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Election 2024 updates: Vance to also give remarks in same states as Harris this week
Democratic Presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during the Sigma Gamma Rho’s 60th International Biennial Boule at the George R. Brown Convention Center on July 31, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty [Read More…]
High-profile Missouri primary threatens to knock out second ‘Squad’ member Cori Bush
krisanapong detraphiphat/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Following New York Rep. Jamaal Bowman’s primary defeat at the hands of George Latimer, another member of “The Squad” is at risk of being ousted: Democratic Rep. Cori Bush of [Read More…]
How Kamala Harris is making America discuss race following Trump comment
Brandon Bell/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The ethnicity of Vice President Kamala Harris, the daughter of a Jamaican father and an Indian mother, has begun a conversation about how race fits into her political identity as [Read More…]
Election 2024 updates: Harris and running mate to launch seven-state tour Tuesday
Democratic Presidential candidate, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks during the Sigma Gamma Rho’s 60th International Biennial Boule at the George R. Brown Convention Center on July 31, 2024 in Houston, Texas. (Brandon Bell/Getty [Read More…]
RFK Jr. says he left dead bear in Central Park 10 years ago
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., partner with Morgan & Morgan PA and 2024 independent presidential candidate, speaks at the Bitcoin 2024 conference in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday, July 26, 2024. (Liam Kennedy/Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) [Read More…]
Former Trump administration official Kellyanne Conway registers as lobbyist for Ukrainian billionaire with past ties to Trump
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Former Trump administration official Kellyanne Conway has registered as a foreign agent representing Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk’s foundation, new foreign lobbying disclosure reports show. In 2015, the Ukrainian steel magnate [Read More…]
Finer: US ‘preparing for every possibility’ on potential Iran retaliation
ABC News (NEW YORK) — After a top Hamas political leader was assassinated in Tehran last week, White House Deputy National Security Adviser Jon Finer said the United States is “preparing for every possibility” regarding [Read More…]
Judge denies Trump’s effort to dismiss DC case over selective prosecution claim
ABC News (NEW YORK) — In her second move since resuming control over Donald Trump’s federal election interference case, Judge Tanya Chutkan denied the former president’s motion to dismiss the case based on selective and [Read More…]
Byron Donalds: Trump’s comments on Harris’ race ‘a side issue’
ABC News (NEW YORK) — Rep. Byron Donalds, R-Fla., a prominent ally of Donald Trump, on Sunday dismissed the recent controversy over the former president’s comments on Vice President Kamala Harris’ race. Donalds engaged in [Read More…]
Austin revokes plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and 2 others
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In a stunning development, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has revoked the controversial plea deal for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two accomplices announced on Wednesday, and said he [Read More…]
US sends more fighter jets and ships to Middle East ahead of possible Iranian retaliation
Kevin Carter/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) –The Pentagon will send an additional fighter squadron and more warships to the Middle East to help defend Israel should Iran react militarily to this week’s assassination of Hamas’ top political [Read More…]
Election 2024 updates: Harris taps Obama campaign veterans, sources say
Henrik5000/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris is moving full steam ahead in her bid for the White House. Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, have several campaign events [Read More…]
Who is Pete Buttigieg, a possible Harris VP pick?
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WAHSINGTON) — Four years ago, he was the millennial mayor of one of the smallest cities in America, and now Pete Buttigieg is being eyed as a possible running mate for Vice [Read More…]
Vice President Kamala Harris nears the end of search for running mate — with the choice in her hands
Julia Beverly/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) –Suspense is building as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate selection announcement nears — with the process now resting in her own hands as of Friday, a person familiar tells ABC [Read More…]
Kamala Harris has enough delegate votes to become historic Democratic nominee: DNC chair
Kyle Mazza/Anadolu via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris has enough Democratic Party delegate votes in a virtual roll call to earn the party’s nomination when the roll call ends Monday, Democratic National [Read More…]
Election 2024 updates: Pete Buttigieg cancels item on schedule amid VP speculation
Henrik5000/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris is moving full steam ahead in her bid for the White House. Former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance, have several campaign events [Read More…]
Simone Biles takes apparent jab at Donald Trump: ‘I love my black job’
Naomi Baker/Getty Images (PARIS) — The greatest gymnast of all time, Simone Biles, took an apparent jab at former President Donald Trump early Friday, tweeting, “I love my black job,” in response to a tweet [Read More…]
Democrats to run newspaper ads in Trump’s rally locations calling for debate commitment
Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump walks onstage at a rally, on July 31, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pa. — Spencer Platt/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — When former President Donald Trump rallies across the country, voters [Read More…]
Russian prisoner swap raises debate over ramifications: ‘Are we actually feeding the beast?’
Contributor/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Two dozen prisoners from seven countries were freed in a historic swap on Thursday, including several wrongfully detained American citizens held in Russia. President Joe Biden called the deal, the largest [Read More…]
Trump NABJ interview had contentious start with attacks on journalists, political rival
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Former President Donald Trump’s interview on Wednesday at the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention in Chicago kicked off with a contentious start where he refused to answer his [Read More…]