Jeff Mordock

Third-party candidates accuse Democrats of anti-democratic tactics to block ballot access

The Democratic Party is campaigning on a message to defend democracy in the 2024 election but is also working to keep third-party presidential candidates off the ballots in battleground states.

August 20, 2024

Biden bids farewell by touting legacy, urging voters to back Harris

President Biden on Monday bid farewell to the party he faithfully served for more than five decades, taking credit for his accomplishments and laying out the case that Vice President Kamala Harris is the heir to his legacy.

August 20, 2024

WATCH: UAW President Shawn Fain calls Trump ‘a scab’

United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain on Monday said Vice President Kamala Harris will fight for working-class voters and the union movement.

August 19, 2024

Harris makes surprise appearance at DNC to honor Biden

Vice President Kamala Harris made a surprise appearance at the Democratic National Convention Monday night to fire up the crowd for a week that will end with her accepting the party's nomination for president.

August 19, 2024

Dems give Biden a hasty sendoff; convention crowd energized with passing of party torch to Harris

President Biden received a swift, bittersweet send-off Monday at the Democratic National Convention, where he had hoped to accept the nomination for a second term before he was forced to pass the torch to the party's new star, Vice President Kamala Harris.

August 19, 2024

‘Abandon Harris’ group urges voters to back third parties due to Gaza

A coalition of Muslim and Arab American leaders from swing states announced Monday it's rebranding its campaign from Abandon Biden to Abandon Harris and urged voters to back third-party candidates who support an unconditional cease-fire in the Middle East.

August 19, 2024

Jill Stein says Dems’ push to keep her off ballot is ‘mockery’ of democracy

CHICAGO -- Green Party presidential nominee Jill Stein says the Democratic Party's pressure to keep her off the ballot in swing states undercuts Vice President Kamala Harris' message that her campaign is about saving democracy.

August 19, 2024

Big steps for a ‘little girl’: Harris rises to top after climbing again out of political wreckage

In less than a month, Kamala Harris has gone from the most unpopular vice president in modern U.S. history to an adored Democratic presidential nominee who reversed the party's fortunes, opening leads in some battleground states and putting former President Donald Trump on defense.

August 18, 2024

Harris goes big on economic policy, Trump calls it ‘full communist’

Vice President Kamala Harris' first major policy plan took on the top issue in the presidential campaign -- the economy and high prices -- with sweeping proposals for expanded government intervention and more federal spending.

August 18, 2024

Harris unveils plan for more government control of economy with price caps, subsidies

Vice President Kamala Harris unveiled the key tenets of her economic agenda Friday, vowing to lower costs by implementing price controls and granting tax subsidies for homebuyers.

August 16, 2024

Kamala Harris to unveil economic agenda targeting corporate ‘price gouging’

Vice President Kamala Harris will roll out an economic agenda on Friday that includes price controls on food and groceries and increased government spending to make homeownership more affordable.

August 16, 2024

Harris team’s shifty headlines strain ad ethics; news outlets question legality, pledge to democracy

A radio station is contemplating a lawsuit against Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign over its practice of altering headlines in online ads to make it appear that news outlets are supporting her bid for the White House.

August 15, 2024

Harris, Biden team up to hail federal deal for lower Medicare drug prices

President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday touted cuts in medical costs under their administration in their first joint appearance since she replaced him atop the Democratic ticket.

August 15, 2024

Radio station threatens to sue Harris’ campaign over fake headlines

A local radio station in North Dakota says it's considering legal action after Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign altered its headlines in campaign ads to make it look as if the news outlet backed her candidacy.

August 15, 2024

Harris campaign edits news articles in Google search results for more favorable headlines

Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential campaign has altered headlines from news outlets in Google search results to appear more favorable to her, according to a report published Tuesday.

August 13, 2024

Tim Walz confronts ‘stolen valor’ allegations at his first solo campaign stop

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Tuesday kicked off his first solo campaign stop as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate by fiercely defending his military record.

August 13, 2024

Harris takes big lead over Trump with youth voters in survey

Vice President Kamala Harris has a 9-percentage-point lead over former President Donald Trump among young voters, showing a remarkable turnaround for Democrats who struggled with the once-reliable voting bloc when 81-year-old President Biden was their nominee.

August 12, 2024

White House dismisses talk of Biden-Pelosi feud: ‘No hard feelings’

The White House on Monday insisted there was no bad blood between President Biden and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi after the two stopped speaking when he dropped out of the 2024 presidential race.

August 12, 2024

Muslim groups, young progressives blast Harris’ stance on Gaza as ‘nothing of substance’

A coalition of Muslim and Arab-American community leaders, along with young progressives, have blasted Vice President Kamala Harris' call for a cease-fire between Israel and Gaza, with one group saying, "it meant nothing."

August 12, 2024

Influential Latino group backs Harris in first political endorsement

The League of United Latin American Citizens, the oldest and largest such group in the United States, strayed from its 95-year-old practice of not backing presidential candidates to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris.

August 9, 2024