Latest Kamala Harris News

Israel expands Gaza ground offensive, vows to hit the south with 'no less strength' than the north

Dec. 03, 2023 22:31 PM EST

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel's ground offensive expanded to every part of the Gaza Strip, its military said Sunday, as it ordered more evacuations and vowed to hit south Gaza with “no less strength” than the fight that has reduced large parts of north Gaza to a moonscape. ...

Harris dashed to Dubai to tackle climate change and war. Each carries high political risks at home

Dec. 03, 2023 19:52 PM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Filling in for President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris flew to the Middle East to tackle a pair of challenges that have flummoxed White Houses for decades: climate change and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Each carries the risk of political blowback...

Israeli offensive shifts to crowded southern Gaza, driving up death toll despite evacuation orders

Dec. 02, 2023 23:33 PM EST

KHAN YOUNIS, Gaza Strip (AP) — Israel pounded targets in crowded southern Gaza on Saturday and ordered more neighborhoods designated for attack to evacuate, driving up the death toll as the United States and others urged it to do more to protect civilians a day after a truce collapsed. ...

Harris focuses on shaping a post-conflict Gaza during a diplomatic blitz in Dubai with Arab leaders

Dec. 02, 2023 14:30 PM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris engaged in a speed round of diplomatic talks with Arab leaders on Saturday where she focused on shaping the outlook for a post-conflict Gaza while calling on Israel to do more to protect Palestinian civilians from the...

US targets oil and natural gas industry's role in global warming with new rule on methane emissions

Dec. 02, 2023 12:54 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration on Saturday issued a final rule aimed at reducing methane emissions, targeting the U.S. oil and natural gas industry for its role in global warming as President Joe Biden seeks to advance his climate legacy. The Environmental Protection...

Don't ignore us: Backed by pope, poorer nations use COP28 summit to press rich world on climate

Dec. 02, 2023 10:57 AM EST

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Countries once colonized by empires are striking back on global warming — and they have the pope's blessing. Leaders of developing nations jumped into Saturday's high-level speeches at the U.N. climate summit to press rich industrial countries...

AP Exclusive: America's Black attorneys general discuss race, politics and the justice system

Dec. 01, 2023 15:09 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — The American legal system is facing a crisis of trust in communities around the country, with people of all races and across the political spectrum. For many, recent protests against police brutality called attention to longstanding discrepancies in the administration...

Harris heads to Dubai to tackle delicate tasks of talking climate and Israel-Hamas war

Dec. 01, 2023 11:24 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will tackle two delicate tasks this weekend in Dubai: She'll try to demonstrate U.S. environmental leadership despite President Joe Biden 's notable absence from an annual summit on climate change and she'll work to nudge forward fragile efforts to...

Vice President Harris will attend COP28 climate conference in Dubai

Nov. 29, 2023 18:46 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris will join the U.S. delegation to Dubai for the annual United Nations conference on climate change, the White House said Wednesday. This weekend's trip for COP28 appears to have been hastily arranged, since her staff recently said she...

Rosalynn Carter honored by family, friends, first ladies and presidents, including husband Jimmy

Nov. 28, 2023 20:23 PM EST

ATLANTA (AP) — Rosalynn Carter was remembered Tuesday as a former U.S. first lady who leveraged her fierce intellect and political power to put her deep Christian faith into action by always helping others, especially those who needed it most. A gathering of first ladies and...