Government & Politics
The endorsement, announced Friday in a video showing Harris accepting a phone call from the former first couple, comes as Harris builds momentum as the Democratic Party’s likely presidential nominee.
Some major donors signaled their distress about Biden staying in the race by declining to write more checks or host events. That concern dissolved within hours of Harris becoming the presumptive Democratic 2024 nominee, with no rival coming forward.
Pritzker said Harris has proven she’s the best person to next lead the country, but his statement is silent about whether he wants to be her VP.
Some Democrats are staying mum, with just weeks to go before the Democratic National Convention kicks off in Chicago next month.
While Pritzker has emphatically expressed his support of Biden, he’s also not quashed the narrative that he has White House ambitions.
The decision comes after escalating pressure from Biden’s Democratic allies to step aside following the June 27 debate, in which the 81-year-old president trailed off, often gave nonsensical answers and failed to call out Donald Trump’s many falsehoods.
Residents and members of social justice groups join civil rights groups and the city watchdog in calling on the Office of the Inspector General to investigate the officers named in a probe into extremist groups.
Two homeowners with past-due water bills are Chicago City Council members, a Sun-Times investigation found. Two more of their colleagues paid up only after Sun-Times reporters asked about their overdue bills. One water bill deadbeat is the brother of Alfonzo “Randy” Conner, who heads the city Department of Water Management.
The state’s super-minority Republicans are leaving the GOP National Convention energized, and with a lot of confidence.
One of the city’s most visible encampments was cleared Wednesday, weeks before the Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Most of the remaining residents were moved to a city shelter.
Vance went heavy on mentions of Pennsylvania, Michigan and Ohio — and his humble Appalachian roots as documented in ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ — on the third night of the Republican National Convention.