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What is brat? Vice President Kamala Harris embraces ‘brat summer’ trendVideo
It’s a “brat summer,” according to social media. But what exactly IS brat? And why is Vice President Kamala Harris involved? The trend is inspired by British pop star Charli XCX’s album “Brat,” which was released on June 7 and features a neon lime green cover with the word “brat”...
Kamala Harris is preparing to lead Democrats in 2024. There are lessons from her 2020 bid
ATLANTA — Kamala Harris was greeted by a massive, cheering crowd during the first rally of her newly announced presidential campaign in 2019. Speaking on a late January day outside city hall in her hometown of Oakland, California, she framed her bid as part of something bigger than simply winning...
Despite Musk’s Trump endorsement, X remains a go-to platform for Democrats
A week after Elon Musk endorsed Donald Trump for president, President Joe Biden’s team used Musk’s social media platform X — in addition to more neutral spaces such as Facebook and Instagram — to announce he is ending his reelection campaign. It’s a testament to how ingrained the platform has...
JD Vance slams Kamala Harris during his solo campaign debut as the GOP vice presidential nominee
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance made his first solo campaign appearance a day after the White House race was thrown into upheaval when President Joe Biden dropped out. The Ohio senator held a rally Monday at his former high school in Middletown, his hometown, where he...
A Harris-Shapiro ticket? Pa. governor plays it close to the vest during Neville Island stopVideo
A day after President Joe Biden ended his reelection bid, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro deflected questions about whether he would want to be Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate were she to become the Democrats’ presidential nominee. In an appearance Monday on Neville Island, Shapiro wouldn’t say whether he is...
Sen. Fetterman says he’s ‘all in’ on backing Kamala Harris for president
Sen. John Fetterman, who fiercely defended President Joe Biden’s ability to remain the Democratic nominee, seemed to need a day to express his frustration before coming out with an endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris. Around 12:30 p.m. Monday, the Pennsylvania Democrat posted a simple and clear message: “Proud to...
‘Completely unacceptable’: Committee tours site of Trump assassination attempt
A bipartisan congressional delegation got a firsthand look Monday at the place where a 20-year-old nursing home aide came within a hairsbreadth of killing Donald Trump. After climbing the same Butler County roof from which Thomas Crooks fired shots from an AR-15 rifle, members of the U.S. House Committee on...
Who could replace Harris as the next vice presidential candidate? Meet her potential choices
LOS ANGELES — If she becomes the Democratic presidential nominee, as many people expect, Vice President Kamala Harris will have a wide variety of potential running mates, many from battleground states crucial to both parties in the 2024 presidential race. Conventional wisdom suggests the choice of a swing state candidate...
Pa. Democratic delegates vote to support Kamala Harris as nominee
Pennsylvania’s delegates to the Democratic National Convention voted unanimously Monday to support Vice President Kamala Harris as their party’s presidential nominee. The state’s 159 delegates were committed to President Biden. They voted at a virtual meeting Monday afternoon to redirect their votes to Harris. Allegheny County Democratic Committee Vice Chair...
Donald Trump? Kamala Harris? Josh Shapiro? What are the odds?
After President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 election and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris to take on Trump for president, Harris claimed the top Democratic spot in the betting market, USA Today reported. The betting odds began to move toward Harris after Biden’s covid-19 diagnosis on Wednesday, according...
VP Harris speaks for 1st time since Biden ended campaign, praising his legacy
Vice President Kamala Harris is being thrust into the most scrutinizing of spotlights, suddenly the leading candidate to succeed President Joe Biden as the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee and her party’s main hope of defeating Donald Trump. She spoke Monday at a White House celebration with the NCAA championship teams,...
Secret Service director, grilled by lawmakers on the Trump assassination attempt, says ‘we failed’Video
WASHINGTON — Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle said Monday that her agency failed in its mission to protect former President Donald Trump, as lawmakers of both major political parties demanded during a highly contentious congressional hearing that she resign over security failures that allowed a gunman to scale a roof...
Harris looks to lock up Democratic nomination after Biden steps aside, reordering 2024 race
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris moved swiftly to lock up Democratic delegates behind her campaign for the White House after President Joe Biden stepped aside amid concerns from within their own party that he would be unable to defeat Republican Donald Trump. Biden’s exit Sunday, prompted by Democratic worries...
Democrats promise ‘orderly process’ to replace Biden — Harris is favored, but questions remain
WASHINGTON — Shortly after President Joe Biden announced that he would drop his reelection campaign, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison had a message: There would be no automatic coronation for his replacement. “In the coming days, the party will undertake a transparent and orderly process to move forward,” Harrison...
Biden’s decision to drop out crystallized Sunday. His staff knew 1 minute before the public did
WASHINGTON — At 1:45 p.m. Sunday, President Joe Biden’s senior staff was notified that he was stepping away from the 2024 race. At 1:46 p.m., that message was made public. It was never Biden’s intention to leave the race: Up until he decided to step aside Sunday, he was all...
Trump: Biden ‘not fit to serve’
Donald Trump blasted Joe Biden on Sunday soon after his successor announced he would not seek reelection. “Crooked Joe Biden was not fit to run for President, and is certainly not fit to serve - And never was!” Trump said on his social media site, Truth Social. “He only attained...
Pa. politicians, party leaders react to Biden dropping out; Shapiro endorses Harris
News of President Joe Biden’s decision to not seek reelection spread swiftly Sunday among Pennsylvania politicians and party leaders, drawing praise and adulation from Democrats and partisan attacks from Republicans. Biden announced that he is dropping out of the race against former President Donald Trump, the Republican nominee, but will...
The Secret Service acknowledges denying some past requests by Trump’s campaign for tighter security
REHOBOTH BEACH, Del. — The Secret Service has acknowledged it denied some requests by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign for increased security at his events in the years before the assassination attempt on him at a recent rally. In the immediate aftermath of the July 13 attack, the law...
Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat turned independent, urges Biden to withdraw from the 2024 race
WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin, a Democrat turned independent, urged President Joe Biden on Sunday to drop his reelection bid and focus on the remaining months of his presidency. “I came to the decision with a heavy heart that I think it’s time to pass the torch to a new...
A hectic July propels Trump, GOP to new heights as Biden, Dems flounder
With four months before the presidential election, Republicans are flying high while the Democrats are in a tailspin. It’s been a tale of two parties in July, as a surging Donald Trump keeps racking up the wins even as a wobbly President Joe Biden falters. Capitalizing on the momentum from...
Biden’s ability to win back skeptical Democrats is tested at a perilous moment for his campaign
WASHINGTON — Despite a week of campaign stops, interviews and insistence that he is the best candidate to confront Republican Donald Trump, President Joe Biden has done little to soften the push for him to exit the 2024 race. Biden has weighty options before him this weekend that could set...
Florida man arrested, accused of making threats against Trump, Vance on social media
JUPITER, Fla. — A Florida man accused of making threats against former President Donald Trump, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance and their families on social media was arrested on Friday, police said. The Jupiter Police Department said in a news release that officers arrested Michael W. Wiseman on charges of written...
Energy ‘off the charts’ at Republican National Convention, Westmoreland attendees say
Jill Cooper thought there was a lot of energy swirling around at the 2016 Republican National Convention during Donald Trump’s initial candidacy for president. That was before attending this week’s convention in Milwaukee. “The energy was off the charts,” said the state representative from Murrysville, who attended the convention as...
Biden’s campaign chair acknowledges support ‘slippage’ but says he’s staying in the race
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s campaign is insisting anew that he is not stepping aside as he faces the stark reality that many Democrats at the highest levels want him to consider how stepping aside from the 2024 election to make way for a new nominee atop the ticket could...
Hunter Biden seeks dismissal of tax, gun cases, citing decision to toss Trump’s classified docs case
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, asked federal judges Thursday to dismiss tax and gun cases against him, citing a ruling in Florida this week that threw out a separate prosecution of former President Donald Trump. The requests in federal court in Delaware and California underscore the potential ramifications...
