WASHINGTON — When a group of 50 Democrats of Caribbean descent gathered to watch the presidential debate in a South Florida suburb this week, the room filled with stunned laughs as former President Trump repeated a baseless rumor that Haitian immigrants […]
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WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump exchanged harsh insults for more than 90 minutes in Philadelphia on Tuesday, meeting for the first time ever during a debate at the National Constitution Center. The forum came at a
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WASHINGTON — A Republican group opposing former President Trump is launching a “swing state ad blitz” Tuesday, spending $11.5 million on billboards and television advertisements featuring former Trump voters who support Vice President Kamala Harris. The campaign will run through the
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WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, on Thursday gave their first sit-down interview since President Biden withdrew from his reelection campaign July 21. The interview with Dana Bash of CNN was recorded Thursday
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WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris enters this week’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago with a small lead over former President Trump in national polling averages that few would have thought likely even a month ago. The truncated nature of the
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CHICAGO — Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, who remains a thundering force in the Democratic Party nearly two years after giving up her official leadership role, is best known for her behind-the scenes advice and occasional arm-twisting. But she had some
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CHICAGO — There’s an old political saw: You campaign in poetry and govern in prose. That took on a more literal meaning Wednesday night as Amanda Gorman, the closest thing this country has to a celebrity poet, took the stage at
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CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris will make history Thursday night as the first woman of color to accept a major party presidential nomination. But did you know she worked at McDonald’s in college and confronted a bully when she was
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CHICAGO — Former President Clinton had trouble recalling the year of his first Democratic convention — either 1972 or 1976 — but wondered how many more he’d be around for. “All these young leaders coming up after me,” he said in
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