Tag: Kamala
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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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Kamala Harris may have locked down her first electoral vote this week
The war for the first battleground electoral vote may have been decided this week before a single ballot was cast. The weapons of choice: private polls. The likely winner: Vice President Kamala Harris. In a wild election season that has featured Democrats substituting Harris for President Joe Biden at the top of their ticket —…
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Kamala Harris to visit the southern border for first time as nominee
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is set to make her first visit to the southern border since she jumped into the 2024 race, with plans to attack former President Donald Trump on an issue that’s central to his campaign. Harris is scheduled to visit a border town in Arizona on Friday, her campaign announced…
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Kamala Harris talks up McDonald’s gig in criticizing Trump’s economic plans
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday again confirmed that she once worked at McDonald’s, pushing back against former President Donald Trump who has repeatedly claimed she never worked there. During an interview with Stephanie Ruhle, the MSNBC anchor said, “I just want to ask you, yes or no: At any point in your…
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Chappell Roan reveals she’s voting for Kamala Harris after online backlash
Pop star Chappell Roan revealed in a TikTok video Wednesday that she’s voting for Vice President Kamala Harris in November, though she stopped short of endorsing the Democratic presidential candidate. The singer-songwriter’s announcement followed an intense and dayslong online backlash from her liberal fanbase. The criticism was fueled after Roan, 26, told The Guardian in…
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House to vote to condemn Biden, Kamala Harris and others over 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal
The House is set to vote Wednesday to formally condemn President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and other officials over their handling of the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan. The resolution, introduced by House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul, R-Texas, criticized the administration’s “chaotic, precipitous” Afghanistan withdrawal, saying its “willful refusal to properly…
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Are we at peak Kamala Harris?
Then there’s the issue of abortion rights. While it was an asset to Biden in polling against Trump, it appears to be a much bigger advantage for Harris. For instance, the NBC News poll showed her leading by more than 40 percentage points among white women with college degrees, a group of voters Biden won…
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As Kamala Harris racks up celebrity support, Trump sees an opening to attack
Kamala Harris has Scarlett Johansson. Donald Trump has Scarlett Johnson, chair of the Ozaukee County Moms for Liberty. The two women with very similar names offer a snapshot of the different surrogate pools for Trump and Harris. Johnson, the woman supporting Trump, is a Wisconsin conservative education activist and failed school board candidate, while Johansson…