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Law & Crime reports: A Florida man has been arrested for threatening former vice president Kamala Harris and Rep. Ilhan Omar, according to law enforcement. Franklin Jarrell, 59, stands accused of one count each of sending a threatening communication in interstate commerce and making threats against a federal official, according to a federal criminal complaint filed in the Middle District …

Politico reports: Former Vice President Kamala Harris is seriously considering a run for governor of California — and has given herself a deadline to decide. At a pre-Oscars party last weekend, Harris was asked by another partygoer when she would make a decision about jumping into the California governor’s race. She gave a definitive answer, according to two people with …

Los Angeles’s ABC affiliate reports: Police confirmed to KTLA that officers detained two people at Vice President Kamala Harris’ home in Brentwood during curfew hours on Saturday. The Los Angeles Police Department said a call came into the West L.A. station around 4:40 a.m., reporting a potential burglary on the Vice President’s property. Officers responded to the residence located on …

“The peaceful transfer of power is one of the most fundamental principles of American democracy. As much as any other principle, it is what distinguishes our system of government from monarchy or tyranny. “Today at the United States Capitol, I will perform my constitutional duty as Vice President of the United States to certify the results of the 2024 election. …

The Washington Post reports: On Monday, in her constitutional role as president of the Senate, Harris will preside over a joint session of Congress that oversees the counting and certification of the electoral college votes affirming that Trump — despite the alarms she sounded during her 107-day sprint to the November election — will again assume the powers and trappings …

Mediaite reports: The candid moment happened while Harris was swearing in the recently elected senators for their new terms. Harris began by greeting Gallego, his wife who was carrying their young daughter, and his son. Harris was asking Gallego’s young son about how their day was going when he said, “I’m sorry you didn’t win.” Harris and the boy then …

The Daily Beast reports: Vice President Kamala Harris, during a virtual call with supporters Tuesday, thanked them for their campaign efforts and pledged that the “fight’s not over.” “The fight that fueled our campaign, a fight for freedom and opportunity, that did not end on Nov. 5. A fight for the dignity of all people? That did not end on …

Politico reports: Kamala Harris has been lying low since her defeat in the presidential race, unwinding with family and senior aides in Hawaii before heading back to the nation’s capital. But privately, the vice president has been instructing advisers and allies to keep her options open — whether for a possible 2028 presidential run, or even to run for governor …

Mediaite reports: CNN anchor John Berman was stunned by a bombshell suggestion from analyst Bakari Sellers — that President Joe Biden should rush through the nomination and confirmation of Vice President Kamala Harris to the Supreme Court. Politico Playbook led Friday morning with a piece on the chatter among Democrats to encourage Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to retire and …

NBC News reports: Former President Donald Trump defeated Vice President Kamala Harris to become the next U.S. president, but he didn’t do so with the help of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender voters. LGBT voters shifted even more solidly into the Democratic camp this year, according to the NBC News Exit Poll. Harris led President-elect Trump 86% to 12% among …

USA Today reports: Vice President Kamala Harris, who called and congratulated President-elect Donald Trump on his victory in the 2024 presidential election, is expected to make a speech Wednesday afternoon from Howard University in Washington, D.C. The Democratic presidential nominee will deliver the speech at 4 p.m. ET, the White House confirmed. Harris had been expected to address her election …

NBC News reports: Harris on Wednesday called Trump “to congratulate him on winning the 2024 presidential election,” a senior Harris aide told NBC News. The aide added that Harris discussed the “importance of a peaceful transfer of power and being a president for all Americans” while on the phone with the president-elect. The public likely won’t hear directly from Harris …

Washington DC’s NBC affiliate reports: Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to address the nation Wednesday to officially concede the 2024 presidential election to Donald Trump. Harris is expected to deliver a speech to the country and her supporters at Howard University in Washington D.C., her alma mater, a campaign co-chair confirmed to NBC News. The timing of Harris’ speech …

The Associated Press reports: Kamala Harris won California on Tuesday, giving her the largest prize in the presidential election – 54 electoral votes. The outcome in the heavily Democratic state where Harris previously served as a U.S. senator and attorney general was expected. Harris won Washington’s 12 electoral votes on Tuesday, besting former President Donald Trump in a state where …

The Associated Press reports: Kamala Harris won Colorado on Tuesday, picking up the state’s 10 electoral votes. Colorado was once a purple state, flipping between Democratic and Republican presidential candidates, but it has shifted blue in the past two decades. The last Republican presidential candidate to snag Colorado’s electoral votes was George W. Bush in 2004. Since then, it’s backed …

The Hill reports: Vice President Harris has won Virginia, maintaining Democrats’ control of the state at the presidential level despite some Republican inroads in recent years, according to a projection from Decision Desk HQ. Polls in the run-up to Election Day showed Harris leading Trump by a comfortable margin. According to The Hill’s Decision Desk HQ average, Harris led Trump …

NBC News reports: Kamala Harris has won the Vermont contest, NBC News projects, and secured the state’s three Electoral College votes. In 2020, Biden won Vermont with 66% of the vote to Trump’s 31%. In 2016, Hillary Clinton won Vermont with 61% to Trump’s 33%. Since 1992, Vermont has been a reliably blue state in presidential elections. There are three …

Axios reports: Election officials in Michigan and several other states are predicting turnout to surpass records set in 2020, when about 158 million Americans — 66% of eligible voters — cast ballots, Axios’ Dave Lawler reports. If turnout is unexpectedly high, the election results could diverge dramatically from the razor-thin margins reflected in the polls. That’s because pollsters have to …

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports: Vice President Kamala Harris will hold a get-out-the-vote concert rally Monday night at the steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Art as the presidential campaigns continue to focus on the critical swing state of Pennsylvania. The rally and concert will take place on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway, below the Art Museum steps, on Monday night — …

PBS News reports: On the eve of the 2024 presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harris holds a 4-point lead over former President Donald Trump among likely voters nationally, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. Harris has the support of 51 percent of likely voters to Trump’s 47 percent – a lead just outside the poll’s 3.5-point margin of error. …