Young people who may have scoffed at President Joe Biden are back on board with Vice President Kamala Harris on top of the ticket, according to Sen. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) In a press gathering at the Democratic National Convention, Duckworth said young Americans are “super energizing” the Harris presidential campaign and down-ballot Democratic candidates. She
CHICAGO— Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the ranking member of the House Appropriations Committee, criticized Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), the GOP vice presidential nominee, for supporting the child tax credit. Vance has called for a $5,000 child tax credit. DeLauro noted that Vance has not supported the child tax credit pending in the Senate. Vance was
CHICAGO—President Joe Biden stopped to honor Vice President Kamala Harris as he reached the end of his convention speech. “The ancient Greeks taught us that character is destiny,” Biden said, “Selecting Kamala … was the best decision I made my whole career.” He said Harris will be a president that children can look up to.
Democratic candidates expected to showcase platform at the second major party convention of the year. Starting Monday, Democrats will hold their long-anticipated national convention during which they’ll formally nominate their presidential candidate and outline to voters their vision for the future. The Democratic National Convention (DNC) will formally lock in the presidential and vice presidential
As social studies teacher, Walz tells students everyone in China gets free rice (Mario Tama/Getty Images) As a high school teacher in the 1990s, Democratic vice presidential candidate and Minnesota governor Tim Walz appeared to extol life under Chinese communism, telling his students that it is a system in which “everyone shares” and gets free
Democratic Sen. Bob Casey (Pa.) held a stake in a Chinese state oil company that the Pennsylvania treasury department blacklisted over its ties to Iran, according to financial disclosures. In 2014, Casey invested as much as $50,000 in Janus Flexible Bond A, a mutual fund that in turn held $10.8 million in the China National
ROCHESTER, Pa.—Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and running mate Tim Walz gave pep talks to campaign volunteers and a high school football team Sunday, with their bus tour in a corner of Pennsylvania serving as a modest, small-town version of the grand rally she’s expected to have at the Democratic nominating convention in Chicago this