Kamala Harris passes threshold needed to secure nomination in DNC vote

A majority of Democratic delegates has voted to select Vice President Kamala Harris as the party’s nominee for president in a virtual roll call vote, her campaign and the Democratic Party said Friday, cementing her status at the top of the ticket heading into November. The Democratic National Committee began the formal process for selecting

House Oversight Committee investigating plea deal for 9/11 defendants

Washington — The Republican-led House Oversight and Accountability Committee is opening an investigation into whether the White House was involved in the plea deal that military prosecutors reached with the alleged architect of the 9/11 terror attacks and two other defendants. GOP Rep. James Comer of Kentucky, chairman of the Oversight panel, sent a letter

Trump wants to cut Social Security taxes. How would that affect benefits?

Former President Donald Trump is promising to eliminate taxes on Social Security, a vow aimed squarely at the 67 million Americans who receive monthly benefit checks from the retirement and disability program.  “Seniors should not pay taxes on Social Security and they won’t,” Trump said at a Wednesday campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Such a

Harris campaign says it brought in $310 million in July

Washington — Vice President Kamala Harris brought in $310 million in July, her presidential campaign said Friday, more than doubling the amount former President Donald Trump says he raised last month. Harris’ campaign officially launched July 21, just after President Biden announced his decision to forego his bid for reelection. In the seven days that

Biden, Harris welcome home Americans released in Russia prisoner swap

Washington —  President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris greeted three Americans released by Russia in a complex prisoner swap involving 24 people being held in six countries when they arrived on U.S. soil late Thursday.  A plane carrying Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, Marine veteran Paul Whelan and Russian-American radio journalist Alsu Kurmasheva landed at Joint Base Andrews in