Last December, I wrote a column headed, “Biden versus Trump? Not so fast.” A month earlier, I had described a scenario in which Trump could face somebody other than Biden. I recall these columns not to say, “I told you so,” but to underline again how much we should be skeptical of campaign punditry and polling. Between now and Election Day, there will be a new and short campaign with former president Trump and Sen. J.D. Vance facing Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate. That’s all we really...

On July 21, President Joe Biden announced that he was dropping out of the 2024 U.S. presidential election and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris. Over the next two days, Harris held her first 2024 presidential campaign rally, raised more than $100 million and gained the support of enough delegates to secure the Democratic party nomination at the August Democratic National Convention. Harris’s 2024 candidacy marks her second attempt to win the presidency. Before she became Vice President, Harris during her 2020 presidential campaign. The then-U.S. senator for California — who...

Barack and Michelle Obama have officially endorsed Kamala Harris for U.S. president. The Obamas shared the news in a post on X on Friday, writing: “Earlier this week, Michelle and I called our friend @KamalaHarris. We told her we think she’ll make a fantastic President of the United States, and that she has our full support. At this critical moment for our country, we’re going to do everything we can to make sure she wins in November. We hope you’ll join us.” The post included a video of the phone...

Barack Obama has ended days of speculation by endorsing Kamala Harris for president, saying that he and his wife Michelle are "going to do everything we can to make sure she wins in November." This is a developing story and will be updated. Former President Barack Obama hugs Vice President Kamala Harris during an event to mark the 2010 passage of the Affordable Care Act in the East Room of the White House on April 5, 2022 in... Former President Barack Obama hugs Vice President Kamala Harris during an event...

Both former President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama have officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president. The Harris campaign released a video early Friday morning showing the likely Democratic presidential nominee taking a call from the political power couple where they reveal they're endorsing her. The video was filmed Wednesday in Indianapolis, where Harris traveled to address the Zeta Phi Beta sorority.

“She has a lot of great people to choose from,” Cooper told The Washington Post on Thursday, declining to comment on his own interest. “She has to win. I want her to win. I want her to pick the person that can help her win. I respect her process, and I don’t want to comment on that process.” During local news conferences and cable news appearances, potential vice-presidential candidates have spent recent days playing coy about their intentions while also testing out lines of attack against Republican nominee Donald Trump...

Barack and Michelle Obama have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris for president. The former president and former first lady revealed their prized endorsement in a short call with Harris, a video clip of which was released Friday morning across the vice president’s social media and posted to her YouTube channel. In the almost minute-long clip, Harris is seen taking a phone call from the Obamas as she walks and talks. “Aww, hi, you’re both together. It’s good to hear you both,” Harris says as she picks up the call with...

Donald Trump has refused to take part in a debate with Kamala Harris, branding her a “Marxist fraud” after she became the Democrats’ presumptive presidential nominee when Joe Biden quit the race. The first female US vice-president – seeking to make history again in November – has enjoyed a groundswell of support from labour groups, ethnic minorities and her own party since announcing her 11th-hour candidacy. The momentum appeared to catch Trump off guard, as the bombastic Republican refused to schedule a debate with Ms Harris, saying on Thursday night...

WASHINGTON (AP) — A key question is looming for Vice President Kamala Harris as she the Democratic presidential nomination: Can she turn the Biden-Harris economic record into a political advantage in a way that President Joe Biden failed to do? In some ways, her task would seem straightforward: The administration oversaw from the pandemic recession, one that shrank the U.S. unemployment rate to a in early 2023 — far below the painful 6.4% rate when Biden and Harris took office in 2021. The rate stayed below 4% for more than...

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris, the likely Democratic nominee for president, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu Thursday afternoon, a day after he vowed to Congress that he wants “total victory” in the deadly Gaza war. Harris said she and Netanyahu had a “constructive” meeting and that she expressed to the prime minister […]