Latest Kamala Harris News

The Latest: Trump targets his base and Harris goes after moderates as early voting numbers rise

Oct. 23, 2024 13:11 PM EDT

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are embracing wildly different strategies to energize the coalitions they need to win as the campaigns enter their final sprint. Follow the AP’s Election 2024 coverage at: https://apnews.com/hub/election-2024. Here’s the latest: ...

Efforts by Russia, Iran and China to sway US voters may escalate, new Microsoft report says

Oct. 23, 2024 12:35 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Foreign adversaries have shown continued determination to influence the U.S. election –- and there are signs their activity will intensify as Election Day nears, Microsoft said in a report Wednesday. Russian operatives are doubling down on fake videos to smear...

Britain's prime minister rejects a claim by the Trump campaign about election interference

Oct. 23, 2024 12:22 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has rejected a claim by Donald Trump’s campaign that his Labour Party is illegally interfering in the U.S. presidential election. A statement on Trump’s website on Tuesday night said an official complaint had been filed with the...

Trump wanted generals like Hitler's and said Nazi leader 'did some good things,' John Kelly says

Oct. 23, 2024 12:19 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s longest-serving chief of staff is warning that the Republican presidential nominee meets the definition of a fascist and that while in office, Trump suggested that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “did some good things." The comments from John Kelly,...

Harris ad shows a Texas woman who lost baby and nearly died from sepsis amid strict abortion ban

Oct. 23, 2024 10:24 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new series of Kamala Harris campaign ads seek to highlight increasingly perilous medical care for women since the fall of Roe v. Wade by telling the story of a Texas woman who got a life-threatening infection when she couldn't get proper treatment after she miscarried and how...

Trump hurls a string of insults at Harris including 'lazy,' a racist trope against Black people

Oct. 23, 2024 08:42 AM EDT

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump unleashed a series of personal attacks at Vice President Kamala Harris, calling her “lazy” — a word long used to demean Black people in racist terms — and repeatedly questioning her intelligence and stamina. ...

A Supreme Court reshaped by Trump has a low profile in this presidential campaign

Oct. 23, 2024 08:02 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Conservatives already have a supermajority on the Supreme Court as a result of Donald Trump's presidency. If Trump wins a second term, the right side of the court could retain control for several more decades. Justices Clarence Thomas, 76, and Samuel Alito, 74,...

Charlie Kirk and his group Turning Point take center stage in Donald Trump's campaign

Oct. 23, 2024 07:32 AM EDT

ATLANTA (AP) — Charlie Kirk and Vivek Ramaswamy took the stage recently in downtown Atlanta, a decidedly liberal environment for two famous conservatives to hold court with college students. Within minutes, Ramaswamy, the biotech entrepreneur who sought the Republican presidential...

Housing on the ballot: Harris, Trump push different plans for tackling housing affordability crisis

Oct. 23, 2024 06:02 AM EDT

Millions of Americans can’t afford to buy a home or rent a suitable apartment, making housing a central issue for voters in the upcoming presidential election. The biggest single reason homeownership is out of reach for many is there aren’t nearly enough homes for sale to balance...

Higher education, fresh optimism, more Democratic: Takeaways from a key county in Pennsylvania

Oct. 23, 2024 00:19 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — One of the most important signs of how people will vote is how much education they have. Voters who attended college are much more likely to back Democrats, while those without degrees usually go Republican. So as The Associated Press looked for places to explore...