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News Articles: 2024 election

Amy Resner, former prosecutor and friend of Vice President Kamala Harris, left, speaks as Karrie Delaney, director of federal affairs at the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network, listens at the DNC.

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  • Elections

Kamala Harris’ former colleagues highlight her past as a prosecutor

During her bid for the Democratic nomination, Harris shied away from her past as prosecutor. Years later, her campaign is fully embracing her past as a prosecutor in San Francisco.

August 22, 2024
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
 Al Sharpton speaks at the DNC.

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  • Politics

Al Sharpton delivers fiery remarks on race and Trump and brings out Central Park 5

“He spent a small fortune on full-page ads calling for the execution of five innocent young teenagers,” Sharpton said in reference to the five Black and Brown New York teenagers who were wrongly convicted of rape.

August 22, 2024
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) gets emotional as she arrives to speak on the fourth and last day of the DNC.

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  • Politics

A visibly emotional Elizabeth Warren says Harris will protect Americans

Before Warren even began her remarks, the crowd met her with a warm reception and long applause. Both Warren and Harris vied for the Democratic presidential nomination in 2020.

August 22, 2024
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By:
  • Ashley Lopez
A Pro-Palestinian protester climbs a support beam near the United Center on Wednesday.

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  • Elections

United Auto Workers calls for a Palestinian speaker at DNC as thousands protest nearby

Criticism for Democrats not including a Palestinian speaker is coming from across the party — including organized labor. Meanwhile, thousands of protesters are gathering nearby for one last push.

August 22, 2024
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz and
  • Liz Baker
Lori Hefner-Vargo, Carmen Bell, Fadia Halma and Lori McFarland from Pennsylvania's Lehigh County wore white and made sashes as a sign of respect for Vice President Harris.

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  • Elections

Why Democratic women are wearing white at the DNC

Women are wearing white to honor of the suffragists who fought to earn women the right to vote more than 100 years ago. Word spread through online chats as convention-goers packed their bags.

August 22, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
 Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris arrives to deliver remarks at a campaign event, Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2024, in Eau Claire, Wisc.

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  • Climate

Climate activists rally around Harris, seeing a chance to build on Biden’s record

Kamala Harris has long voiced support for action on climate change, during her career in California and as vice president. Environmentalists hope that background signals she'd take major steps if elected.

August 11, 2024
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By:
  • Michael Copley
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks at a DNC press conference on July 17 in Milwaukee.

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  • Elections

Harris taps Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz as her running mate

Supporters hope the chair of the Democratic Governors Association, ex-Army National Guard leader, former teacher and congressman can help Harris pick up support in the Midwest.

August 06, 2024
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By:
  • Dana Ferguson
Despite avoiding plastic for a week, an NPR producer produced about 102 pieces of plastic or mixed-material waste.

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  • News

Readers' picks: 10 deeply engaged stories from July

The Trump assassination attempt and big Paris Olympics stars dominated the headlines in July. Here are some other stories that resonated with readers — but fell under the radar.

August 03, 2024
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By:
  • Britt Cheng
Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance of Ohio delivers remarks alongside rancher John Ladd (right) and Paul A. Perez, president of the National Border Patrol Council, as Vance tours the U.S. Border Wall on Thursday in Montezuma Pass, Ariz. Vance is visiting the border on the final stop of his first visit to the Southwest as a vice presidential candidate.

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  • Elections

Vance focuses his border attacks on the 'Harris administration'

JD Vance employed that particular phrase — the “Harris administration” — repeatedly Thursday, as the Trump campaign moves to put the vice president in the spotlight.

August 01, 2024
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  • Ben Giles
Sofia Nelson — a former friend and law school classmate of JD Vance — has made public dozens of email and text exchanges with the vice presidential candidate.

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  • Politics

JD Vance is unrecognizable to his former friend, who shared their emails and texts

Sofia Nelson — a former friend and law school classmate of JD Vance — has made public dozens of email and text exchanges with the vice presidential candidate.

July 30, 2024
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Jonaki Mehta,
  • and 1 more
Biden at Waffle House

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  • News

Georgia political leaders react to President Joe Biden exiting the presidential race

President Joe Biden announced that he will not continue his reelection campaign in a social media statement on Sunday afternoon. 

July 22, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah Kallis
Republican vice presidential candidate, U.S. Sen. J.D. Vance, speaks on stage  on the third day of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee.

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  • National

J.D. Vance's hometown, Middletown, Ohio, reacts to his VP nomination

Some in Middletown, where Vance grew up with his grandparents, said he has never been an advocate for them. Even so, Vance’s roots could be enough for folks eager to see the “hometown kid” succeed.

July 18, 2024
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By:
  • Tana Weingartner
Then-candidate JD Vance speaks to supporters at the Aurora Inn Event Center on October 13, 2022 in Aurora, Ohio.

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  • Politics

Where J.D. Vance stands on key issues

Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, who once called former Donald Trump “America’s Hitler” but is now one of his most vocal supporters in Congress, has been named Trump’s 2024 vice presidential pick. Here's where he stands on key issues.

July 16, 2024
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By:
  • Lexie Schapitl,
  • Ben Giles,
  • and 1 more
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and former President Donald Trump.

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  • Politics

Leaked video shows Trump criticizing vaccines on phone with RFK Jr.

A leaked video of a phone call between independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Donald Trump shows the former president expressing doubt about vaccines.

July 16, 2024
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Andrea Lawful-Sanders, pictured in August 2021, resigned from her hosting position at WURD Radio after interviewing Biden with questions provided by his campaign.

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  • Media

A radio host resigned after interviewing Biden with questions provided by his campaign

Two radio hosts in the swing states of Pennsylvania and Wisconsin admitted to interviewing Biden with questions provided by his team, which violates many newsroom policies. One of them has resigned.

July 08, 2024
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  • Rachel Treisman
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