Kamala Harris 2024

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Harris Makes Surprise Appearance at DNC

VP paid tribute to her boss on a night intended to honor him

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris made an unscheduled appearance onstage to pay tribute to President Biden ahead of his own address to the Democratic National Convention on its opening night Monday in Chicago, the AP reports. She told the president, "Thank you for your historic leadership, for your lifetime of...

FBI, Intelligence Agencies Blame Campaign Hacks on Iran

Goals are to affect presidential election and undermine democracy, US officials say

(Newser) - Intelligence agencies and the FBI on Monday announced the conclusion reached in their investigation of attempts to hack US presidential campaigns: Iran did it. The agencies are "confident that the Iranians have through social engineering and other efforts sought access to individuals with direct access to the Presidential campaigns...

Dems in Chicago Are Lighting Up Trump Tower

Ahead of convention, Dems project messages slamming the former president onto his hotel

(Newser) - The Democratic National Convention opens Monday in Chicago with eyes on highlighting Kamala Harris' bid for the presidency, and a day ahead of that, the Democratic National Committee was busily trolling her rival Donald Trump by projecting less-than-flattering messages on his Trump Tower in Chicago. As NBC reports, those messages...

DNC Marks a Symbolic Passing of the Torch

President Biden and first lady to speak on Monday's opening night

(Newser) - The Democratic National Convention kicking off Monday in Chicago is more noteworthy than usual, coming just four weeks after President Biden shuttered his campaign and made way for Vice President Kamala Harris to ascend to the top of Democrats' ticket, per the AP . Up until a month ago, Biden had...

Trump Says He&#39;s the Looker
Trump Says He's the Looker
Aug 18, 2024 1:30 PM CDT

Trump Says He's the Looker

GOP nominee brings up Harris' Time cover at Pennsylvania rally

(Newser) - Politics aside, Donald Trump assured a rally Saturday in Pennsylvania, he has the edge over Vice President Kamala Harris in one area. "I am much better looking than her," Trump told supporters in Wilkes-Barre, the Hill reports. "I'm a better-looking person than Kamala." The Republican...

Willie Brown to Trump: Tell That Story and I'll Sue

California politician says he doesn't want GOP nominee to speak his name

(Newser) - Willie Brown has called Donald Trump on his threat to sue the New York Times over its reporting on a tale the presidential candidate told about the two of them nearly crashing in a helicopter long ago. In Trump's account, he and Brown were almost killed when the helicopter...

Biden, Democrats Plan Send-Off at Convention

President will address delegates Monday night

(Newser) - President Biden will give the keynote address Monday night at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, making a symbolic handoff to Vice President Kamala Harris and pressing the case for what he says is the threat to the country if Donald Trump returns to the White House. Four weeks ago,...

Media Ethics Experts Not Loving Ads From Harris Campaign

Some don't like that promos linking to articles give false impression of news groups supporting Harris

(Newser) - If you're not looking too closely, recent Kamala Harris ads may give the false impression that some leading news organizations are taking sides in the presidential campaign. The advertisements, which have turned up in Google search feeds, include links to legitimate news stories but feature—in words that appear...

Harris' Economic Plan Signals an 'Escalation'

She's doubling up on some Biden policies

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris is set to make her most significant economic policy announcement yet, to include a proposed ban on price gouging in the food sector and a crackdown on corporations. Harris will unveil her economic plan Friday in Raleigh, North Carolina, and the proposals described or hinted at...

Harris Gets Her Own 'Hope' Poster Design

Shepard Fairey says the work, 'Forward,' was created 'purely in pursuit of a better future'

(Newser) - Shepard Fairey, the artist-activist behind former President Obama's iconic "Hope" poster, has created a version starring Kamala Harris. The vice president and Democratic presidential nominee is shown smiling in shades of blue and white, with bright red lips, above the word "FORWARD," the title of the...

Trump: I'm 'Entitled to Personal Attacks' on Kamala Harris

Former president says he's 'angry' at the VP

(Newser) - Donald Trump said Thursday he thinks he's "entitled to personal attacks" on his Democratic rival, adding he's "very angry" at Vice President Kamala Harris and questioning her intelligence, the AP reports. Trump was asked during a news conference whether his campaign needs more discipline as he...

Nate Silver: 'Maybe You Really Can Meme Your Way to Victory'

FiveThirtyEight.com founder talks Kamala Harris' chances in the 2024 election

(Newser) - Nate Silver has been keeping tabs on Election 2024, and his current model gives Vice President Kamala Harris a 52% chance of defeating former President Trump in November. Talking with New York Times columnist Ezra Klein for The Ezra Klein Show podcast, the statistics whiz says that Harris has "...

RFK Jr. Tries to Ask Harris for a Cabinet Job, Gets Snubbed

'We've been told that they have no interest in talking with me,' he says

(Newser) - After President Biden dropped out of the White House race last month, the 2024 election became a "two-man race" between Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump, according to the former. The independent candidate now appears to be taking Vice President Kamala Harris' candidacy more seriously. The Washington Post...

Iranian-Backed Hackers Attack Presidential Campaigns: Google

Company says it detected the efforts against Harris, Trump operations, which continue

(Newser) - Hackers linked to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard are mounting cyberattacks on the US presidential campaigns of Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, Google said Wednesday. In a research report , the company's Threat Analysis Group said that it detected the efforts in May and June and that they'...

Walz Responds to 'Stolen Valor' Allegations

Democratic VP nominee addresses the criticism from Vance for the first time publicly

(Newser) - Amid attacks from the Trump-Vance camp on his military service, Tim Walz offered what was being called a "forceful" defense of his record at his first solo campaign stop Tuesday. The Minnesota governor and running mate of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris appeared at the American Federation of State,...

7 Reactions to the Trump-Musk Sit-Down

It's being called an 'embarrassment' by more than one outlet

(Newser) - So how did Donald Trump's Monday night sit-down with Elon Musk go, after its start was delayed due to technical glitches ? Not all that well, at least according to the reactions published thus far in the mainstream media. A sampling:
  • USA Today calls it an "unmitigated disaster,
...

Surprise Poll Result: Harris Leads on the Economy

It's the first time the Democratic candidate has led since Financial Times poll began last year

(Newser) - Kamala Harris has been rising in the polls since entering the 2024 race, and a new survey might be of particular concern to the Donald Trump camp: The poll by the Financial Times and the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business finds that more people trust Harris with...

New Point of Contention in Race: Harris' Crowd Sizes

Trump accuses Harris campaign of doctoring images, but media outlets disagree

(Newser) - Donald Trump's new line of attack against Kamala Harris is about a subject he likes to fight about—crowd sizes. In a series of Truth Social posts, Trump accused the Harris campaign of doctoring images with artificial intelligence, but media outlets and attendees refute that notion, and the Harris...

He Bought the Harris-Walz Domain Name in 2020
He Bought the Harris-Walz
Domain Name in 2020
in case you missed it
Aug 11, 2024 7:15 AM CDT

He Bought the Harris-Walz Domain Name in 2020

Jeremy Green Eche sells site for $15K, and it's not the only one he's got in the stockpile

(Newser) - Head to HarrisWalz.com and you won't see the Democratic nominees' biographies or platforms. Instead, you'll see a simple neon-green background with the word "Walz" in black lowercase letters. That's because the domain name has been owned for the past four years by a Brooklyn trademark...

Poll Finds Democrats Rising in 3 Swing States
Poll: Harris Up in 3 Swing States
Aug 10, 2024 5:10 PM CDT

Poll: Harris Up in 3 Swing States

Favorability rating improvement leads to 4-point lead among likely voters

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris now is ahead of Donald Trump in three battleground states, a poll shows—leads that are within the margin of error but suggest a change of fortunes for Democrats since President Biden left the presidential race. Polling by the New York Times and Siena College have...

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