Vice President Kamala Harris is struggling to maintain support among the key voting blocs of the Democratic coalition as polling data suggests that former President Donald Trump’s efforts to win over minority voters are succeeding to some degree. Throughout his political career, Trump has made concerted attempts to flip Hispanic and black voters, traditionally Democratic constituencies, though his 2020 results with those groups only slightly improved upon his 2016 tallies. Now, polling data...

The overwhelming majority of Black registered voters support Vice President Kamala Harris over former President Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential race, according to a recent Pew Research Center survey. More than eight-in-ten (84%) say they would vote for Harris if the election were held today, while 13% say they would vote for Trump. Four years ago, 92% of Black validated voters cast their ballots for President Joe Biden and 8% voted for Trump. Now that Harris is the...

Gabriel Lopez grew up in a family of Democrats in the Kensington neighborhood of deep-blue Philadelphia. So in 2016, the first presidential election he was old enough to vote in, he picked Hillary Clinton over Donald Trump. But Lopez, now 27, says his views have changed. He switched his registration to Republican this year, and he plans to vote for Trump, who’s running for president a third time. “Democrats keep saying [Trump] is going to bring down the economy, but he was already...

In a newly unsealed court filing, special counsel Jack Smith provided the most detailed picture yet of his criminal case against Donald Trump for allegedly trying to overturn the 2020 election and why the former president isn’t immune from prosecution. U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is presiding over the case, released the filing, with minor redactions, on Wednesday. The special counsel uses the 165-page document to make his case that Trump’s actions around the election were made in a...

Melania Trump is reportedly set to voice strong support for reproductive rights, writing in her new memoir that a “woman’s fundamental right of individual liberty” grants her “the authority to terminate her pregnancy if she wishes.” In a copy of “Melania” obtained by The Guardian’s Martin Pengelly ahead of its release next Tuesday, the former first lady writes, “Restricting a woman’s right to choose whether to terminate an unwanted pregnancy is the same as denying her control over...

Harold Daggett, the 78-year-old chief of the International Longshoremen’s Association, isn’t pulling any punches. It’s not his style. “People are going to sit up and realize how important longshoremen jobs are,” Daggett said Tuesday. “They won’t be able to sell cars. They won’t be able to stock malls. They won’t be able to do anything in this country without my f***ing people. And it’s about time they start realizing it.” The white-haired, acerbic, profane-laden leader is in his fourth term as...

Yemen’s Houthis claim to have targeted military posts deep in Israel with three winged ‘Quds 5’ rockets. There was no announcement from the IDF about any rocket fire from Yemen on Wednesday. The group’s military spokesperson, Yahya Saree, says the continuous support to Israel from the United States and the United Kingdom will put their interests “under fire.”

The federal government is prepared to use military aircraft as part of an intensified effort to evacuate Canadians from Lebanon if the situation in the embattled country and region gets worse, says Defence Minister Bill Blair. Mr. Blair, speaking a day after Iran launched a missile attack on Israel, said Wednesday that Canada has been able to effectively manage the number of people who want to leave Lebanon now, using seats purchased on commercial aircraft. ”But as the...

New York City Mayor Eric Adams returned to the federal courthouse in Manhattan on Wednesday for a hearing in a sprawling corruption case that could send him to prison for decades if he's convicted — but the fiery former cop's defense is asking for the court to toss at least one charge and punish the government for leaks of confidential information. Adams arrived in the courtroom a few minutes early, around 10:24 a.m., wearing a smile and a navy blue suit. He placed a hand on a supporter's...

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