Author: Mabinty Quarshie
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Trump delaying transition efforts despite 2016 ‘disaster’
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Whoever wins the presidential race on Nov. 5 will have 76 days to complete a complicated and massive effort to take over the federal government from outgoing President Joe Biden. That process has already begun for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. While most of the attention will fall on what the president-elect is doing, some…
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Swing-state scorecard: Harris’s toughest battlegrounds shift in final month
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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are locked in a dead-heat race for the White House at the end of the presidential and vice presidential debates with less than a month to go. While Trump declined an additional debate with Harris, his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), took on Gov. Tim Walz…
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Trump’s fundraising rose in September but is $88 million behind his 2020 haul
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Former President Donald Trump, the Republican National Committee, and other affiliated committees raised over $160 million in September, a $30 million increase from August. The overwhelming majority of donations, 96%, were from those giving $200 or less, with an average donation of $60, according to the Trump campaign. It now has $283 million cash on…
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Trump highlights key illegal immigration issue — it harms racial minority workers
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Former President Donald Trump‘s increased focus on immigration as a dominant theme of his 2024 campaign could help replicate his 2016 victory. But in a twist from his first presidential run, Trump is now making the explicit case that illegal immigrants will hurt African American and Hispanic workers disproportionately in a move meant to persuade…
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Top takeaways from Kamala Harris’s interview with MSNBC
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Vice President Kamala Harris did not get grilled in her sit-down with MSNBC‘s Stephanie Ruhle on Wednesday, but the interview did signal the ways in which Harris plans to blunt former President Donald Trump‘s perceived advantage on the economy in November. Much of the interview with Ruhle focused on Harris’s stance on tariffs, corporate tax rates, and…
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Trump says he would blow any nation threatening a presidential candidate to ‘smithereens’
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Former President Donald Trump had choice words for Iran on Wednesday, claiming that if he were reelected, he would blow Iran to “smithereens” if a U.S. presidential candidate were attacked. “If I were the president, I would inform the threatening country, in this case, Iran, that if you do anything to harm this person, we…
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Trump narrowly leads Harris in North Carolina: AARP poll
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A new AARP survey released on Wednesday showed former President Donald Trump with a slight lead over Vice President Kamala Harris in North Carolina, a key battleground state. In a head-to-head matchup, Trump bests Harris, 50% to 47%. WHO HAS AND HASN’T ENDORSED HARRIS AND TRUMP THIS ELECTION CYCLE (function(w,d,s,i){w.ldAdInit=w.ldAdInit||[];w.ldAdInit.push({slot:11095963150525286,size:[0, 0],id:”ld-2426-4417″});if(!d.getElementById(i)){var j=d.createElement(s),p=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];j.async=true;j.src=”//cdn2.lockerdomecdn.com/_js/ajs.js”;j.id=i;p.parentNode.insertBefore(j,p);}})(window,document,”script”,”ld-ajs”); When third-party candidates…
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Republicans’ 2024 legal army guards against a repeat of Trump’s stolen election claims
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Legal fights over election integrity are well underway with less than two months to go to the election. This Washington Examiner series, Legal Games, will look at Democratic attempts to make sure they don’t have a repeat of 2016. Republican lawyers, meanwhile, are still spooked by what happened in the aftermath of 2020. Part 4 will look at…
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Harris emphasizes ‘earned pathway’ to citizenship at Hispanic Caucus conference
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Vice President Kamala Harris touted her support for an “earned pathway” to citizenship for children who were brought to the U.S. illegally during an appearance at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute conference Wednesday afternoon. “Together, CHC, we must also reform our broken immigration system and protect our DREAMers, and understand we can do both,” Harris…
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Top 10 takeaways from the Harris-Trump presidential debate
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PHILADELPHIA — The first presidential debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris featured the two candidates sparring over policy issues, including the economy, abortion, immigration, and the war between Israel and Hamas. ABC News hosted the debate at Philadelphia’s National Constitution Center on Tuesday night. It was moderated by Linsey Davis…

