Joe Biden won the 2020 presidential election through a successful tripartite subterfuge. One, Biden never really campaigned. His handlers rightly assumed that the more the public and the media saw a d...

Ihave a Barbie for President doll in my office. EMILYs List — a group dedicated to electing pro-choice women to political office — sent it years ago. The doll could be mistaken for Condoleezza Rice, t...

Even though she has disavowed that position, it could become an issue in an energy-rich state. HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Facing the need to win battleground Pennsylvania, Vice President Kamala Harris is ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Russell Vought sounds like a general marshaling troops for combat when he talks about taming a “woke and weaponized” federal government. He recently described political opposition as...

ON THURSDAY, EVAN GERSHKOVICH did what he has been waiting to do for 491 days. He left his prison cell in Russia. He got on a plane. He started his journey home. For former Marine Paul Whelan, the wai...

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign on Sunday was launching “Republicans for Harris” as she looks to win over Republican voters put off by Donald Trump’s candidacy. The program wi...

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On social media, many people are mocking former President Donald Trump’s suggestion that Vice President Kamala Harris started playing up her Black ancestry for political expedience. Trump insisted, am...

ATLANTA (AP) — Two rallies. Two Americas. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump stood in the same arena four days apart, each looking over capacity crowds like concert stars o...

To the Editor: The most far left liberal senator and now vice president becomes an instant moderate. Kamala, more left than Bernie Sanders, an unapologetic radical left wing socialist, is now being so...

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON AND AMELIA THOMSON-DEVEAUX Associated Press Most Americans have doubts about the Secret Service’s ability to keep presidential candidates safe after last month’s attempt on form...

One of my great peeves of the Trump era is the Greenland effect. I belong to a small group of people who think America should peacefully acquire Greenland. It’s an old idea. The State Department pitch...

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One critical concept has emerged in the contest between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump: Respect. Trump and his vice presidential pick, J.D. Vance, have handed Harris a priceless opening to press this ...

Some of my best friends are cat people. I’m particularly indebted to our neighbor Laura, a self-described “crazy cat lady,” who took in Albert, the most unusual feline I’ve known. One time, when we li...

By LINLEY SANDERS AND SEUNG MIN KIM Associated Press As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to announce her running mate, a poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research fin...

By STEVE PEOPLES, STEPHEN GROVES AND MARC LEVY Associated Press HARRISBURG (AP) — Donald Trump is used to defending himself. But this week, the Republican presidential nominee has been put in the rare...

The media are hopping mad about Republicans referring to Kamala Harris as a “DEI (diversity, equity, inclusion) hire.” Here’s some of the teeth-gnashing: — ABC News: “Kamala Harris Faces Racial ‘DEI’ ...

WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANTISEMITISM. It shouldn’t happen in America. It shouldn’t happen in Pennsylvania. It cannot happen in Pittsburgh. In every other place in the country and the state, antisemitism is a...

By MATT BROWN AND MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press CHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared before the National A...