Tag: Harris
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Trump and Harris compete for the Latino vote in very different ways
TUCSON, Ariz. — Vice President Kamala Harris’ West Coast swing, aimed at ginning up support among Latino voters, is a sign of the larger emphasis Harris and former President Donald Trump have placed on pursuing the nation’s second largest racial or ethnic group. But they’re chasing those votes in very different ways. Trump, whose campaign…
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Former GOP Sen. Jeff Flake endorses Harris for president
Former GOP Sen. Jeff Flake endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president on Sunday, writing in a statement that he wanted to support a presidential candidate who represents “a new generation of leadership based not on grievances of the past, but hope for the future.” “I’ve served with Kamala in the U.S. Senate. I’ve also…
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Both Trump and Harris say they’ll build more border wall. In this county, the parts have been waiting, and rusting, since 2021.
Back in 2018, Kamala Harris and other Democrats labeled then-President Donald Trump’s wall a vanity project that wasted billions of taxpayer dollars. Harris even went so far as to post online that the barrier was “un-American.” Now, as a candidate for president, her border security plan includes filling in strategic sections of the wall along…
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Trump and Harris battle over male voters — and what masculinity looks like in 2024
One of the biggest fights playing out in this election is the battle for young, persuadable men of all races who appear to be less firmly in the Democratic column than they were just four years ago. For former President Donald Trump, that has meant appearing on podcasts and alternative media platforms popular with young…
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Kamala Harris’ tough-on-migration pitch at the border points to a shifting national mood
Kamala Harris highlighted her tough-on-migration stance during a long-anticipated trip Friday to the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona, aiming to cover off a political vulnerability and rebut Donald Trump’s core campaign message that Democrats are soft on immigration enforcement. “The United States is a sovereign nation, and I believe we have a duty to set rules…
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Kamala Harris aims to neutralize a key vulnerability: From the Politics Desk
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk, an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team’s latest reporting and analysis from the campaign trail, the White House and Capitol Hill. In today’s edition, senior national political reporter Sahil Kapur breaks down how Kamala Harris is handling shifting border politics. Plus, “Meet…
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JD Vance to hold event with evangelist who said Kamala Harris used ‘witchcraft’
Ohio Sen. JD Vance is set to participate in a town hall in Pennsylvania on Saturday with evangelical religious leader Lance Wallnau, who said after this month’s presidential debate that Vice President Kamala Harris used “witchcraft.” Wallnau, a Texas-based celebrity evangelist, is a self-described prophet. Two decades ago, he coined and popularized the Seven Mountains…
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Hurricane Helene’s path inland and Kamala Harris goes to Arizona border: Morning Rundown
Hurricane Helene moves through Georgia after making landfall in Florida. Kamala Harris visits the southern border in Arizona. And criticize blast a “Bridgerton”-inspired ball that was instead a chaotic mess. Here’s what to know today. Helene moves inland after making landfall as Category 4 hurricane in Florida Hurricane Helene weakened overnight on its path through…
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Harris to visit southern border; Trump to speak in Michigan
Share Harris to push for tougher border security in Arizona speech Harris will push for tougher border security in a speech today at the southern border, a senior campaign official said. In her remarks, Harris will repeat a frequent attack by highlighting Trump’s role in squashing a bipartisan border bill this year, the official said.…
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Harris’ team is considering keeping Biden Cabinet officials if she wins and Democrats lose the Senate
WASHINGTON — If she wins in November, Vice President Kamala Harris may face a hostile, Republican-controlled Senate in no mood to confirm the senior Cabinet officials she’ll need to run her administration. Anticipating that scenario, Harris’ team is exploring whether to keep in place some of the Biden administration officials who’ve already been confirmed by…