Former president Donald Trump sought to tie Vice President Kamala Harris to the United States’ deadly withdrawal from Afghanistan on Monday, accusing her and President Joe Biden of overseeing “the most embarrassing day in the history of our country.” Days earlier, Harris had taken a not-so-subtle dig at Trump as commander in chief during her acceptance speech at the Democratic ...
SANTA YNEZ VALLEY, Calif. — Shrouded by vines and rolling hills in the heart of a private 8,000-acre ranch in Santa Barbara’s wine country, President Joe Biden last week sealed himself away from the public gaze. Only weeks ago it seemed inconceivable that Biden would watch the balloons at the Democratic National Convention fall in celebration of someone else accepting ...
Early one morning in September 1970, 5-year-old Kamala Harris walked to the corner of her street to wait for a school bus that would take her up the hills and into the Whiter, wealthier part of Berkeley, Calif. She didn’t realize it until later, but Berkeley was making history as one of the few places to voluntarily desegregate its schools, ...
BENSALEM, Pa.— Staffing the front desk of a Hindu temple in this Philadelphia suburb, Jitendra Shah broke out into a smile at the mention of Kamala Harris’s name. He is a registered Republican, he said, and his wife is a registered Democrat. Both are thrilled about Harris, whose mother emigrated from India and father from Jamaica, being at the top ...
Former president Donald Trump suggested Sunday evening that he might skip a Sept. 10 ABC News debate with Vice President Kamala Harris (D), after agreeing to participate as the GOP presidential nominee earlier this month. “I watched ABC FAKE NEWS this morning, both lightweight reporter Jonathan Carl’s (K?) ridiculous and biased interview of Tom Cotton (who was fantastic!), and their ...
Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s surprising dismissal of Donald Trump’s criminal case in Florida could jeopardize not just future special counsels but any federal prosecutor or senior official serving in a temporary position, according to legal experts. Justice Department officials share that concern, according to people familiar with the situation who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss internal conversations. ...
Anthony S. Fauci was hospitalized with West Nile virus this month, according to a spokesperson for the nation’s former top infectious-disease official. Fauci, 83, ran the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for nearly four decades before he retired in 2022. He achieved unprecedented fame while enduring withering political attacks as the face of the coronavirus pandemic response under ...
After a long day of campaigning ahead of a tough primary in 2012, Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr. (D-N.J.) brought his two closest friends in Congress to an Italian restaurant in North Jersey. Then-Rep. Mike Doyle (D-Pa.) couldn’t understand how all of these people were smoking cigars indoors, violating state law. “What are they gonna do,” Pascrell told Doyle, lighting his ...
The Democratic National Convention in Chicago drew generally positive impressions from a key swath of voters in battleground states surveyed by The Washington Post. Optimism, energy and support for Democratic nominee Kamala Harris were the most common themes that stood out to sporadic or uncommitted voters. To gauge voters’ reactions, The Post sent out an email to participants in a ...
As he suspended his independent presidential campaign and endorsed Donald Trump on Friday, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. talked at length about the “many key issues” on which he claims that he and Trump are aligned. What he did not explain were their profound disagreements in the area that for many years was central to Kennedy’s career and public image: environmental ...