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Hunter Biden enters surprise guilty plea to avoid tax trial months after his gun conviction
Read full article: Hunter Biden enters surprise guilty plea to avoid tax trial months after his gun convictionPresident Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, has pleaded guilty to federal tax charges months after his conviction in a separate gun case.
Biden's low-profile doctor has been thrust into the spotlight after the president's debate disaster
Read full article: Biden's low-profile doctor has been thrust into the spotlight after the president's debate disasterFew outside the White House would know Kevin O'Connor, President Joe Biden's doctor.
President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, is convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trial
Read full article: President Joe Biden's son, Hunter Biden, is convicted of all 3 felonies in federal gun trialPresident Joe Biden says he will accept the outcome of his son's criminal case and “will continue to respect the judicial process.”.
Who testified in Hunter Biden's trial on federal firearms charges
Read full article: Who testified in Hunter Biden's trial on federal firearms chargesJurors who are weighing whether President Joe Biden’s son is guilty of federal firearms charges heard deeply personal testimony about dark moments in Hunter Biden’s past.
Prosecutors spend first day of testimony in Hunter Biden's gun trial detailing his drug problems
Read full article: Prosecutors spend first day of testimony in Hunter Biden's gun trial detailing his drug problemsProsecutors spent the first day of testimony in Hunter Biden's federal gun trial detailing his history of drug use.
Biden's legal team went to Justice Dept. over what they viewed as unnecessary digs at his memory
Read full article: Biden's legal team went to Justice Dept. over what they viewed as unnecessary digs at his memoryPresident Joe Biden’s personal attorney said Sunday that they went to both the special counsel and the attorney general to register concerns over what they viewed to be pejorative and unnecessary digs at the president’s memory.
First lady questions whether special counsel referenced son's death to score political points
Read full article: First lady questions whether special counsel referenced son's death to score political pointsFirst lady Jill Biden says she doesn't know what a special counsel was trying to achieve when he suggested President Joe Biden could not remember when his oldest son died.
Harris slams 'politically motivated' report as Biden to name task force to protect classified docs
Read full article: Harris slams 'politically motivated' report as Biden to name task force to protect classified docsVice President Kamala Harris is slamming the special counsel's report into President Joe Biden’s mishandling of classified documents that raised questions about his memory, calling it “politically motivated” and “gratuitous.”.
Biden says America's veterans are 'the steel spine of this nation' as he pays tribute at Arlington
Read full article: Biden says America's veterans are 'the steel spine of this nation' as he pays tribute at ArlingtonPresident Joe Biden has marked Veterans Day with a visit to Arlington National Cemetery.
Hunter Biden plea deal on tax charges falls through after judge expresses concern about agreement
Read full article: Hunter Biden plea deal on tax charges falls through after judge expresses concern about agreementThe plea deal in Hunter Biden’s criminal case unraveled during a court hearing Wednesday after a federal judge raised concerns about the terms of the agreement that has infuriated Republicans who believe the president’s son is getting preferential treatment.
Pride and pain for Biden as his son Hunter reaches a plea deal after 5 years of investigation
Read full article: Pride and pain for Biden as his son Hunter reaches a plea deal after 5 years of investigationPresident Joe Biden had just six words to offer after his 53-year-old son Hunter pleaded guilty to federal tax offenses in a deal that is also likely to spare him time behind bars on a weapons charge.
At Knock Shrine, Biden meets priest who gave Beau last rites
Read full article: At Knock Shrine, Biden meets priest who gave Beau last ritesPresident Joe Biden was moved to tears Friday during a stop at a Catholic shrine when he discovered that a chaplain working there had performed last rites on his late son Beau Biden, according to the parish priest.
Biden marks 50th anniversary of death of wife, daughter
Read full article: Biden marks 50th anniversary of death of wife, daughterPresident Joe Biden and his family held a private memorial service Sunday to mark the 50th anniversary of the car crash that killed his first wife and their baby daughter.
Biden, family attend Christmas tree lighting on Nantucket
Read full article: Biden, family attend Christmas tree lighting on NantucketPresident Joe Biden's tradition of going out to lunch, shopping and watching a Christmas tree lighting in downtown Nantucket with his family became mostly about keeping his 2-year-old grandson from having a meltdown.
Biden to channel Kennedy in his push for a cancer 'moonshot'
Read full article: Biden to channel Kennedy in his push for a cancer 'moonshot'President Joe Biden will highlight his plans for drastically reducing cancer deaths and boosting treatments for the disease in what he has calls “this generation’s moonshot."
House backs bill to help veterans exposed to toxic burn pits
Read full article: House backs bill to help veterans exposed to toxic burn pitsThe House has passed legislation that would dramatically boost health care services and disability benefits for veterans exposed to toxic burn pits in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Biden salutes troops as 'spine of America' on Veterans Day
Read full article: Biden salutes troops as 'spine of America' on Veterans DayPresident Joe Biden has saluted the nation’s military veterans as “the spine of America” in marking his first Veterans Day as president in a wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.
Jill Biden surprises her South Carolina 'prayer partner'
Read full article: Jill Biden surprises her South Carolina 'prayer partner'Jill Biden has returned to the South Carolina Baptist church where she says she began to repair her relationship with God after her son Beau Biden's death from brain cancer six years ago.
Biden turns to Obama to help boost health care enrollment
Read full article: Biden turns to Obama to help boost health care enrollmentPresident Joe Biden has turned to his old boss for help encouraging Americans to sign up for the Obama-era health law during an expanded special enrollment period in the pandemic.
Jill Biden sees teachable moment in the depths of a pandemic
Read full article: Jill Biden sees teachable moment in the depths of a pandemic(Mandel Ngan/Pool via AP, File)WATERFORD, Pa. – Jill Biden sees a teachable moment in the depths of the coronavirus pandemic. She's still teaching, virtually from the White House, and pining for the day she can go back to the classroom. Jill Biden quickly set her agenda as first lady by highlighting all three of her longtime causes in her first weeks. ___There apparently are no incognito errand runs for Jill Biden. Ad___After Jill Biden released a photo of herself at the counter of The Sweet Lobby, the boutique bakery wasn't the only thing that became an instant hit.
Biden surveys Texas weather damage, encourages virus shots
Read full article: Biden surveys Texas weather damage, encourages virus shots“When a crisis hits our states, like the one that hit Texas, it’s not a Republican or Democrat that’s hurting," Biden said. With tens of thousands of Houston area residents without safe water, local officials told Biden that many are still struggling. AdThe president's first stop was the Harris County Emergency Operations Center for a briefing from acting FEMA Administrator Bob Fenton and state and local emergency management officials. Some state officials initially blamed the blackouts on renewable energy even though Texas relies heavily on oil and gas. The Federal Emergency Management Agency has sent emergency generators, bottled water, ready-to-eat meals and blankets.
Jill Biden says things get better, including after divorce
Read full article: Jill Biden says things get better, including after divorceFirst lady Jill Biden waves to Virginia Gov. Citing her late mother's advice, she tells Clarkson things happen for a reason. She also says her divorce freed her to meet Joe Biden and have a family with him. After marrying Joe Biden, Jill Biden helped raise his sons Beau and Hunter after their mother and baby sister died in a car crash in 1972. During her first solo television interview, Jill Biden also discussed her interest in education, military families, cancer research and healing the country.
Hunter Biden's memoir 'Beautiful Things' out in April
Read full article: Hunter Biden's memoir 'Beautiful Things' out in AprilThis cover image released by Gallery Books shows "Beautiful Things" a memoir by Hunter Biden. Biden, son of President Joe Biden and an ongoing target for conservatives, has a memoir coming out April 6. (Gallery Books via AP)NEW YORK – Hunter Biden, son of President Joe Biden and an ongoing target for conservatives, has a memoir coming out April 6. The book is called “Beautiful Things” and will center on the younger Biden's well publicized struggles with substance abuse, according to Gallery Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster. “Beautiful Things” was circulated among several authors and includes advance praise from Stephen King, Dave Eggers and Anne Lamott.
Bidens bring an unexpected piece of furniture to White House
Read full article: Bidens bring an unexpected piece of furniture to White HouseFILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, file photo, President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden watch fireworks from the White House, in Washington. An interview with the Bidens appears in the Feb. 15, 2021, issue of People magazine, hitting newsstands nationwide Friday, Feb. 5. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)WASHINGTON – There's a crib in President Joe Biden's White House. “Otherwise it makes a mockery of the system,” Biden said in his first White House interview since his Jan. 20 swearing-in as president. He sought to differentiate himself from Trump, whose daughter Ivanka and son-in-law, Jared Kushner, served him as high-level White House advisers.
Jill Biden thanks Guard members with chocolate chip cookies
Read full article: Jill Biden thanks Guard members with chocolate chip cookiesSaying, "The Biden's are a National Guard family," first lady Jill Biden greets members of the National Guard with chocolate chip cookies, Friday, Jan. 22, 2021, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, Pool)WASHINGTON – New first lady Jill Biden took an unannounced detour to the U.S. Capitol on Friday to deliver a basket of chocolate chip cookies to National Guard members, thanking them “for keeping me and my family safe” during President Joe Biden's inauguration. “I just want to say thank you from President Biden and the whole, the entire Biden family,” she told a group of Guard members at the Capitol. Jill Biden told the group that her late son, Beau, was a Delaware Army National Guard member who spent a year deployed in Iraq in 2008-09. President Biden offered his thanks to the chief of the National Guard Bureau in a phone call Friday.
Vice President Harris: A new chapter opens in US politics
Read full article: Vice President Harris: A new chapter opens in US politicsKamala Harris is sworn in as vice president by Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor as her husband Doug Emhoff holds the Bible during the 59th Presidential Inauguration at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP)WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath Wednesday to hold the nation's second-highest office. With Trump absent from the inauguration, Harris and her husband, Douglas Emhoff, took on the symbolic duty of escorting former Vice President Mike Pence and his wife, Karen Pence, out of the Capitol. To celebrate the historic day, the Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority, the nation’s oldest sorority for Black women, which Harris joined at Howard University, declared Wednesday as Soror Kamala D. Harris Day. “Today, we mark the swearing in of the first woman in American history elected to national office, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Biden ethics order marks departure from Trump administration
Read full article: Biden ethics order marks departure from Trump administration(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)WASHINGTON – President-elect Joe Biden will issue an executive order after taking office, aimed at reinstating White House ethics standards that were diminished or disregarded by the Trump administration. Yet in practice, the Trump administration weakened ethics rules and failed to enforce the those he adopted, government watchdog groups say. One provision prohibits incoming administration officials from accepting “golden parachute” payments from their former employers for taking a government job. The ethics concerns faced by the Biden administration also don’t match those that vexed the Trump administration. Other provisions in Biden's ethics order include:— A prohibition on interfering with prosecutorial decisions made by the Justice Department.
Biden hails transportation nominee Buttigieg as 'new voice'
Read full article: Biden hails transportation nominee Buttigieg as 'new voice'Mayor Pete Buttigieg, President-elect Joe Biden's nominee to be transportation secretary reacts to his nomination as Biden looks on during a news conference at The Queen theater in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. – President-elect Joe Biden has introduced his one-time Democratic primary rival Pete Buttigieg as his nominee for transportation secretary, saying the 38-year-old can be “a new voice" in the fight against economic inequality, institutional racism and climate change. Buttigieg, the former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, would be the first openly gay person confirmed by the Senate to a Cabinet position. Emanuel was mentioned as a potential candidate for several Biden Cabinet posts but drew strong backlash from progressives. Biden’s selection of Buttigieg for transportation secretary drew praise from LGBTQ rights groups.
Biden set to introduce Buttigieg as his transportation pick
Read full article: Biden set to introduce Buttigieg as his transportation pickPresident-elect Joe Biden is expected to pick former South Bend, Indiana, mayor Pete Buttigieg to head the transportation department. – President-elect Joe Biden is set to introduce former presidential rival Pete Buttigieg on Wednesday as his nominee for transportation secretary, adding a youthful voice to an incoming administration so far dominated by people with decades of Washington experience. The 38-year-old former mayor of South Bend, Indiana, would also be the first openly gay person confirmed by the Senate to a Cabinet post. During the Democratic presidential primary, Buttigieg was initially written off as the leader of a relatively small town competing against far more established figures. As the primary moved into more diverse states such as South Carolina, Buttigieg faltered and quickly withdrew from the race.
Jill Biden, Joe's chief protector, to step up as first lady
Read full article: Jill Biden, Joe's chief protector, to step up as first ladyBut the minute I became first lady, everything became newsworthy.”Still, Jill Biden won’t have the learning curve most other new first ladies faced. Jill Biden helped raise his surviving young sons, Beau and Hunter, before giving birth to their daughter, Ashley, in 1981. “In 1988, when Joe’s first presidential campaign started to look bleak, people were constantly looking for cracks in our team. “I worry about Jill,” Joe Biden said. Look, too, for Jill Biden to try to keep things light.
Here’s a look at who’s who in Joe Biden’s family
Read full article: Here’s a look at who’s who in Joe Biden’s familyDr. Jill BidenJill Biden, wife of Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, speaks during a drive-in rally at Heinz Field, Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, in Pittsburgh. All rights reserved)The president-elect’s second wife and the former second lady of the United States married Joe Biden in 1977. Hunter Biden is a lawyer and investment consultant. Hunter Biden was discharged from the U.S. Navy Reserve in 2014 after testing positive for cocaine. “There’s addiction in every family,” Hunter Biden has been quoted as saying.
The Latest: Biden begins Election Day visiting son's grave
Read full article: The Latest: Biden begins Election Day visiting son's graveDemocratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks to supporters, early Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020, in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Paul SancyaIf you need help with WJXT’s or WCWJ's FCC public inspection file, call (904) 393-9801.
2020 Latest: Biden campaign willing to fight Trump in court
Read full article: 2020 Latest: Biden campaign willing to fight Trump in courtIn the race to 270 electoral votes, Biden has 236, while Trump has 213. ___2:40 a.m.President Donald Trump is vowing to ask the Supreme Court to weigh in on the inconclusive election. Nebraska, one of two states that divides its electoral votes, has five total electoral votes up for grabs. The Republican nominee on Wednesday was awarded six electoral votes from Iowa and three electoral votes from Montana. Biden nets 74 electoral votes for the three Western states, while Trump takes four electoral votes from Idaho.
For transgender activists, election stokes hopes and fears
Read full article: For transgender activists, election stokes hopes and fears(AP Photo/Jason Minto)Among transgender-rights activists, there’s a powerful mix of hope and fear heading toward the Nov. 3 election. “The stakes are extremely high,” said Shannon Minter, a transgender attorney with the National Center for Lesbian Rights. — Support from administration attorneys for efforts to prevent transgender girls from competing in Idaho K-12 girls' sports and university women sports and from doing so in Connecticut high school girls' sports. There have been at least 33 violent deaths of transgender or gender nonconforming people this year in the U.S., according to the Human Rights Campaign, a national LGBTQ-rights organization. “If Trump loses, I’m hopeful we’ll see federal agencies reversing the many anti-trans policies that the Trump administration has adopted,” Strangio said.
Slovenian premier endorses Trump's reelection, joins others
Read full article: Slovenian premier endorses Trump's reelection, joins othersLJUBLJANA – Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Jansa endorsed U.S. President Donald Trump’s reelection on Friday, saying Joe Biden would be a weak leader. With a tweet, Jansa added his name to a list of regional leaders who have openly supported Trump during the election campaign. Go, win, Donald Trump,” Jansa said. Also Friday, the Serb member of Bosnia's three-member presidency, Milorad Dodik, urged Serbs living in the U.S. to vote for Trump. Right-wing conservatives in Eastern and Central Europe, like Orban, Vucic and Jansa, have sometimes copied Trump’s style of leadership.
In video classes teachers parse clues to student wellbeing
Read full article: In video classes teachers parse clues to student wellbeingThird grade student Elena thinks while reciting multiplication tables, as her brother Wyatt reviews his kindergarten work on a tablet with their mom, Christi Brouder, in the living room of the family home, while remote learning due to the COVID-19 outbreak, Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2020, in Haverhill, Mass. The Brouder family has four children that are distance learning. Many families with multiple students, some with special needs, are dealing with the challenges of remote distance learning in their home. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
In video classes teachers parse clues to student wellbeing
Read full article: In video classes teachers parse clues to student wellbeingThat was followed by a visit from a police detective sent by the school to do an in-person wellness check. “Do I look at that child and say, `Oh, he looks underfed?’” Jennifer Ryan, a middle school teacher in the Connetquot Central School district in New York, said. Ryan said her colleagues have encountered loud, profane arguments in students’ homes that are audible not only to teachers, but classmates. Some of the children attending school only remotely already were on the radar of child protection agencies, she said. She pointed to the case of a first- or second-grade student who was in the dark during video classes.
Trump, Biden appeal to Catholics at virtual charity dinner
Read full article: Trump, Biden appeal to Catholics at virtual charity dinner(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden appealed to the nation's Roman Catholic voters on Thursday during a charity dinner that traditionally has been used to promote collegiality and good humor. The event comes as Biden and Trump make fierce plays for Catholic voters, a large swath of the electorate that spans the U.S. political spectrum, including a significant slice of swing voters in battleground states. Trump’s appearance at the dinner four years ago along with Democratic rival Hillary Clinton produced some laughs, but several cringe-worthy moments, too. When Trump described Clinton as corrupt, he crossed the line for many of those in attendance and was booed loudly. On Thursday, Trump sought to highlight his administration's accomplishments benefiting Catholic voters.
Debate Takeaways: An acrid tone from the opening minute
Read full article: Debate Takeaways: An acrid tone from the opening minuteThe 74-year-old president and the 77-year-old former vice president are similar in age, and they share a mutual dislike. Trump, instead, commandeered the debate, trying to trip up Biden by interrupting and insulting him. Whether undecided voters, who watched the debate to try to learn about the two candidates, were impressed is another matter. But Wallace struggled to stop Trump from interrupting and at times seemed to lose control of the debate. “This is not about my family or his family,” Biden said as Trump tried to talk over him.
Transgender activist wins Delaware state senate primary
Read full article: Transgender activist wins Delaware state senate primaryTransgender activist Sarah McBride, who hopes to win in the primary for the Delaware Senate, watches a computer screen at her watch party in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Jason Minto)
Transgender activist wins Delaware state senate primary
Read full article: Transgender activist wins Delaware state senate primaryTransgender activist Sarah McBride, who hopes to win in the primary for the Delaware Senate, watches a computer screen at her watch party in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2020. – Transgender activist Sarah McBride won a Democratic state Senate primary in Delaware on Tuesday and is poised to make history as the first transgender person elected to the state's General Assembly. If elected, McBride would join a handful of other transgender legislators around the country but would be the first transgender state senator. Denn and McBride’s father both worked at a Wilmington law firm known for its close ties to the Democratic Party establishment. McBride later worked on the campaigns of former governor Jack Markell and former state attorney general Beau Biden.
Biden: 'I hope I don't take the bait' in debate with Trump
Read full article: Biden: 'I hope I don't take the bait' in debate with Trump– Joe Biden has said he’d “beat the hell out of” President Donald Trump over his comments about women if they were in high school. When Biden and Trump meet in their first presidential debate later this month, Biden says he has one goal: “I hope I don’t take the bait.”“I hope I don’t get baited into a brawl with this guy, because that’s the only place he’s comfortable,” Biden said Thursday during a fundraiser. Biden has previously said he plans to be a “fact checker” on the debate stage, and hold Trump accountable for any misstatements or falsehoods. But on Thursday night, Biden said that “people know what a liar” Trump is. The place he’s most uncomfortable is in the area of what he’s going to do.
Biden slams Trump over alleged comments mocking US war dead
Read full article: Biden slams Trump over alleged comments mocking US war deadWASHINGTON Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden has declared President Donald Trump unfit for the presidency, delivering an impassioned reaction to a report that Trump who never served in uniform allegedly mocked American war dead. It could have been a guy like John Kelly, Trump told reporters, saying his former top aide was unable to handle the pressure of this job." As he spoke, Biden grew angry, raising his voice to rebut Trumps alleged comments that Marines who died in battle were suckers for getting killed. Returning to Washington from a Thursday visit to Pennsylvania, Trump told reporters that the Atlantic report was a disgraceful situation by a terrible magazine.I would be willing to swear on anything that I never said that about our fallen heroes, Trump told the reporters, gathered on the tarmac in the dark. His allies quickly seized on the reported comments in hopes they could drive a wedge between military families and veterans and Trump.
Biden slams Trump over alleged comments mocking US war dead
Read full article: Biden slams Trump over alleged comments mocking US war deadWASHINGTON Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden declared President Donald Trump unfit for the presidency on Friday, delivering an impassioned reaction to a report that Trump who never served in uniform allegedly mocked American war dead. Voice cracking, Biden told reporters that you know in your gut Trumps comments, if true, are deplorable.Ive just never been as disappointed, in my whole career, with a leader that Ive worked with, president or otherwise, Biden added. If the article is true and it appears to be, based on other things hes said it is absolutely damning. As he spoke, Biden grew angry, raising his voice to rebut Trumps alleged comments that Marines who died in battle were suckers for getting killed. His allies quickly seized on the reported comments in hopes that could drive a wedge between military families and veterans from Trump.
Aide: Michelle Obama to stress Biden's competency, character
Read full article: Aide: Michelle Obama to stress Biden's competency, characterWASHINGTON Michelle Obama will stress Democrat Joe Biden's competency and character in a Monday night convention speech that will draw sharp contrasts between the Republican incumbent seeking reelection and the man who was her husband's two-term vice president, an adviser said. This election is very personal for her, Valerie Jarrett, a longtime adviser to Barack and Michelle Obama, told The Associated Press. Biden's sense of empathy will also be a focus of Mrs. Obama's speech. But Mrs. Obama wrote lengthy posts on her Facebook and Instagram accounts praising Harris, a Black woman born to Jamaican and Indian parents. Monday's speech will be the fourth Democratic convention address by Michelle Obama, who first introduced herself to the nation during her husband's groundbreaking campaign.
'Do something:' Harris' rapid rise driven by call to action
Read full article: 'Do something:' Harris' rapid rise driven by call to actionShe faced questions familiar to women in politics, particularly women of color, about her ambition. Harris faced both the scrutiny of her personal life and the resistance to her rise as she raced past rivals from more well-connected families. Years later, when she ran for California attorney general and needed support beyond her liberal home base, Harris tempered her stance on capital punishment. She knew that her adopted homeland would see Maya and me as Black girls, and she was determined to make sure we would grow into confident, proud Black women," Harris wrote of her mother. At Howard, Harris joined Alpha Kappa Alpha, the nations oldest sorority for Black women.
The Ultimate Recovery: Cycles of pain anchor Biden's moment
Read full article: The Ultimate Recovery: Cycles of pain anchor Biden's momentDemocratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden and his running mate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., pass each other as Harris moves tot the podium. Get up, was the motto of Joe Bidens father, Joe, Sr. Get up!___BIDEN, BEFOREIn the 1972 campaign, Joe Biden is a snapshot of a candidate rushing toward what seems an unbounded future. Bush's vice president, is backing Trump and Vice President Mike Pence, a fellow Hoosier. My beautiful boy.An excruciating moment is captured in a photograph from the funeral a week later., An honor guard carried the flag-draped casket past the grieving vice president.
'Do something:' Harris' rapid rise driven by call to action
Read full article: 'Do something:' Harris' rapid rise driven by call to actionShe faced questions familiar to women in politics, particularly women of color, about her ambition. Harris faced both the scrutiny of her personal life and the resistance to her rise as she raced past rivals from more well-connected families. Years later, when she ran for California attorney general and needed support beyond her liberal home base, Harris tempered her stance on capital punishment. She knew that her adopted homeland would see Maya and me as Black girls, and she was determined to make sure we would grow into confident, proud Black women," Harris wrote of her mother. At Howard, Harris joined Alpha Kappa Alpha, the nations oldest sorority for Black women.
Biden's notes: ‘Do not hold grudges’ against Kamala Harris
Read full article: Biden's notes: ‘Do not hold grudges’ against Kamala HarrisThe notes of Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden reference Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., among other things as he speaks at a campaign event at the William "Hicks" Anderson Community Center in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, July 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Biden's notes: Do not hold grudges against Kamala Harris
Read full article: Biden's notes: Do not hold grudges against Kamala HarrisJoe Biden was uncharacteristically tight-lipped on Tuesday about the final stretch of his search for a vice president. But the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee seemed prepared to talk about at least one leading contender: California Sen. Kamala Harris. As he took questions from reporters on Tuesday, Biden held notes that were captured by an Associated Press photographer. Beyond vice presidential politics, Biden's topics included the Justice Department, an allusion to Attorney General William Barr testifying Tuesday on Capitol Hill. The list also included the original three-part slogan of Bidens campaign: Restore soul of the nation, Rebuild MC (the middle class) and unite country.