CHICAGO — Two words summed up Tamani Jayasinghe’s exuberance for the first Indian American and Black woman to run for vice president: “Kamala Aunty.” That title of respect that goes beyond family in Asian circles immediately came to mind when Joe Biden announced Kamala Harris as his running mate. So the 27-year-old...
Valley Dems Excited by Harris Pick. Local GOP Leader Says It Helps Trump.
Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden's pick of Kamala Harris as his running mate is eliciting the expected fervor among local Democrats, as well as doubts from Republicans. Harris has made several stops in the Valley over the years, as both the state's attorney general and as a U.S. senator....
Biden, Harris to Make Unusual Campaign Debut in Virus Era
WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden is making his first appearance with newly chosen running mate Kamala Harris on Wednesday, betting that the California senator’s historic profile and confrontational style against President Donald Trump will boost Democrats’ efforts to oust the Republican president amid cascading national crises. The former primary rivals...
Biden Selects California Sen. Kamala Harris as Running Mate
WILMINGTON, Del. — Joe Biden named California Sen. Kamala Harris as his running mate on Tuesday, making history by selecting the first Black woman to compete on a major party’s presidential ticket and acknowledging the vital role Black voters will play in his bid to defeat President Donald Trump. “I...
Playing Electoral Defense, Trump Claims Biden Opposes God
CLEVELAND — President Donald Trump billed his trip to Ohio Thursday as a chance to promote economic recovery, but he quickly pivoted to a deeply personal attack on Joe Biden, even questioning without foundation the former vice president's faith in God. Even for a president known for his blunt criticism,...
Opinion: Why Biden’s VP Pick Matters
Sometime within the next week or so, Joe Biden will make the most important decision of his political career. If he is elected president in November, it could have momentous — or disastrous — consequences for the United States: his choice of running mate. Should Biden be defeated, his pick...
Biden Won’t Go to Milwaukee to Accept Democratic Nomination
Joe Biden will not travel to Milwaukee to accept the Democratic presidential nomination because of concerns over the coronavirus, party officials said Wednesday, signaling a move to a convention that essentially has become entirely virtual. It is the latest example of the pandemic’s sweeping effects on the 2020 presidential election...
Trump vs. Biden: Where They Stand on Health, Economy, More
WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump and his Democratic challenger, Joe Biden, both promise sweeping progress over the next four years –- via starkly different paths. Trump, like many fellow Republicans, holds out tax reductions and regulatory cuts as economic cure-alls and frames himself as a conservative champion in seemingly endless culture wars....
As Crime Surges on His Watch, Trump Warns of Biden's America
President Donald Trump is painting a dystopian portrait of what Joe Biden’s America might look like, asserting crime and chaos would ravage communities should the former vice president win the White House in November. Left unsaid: A recent surge in violent crime in several American cities has happened on his watch. “Irony...
AP-NORC Poll: Anxiety Props Up Biden. Trump Voters Fervent.
WASHINGTON — Murtice Sherek is not excited about Joe Biden. The Minnesota Democrat, a 79-year-old retired nurse, preferred another candidate in the presidential primary. She also worries about Biden's age, 77. But anxious about another four years of President Donald Trump, she says she's willing to go to any length to ensure...