Tag Archives: Kamala Harris

CNN reports: With former President Donald Trump ruling out any more presidential debates between now and Election Day, CNN shifting course Thursday and invited both Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris to participate in town hall events with voters. Harris immediately accepted the network’s invitation. “Trump may want to hide from the voters, but Vice President Harris welcomes the opportunity …

CNN reports: Vice President Kamala Harris sought to counter rampant misinformation around the federal government’s response to Hurricanes Helene and Milton Wednesday, telling CNN in an interview that comments suggesting that federal assistance has run out from former President Donald Trump and his allies is “unconscionable” and could serve to discourage people in the path of the storm from seeking …

NBC News reports: Vice President Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign operation crossed the $1 billion fundraising threshold in September, two months after she took over as the Democratic Party’s 2024 standard bearer, according to two people familiar with the numbers. That figure includes money raised by the campaign committee itself and by a campaign-affiliated joint fundraising committee that also collects cash …

Politico reports: Kamala Harris during a Tuesday appearance on “The View” announced a new policy aimed at helping families care for aging seniors. The vice president proposed establishing a home care benefit through Medicare focused on helping families afford the cost of caring for seniors at home instead of in nursing facilities. The proposal would help older Americans age at …

The New York Times reports: While the Times/Siena poll shows some solid advantages for Mr. Trump, the results suggest Ms. Harris is making gains, if small ones, on questions about temperament, trust and change that can be critical in a presidential race. The poll, conducted from Sept. 29 to Oct. 6 among 3,385 likely voters, found that Ms. Harris led …

The Hill reports: The former head of the Florida Republican Party said he’s supporting Vice President Harris after “trolling” from other Republicans over the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene. Al Cárdenas said in his appearance Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that natural disasters have “always been a bipartisan issue.” Cárdenas said in his appearance on “Morning Joe” that he …

Politico reports: Kamala Harris was among Barack Obama’s earliest supporters in 2008, knocking on doors and raising money to help propel him to a two-term presidency. Now, he’s returning the favor. The former president will appear Thursday at an event in the Pittsburgh area, the start of what will be part of a swing-state “blitz” through Election Day, said a …

The New York Times reports: Bruce Springsteen, the rock star and longtime critic of former President Donald J. Trump, endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday, calling Mr. Trump the “most dangerous candidate for president in my lifetime.” In a three-minute video published on social media, Mr. Springsteen, 75, spent much of his endorsement attacking Mr. Trump, saying that the …

Axios reports: Former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) will join Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday for a campaign event in Ripon, Wisconsin, aimed at appealing to Republican and independent voters, according to a senior campaign official. The event – which will take place at the birthplace of the Republican Party — is Cheney’s first campaign appearance with Harris since she …

The Associated Press reports: Vice President Kamala Harris handed out meals, embraced a shaken family and surveyed Hurricane Helene’s “extraordinary” path of destruction through Georgia on Wednesday as she left the campaign trail to pledge federal help and personally take in scenes of toppled trees, damaged homes and lives upended. She visited Augusta, where power lines stretched along the sidewalk …

From the New York Times editorial board: It is hard to imagine a candidate more unworthy to serve as president of the United States than Donald Trump. He has proved himself morally unfit for an office that asks its occupant to put the good of the nation above self-interest. He has proved himself temperamentally unfit for a role that requires …

“I’m a conservative. I believe in the rule of law. First and foremost, I want to support a presidential candidate that respects the rule of law, somebody who, if they lose an election, wouldn’t try to use the presidential powers to overturn that election. “If you are a conservative, then you believe in the rule of law and you believe …

Fox News reports: In a head-to-head matchup, Vice President Kamala Harris tops former President Trump by 3 percentage points in a Fox News survey of Georgia voters. Harris receives 51% support to Trump’s 48% among both registered and likely voters. While her advantage may be narrow (inside the margin of error), it is steady. Last month, she was up 50%-48% …

Fox News reports: Three more Republicans are crossing the aisle to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for the White House. Former U.S. Sen. Nancy Kassebaum, R-Kan., former Kansas state senator and Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger, and Deanell Reece Tacha, a retired federal judge, condemned the current state of the GOP in a statement shared with Fox News Digital Thursday. “This …

Bloomberg News reports: A Bloomberg News/Morning Consult poll of swing states shows Harris now leading among likely voters by 7 percentage points in Nevada, 5 points in Pennsylvania, 3 points in Arizona, Michigan and Wisconsin, and 2 points in North Carolina. The two are tied in Georgia. Harris’ leads in individual states are within the polls’ statistical margin of error, …

The Hill reports: Vice President Harris holds a comfortable lead in the presidential race in Virginia, according to a new poll from Emerson College/The Hill/WAVY-TV 10/WVBT FOX43. Fifty-two percent of likely Virginia voters said if the election were held today they would vote for Harris, while 44 percent said the same about Trump. Four percent said they were either undecided …

Reuters reports: Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris leads Republican Donald Trump 47% to 40% in the race to win the Nov. 5 U.S. presidential election, as she appeared to blunt Trump’s edge on the economy and jobs, a Reuters/Ipsos poll published on Tuesday found. The Democrat’s lead was slightly higher than her five-point advantage over Trump in a Sept 11-12 …

CNN reports: More than 400 economists and former high-ranking US policymakers are endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris and her vision for the American economy, according to a document announcing the endorsement seen by CNN. The mass endorsement lands as Harris tries to erode former President Donald Trump’s lead on the economy, a critical issue that many Americans say could decide …

The Hill reports: Vice President Harris has almost double the support of former President Trump among likely voters aged 18-29 polled in the Harvard Institute of Politics youth survey. The poll also found a widening gap in voter enthusiasm between Harris and Trump voters, with a 15-point lead for Harris voters. In the poll taken between September 4 and September …

USA Today reports: A group of national law enforcement leaders have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris weeks after the National Fraternal Order of Police backed former President Donald Trump. The group, Police Leaders for Community Safety, was created in 2024 as a non-partisan 501(c)4, and describes itself as an organization that represents dozens of police officials. In a press release …