Vice President Kamala Harris had secured enough votes from Democratic delegates to officially be the party’s nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jamie Harrison said Friday. The online voting process doesn’t end until Monday, but the campaign marked the moment when she crossed the threshold to have the majority of delegates’ votes. Harris is … Read more
Democratic National Convention delegates can make Vice President Kamala Harris their presidential nominee — and even start approving her yet-to be-named running mate — in online voting beginning next week, as the party races to coalesce around a new top of its ticket heading into November. The convention’s rules committee on Wednesday passed a proposal … Read more
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump likes to be the one in the spotlight. But in the days since President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance, the presumptive Republican nominee has kept a low profile, leaving the focus on the drama engulfing the Democratic Party as he and his campaign revel in a series of legal … Read more
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) said Sunday that he believes presidents have legal immunity for actions they commit while in the White House, but declined to go as far as to say President Biden should not be prosecuted for unspecified criminal activity. Vance, considered a finalist to be former President Trump’s vice presidential candidate, predicted in … Read more
(NewsNation) — Numbers may speak louder than words at Thursday’s presidential debate. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, are three years apart in age. At 81 and 78 years old, respectively, their ages will likely have a moment in the spotlight during the first 2024 presidential debate. Either candidate … Read more
(NewsNation) — President Joe Biden was the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the state of Georgia in 28 years, the last time he and former President Donald Trump faced each other in a general election, though repeating that success looks to be an uphill climb. Biden won the state by the thinnest of margins in … Read more
You can watch the CNN Presidential Debate live on NewsNation on June 27. Join us for “It’s Debate Night with Chris Cuomo” at 8p/7C for pre-debate analysis. Find your channel at joinnn.com. Get fact-based, unbiased news coverage 24/7 with the NewsNation app. (NewsNation) — Current President Joe Biden and former President Trump are set to go head to head at … Read more
The Senate on Tuesday passed a package aimed at bolstering the nation’s nuclear power sector, sending it to President Biden’s desk. The vote was 88-2. Sens. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) and Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) opposed the measure. While a White House spokesperson did not respond to questions about whether Biden will sign the bill, national climate adviser … Read more
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) is endorsing a bill that would allow presidents to move any state-level prosecutions or civil suits in which they are named to federal court, potentially clearing the way for their dismissal or pardon. The legislation from Rep. Russell Fry (R-S.C.) would allow both sitting and former presidents and vice presidents to … Read more
Mohammad Mokhber, 68, has been appointed as Iran’s interim president following the death of Ebrahim Raisi in a helicopter crash. Mokhber, Iran’s first vice president, now leads a three-person council responsible for organizing a new presidential election within 50 days.Who is Mohammad Mokhber? Iran’s New PresidentMohammad Mokhber was born on September 1, 1955. He is … Read more
