Sen. Dick Durbin On Biden-Harris Ticket, Postal Service Delays
The Senate’s second-highest ranking Democrat reacts to Kamala Harris’ VP nomination and talks about his top priorities leading up to November.
The Senate’s second-highest ranking Democrat reacts to Kamala Harris’ VP nomination and talks about his top priorities leading up to November.
Facebook’s head of security policy, Nathaniel Gleicher, said that Facebook is working harder than ever to counteract efforts to interfere in the 2020 presidential election.
Between COVID-19, social unrest, violence and burgeoning budget deficits, the first-term Chicago mayor has been tested like no other.
Kamala Harris came out swinging, forceful in her critiques of President Trump at her first appearance on the campaign trail since Joe Biden selected her to serve as his running mate. How effective will she be in that role during the campaign? And what will President Trump’s attacks look like while running against a woman of color?READ: Harris, As Biden’s Running Mate, Says Case Against Trump Is ‘Open And Shut’This episode: congressional correspondent Susan Davis, campaign correspondent Asma Khalid, and national political correspondent Mara Liasson.Connect:Subscribe to the NPR Politics Podcast here.Email the show at nprpolitics@npr.org.Join the NPR Politics Podcast Facebook Group.Listen to our playlist The NPR Politics Daily Workout.Subscribe to the NPR Politics Newsletter.Find and support your local public radio station.
As Harris is nominated as the first Black woman VP of a major party, leaders say regardless of political leanings, that’s something to celebrate.
“I think this [nomination] sends a message to … African American women that ‘You count, we see you, we hear you, we know that you help keep our party together,’” Illinois Congresswoman Robin Kelly told Reset.
If elected, Sen. Kamala Harris of California could become the first Black woman vice president in American history.
The pair will deliver remarks in Biden’s hometown of Wilmington, Del.
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Before Joe Biden named Sen. Kamala Harris his running mate, women’s groups were readying a campaign of their own: shutting down sexist coverage and disinformation.