WASHINGTON (Reuters)—Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris has narrowed her search for a vice presidential running mate to two finalists, Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro and Minnesota governor Tim Walz, three sources with knowledge of the matter said on Monday. Harris, the U.S. vice president, is expected to announce her selection by Tuesday, ahead of her first
As presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is expected to announce her running mate by Tuesday, Democrats are still divided over who is the best person to join her on the ticket. Behind the scenes, the contest to be the next Democratic vice-presidential nominee has reached its “ugly phase,” the New York Times reported Sunday, with
The Cboe Volatility Index, known as Wall Street’s “fear gauge,” on Monday spiked to its highest level since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic as global equities plummeted amid growing concerns of a U.S. recession. The volatility index, or VIX, rose above 80 on Monday, up from around 23 on Friday and 17 a week
Reparations task force would target laws that ‘disproportionately and negatively affect African-Americans’ Kamala Harris, 2019 (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images) The reparations bill supported by Vice President Kamala Harris would set up an independent commission similar to the one in California that called for sweeping changes to the criminal code in addition to monetary payouts to black
A University of Chicago professor whose brother is a convicted Iranian spy dismissed the notion that Tehran has boosted anti-Semitic protests on U.S. college campuses. Next semester, that professor will teach students about “Zionist settler colonialism.” Alireza Doostdar, an associate professor of Islamic studies and dual United States-Iranian citizen, is slated to teach a course
Days after President Joe Biden quit the presidential race, some of the most high-profile names in the U.S. climate movement gathered for an online fundraiser in support of Vice President Kamala Harris’s fledgling campaign, where they highlighted Harris’s past far-left positions. The event—which organizers said raised more than $100,000 for the Harris campaign—signals that powerful
The bookshop is the pool-hall for nerds. For those of us who look upon books as near-sacred objects and the places where they are sold as temples of sorts, bookshops are places of pleasure, education, and camaraderie, and as such are indispensable to the good life. Note please I write “bookshops,” not “bookstores.” A store