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2080 episodes transcribedIn 2018, Tim Walz said he carried weaponry "in war" when pushing for gun control, despite never serving in combat. He also said he chose to retire fro...
Former President Trump held a long, meandering press conference at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Thursday, where he committed to a Sept. 10 debate with...
Vice President Kamala Harris opened a narrow lead over former President Trump in the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist poll, but it is still within the margi...
She's a historic major party nominee, but her gender and race aren't cornerstones of Kamala Harris' candidacy in ways they were for other groundbreaki...
Walz, 60, is a veteran and former schoolteacher who has been governor of Minnesota since 2019. Why did Harris pick him, and what does he bring to the...
As election day nears, Vice President Harris and former President Trump will focus their campaigns in specific states in their efforts to win. We look...
Former president Trump is still working to distance himself from the Project 2025 policy proposals created largely by his former aides in cooperation...
With Vice Present Harris replacing President Biden as the likely Democratic nominee, early surveys of the race show Harris winning back younger, nonwh...
President Biden's plan to fix the Supreme Court is going nowhere quickly, but the ideas he is proposing seem likely to stick around for awhile.This ep...
Traditionally, vice presidential nominees are meant to bring balance to a political ticket without alienating any potential voters. Vice President Har...
JD Vance has been careful not to claim he served in a combat role while deployed to Iraq as a Marine. But after a Harris campaign ad claimed Vance wou...
Vice President Harris continues to pull in fistfuls of money and has secured another key endorsement from Barack and Michelle Obama.And racist tropes...
The vice president has been more vocal on the humanitarian crisis in the Gaza strip than President Biden, but she has maintained the administration's...
The president was emphatic about the threat that Donald Trump poses to American democracy. He said that after a lifetime of service, it was time to pa...
In a speech at her campaign headquarters, Vice President Harris highlighted her background as a prosecutor and will work to unite the party and earn t...
Vice President Harris faces no major opposition for the Democratic nomination. The fundraising platform ActBlue has reported more than $50 million in...
Biden strenuously resisted pressure to step down from the campaign for weeks after a debate in which he struggled to speak clearly and coherently. But...
In a lengthy speech formally accepting the Republican nomination for president, Donald Trump made his case for serving a second term focused on mass d...
J.D. Vance is 39 years-old and has been in office as Ohio's junior U.S. senator for less than two years. He said in an interview that this is his firs...
Night two of the Republican National Convention was full of speeches by former Trump rivals offering their full endorsement of the nominee. That inclu...
