Vance hits campaign trail as Harris team scrambles to consolidate Dem support

JD Vance, the Republican senator from Ohio newly tapped as former President Trump’s running mate, is hitting the campaign trail on Monday, as Vice President Harris’ team scrambles to consolidate support from Democrats a day after President Biden bowed out of the race.  Vance, who Trump a week ago named as his vice presidential pick […]

Dem Govs. Whitmer, Pritzker Endorse Harris

Two of the final holdouts of potential replacements for President Joe Biden on the Democratic ticket in the November election, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker, threw their support on Monday behind Vice President Kamala Harris .[#item_full_content]

Dems test out attack on Trump’s age with Biden now out of race

President Biden’s exit from the 2024 race means former President Trump will be the oldest nominee in U.S. history, a fact not lost on Democrats looking to turn the age question around on Republicans. “This will probably boil down to Donald Trump, who is the oldest nominee in history, against Kamala Harris,” Rep. Maxwell Frost, […]

Fed Might Be on Cusp of Emerging From ‘Elevated’ Inflation Blues

In September 2021, after absorbing three months of price hikes that were more than double the Federal Reserve’s 2% target, U.S. central bank staff and policymakers shifted from their more passive tone about inflation and began describing it as “elevated.”[#item_full_content]

Democrats to meet Wednesday to hammer out timing on Harris presidential nomination

As the tidal wave of Democrats endorsing Vice President Kamal Harris to succeed President Biden as the party’s 2024 presidential nominee continued on Monday, the big question moving forward is when the party will officially nominate her. That answer could come Wednesday afternoon, when the Democratic National Committee’s panel that oversees the process meets to […]