Vice President Kamala Harris just sent the most relatable email of her career. While it may serve as just another fundraising email for her 2024 presidential election campaign, Harris charmed readers by reminding them of her reaction to the 2016 victory of former President Donald Trump that involved an orange snack food. “It was incredibly … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris, in her first major economic policy address since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee, unveiled Friday proposals to ease the costs of housing and food as part of a larger effort to create “an opportunity economy.” The speech in Raleigh, North Carolina, which had been widely anticipated to fill in some details … Read more
This article is part of HuffPost’s biweekly politics newsletter. Click here to subscribe. Thursday was a pretty big day for health care policy — and, as it turns out, for object lessons in the importance of elections. That was the day the Department of Health and Human Services announced it had secured agreements from pharmaceutical … Read more
The first-ever mobilization of trans voters around a presidential candidate took place on Zoom on Tuesday, as around 1,000 transgender people, including lawmakers, advocates, health care workers and celebrities, logged on to show support for Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for the presidency. Trans Folks For Harris was one of numerous identity-based webinars to support … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday touted agenda items for her first 100 days as president including a $6,000 tax credit for parents of young children. Democrats have long championed a bigger child tax credit, but the sum Harris proposed is larger than any Democrat previously suggested ― and it’s exactly $1,000 more than Republican … Read more
Former President Donald Trump on Friday announced the leaders of a transition team tasked with overseeing key personnel choices and preparing his policy playbook should he return to the White House. Linda McMahon, a former CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment who was once Trump’s administrator of the Small Business Administration, and Howard Lutnick, the CEO … Read more
The Secret Service will use bulletproof glass to protect former President Donald Trump as part of a new plan to safeguard his future outdoor events, according to multiple news reports, following his recent assassination attempt. While this extra layer of security is typically used for sitting presidents and vice presidents, the agency has looked to … Read more
Donald Trump did a “whole bunch of lying” during a press conference at his New Jersey golf club on Thursday, according to CNN fact-checker Daniel Dale. Many of the falsehoods had been debunked before, but Dale told CNN’s Wolf Blitzer there were two claims he previously hadn’t heard, “both of which are egregiously wrong.” Trump … Read more
Donald Trump on Thursday brushed off calls by fellow Republicans to focus on policy matters and lay off the insults during his presidential campaign, insisting that he is “entitled” to level personal attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris. “I think I’m entitled to personal attacks. I don’t have a lot of respect for her. I … Read more
Give JD Vance credit for at least one thing: He is truly trying to make Donald Trump look good to voters. Too bad the president’s own behavior keeps getting in the way. “I honor every member of every branch of our armed forces, but the one thing that I think the Marines really do well … Read more
