CHICAGO ― When then-California Sen. Kamala Harris dropped out of the 2020 Democratic presidential primary, fizzling out after a hot start amid fundraising shortages and behind-the-scenes infighting, a main reason for her struggles was Democrats’ belief she simply could not defeat President Donald Trump. A poll released the week before Harris’ decision to end her … Read more
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said he was “suspending” his independent presidential bid and endorsed Republican nominee Donald Trump on Friday, a day after Kennedy withdrew from the ballot in Arizona. Kennedy was expected to announce he was withdrawing from the race at a speech in Phoenix on Friday afternoon, but a Pennsylvania court filing earlier … Read more
The “Desperate Housewives” star and activist, who joined her home state of Texas’ roll call at the DNC earlier this week, reflected on knowing Harris for over a decade and called on the convention’s attendees to “have each other’s back.” “In our community, we have a saying: ‘Si, se puede!’ which means — it means, … Read more
Conservative commentator Meghan McCain piled on praise of the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, angering many on the right. The former “View” host, who’s the daughter of the late GOP presidential nominee John McCain, expressed her rapture on social media over the party atmosphere around Kamala Harris formally accepting the Democratic presidential nomination. “Maybe republicans … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday described former President Donald Trump as an “unserious man,” but warned about the “serious” risks to the country if he were to serve another term in office. During her speech on the final night of the Democratic National Convention, Harris sought to remind Americans of Trump’s efforts to undo … Read more
CHICAGO ― In a speech that drew wild applause and left some in tears, Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday formally accepted her party’s nomination for president, laid out her vision for the country and wasted no time spelling out how dangerous a reelected Donald Trump would be for women, middle-class Americans and the rule … Read more
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance seemingly thought he would get a nice on-camera moment Thursday when he visited a donut shop in Georgia, but the entire thing was incredibly awkward. After a worker at Holt’s Sweet Shop in Valdosta asked to not be filmed, the Ohio senator introduced himself. “I’m JD Vance. I’m running … Read more
CHICAGO — President Joe Biden is a patriot, in any conventional sense of the word. He ended his valedictory speech at the Democratic National Convention on Monday night with a refrain he’s delivered possibly hundreds of times since he began running for president again in 2019: “We just have to remember who we are. We’re … Read more
In 2016, the Democratic Party became the country’s first major political party to formally call for abolishing the death penalty. The party’s platform that year, released in the aftermath of a high-profile botched execution, called the punishment “cruel and unusual,” “arbitrary and unjust,” expensive to taxpayers and ineffective in deterring crime. The document also nodded … Read more
This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. Vice President Kamala Harris has been getting plenty of scrutiny and more than little grief over the lack of specificity in her policy agenda. It’s not hard to see why, though some context might be nice too. On the one hand, Harris … Read more
