Articles filed under Political Figures
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‘This was a coup’: Trump primes supporters to challenge a Harris winAug 19, 2024 8:33 am - From the moment Vice President Kamala Harris emerged as the surprise Democratic presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump began arguing that she was anointed th...
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Illinoisans to take center stage at Democratic conventionAug 18, 2024 12:31 pm - Fitting of its location in the Windy City, the Democratic National Convention opening Monday in Chicago will feature a distinctly Illinois flavor.
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Meet the suburban delegates to the Democratic National ConventionAug 16, 2024 10:31 pm - Meet the suburban delegates attending the Democratic National Convention, which opens Monday in Chicago.
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They look like — and link to — real news articles. But they're actually ads from the Harris campaignAug 16, 2024 9:15 am - If you're not looking too closely, some recent Kamala Harris ads may give the false impression that some leading news organizations are taking sides in the campaign for p...
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Harris aims to blunt Trump's economic attacks by proposing new tax breaks in a bid to lower costsAug 16, 2024 6:11 am - Vice President Kamala Harris is promoting a broad set of economic proposals that would offer new tax breaks and lower the cost of living for Americans, aiming to address the financial concerns that are at the top of the mind for voters and that Republican Donald Trump is trying to lay at her doorstep.
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What to know about Tim Walz’s 1995 drunken driving arrest and how he respondedAug 16, 2024 5:55 am - MINNEAPOLIS — Now that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is Vice President Kamala Harris ' running mate, his drunken driving arrest from 1995 in Nebraska — long before he entered p...
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Beyond 'childless cat ladies,' JD Vance has long been on a quest to encourage more birthsAug 16, 2024 5:50 am - MIAMI — Five summers ago, Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance — then a 34-year-old memoirist and father of a 2-year-old boy — took the stage at a conservative conference...
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What do marijuana, the death penalty and fracking have in common? Harris shifted positions on themAug 16, 2024 5:47 am - WASHINGTON — As California’s attorney general, Kamala Harris successfully defended the death penalty in court, despite her past crusade against it. As a new senator, she ...
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Trump says he’s ‘entitled to personal attacks’ as he hammers Harris on inflation with grocery propsAug 15, 2024 12:54 pm - BEDMINSTER, N.J. — Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he thinks he’s “entitled to personal attacks” on his Democratic rival, adding he's “very angry” at Vice Pre...
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Kamala Harris to propose ban on ‘price gouging’ for food, groceriesAug 15, 2024 10:24 am - Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday will unveil a proposed ban on “price gouging” in the grocery and food industries, embracing a strikingly populist proposal in her most significant economic policy announcement since becoming the Democratic Party’s nominee.