Vice President Kamala Harris' office is in disarray, news site Politico reported this week. Staffers are leaving and there is general unhappiness and dysfunction between Harris and her staff. “It’s not a healthy environment and people often feel mistreated. It’s not a place where people feel supported but a place where...
Harris Turns Focus to Mexico on Trip to Address Migration
MEXICO CITY — Vice President Kamala Harris is closing out her first foreign trip Tuesday with a visit to Mexico and a meeting with President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a key but complicated ally in the Biden administration’s efforts to curb the spike in migration at the U.S. border. While...
Harris, Pelosi Make History Seated Behind Biden at Speech
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made history Wednesday as the first women — one of them Black and Indian American — to share the stage in Congress during a presidential address. Biden Notes Historic Development President Joe Biden noted the historic development at the...
Have You Heard the One About Biden’s Face on Trump’s Body?
At least one diehard Donald Trump supporter says that the nation's 45th president remains in the White House. How can that be when Joe Biden was sworn in as president on Wednesday after winning the November election? The claim made by an anonymous 4chan poster: Biden was arrested, then a...
Day 1: New Sen. Alex Padilla Wants Trump’s ‘Enablers’ Out of U.S. Senate
Today’s presidential inauguration of Joe Biden sets off a spate of historic firsts that are reshaping Democratic politics in California. Kamala Harris, California’s former senator, was sworn in as the first female vice president. Hours later, she administered the oath of office to her replacement, Alex Padilla, the outgoing secretary of...
Five Things to Know About California’s New US Senator, Alex Padilla
After Joe Biden picked Sen. Kamala Harris as his vice presidential running mate in August, the parlor game of choice for California’s most politically plugged-in was: Who will Gov. Gavin Newsom pick to fill her vacant Senate seat? Alex Padilla — California’s secretary of state, a Democrat from Pacoima, loyal...
Vice President Harris: A New Chapter Opens in US Politics
WASHINGTON — For more than two centuries, the top ranks of American power have been dominated by men — almost all of them white. That ends on Wednesday. Kamala Harris will become the first female vice president — and the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to...
Being Indian American Today: Kamala Harris as Vice President Is a Huge Step Forward in Our National Journey
As we approach Jan, 20, Inauguration Day for president-elect Joe Biden and vice president-elect Kamala Harris, it’s the perfect time to consider what this means for the Indian diaspora across the U.S. A drive for achievement and success is a quintessential Indian-American trait, implanted in our brains by parents who...
Newsom Taps Alex Padilla to Replace Harris in US Senate
Gov. Gavin Newsom appointed Secretary of State Alex Padilla on Tuesday as the state's next U.S. senator to fill the seat being vacated by Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The child of Mexican immigrants, Padilla will be California’s first Latino senator, giving a new level of representation to the demographic group...
Walters: Will Newsom Have Another U.S. Senate Seat to Fill?
Gov. Gavin Newsom already faces the complicated chore of filling several high-profile political positions. He’ll have a U.S. Senate seat to fill after Kamala Harris is sworn in as vice president. He’ll also name a new state attorney general if Xavier Becerra wins Senate confirmation as President-elect Joe Biden’s health...