Aug 03 Trump plans to skip ABC debate with Harris in September, insists on earlier Fox News faceoff By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press Donald Trump says he is pulling out of a scheduled September debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on ABC and wants them to face off on Fox News, making it increasingly unlikely that the candidates will confront each other on stage before the… Continue reading
Aug 02 Harris' campaign raised massive $310 million in July as she looks to reset the race against Trump By Will Weissert, Associated Press The haul by Harris' campaign, the Democratic National Committee and affiliated entities far outpaced Republican former President Donald Trump, whose campaign and assorted committees said they took in $138.7 million for July. Continue reading
Aug 02 Watch 4:26 Why the Harris campaign and Democrats are leaning into calling Trump 'weird' By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat, Ian Couzens The Democratic National Committee announced Friday that Vice President Kamala Harris has secured the number of delegates in a virtual roll call to win the party’s nomination. While on the campaign trail, Harris is calling her opponent Donald Trump “weird.”… Continue watching
Aug 02 Harris receives enough virtual delegate votes to be presumptive Democratic nominee By Will Weissert, Chris Megerian, Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris has secured enough votes from Democratic delegates to become the party’s nominee for president, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison said Friday. Continue reading
Aug 02 WATCH: Secret Service holds news briefing on the Trump assassination attempt By News Desk and Associated Press The U.S. Secret Service held a news briefing Friday on its response to the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Continue reading
Aug 02 Few Americans trust Secret Service following Trump assassination attempt, AP-NORC poll says By Adriana Gomez Licon, Amelia Thomson-Deveaux, Associated Press Only around three in 10 Americans are extremely or very confident that the Secret Service can keep the presidential candidates safe from violence before the election. Continue reading
Aug 01 Watch 3:47 Facing backlash, Trump digs in on attacks misrepresenting Harris' racial identity By Laura Barrón-López, Winston Wilde Former President Trump is facing backlash for calling Vice President Kamala Harris' racial identity into question when he addressed a Black journalists convention. That's as the vice president herself wrapped up a series of events aimed at speaking directly to… Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch 6:44 Undecided voters explain how the election shakeups have shifted their views By Lisa Desjardins, Matt Loffman, Kyle Midura For voters who have not firmly decided which presidential candidate to support, the events of the last month, including an assassination attempt and a new Democratic candidate, have dramatically changed the race. Lisa Desjardins connected with the type of voters… Continue watching
Aug 01 Trump ramps up defense of VP choice Vance after rocky rollout By Steve Peoples, Stephen Groves, Marc Levy, Associated Press Trump said Wednesday running mate JD Vance is "strongly family-oriented" when asked repeatedly to explain Vance's history of criticizing childless Americans. Continue reading
Jul 31 WATCH: Harris says Trump's hostile NABJ interview was 'same old show' of divisiveness By Associated Press Vice President Kamala Harris responded Wednesday to former President Donald Trump's comments earlier in the day at the annual meeting of the National Association of Black Journalists, saying “the American people deserve better.”… Continue reading