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Summary List PlacementProgressives want to use Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential ambitions as leverage to nudge her to the left of President Joe Biden in some high-stakes policy fights, including living wages, climate change, and criminal justice reform.  Harris, who's in prime position to become Democrats' standard bearer if Biden doesn't run again in 2024, would want the support of the party's left flank....

Summary List PlacementLeaders from across the globe congratulated President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris after they were sworn into office at Wednesday's inauguration ceremony.  During his inaugural address Biden directly addressed the global audience: "The world is watching, watching all of us today ... America has been tested, and we've come out stronger for it. We will repair our alliances and engage...

Summary List PlacementInauguration Day will be a landmark moment in American history. Former California Senator Kamala Harris will become the first Black and South Asian American woman sworn in as vice president. With one oath, she will also become the highest-ranking woman in US political history.  The symbolism of this moment could not be more profound.  Harris takes office when America's racial inequalities have...

Summary List PlacementLocal and federal officials in Washington, DC, are taking unprecedented security measures ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Wednesday.  While much of the ceremony was already planned to be virtual due to the continued COVID-19 pandemic, the armed and deadly insurrection at the US Capitol on January 6 has prompted increased measures, including the...

Summary List PlacementVice President-elect Kamala Harris said she and President-elect Joe Biden would not "yield to those who would try and make us afraid of who we are," in response to soon being sworn into office outside of the US Capitol. "I think that we cannot yield to those who would try and make us afraid of who we are," Harris said in an...

Summary List PlacementKamala Harris has already announced five hires to her historic staff as she prepares to be sworn in as the first woman to serve as the vice president of the United States.  So far, all of her aides are women. That's a big change from the makeup of previous VP offices.  The soon-to-be former California senator is still a relative newcomer to...

Summary List PlacementVice President-elect Kamala Harris is no stranger to Silicon Valley. Before she was the senator from California, she was the state's attorney general. Before that, she was district attorney in San Francisco. When she heads to the White House in January, she will do so with more experience with Big Tech than probably anyone else ever elected to national office. For many,...

Summary List PlacementOn Saturday, major outlets in the US called the race for President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris after a long week — and the world was watching. Leaders around the globe sent their congratulations to President-elect Biden and Vice President-elect Harris's victory.  Here are the ways the historic election of America's 46th president decorated headlines in newspapers in the US...

Summary List Placement Former President George W. Bush on Sunday released a statement congratulating President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris, becoming one of the very few Republicans to acknowledge Biden's win in the 2020 presidential race against incumbent President Donald Trump.  "I just talked to the President-elect of the United States, Joe Biden," Bush said in the Saturday statement. "I extended my...

Summary List Placement Wall Street investors warmed to the idea of a Biden presidency late last week, and as his victory became all-but ensured over the weekend, messages of congratulations and goodwill poured out of America's C-suites. From Silicon Valley's most hallowed founders to executives at industrial and financial firms, here's what America's business leaders had to say about Biden's election to the White...

Summary List PlacementPresident-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris will be moving into the White House, Insider and Decision Desk HQ announced on Friday. Major networks on Saturday called the presidential election in favor of Biden and Harris. Shortly after the win was announced, Harris updated her Twitter bio to read: "Vice President-Elect of the United States."  Harris wrote on Twitter, "This election is...

Summary List PlacementAn array of Democratic Party leaders congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday after the presidential race was officially called by most major US media outlets, including the Biden's old boss, former president Barack Obama. In defeating President Donald Trump, Biden becomes the first challenger to defeat an incumbent president since George H.W. Bush lost his 1992 reelection...

Summary List PlacementOn November 7, news outlets across the country called the 2020 presidential race for former Vice President Joe Biden and vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris.  The election captured the attention of the world for nearly six days as Biden and President Donald Trump went neck and neck in key swing states like Pennsylvania and Georgia.  After news of the projected victory, the...

Summary List PlacementWorld leaders congratulated President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on Saturday after the presidential race was officially called by most major US media outlets, signaling a decidedly upbeat tone towards the new American leaders. Many of the leaders have been thrown off course by the unpredictability of President Donald Trump's leadership style, and many of them also have interacted with...

Summary List Placement Texas, a longtime GOP stronghold that has emerged as a political battleground in the 2020 presidential election, has shattered its turnout records, exceeding its entire statewide vote total from 2016. The Texas Secretary of State's office reported a final tally of 9,669,246 people that cast their ballots during the state's early voting period, which ran from October 13 to October 30....

Summary List PlacementDemocratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris fired back at President Trump and other prominent Republicans who purposely mispronounce her name. In an interview published on Saturday, Harris told PEOPLE Magazine that names are "very important" and should be respected.  "I think that the name that your parents give you, whoever you are, meaning whatever your gender or race or background or the language...

Summary List Placement Sen. David Perdue of Georgia repeatedly mispronounced Sen. Kamala Harris' name at a rally for President Donald Trump on Friday. While referring to his Senate colleague, Perdue said, "KAH-mah-la, Kah-MAH-la, Kamala-mala-mala, I don't know, whatever," eliciting laughs from the audience. Others were quick to denounce the remarks, calling them racist. "Well that is incredibly racist," Sabrina Singh, Harris' campaign press secretary...

Summary List PlacementPresident Donald Trump's campaign left the late rapper, Tupac Shakur, a ticket to the vice presidential debate as a dig to Kamala Harris following a recent interview, according to the New York Post.  In an interview with Angela Rye last month, Harris was asked who is "the best rapper alive" in her opinion. "Tupac," Harris responded and chuckled when the Democratic vice...