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As President Biden’s understudy, Ms. Harris did not often get to lead on signature issues. But she found roles to play on abortion rights, gun safety and a Supreme Court appointment.
By Peter Baker and
Nearly 14 years ago, Kamala Harris’s opponent in the California attorney general’s race gave an answer at a little-watched debate that was frank — and fateful for the future Democratic presidential nominee.
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Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are in close races across Arizona, Georgia, Nevada and North Carolina, crucial swing states that Mr. Trump had seemed en route to run away with just a few weeks ago.
By Shane Goldmacher and
Kamala Harris and her running mate, Tim Walz, embarked on a bus tour of the critical battleground state a day before Democrats open their national convention in Chicago.
Harris Campaign’s Legal Team Takes Shape as Election Battles Heat Up
The campaign is adding Marc Elias, one of the party’s top election lawyers, to help Democrats counter what they expect to be a contentious postelection period.
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Harris Campaign Reserves $370 Million for Swing-State Fall Ad Blitz
$200 million of that will be spent to reach voters on their phones and other devices, as Kamala Harris’s aides race to define her while drawing a contrast with Donald Trump.
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The Confidants Guiding Harris for the Most Important Days of Her Life
The vice president’s brain trust is younger, more racially diverse and larger than President Biden’s. Her advisers can expect a lot of phone calls in the coming weeks.
By Katie RogersErica L. Green and
How to Watch the First Harris-Trump Debate
ABC News will broadcast the debate next month, which former President Donald J. Trump briefly backed out of after President Biden withdrew from the race. Mr. Trump then changed his mind.
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Assessing Trump’s and Harris’s Attacks on Each Other
We examine the two candidates’ criticisms of each other’s policies, promises and records.
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Harris and Trump Offer a Clear Contrast on the Economy
Both candidates embrace expansions of government power to steer economic outcomes — but in vastly different areas.
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Harris to Lay Out Economic Message Focused on High Cost of Living
The vice president’s plans represent more of a reboot of President Biden’s economic policies than a radically fresh start.
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On a Scrambled 2024 Map, North Carolina Democrats Say Harris Has a Shot
As Kamala Harris visits to unroll her economic agenda, Democrats in the state are feeling hopeful. Working against her is over four decades of Republican victories, interrupted only by Barack Obama.
By Maya King and
At News Conference, Donald Trump Says He’s ‘Entitled to Personal Attacks’ Against Kamala Harris
Mr. Trump suggested he has no plans to moderate the tone of his campaign even as some Republicans have pushed him to emphasize policy issues.
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As Harris and Biden Take a Victory Lap on Drug Costs, She Sets the Pace
At their first joint public appearance since the shake-up of the Democratic ticket, the two leaders traded warm words and showed how they hope to use his legacy to slingshot her to the White House.
By Erica L. Green and
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Biden’s Goodbye to Politics Will Begin in Earnest With His Convention Speech
It will be a bittersweet moment for the president, who left the race and turned the keys of his campaign over to Vice President Kamala Harris less than a month ago.
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Biden Designates Illinois Race Riot Site as a National Monument
A riot started by a white lynch mob in Springfield in 1908 destroyed a Black neighborhood and led to the creation of the N.A.A.C.P.
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He Still Thought He Could Win: Inside Biden’s Decision to Drop Out
People close to President Biden say he believes he could have won a second term. But he came to realize that the fight would rip apart the Democratic Party that he had served his whole life.
By Michael D. ShearKatie Rogers and
As Harris and Biden Take a Victory Lap on Drug Costs, She Sets the Pace
At their first joint public appearance since the shake-up of the Democratic ticket, the two leaders traded warm words and showed how they hope to use his legacy to slingshot her to the White House.
By Erica L. Green and
‘I’m Looking for a Job’: Biden Jokes About Life After the White House
With a jovial serenity, the president has more publicly embraced the idea of retirement as he heads into his final months in office.
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Over her career, her rhetoric has tracked the national mood. So do Americans now want a prosecutor-in-chief?
By Shaila Dewan
The groups are building a voter outreach effort around a unified message from the left targeting Democrats and independents in battleground states.
By Jazmine Ulloa
The vice president long had a reputation as an uneven political messenger prone to missteps. That has steadily been changing.
By Nicholas Nehamas, Erica L. Green and Ang Li
Lofty condemnations of Donald Trump have given way to mockery. A tough interview with a top journalist? That can wait. Above all, Democrats are in a surprising place: on offense.
By Reid J. Epstein and Nicholas Nehamas
“I’m standing behind a Black woman to be president of the United States, and it doesn’t make me any less of a Black man,” said the Illinois attorney general. “I’m asking all of you all to do the same.”
By Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Erica L. Green
The candidate is a longtime friend of Dana Walden, a senior Disney executive whose portfolio includes ABC News, the host of the next debate. ABC says she does not weigh in on editorial decisions.
By Michael M. Grynbaum and Brooks Barnes
Critics say the vice president has been too cautious with the press. Her supporters think it’s the right strategy at the right time.
By Michael M. Grynbaum
One group of voters may pose the biggest challenge to Democrats’ momentum.
By Michael Barbaro, Reid J. Epstein, Jessica Cheung, Stella Tan, Rob Szypko, Lynsea Garrison, Rachel Quester, Ben Calhoun, Pat McCusker, Marion Lozano, Dan Powell, Diane Wong, Corey Schreppel, Rowan Niemisto and Alyssa Moxley
The Minnesota governor’s biography and demeanor makes him a familiar figure to many voters.
By Reid J. Epstein
The ambitious Josh Shapiro asked about his role as vice president. The battle-tested Mark Kelly was already seen as a third option. And the happy-go-lucky Mr. Walz promised to do anything for the team.
By Shane Goldmacher, Katie Rogers, Reid J. Epstein and Katie Glueck
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