After Biden’s exit, Zoom led by Black women mobilized 44,000 for Harris
One woman was putting her toddler to bed in Baltimore when her phone pinged. Another in Washington saw it while doom-scrolling. A third sat on the deck of her Connecticut…
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Democratic Party lays out rules to virtually choose presidential nominee to replace Biden
Democratic leaders on Monday laid out a new process for selecting a presidential nominee to replace President Biden through a virtual process that would conclude by Aug. 7, well before…
J.D. Vance returns home, bashes Democratic nominee change as anti-democratic
MIDDLETOWN, Ohio — A week after Ohio Sen. J.D. Vance became Donald Trump’s running mate, set to take on President Biden’s running mate Kamala D. Harris, he faced an unexpected…
Harris won’t preside over Netanyahu’s speech to Congress
Vice President Harris has declined to preside over the Senate chamber when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on Wednesday afternoon, according to two people…
How hostility to the other party’s candidate has grown
Last week’s Republican National Convention was focused almost entirely on a different presidential contest than the one we see today. Speakers railed against President Biden, Donald Trump’s presumed opponent in…
Trump’s age and health under renewed scrutiny after Biden’s exit
After weeks of intense focus on President Biden’s health and age that ended with his withdrawal from the campaign on Sunday, the script has flipped: Former president Donald Trump is…
DNC delegates face unprecedented role of choosing nominee after Biden’s exit
Dee Dawkins-Haigler had just left church in Lithonia, Ga., on Sunday and was sitting down to lunch when her phone suddenly erupted with a rapid fire of text messages, one…
The Bush-Clinton- … uh, Biden? era comes to an end
As you might have heard if you have been on social media in the past 24 hours or so, the upcoming presidential election is slated to be the first in…
Kamala Harris’s upside
About 24 hours after President Biden’s historic announcement that he’s ending his 2024 campaign, Democrats appear to be largely united behind replacing him with Vice President Harris. Virtually every major…
Harris allies look to bring former Obama adviser David Plouffe onto campaign
As Vice President Harris takes over President Biden’s campaign, some of her allies are looking to bring David Plouffe, a longtime adviser to former president Barack Obama, on board in…