Oct 15 Harris suspends travel after 2 staffers tests positive for COVID-19 By Associated Press Joe Biden's presidential campaign said Thursday that vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris will suspend in-person events until Monday after two people associated with the campaign tested positive for coronavirus. Continue reading
Oct 14 WATCH: Sen. Kamala Harris questions Supreme Court nominee Amy Coney Barrett on voter suppression By Associated Press The Supreme Court nominee has refused in two days of testimony in her confirmation hearing to opine on many topics, including whether a president can unilaterally delay the election. Continue reading
Oct 13 WATCH: Trump holds campaign rally in Johnstown, Pennsylvania By Associated Press President Donald Trump returned to Pennsylvania Tuesday, concentrating on a battleground state he sees as critical to clinching an Electoral College victory. Continue reading
Oct 12 WATCH: GOP ‘rushing’ Supreme Court hearings ‘not the American people’s priorities,’ Harris says By Associated Press California Sen. Kamala Harris says Republicans are trying to get the Supreme Court to do their “dirty work” by installing a new justice who will overturn the Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
Oct 10 AP FACT CHECK: Debate week’s twisted tales on virus, climate By Hope Yen, Calvin Woodward, Ellen Knickmeyer, Associated Press Sidelined but not silenced, President Donald Trump demonstrated anew this past week he can’t be relied on to give a straight account of the disease that has afflicted millions, now including him. He heralded the arrival of a COVID-19 cure,… Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 12:12 Shields and Brooks on pandemic partisanship, VP debate Syndicated columnist Mark Shields and New York Times columnist David Brooks join Judy Woodruff to discuss the week in politics, including how the pandemic is influencing voters in battleground Wisconsin, President Trump’s response to his own coronavirus diagnosis, the vice… Continue watching
Oct 08 WATCH: Biden, Harris aim to tip battleground Arizona for Democrats By Jonathan J. Cooper, Alexandra Jaffe, Bill Barrow, Associated Press A decade ago, Arizona was known as the epicenter of the Republican push against illegal immigration. But today, it is the nation's newest political battleground. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and running mate Kamala Harris are visiting the Phoenix area… Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch 4:19 Viewers react to the vice presidential debate between Pence and Harris By Amna Nawaz Questions of how and when to hold the remaining U.S. presidential debates dominated the campaign Thursday, with President Trump insisting he won’t participate in a virtual face-off, and former Vice President Joe Biden declining to postpone the debate schedule. The… Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch 4:15 After VP debate, Trump and Biden disagree over future face-offs A day after Vice President Mike Pence and Sen. Kamala Harris faced off in their only debate, the schedule for the remaining presidential debates was thrown into disarray. In light of President Trump’s COVID-19 infection, the Commission on Presidential Debates… Continue watching
Oct 08 5 takeaways from the VP debate By Daniel Bush, Lisa Desjardins Vice President Mike Pence dodged questions much more frequently than his opponent during their debate Wednesday, instead launching counter-attacks against Sen. Kamala Harris and her running mate, former Vice President Joe Biden, the Democratic presidential nominee. But Harris also sidestepped… Continue reading