Latest Hillary Clinton News

Haunted by 2016, some Michigan Democrats worry that Harris remains ill-defined in swing state

Oct. 03, 2024 00:13 AM EDT

EASTPOINTE, Mich. (AP) — Bill Clinton stood with Michigan Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell outside a suburban Detroit grocery store two days before the 2016 election when it was clear to both that Hillary Clinton would lose the state. “They didn’t listen to you,” Dingell recalled the former...

Pennsylvania town grapples with Trump assassination attempt ahead of his return

Oct. 02, 2024 09:30 AM EDT

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump is going back to Butler, where the world last saw him pump his fist and beseech followers to “fight,” even as blood streaked his face from a would-be assassin's bullet. In announcing his return, the former president and current Republican nominee...

Trump escalates attacks on Harris' mental fitness and suggests she should be prosecuted

Sep. 29, 2024 18:56 PM EDT

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump escalated his personal attacks on his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, on Sunday by repeating an insult that she was “mentally impaired” while also saying she should be “impeached and prosecuted." Trump's rally in...

Americans are more likely to see Harris' gender as a hurdle than they were for Clinton: AP-NORC poll

Sep. 26, 2024 10:45 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are more likely to believe that being a woman will hurt Kamala Harris ' chances in the November election, compared with eight years ago when Hillary Clinton was running. And they are more likely to believe that Donald Trump 's gender will help him. A new...

Jill Biden reveals $500 million plan that focuses on women's health at Clinton Global Initiative

Sep. 23, 2024 18:28 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — First lady Jill Biden on Monday unveiled a new set of actions to address health inequities faced by women in the United States, plans that include spending at least $500 million annually on women's health research. Jill Biden made the announcement at this year’s...

Kamala Harris to skip Al Smith dinner, a traditional event for major presidential candidates

Sep. 21, 2024 18:45 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will skip this year's Al Smith charity dinner in New York, breaking with presidential tradition so she can campaign instead in a battleground state less than three weeks before Election Day. The dinner benefitting Catholic Charities...

The FBI says Iran tried to send hacked files to Democrats. It's another sign of foreign meddling

Sep. 19, 2024 19:39 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — When the FBI said this week that Iran had tried to provide Democrats with material stolen from Donald Trump’s campaign, it was only the latest allegation of foreign interference with the U.S. election. The 2024 presidential campaign is encountering a spate of...

Hillary Clinton takes stock of life's wins and losses in a memoir inspired by a Joni Mitchell lyric

Sep. 16, 2024 00:11 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — At the end of her new memoir, Hillary Clinton offers up what sounds like a far-off wish: “I hope I’m alive to see the United States elect a female president.” Turns out her book went to the printers a tad too soon. Clinton wrote that sentence before Kamala...

Harris is promoting her resume and her goals rather than race as she courts Black voters

Sep. 14, 2024 21:37 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden was hosting a celebration of Black excellence at the White House with lawmakers, advocates and celebrities this past week, Kamala Harris was instead headed off to campaign in Pennsylvania. The nation's first Black vice president spoke...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Jersey's special congressional election

Sep. 13, 2024 09:06 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters in New Jersey’s 10th Congressional District will choose a successor on Wednesday to the late Democratic U.S. Rep. Donald Payne Jr., who died in April after more than 11 years in office. Running to replace him are Democrat LaMonica McIver, president of the...