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Harris has offered a string of new economic proposals. Here’s a closer look at what’s in them
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is out with a string of new proposals on food prices, taxes, housing and medical costs that she says will empower the middle class.
President Joe Biden, left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speak about the administration's efforts to lower prescription drug costs during an event at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Md., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Days before convention, Democrats haven’t updated their party platform to replace Biden with Harris
Four days before the Democratic National Convention opens in Chicago, the platform the party’s delegates are poised to approve there names the wrong candidate for president.
President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden listen during a demonstration of cancer research and detection techniques at Tulane University, Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2024, in New Orleans. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Biden announces $150 million in research grants as part of his ‘moonshot’ push to fight cancer
President Joe Biden visited New Orleans on Tuesday to promote his administration’s “moonshot” initiative aiming to dramatically reduce cancer deaths.
Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a campaign rally at Desert Diamond Arena, Friday, Aug. 9, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)
Walz is making a 5-state dash for campaign cash, traveling solo for 1st time as Harris’ running mate
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is holding his first solo events as Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate this week. He’ll be hitting five states in three days to address a key union gathering and raise money at various fundraisers.
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a news conference, Aug. 8, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla., left, and Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally, Aug. 7, 2024, in Romulus, Mich. (AP Photo)
Harris is pushing joy. Trump paints a darker picture. Will mismatched moods matter?
At the top of his first speech as her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz turned to Vice President Kamala Harris and declared, “Thank you for bringing back the joy.”
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign rally at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas on Saturday, Aug. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jae Hong)
Harris pledges to work to end taxes on tips for service industry employees, echoing Trump vow
Vice President Kamala Harris is promising to work to eliminate federal taxes on tips paid to restaurant and other service industry employees.
FILE - The Texas Rangers, on stage, spray champagne on fans during a World Series baseball championship celebration, Friday, Nov. 3, 2023, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
Biden hosts World Series champion Texas Rangers at the White House, says they ‘embody resilience’
The Texas Rangers have visited the White House to celebrate their 2023 World Series victory with President Joe Biden. He noted during the Thursday visit that the team was making a triumphant return to the city where the franchise was born.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speak at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Takeaways from a Harris-Walz ticket now that the stage is set for a reimagined presidential race
The stage is set for an election that was unimaginable mere weeks ago when President Joe Biden was atop the Democratic ticket. Now Vice President Kamala Harris has tapped Minnesota Gov.
Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speak at a campaign rally in Philadelphia, Tuesday, Aug. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti)
Harris introduces new running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as the ‘vice president America deserves’
Kamala Harris has introduced Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz to the nation as “the vice president America deserves” at a raucous rally in the critical battleground state of Pennsylvania.
FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris waves during a campaign rally, July 30, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Some activists step up criticism of Shapiro and Kelly as Harris closes in on naming a running mate
Democrats have unified with remarkable speed behind Vice President Kamala Harris as she’s taken over the top of the party’s ticket. It may be another story when it comes to a running mate. As Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro and Arizona Sen.
FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris waves during a campaign rally, July 30, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Harris has secured enough Democratic delegate votes to become their party’s nominee, chair says
Vice President Kamala Harris says she’s ready for the fight against Republican Donald Trump after securing enough votes from Democratic delegates to become her party’s presidential nominee.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign rally, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
Harris raised a massive $310 million in July, as she looks to reset November’s race against Trump
Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign has announced raising $310 million last month. That’s an eyepopping sum showing that donors who once seemed spooked about the prospects for November’s election with President Joe Biden are now offering mountains of cash to boost Harris.
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks with members of the media during his visit to Philadelphia Youth Basketball's new Alan Horwitz "Sixth Man" Center in Philadelphia, Tuesday, July 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Scrapped fundraisers and watching from the treadmill. How Harris’ VP contenders wait for her choice
One is sparking speculation that he’ll be the choice by forgoing a weekend of swanky fundraisers in the Hamptons. Another watched TV commentators speculate about his viability as the pick while getting in a workout.
Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Wednesday, July 31, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Trump campaign reports raising $137 million in July, falling short of Harris’ first-week total
Republican former President Donald Trump’s campaign and its related affiliates say they raised $138.7 million last month.
Vice President Kamala Harris admires the crowd during a campaign rally, Tuesday, July 30, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)
At boisterous Georgia rally, Harris dares Trump to ‘say it to my face’ and show up for their debate
Vice President Kamala Harris told a cheering, boisterous, packed Atlanta arena on Tuesday that the next 98 days will be a fight, but they’ll win come November.
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks at a campaign event in Pittsfield, Mass., Saturday, July 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough, Pool)
‘White Dudes for Harris’ is the latest in a series of Zoom gatherings backing the vice president
On a “White Dudes for Harris” virtual call, it was probably fitting that “The Dude” dropped in. Actor Jeff Bridges addressed a fundraising call geared toward white men supporting Vice President Kamala Harris and sang her praises on Monday night.
FILE - Second gentleman Doug Emhoff speaks during a Jewish American Heritage Month event, May 20, 2024, at the White House in Washington. The nation's first second gentleman, Emhoff could become its first first gentlemen after November. Emhoff is used to traveling the country championing his wife, Vice President Kamala Harris and the Biden administration's accomplishments in his current job. But now that Harris is the presumptive Democratic nominee, those efforts have been thrust into the political spotlight like never before. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)
Doug Emhoff would become the country’s first first gentleman if Kamala Harris wins the presidency
The nation’s first second gentleman, Doug Emhoff, would become its first first gentleman if Kamala Harris wins the presidential election in November.
FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.'s Grand Boulé, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Indianapolis. Harris has crashed the season finale of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars,” urging Americans to vote in an appearance that was taped before President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
Harris makes a pre-taped appearance on ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars’ to urge Americans to vote
Vice President Kamala Harris has crashed the season finale of “RuPaul’s Drag Race All Stars,” urging Americans to vote in an appearance taped before President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid.
Media attend a Democratic National Convention walk through at the United Center in Chicago, Jan. 18, 2024. After a year of planning for just the right event, organizers of the Democratic National Convention are suddenly gaming out how to showcase a new headliner, a new No. 2 and a commander in chief who’s being shifted to a more peripheral position. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsiváis)
Democratic convention planners are working to pull off a dramatic Biden-Harris role reversal
Organizers of next month’s Democratic National Convention are tossing out their script. The Democratic Party will have a new nominee, a re-crafted program and less than a month to pull off what is normally planned over the course of a year.
President Joe Biden pauses before he addresses the nation from the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, about his decision to drop his Democratic presidential reelection bid. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, Pool)
Biden delivers solemn call to defend democracy as he lays out his reasons for quitting race
President Joe Biden has delivered a solemn call to voters to defend the country’s democracy. In an address Wednesday he laid out his decision to drop his bid for reelection and throw his support behind Vice President Kamala Harris.
Vice President Kamala Harris waves as she is introduced during the Zeta Phi Beta Sorority, Inc.'s Grand Boulé, Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Indianapolis. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)
Democrats poised to virtually nominate Harris — and her running mate — by Aug. 7
Democratic National Convention delegates can make Vice President Kamala Harris their presidential nominee — and even approve her yet-to be-named running mate — in online voting beginning next week.
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at her campaign headquarters in Wilmington, Del., Monday, July 22, 2024. (Erin Schaff/The New York Times via AP, Pool)
Democrats plan to push ahead with virtual roll call ahead of their convention, with Harris favored
The Democratic Party plans to push forward with a virtual roll call in which delegates to its convention can choose its presidential nominee before they meet in person for next month in Chicago.
FILE - President Joe Biden listens as Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, May 13, 2024. With Biden ending his reelection bid and endorsing Harris, Democrats now must navigate a shift that is unprecedented this late in an election year. Democrats are set to hold their convention in Chicago in August. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh, File)
Democrats promise an ‘orderly process’ to replace Biden. Harris is favored, but questions remain
President Joe Biden giving up his reelection bid and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris makes her the prohibitive favorite to be the party’s nominee in November. But it doesn’t guarantee it.
An image of President Joe Biden is projected on a screen during the final night of the 2024 Republican National Convention at the Fiserv Forum, Thursday, July 18, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Beyond Biden, Democrats are split over who would be next —VP Harris or launch a ‘mini primary’
Democrats are not only split on whether President Joe Biden should quit his reelection race, they’re also not on the same page about what to do if he goes.
President Barack Obama presents Vice President Joe Biden with the Presidential Medal of Freedom during a ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington, Jan. 12, 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Obama’s dilemma: Balancing Democrats’ worry about Biden and maintaining influence with president
Former President Barack Obama has found himself in a vexing position as his old running mate Joe Biden negotiates one of the most sensitive political moments for the Democratic Party in decades.
FILE - Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., during a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, on June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)
Prominent Democrat Schiff calls for Biden to withdraw, but party aims to nominate before convention
California Rep. Adam Schiff has become the highest-profile Democrat to call for President Joe Biden to drop his reelection bid, as the party pushes ahead with plans to hold a virtual vote to formally make Biden its nominee in the first week of August.
President Joe Biden waves to the media as he walks to board Marine One, Monday July 15, 2024, on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, enroute to Andrews Air Force Base and onto Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
House Democrats want to stop early DNC effort to nominate Biden before party convention in August
Some House Democrats are wary of swiftly nominating President Joe Biden as the party’s pick for reelection.
President Joe Biden speaks with reporters at Andrews Air Force Base, Md., Monday, July 15, 2024. as he heads to Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
The Democratic National Committee says it’s investing $15 million in 7 swing state parties
Democrats are trying to offer political counterprograming to the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, announcing $15 million to fund campaign operations in seven key swing states.
President Joe Biden speaks at the 115th NAACP National Convention in Las Vegas, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Biden says cooling political rhetoric doesn’t mean he’ll ‘stop telling the truth’ about Trump
President Joe Biden has returned to the campaign trail for the first time since the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump, continuing his call to calm the divisive rhetoric on both sides.
FILE - Actor Clint Eastwood speaks to an empty chair while addressing delegates during the Republican National Convention in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 30, 2012. Presidential conventions can be memorable for floor fights and bloody battles on the streets outside, or for scenes that standout as outlandish or awkward. From Eastwood haranguing of an empty chair in 2012 to Al and Tipper Gore's uncomfortably long kiss in 2000 and pitched battles between police and protesters outside in Chicago in 1968, conventions past have produced many memorable moments. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
Floor fights, boos and a too-long kiss. How the dramatic and the bizarre define convention history
Presidential conventions can be memorable for floor fights and bloody battles on the streets outside or for scenes that stand out as outlandish or awkward. The Republicans gather in Milwaukee this week amid relative party peace.
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