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SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) — Vice President Kamala Harris has now officially been selected as the Democratic Party’s Presidential Nominee.This comes two weeks before the Democratic National Convention.All eyes are now on Harris who is set to announce her running mate on Tuesday.The three possible picks getting all the attention: Arizona Senator Mark Kelly, Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro, and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz.MORE: Harris is nearing the end of her veepstakes, but one rule trumps them all: Analysis”I’ve got no inside track on who she is going to chose,” said California Senator Laphonza Butler, who we spoke with on ABC7 News…
Georgia State Representative John LaHood speaking in the Capitol in Atlanta in March. LaHood was involved in a confrontation at an office opening event for Donald Trump’s campaign in Georgia last week. Georgia State Representative John LaHood speaking in the Capitol in Atlanta in March. LaHood was involved in a confrontation at an office opening event for Donald Trump’s campaign in Georgia last week. Arvin Temkar/Atlanta Journal-Constitution/AP Share✓ Link copied to clipboard! A fight broke out at an office opening event for Donald Trump’s presidential election campaign in Georgia last week after a conservative activist confronted a Republican state lawmaker,…
Live from Mar-a-Lago, it’s Donald Trump on Adin Ross’ stream!“I love having a young audience,” Trump told his 23-year-old host during a broadcast on Kick, which has been called the Wild West of live streaming platforms.On other days, Ross’ guests have included white nationalist Nick Fuentes and accused human trafficker Andrew Tate—but on Monday afternoon, Ross was seated beside Trump in the former president’s ornate living room. Ross matched Trump’s dark blue suit, red tie and white shirt, but added a white Make America Great Again hat.Outside awaited a gift from Ross: a new Tesla Cybertruck with a photo wrap…
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign over the weekend launched a “Republicans for Harris” initiative, as her campaign looks to court moderate GOP voters and others who don’t support former President Donald Trump’s reelection bid for the White House. The Harris team said the effort will be a “campaign within a campaign,” in which prominent Republicans will aim to attract moderates, independents and Republicans who voted for former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley when she challenged Trump for the nomination. While Haley once stated she would never vote for Trump, she has since said she would. The GOP drive…
Colin Seeberger (Courtesy photo)If you’ve been hearing a lot about something called Project 2025 of late, there’s good reason. It’s a 922-page policy blueprint from the far-right Heritage Foundation that its authors hope will serve as a lengthy “to do” list for a second Trump administration. The team that wrote it includes scores of former Trump staffers and prominent Republican leaders.And in a host of vitally important areas – from education to the environment to reproductive freedom to the very future of democracy – it’s a frightening scheme to behold. This week’s edition of News & Views is dedicated to…
Topline Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are in a fundraising battle as the November election nears, with tallies through June showing Harris (and Joe Biden before he left the race) had raised more money in total while Trump had more cash on hand—and initial July numbers suggesting Harris has only widened that lead since jumping into the race. Former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at the Van Andel Arena on July 20 in Grand Rapids, … [+] Michigan.Getty Images Key Facts The Biden—now Harris—campaign committee raised $284.1 million and Trump’s campaign committee raised $217.2…
Donald Trump and his campaign were surprised by the Democrats’ change in their presidential ticket and the resurgence that has followed, said several Republican senators—and it shows. “I think they were caught off guard,” said one, adding, “I think there was shock when the Democrats revived [their party] really quickly.” Trump’s selection of JD Vance as his running mate, a move to counter Biden’s strength in Michigan and Pennsylvania, the senator said, indicates the nominee expected the president to be atop the Democratic ticket, per the Hill. Congressional Republicans say Trump should have had a strategy for running against Harris…
Jenna Ellis, Donald Trump’s 2020 campaign attorney charged in Arizona as part of the fake electors scheme, has agreed to cooperate with prosecutors in exchange for getting her charges dismissed.Arizona’s attorney general, Kris Mayes, announced the deal on Monday, sharing a legal agreement that shows Ellis agreed to sit for interviews and turn over documents related to the scheme. The agreement also calls on Ellis to “testify completely and truthfully at any time and any place requested by the Arizona attorney general’s office”.In exchange, Ellis will avoid potential jail time for her role in the scheme.“This agreement represents a significant…
WASHINGTON — Five months after holding its presidential primaries, Washington state is looking further down the ticket and selecting candidates to compete for federal and state offices in November. A handful of retirements — most notably those of third-term Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee, Democratic Rep. Derek Kilmer and Republican Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers — have injected some excitement into primaries for this left-leaning state.The governor’s race has drawn a crowded field, with 28 candidates, including the state’s current attorney general, Bob Ferguson. That figure doesn’t include two additional Democratic candidates also named Bob Ferguson, both recruited by a conservative activist,…
What’s happeningVice President Kamala Harris has been riding a wave of momentum since replacing President Biden as the Democratic Party’s presumptive presidential nominee.In just over two weeks, she appears to have erased Biden’s polling deficit against former President Donald Trump and even become — by a very small margin — the favorite to win the election.Her emergence on the top of the ticket helped her campaign raise $310 million in donations in July, more than double what Trump’s campaign brought in that month. Polls also show that the energy of the campaign has shifted. The share of Democratic voters who…