Jul 24 Watch 5:37 Harris sharpens message against Trump as campaign hopes to galvanize women voters By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Ian Couzens President Biden will address the nation Wednesday night from the Oval Office and explain his decision to drop out of the 2024 presidential race. It comes as Vice President Kamala Harris is moving closer to locking up her party’s nomination… Continue watching
Jul 24 Watch 7:50 Democratic and Republican strategists analyze the rapidly changing presidential race By Geoff Bennett, Saher Khan President Biden will address the nation for the first time since dropping out of the presidential race. For more analysis of the rapidly changing state of the race, Geoff Bennett spoke with Democratic strategist Faiz Shakir and Republican strategist Kevin… Continue watching
Jul 24 WATCH: Trump speaks in North Carolina at first rally since Biden leaves 2024 presidential race By Meg Kinnard, Adriana Gomez Licon, Associated Press Trump unleashed a barrage of attack lines Wednesday against his likely new opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, whom he called his “new victim to defeat” and accused of deceiving the public about President Joe Biden's ability to run for a second term. Continue reading
Jul 24 Republican leaders urge party members against racist and sexist attacks on Harris By Lisa Mascaro, Jill Colvin, Associated Press At a closed-door meeting of House Republicans early Tuesday, National Republican Congressional Committee chairman Richard Hudson urged lawmakers to instead stick to criticizing Harris for her role in Biden-Harris administration policies. Continue reading
Jul 24 WATCH: Biden addresses the nation after dropping out of 2024 race By Zeke Miller, Seung Min Kim, Will Weissert, Associated Press As Vice President Kamala Harris moves to take his place as the Democratic standard-bearer, Biden's accomplishments remain very much at risk should Republican Donald Trump prevail. Continue reading
Jul 23 Watch 5:11 Secret Service director resigns in wake of criticism for Trump rally security failure By Amna Nawaz, Jackson Hudgins Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday, ten days after a security failure nearly led to the assassination of former President Trump. Cheatle faced bipartisan criticism during testimony Monday before the House Oversight Committee. Amna Nawaz discussed more with Carol… Continue watching
Jul 23 Watch 9:27 Harris lays out her case against Trump in first campaign event in Wisconsin By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Ian Couzens, Eliot Barnhart Vice President Kamala Harris has been laying out her game plan against Donald Trump in her first major outing since President Biden's departure from the 2024 race. Her trip to Wisconsin comes as Harris is getting more support from powerful… Continue watching
Jul 23 Harris and Trump are tied, poll finds. Here's why strategists say that's good for Democrats By Laura Santhanam Roughly three-quarters of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents said Vice President Kamala Harris should be nominated for the top of their ticket in November, according to the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll. Continue reading
Jul 23 Poll: Who should be Harris' VP? Here's what Democratic voters say By Laura Santhanam As Harris surpasses the number of pledged delegates she’ll need to secure the Democratic nomination, attention has also turned to her running mate. Here's what the latest PBS News/NPR/Marist poll says about some of the contenders. Continue reading
Jul 23 WATCH: Harris attends first rally since becoming candidate, says election is 'choice between freedom and chaos' By Zeke Miller, Chris Megerian, Associated Press In her first rally since locking up the presidential nomination, she said Tuesday that in the November election against Trump, "it's a choice between freedom and chaos."… Continue reading