WASHINGTON (AP) — The dates are set. The venues are chosen. The only thing missing from this week’s campaign blitz with Vice President Kamala Harris and her 2024 running mate is the name of the running mate. After a weekend spent interviewing finalists, Harris must decide on her wingman before the two set off Tuesday … Read more
Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said Monday that she hasn’t spoken to President Joe Biden since he decided to end his reelection bid, adding she hopes their relationship is “OK” following his exit from the race. The lawmaker and Democratic power broker was a key figure in persuading Biden to step aside as concerns … Read more
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro has some obvious advantages as a potential running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris. He is a popular, moderate governor of a critical battleground state with strong ties to both law enforcement and organized labor. In the two weeks since Shapiro emerged on Harris’ short list, however, he has also been … Read more
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday blamed Vice President Kamala Harris for the stock market’s dramatic plunge, months after claiming he deserved credit for the market’s then-record upswing. “Of course there is a massive market downturn. Kamala is even worse than Crooked Joe,” Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social about Harris, the … Read more
Michael Moritz, Sequoia Capital Scott Mlyn | CNBC As leading tech investors continue to vocally take sides ahead of the 2024 presidential election, legendary venture capitalist Michael Moritz is making his preference clear. In a Financial Times opinion piece published on Monday, Moritz wrote that those in the industry who are supporting Donald Trump “are … Read more
Muhammed Selim Korkutata | Anadolu | Getty Images Five secretaries of state on Monday urged Elon Musk to fix his social media platform X’s artificial intelligence search assistant after it allegedly shared false information about the 2024 presidential election. The secretaries in a letter to Musk said that X’s AI chatbot Grok misled users about … Read more
Former President Jimmy Carter’s son, Chip Carter, last week reportedly asked his father if he was trying to make it to his 100th birthday on Oct. 1. “I’m only trying to make it to vote for Kamala Harris,” Carter, who has been in hospice care since February 2023, reportedly replied, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution. … Read more
The former president’s niece — in her email newsletter — examined the effect that Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris’ burgeoning campaign is likely having on him. And she suggested that “probably the thing that is most driving his flailing rage, he has taken back seat to the Black woman who has all of the … Read more
Longtime Democratic strategist James Carville mocked former President Donald Trump for dodging a scheduled debate with his 2024 election rival, Vice President Kamala Harris. The GOP nominee is “scared to debate a girl,” Carville taunted Trump on his Politicon show. Trump is “shitting in his pants because, as we pointed out before, all he does … Read more
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) said Sunday support for Vice President Kamala Harris would plummet as soon as voters “get a better look at her,” claiming the Democratic nominee had so far failed to answer questions about her “radical positions.” Cotton, a strong backer of former President Donald Trump, was a top contender to be his … Read more
