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Rep. Ro Khanna tests economic agenda—and potential 2028 presidential run—with Black voters in South Carolina

U.S. Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., traveled to South Carolina over the weekend to meet with Black leaders and voters as he engages with communities on economic policy. “We need a fresh economic vision for this party and it needs to center conversation with Black voters. We have not had enough conversations with Black voters about what we need to do to create good jobs in the 21st century in Black communities,” Khanna told theGrio. Referring to President Donald Trump‘s recently […]

July 22, 2025 2

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Kamala Harris marks 1-year anniversary of historic presidential campaign as she weighs next move

Former Vice President Kamala Harris commemorated the one-year anniversary of her historic 2024 presidential campaign against Donald Trump, sending a message of hope to her supporters. “One year ago today, I began my campaign for President of the United States,” wrote Harris in a post on Tuesday, marking the official launch of her campaign, which later led to her becoming the first Black and Indian American woman to win a presidential nomination. “Over the 107 days of our race, I […]

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‘Who’s got next?’ Democrats already lining up for 2028 presidential race in early voting states

The first presidential primary votes won’t be cast for another two and a half years. And yet, over the span of 10 days in July, three Democratic presidential prospects are scheduled to campaign in South Carolina. Nearly a half dozen others have made recent pilgrimages to South Carolina, New Hampshire and Iowa — states that traditionally host the nation’s opening presidential nomination contests. Still other ambitious Democrats are having private conversations with officials on the ground there. The voters in these states […]

July 16, 2025

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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a close second to Kamala Harris in new 2028 presidential poll

Though the 2028 presidential election is four years away and will likely not see any candidate announcements until at least 2027, that isn’t stopping Democrats from mulling over who is their best shot to take back the White House after President Donald Trump’s second term concludes. A new poll shows where some voters fall on who they’d support in a potential 2028 presidential contest. While it may not be surprising that former Vice President Kamala Harris, the 2024 Democratic nominee, […]

April 18, 2025

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A presidential first: Trump at the Super Bowl, latest chapter in a complicated legacy with football

As a student, Donald Trump played high school football. As a business baron, he owned a team in an upstart rival to the NFL and then sued the established league. As president, he denigrated pros who took a knee during the national anthem as part of a social justice movement. He added to that complicated history with the sport on Sunday by becoming the first president in office to attend a Super Bowl. After flying from Florida to New Orleans, the Republican president met with participants in […]

February 9, 2025 1

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Trump fires Keisha Lance Bottoms from presidential council. She points out she already quit.

The first 24 hours of President Donald Trump‘s second term have come with a flurry of executive actions, including orders “restoring” the death penalty and reversing President Joe Biden’s executive order advancing racial equity throughout the federal government. Just after midnight, following a series of inaugural events on Monday night, Trump took to his social media platform, Truth Social, to announce personnel changes to several presidential councils. “YOU’RE FIRED,” wrote the former host of “The Apprentice.” Formerly Atlanta mayor Keisha […]

January 22, 2025 1

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Biden awards Denzel Washington, Magic Johnson and Fannie Lou Hamer with Presidential Medal of Freedom

President Joe Biden awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to 19 recipients on Saturday afternoon, including Black American luminaries, actor Denzel Washington, former NBA star and business mogul Earvin “Magic” Johnson, and the late civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer. Other recipients included former Secretary of State, U.S. Senator and First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton, musician Bono, actor Michael J. Fox, the late Robert F. Kennedy, Sr., fashion designer Ralph Lauren, and longtime Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour. The ceremony unfolded […]

January 4, 2025

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Bennie Thompson awarded Presidential Citizens Medal by Biden in a full-circle moment for the Mississippi lawmaker

Longtime Congressman Bennie Thompson, D-Miss., received one of the highest civilian honors on Thursday when President Joe Biden awarded him the Presidential Citizens Medal. Closing out the final days of his term, which ends on Jan. 20, Biden presented Thompson, 76, with the prestigious presidential award during a White House ceremony held in the East Room. For Thompson, who has been in Congress for more than 30 years and before that, served in local government, the presidential honor is years […]

January 2, 2025 1

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Kamala Harris considers 2026 run for governor and 2028 presidential comeback

After a devastating and decisive loss to Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election, Vice President Kamala Harris is keeping her “options open” about her political future once she leaves office next year. Harris has told her advisors and close allies, “I am staying in the fight,” Politico reports. What that fight looks like, however, remains up in the air. According to Harris’ inner circle, the vice president is considering running for governor of California when Gov. Gavin Newsom’s term-limited […]

November 25, 2024