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Bush Plans No Endorsement
Bush Won't Endorse Anyone
the rundown
Sep 7, 2024 5:00 PM CDT

Bush Won't Endorse Anyone

Harris welcomes Cheneys' votes while Trump rallies in Wisconsin

(Newser) - His vice president has crossed party lines to emphatically endorse Vice President Kamala Harris for president, but George Bush's office said Saturday that he'll sit this one out. When NBC News asked if the Republican former president will be making a public endorsement in the race, the answer...

Dick Cheney: Trump 'Can Never Be Trusted With Power Again'

Former GOP vice president joins daughter Liz Cheney in announcing he'll vote for Kamala Harris

(Newser) - Hours after daughter Liz Cheney announced that he'd be joining her in voting for Kamala Harris for president, former GOP Vice President Dick Cheney released a short statement on why he's ditching his party's nominee, Donald Trump. "In our nation's 248-year history, there has never...

Alexa Has 'Drastically Different' Answers on Trump, Harris

Amazon says it has fixed glitch that made virtual assistant appear to favor VP over former president

(Newser) - A couple of simple questions to Alexa about the upcoming US election have sent users into a tizzy, with conservative critics railing against what Amazon now says was a tech glitch that seemed to favor Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Trump.
  • Question commotion: Per the Telegraph , the hubbub
...

Harris Raised More Than $10M a Day in August

Campaign says it was best-ever month for grassroots fundraising in a presidential election

(Newser) - Donald Trump's $130 million fundraising haul in August was described as "whopping" , but Vice President Kamala Harris almost tripled it, according to figures her campaign released Friday. The campaign said it raised $361 million last month, bringing the total to more than $615 million since President Biden bowed...

Historian With Near-Perfect Record Makes His 2024 Call

Allan Lichtman, who has correctly predicted nine of the last 10 winners, picks Kamala Harris

(Newser) - Historian Allan Lichtman was one of the few big names to predict Donald Trump's win in 2016, part of an impressive track record in which he has correctly called nine of the last 10 presidential contests. In a New York Times video, the American University professor makes his 2024...

Trump Campaign Raised 'Whopping' Amount in August

But it's still being outpaced by the Harris campaign

(Newser) - The Trump campaign raised $130 million in August, but it's still being outpaced by the Harris campaign. Though the Harris campaign hasn't released official August fundraising numbers yet, a memo over the weekend from the campaign chair noted Kamala Harris had raised $540 million since entering the presidential...

Harris Reluctantly Agrees to Muted Microphones in Debate

Campaign says it doesn't want to risk Trump skipping event

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted the rules proposed for next week's debate with Donald Trump, though the Democratic nominee says the decision not to keep both candidates' microphones live throughout the matchup will be to her disadvantage. The development, which came Wednesday by way of a letter from...

Liz Cheney Endorses Harris
Cheney Makes Endorsement
Sep 4, 2024 7:15 PM CDT

Cheney Makes Endorsement

Former Republican House member tells audience she's voting for Harris

(Newser) - Liz Cheney, a GOP congressional leader before being ostracized by the Republican Party over her opposition to its current nominee, announced Wednesday that she's endorsing the Democratic candidate for president. "Because of the danger that Donald Trump poses, not only am I not voting for Donald Trump, but...

US Steel Warns Its Sale Had Better Go Through

CEO says plants will close, headquarters will move south from Pittsburgh if Nippon deal fails

(Newser) - You can count President Biden , former President Trump, and Vice President Kamala Harris as being in agreement on at least one thing—all are against the proposed sale of US Steel to a decidedly non-US steelmaker, Japan's Nippon Steel. But as the Wall Street Journal reports, US Steel CEO...

James Carville Has 3 Suggestions for Harris
James Carville Has
3 Suggestions
for Harris
OPINION
Sep 3, 2024 6:42 AM CDT

James Carville Has 3 Suggestions for Harris

They include goading Trump and breaking with Biden, he writes in a New York Times essay

(Newser) - If James Carville were advising Kamala Harris in the homestretch of the election, he would give her three specific pieces of advice. The veteran Democratic strategist lays them out in a New York Times essay:
  • Goad Trump: Harris should do all she can to get under Donald Trump's skin.
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Kamala Harris' Views on Fracking in the Spotlight
For Kamala Harris,
Fracking Comes to the Fore
the rundown
Aug 30, 2024 12:26 PM CDT

For Kamala Harris, Fracking Comes to the Fore

VP adamantly opposes a ban, but it's a big shift from her position as a 2019 candidate

(Newser) - In Kamala Harris' interview with CNN Thursday night, what might have been the "sharpest moment" arose over the vice president's views on fracking, per Politico . Harris made clear she opposes a ban—a stance that will play well in Pennsylvania, seen as something close to a must-win for...

New Harris Ad Specifically Trolls Mar-a-Lago

VP's campaign is paying for spot on Project 2025 to appear on Trump's home turf in Florida

(Newser) - "Donald Trump's back, and he's out for control—complete control. And he has a plan to get it." That's the gist of the latest political ad from the Kamala Harris campaign on her opponent for the Oval Office. Trump, whom she ties to Project 2025...

Takeaways From Harris' CNN Interview

Harris, Walz 'ticked the box,' analysts says

(Newser) - With Republicans criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris first for not granting interviews, then for appearing with running mate Tim Walz at her first major interview since becoming the Democratic nominee, the bar for success wasn't especially high in her CNN interview. Analysts say Harris—who did most of the...

Harris: I'd Probably Appoint a Republican to My Cabinet

And more from her CNN interview

(Newser) - Kamala Harris (along with, somewhat controversially , Tim Walz) on Thursday sat for her first interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. Five quotes from her interview with CNN :
  • Bipartisanship: She said that if elected, she'll likely appoint a Republican to serve in her cabinet. CNN notes that for decades,
...

Trump Shares Vulgar Post About Kamala Harris

GOP nominee reshares Truth Social post implying 'blowjobs' drove the vice president's political rise

(Newser) - Former President Trump continued to lob sexually themed grenades at Kamala Harris on Wednesday, reposting on Truth Social a photo of Harris and Hillary Clinton captioned, "Funny how blowjobs impacted both their careers differently..." The jab, notes the New York Times , furthers Trump's contention that Harris' political...

Harris Criticized for Bringing Walz to Big Interview

CNN commentator calls it 'weak sauce'

(Newser) - After weeks of criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris for not granting interviews or holding press conferences, Republicans are now criticizing the Democratic nominee for not granting a solo interview. A joint interview with Harris and running mate Tim Walz will air on CNN at 9pm Eastern on Thursday. After the...

Harris Agrees to First Interview Since Becoming Nominee

Harris, Walz will speak to CNN on Thursday

(Newser) - CNN says Vice President Kamala Harris has agreed to her first "in-depth, on-the-record conversation" with a journalist since President Biden dropped out of the White House race and endorsed her more than a month ago. The network says Harris and running mate Tim Walz will speak to Dana...

Hundreds of Former Bush, McCain, Romney Staffers Endorse Harris

'The alternative ... is simply untenable'

(Newser) - Hundreds of Republicans who worked for the party's three presidential nominees before Donald Trump have endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris. In an open letter , former staffers from George W. Bush's administration and campaigns, joined by former staffers from the campaigns of John McCain and Mitt Romney, noted that...

Trump, Harris Bickering Over Debate Mics

Question is whether they should be muted at times, as former president threatens to skip

(Newser) - Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are still scheduled to square off in their first debate on Sept. 10, though the former president appeared to cast some doubt on that in a social media post. Meanwhile, both sides were squabbling Monday over the rules about mics:
  • A threat? In a Truth
...

Nate Silver: Harris Holds Steady With Kennedy Out

Model shows both major party candidates rising before and after the withdrawal

(Newser) - In the immediate aftermath of the withdrawal of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. from the presidential race and his endorsement of Donald Trump, Nate Silver didn't see much of a shakeup. In the last model he ran with Kennedy in the mix, Harris' polling average was at 48%, and Trump'...

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