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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.
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.
Northwestern College and the American Academy of Art College shut down this month, leaving hundreds of students in the lurch.
The state’s super-minority Republicans are leaving the GOP National Convention energized, and with a lot of confidence.
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.
They say the stakes of the 2024 presidential election are too high to risk dividing the Democratic Party.
The since-rescinded decision to remove the statue had nothing to do with the former president’s ownership of slaves, Mayor Brandon Johnson’s communications director said.