racial animus. Democrats expressed new outrage this week at the former president’s derisive and false charge that Vice President Kamala Harris, who is of Jamaican and Indian heritage,...
Few Americans trust the Secret Service after a gunman nearly killed Trump, an AP-NORC poll finds
Most Americans have doubts about the Secret Service’s ability to keep presidential candidates safe after last month’s attempt on former President Donald Trump’s life, a new poll from the Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds. Only around 3 in 10 Americans are extremely or very confident that the...
Donald Trump, Kamala Harris have a quiet day scheduled on the campaign trail Friday
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump’s campaign schedules are sparse Friday, as both candidates prepare for larger events over the weekend and next week. Harris had no campaign event appearances scheduled Friday, bringing a break in a week that has brought the presumed Democratic presidential nominee to...
Trump draws thousands to Harrisburg rally only weeks after Western Pa. shooting: ‘I’m thrilled to be back’
Former President Donald Trump returned to Pennsylvania on Wednesday for a campaign rally in Harrisburg, unleashing a stream of attacks on the presumptive Democratic candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris. It marked the first time since the July 13 attempt on his life during a rally at a fairgrounds in Butler...
What polling shows about the top VP contenders for Kamala Harris
As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research finds that several of the top contenders for the role are largely unknown to Americans. Arizona Sen. Mark Kelly stands out as one with more name recognition and...
Trump ramps up his defense of Vance after one of the rockiest VP rollouts in recent memory
HARRISBURG — Donald Trump is used to defending himself. But this week, the Republican presidential nominee has been put in the rare position of having to defend someone else — his running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance. When Vance was first introduced at the Republican National Convention last month, many...
Next stop could be White House for ‘dynamic’ Shapiro
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro told graduates at his college alma mater last year he might not have ventured into politics if he hadn’t failed a science test and been cut from the basketball team during his freshman year. “I planned to be the first doctor to get drafted by the...
Mt. Lebanon native Mark Cuban leads venture capitalists group supporting Kamala Harris
DALLAS — Dallas billionaire Mark Cuban is the top signature of a new group of 100-plus venture capitalist investors from prominent tech regions like Silicon Valley supporting Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid for the White House. The group, made up of names such as Cuban, LinkedIn co-founder Reid...
‘It was a lot’: Attendees of Black journalists convention react to Trump appearance
CHICAGO — When Donald Trump attended the opening day of the National Association of Black Journalists Convention in downtown Chicago on Wednesday afternoon, the former president and Republican party nominee’s appearance was met with opposition from NABJ members. Trump was interviewed by ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott, Fox News correspondent...
Donald Trump falsely questions Kamala Harris’ race as he appears at gathering of Black journalistsVideo
CHICAGO — Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago Wednesday in an interview that quickly turned hostile. The Republican former president wrongly claimed that Harris, the first Black woman and Asian...
Colorado clerk who became hero to election conspiracists set to go on trial for voting system breach
DENVER — A trial is set to begin Wednesday for former Colorado county clerk Tina Peters, a hero to election conspiracy theorists who is accused of orchestrating a breach of election security equipment. The case against Peters centers around accusations that in May 2021 she allowed a man using someone...
Podcast: What Project 2025 could mean for Pittsburgh
As Vice President Kamala Harris takes to the campaign trail, she’s zeroing in on a major conservative initiative known as “Project 2025.” This ambitious 922-page blueprint aims to reshape America with sweeping changes including restrictions on abortion access, overhauls in border and immigration policies, and significant federal spending cuts. Found...
Former President Donald Trump campaigns in Harrisburg
Just over two weeks ago, former President Donald Trump, the Republican candidate for president, survived an assassination attempt while campaigning in Pennsylvania. Trump will be back in the state today, his first campaign visit here since the shooting. People were camped out at the rainy Farm Show Complex overnight ahead...
Black women, white dudes, crazy cat ladies: Identity groups fuel a groundswell for Harris
Disabled voters for Harris. White dudes for Harris. Crazy cat ladies for Harris. Since Vice President Kamala Harris vaulted into becoming the likely Democratic nominee for president a week ago, a groundswell of identity-based grassroots groups have sprung up online to rally behind her. The nightly calls are raising millions...
Trump, not Harris, speaking to most prominent American group for Black journalists
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s invitation to address the National Association of Black Journalists has sparked an intense debate within the organization and a flurry of arguments online. Journalism organizations for people of color traditionally invite presidential candidates to address their summer gatherings during election years. But Trump’s acceptance of NABJ’s...
Harris to campaign with running mate in Philadelphia next Tuesday to kick off swing state tour
PHILADELPHIA — Vice President Kamala Harris will be in Philadelphia next Tuesday for the first campaign stop with her yet-to-be-announced running mate. The Harris campaign confirmed to The Philadelphia Inquirer that the visit will kick off Harris’ tour through swing states with her vice presidential pick. The timing of the...
After an extraordinary run of political news, interest in the presidential election is perking up
After a desultory start to the campaign season, news outlets are starting to see interest in political news perk up because of an extraordinary run of stories over the past few weeks. The most obvious beneficiary is Fox News Channel, which is ending July with its highest viewership than any...
About 8 in 10 Democrats are satisfied with Harris in stark shift after Biden drops out: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris appears to have energized Democrats in the early days of her candidacy, with the surge in warm feelings extending across multiple groups, including some key Democratic constituencies that had been especially tepid about President Joe Biden, a new poll shows. About 8 in 10...
Harris is calibrating her policy pitch for going to battle with Trump
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is facing the delicate task of calibrating her policy pitch to American voters, a standard task for any White House hopeful but one that comes with additional challenges this year. First, Harris is running for president while serving under President Joe Biden, meaning she’s...
Social media account ban lifted for ‘White Dudes for Harris’
A ban on the X account of a political group known as “White Dudes for Harris” was lifted Tuesday after the suspension sparked outcry and an organizer accused Elon Musk of being scared. On Monday, “White Dudes for Harris” held an online fundraising rally in support of Vice President Kamala...
Co-chair of Black journalists convention steps down after Trump appearance announced
The co-chair of the National Association of Black Journalists 2024 convention in Chicago has stepped down, following former President Donald Trump’s announcement that he would attend the convention. Karen Attiah’s announcement came via the social media platform X — after Trump’s announcement that he would attend the convention and participate...
