When you look at the Democrats believed to be on Vice President Kamala Harris’s running mate short list, a few things stand out: They are mostly from battleground states. Most are relatively centrist. Most would add some form of demographic balance to the ticket. In the Democrats’ perfect world, most would be the presidential nominee […]
On the 2020 campaign trail, as Kamala Harris polled at just 10% to Joe Biden‘s 30% in the Democratic presidential primary, the then-California senator made a pledge to voters. “Our campaign is not taking a dime from corporate PACs or lobbyists — and that was a very deliberate choice,” Harris, the soon-to-be vice president to […]
President Joe Biden‘s withdrawal from the presidential race has left Vice President Kamala Harris, the new Democratic front-runner, to handle the anger of pro-Palestinian protesters upset with the administration’s stance on the war in Gaza. Protesters against the Israel-Hamas war have been organizing to hold large-scale demonstrations at the Democratic National Convention for months — […]
As Democrats pursue a smooth transition to another nominee after President Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the 2024 presidential race, Republican strategists and lawmakers are weighing legal challenges to swapping Biden’s operation for Vice President Kamala Harris‘s brand new campaign. One of the top questions over whether Harris can smoothly slide into what was once Biden’s […]
The Secret Service’s failures during the near assassination of former President Donald Trump have once again shone the spotlight on so-called DEI hiring, with former Director Kimberly Cheatle being accused of being a box-ticking diversity hire. This Washington Examiner series, Alphabet Soup, will take a closer look at whether the DEI chickens have come home to roost […]
FBI Director Christopher Wray is set to testify before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday morning in his first appearance since the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump. The FBI is leading the investigation into the incident, which took place less than two weeks ago at a Trump rally, and lawmakers plan to grill Wray on the status of […]
Former President Donald Trump has agreed to stop holding outdoor rallies as part of his presidential campaign. The decision comes almost two weeks after Trump was nearly killed during an assassination attempt on July 13 at an outdoor rally this month in Butler, Pennsylvania. Two sources familiar with the operations of Trump’s campaign acknowledged the […]
Vice President Kamala Harris‘s ascendance to the 2024 Democratic presidential nomination has shaken up the electoral map, according to Democrats. Under President Joe Biden, battleground states Arizona and Georgia were at risk of becoming out of reach due to mounting concerns over his age despite him flipping them for the first time in decades only […]
EXCLUSIVE — Former Rep. Mike Rogers, who is running for Senate, said that he supports a proposal that would give the president power to impose reciprocal tariffs. Rogers, who served in Congress from 2001 to 2015, including as chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, told the Washington Examiner during an interview that he supports former […]
Gas prices increased very slightly on Tuesday, with the average cost for a gallon of regular gas rising to $3.502, according to AAA. Gas prices remain a vital topic heading into the 2024 presidential election. With President Joe Biden deciding not to seek reelection, Vice President Kamala Harris will have to address the country’s high […]