Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, two top contenders whom presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris is considering for her vice president, are both headlining Harris Victory Fund events Monday. Both fundraisers will take place the night before Harris said she would hold her first rally with her running mate, signaling the veepstakes
President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh for setting back ceasefire talks between Israel and the terrorist group amid growing concerns of the war spilling over into a wider regional conflict. The Wednesday assassination of Haniyeh in the Iranian capital of Tehran “doesn’t help” negotiations on a hostage-ceasefire
Biden ‘understands the strength that rests in understanding the significance of diplomacy,’ veep says Kamala Harris’s campaign took a page out of the Biden White House playbook on Friday, issuing an edited transcript that cleaned up a bizarre comment in which Harris lauded Joe Biden as “a president who understands the power of diplomacy and
NEW YORK (Reuters)—U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in July, while the unemployment rate increased to 4.3%, stoking fears that the labor market is deteriorating and making the economy vulnerable to a recession. Employers added 114,000 jobs, below expectations for an 175,000 increase. The unemployment rate rose to 4.3%, above economists expectations that it
As Harris’s national security adviser, Phil Gordon brings a ton of experience to the job—and none of it good. L: (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images) R: Philip H. Gordon (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for HBO) Just after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week, Vice President Kamala Harris lamented “the images of dead children and desperate, hungry
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pressing the Biden-Harris administration to investigate, prosecute, and sanction any anti-Israel group that took cash from Tehran as part of Iran’s U.S. influence operation. Such funding, the lawmakers note, “almost certainly violates the U.S. anti-terrorism statutes.” The 22 lawmakers, led by Rep. Jim Banks (R., Ind.), say they are
The United States is preparing to counter an expected Iranian attack on Israel in the coming days as Iran signals it will retaliate for the death of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh in Tehran, Axios reported. Although Israel has not publicly taken responsibility for Haniyeh’s death, Hamas and Iranian officials blamed it for the attack.