A lot has changed in the presidential race over the last three weeks, according to The Washington Post’s polling average. Since President Joe Biden exited the presidential race on July 21 and passed the baton to Kamala Harris, his vice president, the race has effectively reversed itself. It is no exaggeration to state that Harris would be the favorite to ...
A large batch of polls this week confirmed Vice President Kamala Harris’s rise in the 2024 presidential race and suggests it has continued. She now leads in the majority of national polls. There’s a lot to take in, so I thought it’s worth isolating a few findings that stand out to me. 1. Democrats’ big enthusiasm bump — and edge ...
The Secret Service has approved a new security plan to better protect former president Donald Trump at outdoor campaign events, including the use of bulletproof glass to shield him onstage, a Secret Service official confirmed. The effort comes after the Secret Service urged the Trump campaign to temporarily pause having Trump appear at outdoor rallies, after a gunman fired multiple ...
LARGO, Md. — President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, touting their efforts to lower prescription drug prices for Medicare recipients, hosted their first joint appearance since Biden ended his reelection bid, a policy event that quickly took on the tone and feel of a campaign rally. Biden and Harris announced agreements on lower drug costs for the first ...
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has made a positive first impression after Vice President Kamala Harris announced him as her running mate. But Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), former president Donald Trump’s choice for vice president, is not winning the popularity contest. A Washington Post-ABC News-Ipsos poll finds 32 percent of Americans have a favorable impression of Vance and 42 percent find ...
MERION STATION, Pa. — Donald Trump and JD Vance have suggested that Vice President Kamala Harris’s decision to pick a running mate other than Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, an observant Jew, is evidence of antisemitism in the Democratic Party. Harris, who is married to a Jewish man, second gentleman Doug Emhoff, gave the VP nod to Tim Walz, the non-Jewish ...
Grocery price growth, once the scourge of the post-pandemic inflation surge, has finally settled down. On Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported that food-at-home prices increased 1.1% year-on-year — the ninth-straight month of sub-2% increases. For the average consumer, the new price levels can take years to adjust to, economists say. Between January 2021 and December 2022, grocery prices ...
Consumer price growth in July slowed to its lowest post-pandemic level, a sign that the surging inflation that has gripped the U.S. economy is finally ebbing. On a 12-month basis, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) cooled to 2.9%, down from 3% in June — the first time the index dipped beneath 3% since March 2021. Month over month, it rose ...
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris plans to propose the first-ever federal ban on “corporate price-gouging in the food and grocery industries,” her campaign announced late Wednesday. “There’s a big difference between fair pricing in competitive markets, and excessive prices unrelated to the costs of doing business,” the Harris campaign said in a statement. “Americans can see that difference in their grocery bills.” The ...
Walmart remains cautious about the financial health of its shoppers, but executives at the retail giant do not see a full-blown downturn on the horizon. In an interview with CNBC, Walmart Chief Financial Officer John David Rainey said that the company decided not to raise expectations for the second half of the year given uncertainties like the 2024 election and ...