Barack Obama was days shy of his 43rd birthday and months from being elected to the U.S. Senate when he stepped onto a Boston stage at the 2004 Democratic National Convention. A state lawmaker from Illinois, he had an unusual profile to be a headline speaker at a presidential convention. But the self-declared “skinny kid … Read more
On Monday night, President Joe Biden finally built the bridge. “I view myself as a bridge, not as anything else,” Biden, then still a septuagenarian, said in March 2020, onstage with Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and then-Sen. Kamala Harris. “There’s an entire generation of leaders you saw [standing] behind me. They are the future of … Read more
CHICAGO (AP) — A refreshed Democratic Party reintroduces itself to a divided nation this week, having been transformed by the money, momentum, relief and even joy that followed Vice President Kamala Harris’ rise to the top of its ticket. The whiplash of the last month culminates in a convention that begins Monday in Chicago. Above … Read more
Senate Democrats facing reelection this year are running strong in every single presidential battleground state, but it still might not be enough to maintain the party’s hold on the upper chamber next year. What once looked like a brutal map for Democrats ― with half a dozen vulnerable incumbents in the Senate, hindered by an … 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
After spending months trying to get voters to think about anything other than how old their party’s presidential candidate was, Democrats are now putting age front and center as they work to sell Vice President Kamala Harris to the public, arguing the former prosecutor is just the right age to become commander in chief. “She’s … Read more
Former President Donald Trump’s crowd-size obsession took on a predictable new dimension over the weekend when Trump suggested — without evidence — that Vice President Kamala Harris had faked one of her big crowds using AI. There is zero basis for claiming that Harris’ crowds last week in Arizona, Michigan or Pennsylvania were anything but … Read more
President Joe Biden’s administration on Monday touted its efforts to crack down on aggravating company practices of making customers wait on hold and jump through hoops to cancel subscriptions. The “Time Is Money” initiative is an array of proposals, including a pending regulation, that the administration says will save consumers money and also cut down … Read more
GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump had an apocalyptic response to presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris picking Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) as her vice presidential running mate on Tuesday. In an email to his supporters, Trump claimed that Walz, an amiable Midwesterner with a record as governor that progressives love, said he would be … Read more
Vice President Kamala Harris, the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee, announced Tuesday morning she has selected Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate. “As a governor, a coach, a teacher, and a veteran, he’s delivered for working families like his,” Harris wrote in a post on X. “It’s great to have him on the team.” … Read more
