‘I love my black job’: Simone Biles joins those throwing shade at Trump
PARIS — Fresh off her second gold medal win at the Paris Olympics, U.S. gymnast Simone Biles seemed to take a dig at Donald Trump with a social media post…
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Harris narrows VP search to six finalists, plans to interview them this weekend
Vice President Harris has narrowed her search for a running mate to six finalists and is planning to conduct interviews with them this weekend, according to two people familiar with…
Harris events: Not your father’s campaign rallies (or Biden’s)
There were hip gyrations from the stage. The playlist included “Girls in the Hood,” “Mamushi,” “Savage,” and “Body.” The candidate quoted Quavo. A Joe Biden rally this was not. If…
JD Vance’s false claim that Harris voted to ‘preserve’ NAFTA
“[Vice President Harris] voted to preserve NAFTA, the very trade deal that sent American jobs to Mexico and turned American dreams into nightmares.” — Republican vice-presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance…
Without ‘Zuckerbucks,’ limited private funding available for elections
In 2020, a group funded by Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg and his wife gave $332 million to local governments to run the presidential election amid a global pandemic, prompting a…
Trump and allies unleash attacks on Harris’s gender and racial identity
First Donald Trump falsely asserted that Kamala Harris had long identified herself primarily as Indian American, and only leaned into the Black part of her mixed-race identity recently to benefit…
Half of Americans call volume of immigrants a ‘critical threat,’ poll finds
Americans’ concerns about immigration have risen sharply this year, with half of Americans saying that the large number of immigrants and refugees entering the country is a “critical threat” to…
Trump campaign uses misleading posts, racist trope to attack Harris on crime
Jaleel Stallings was just letting his dogs out and giving them breakfast a few days ago when he got a message from his lawyer telling him Donald Trump’s campaign was…
Harris campaign says it raised $310 million in July fundraising surge
The Harris campaign announced Friday morning that it had raised $310 million in July, the biggest amount so far in the 2024 campaign cycle and more than double what Republican…
Court rules against Black and Hispanic voters in redistricting case
A federal appeals court on Thursday made it harder for Black and Hispanic voters to form coalitions to elect the candidates they prefer in three southern states, overruling long-standing precedents.…