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Kamala Harris invokes McCain, ‘straight talk’ at Arizona rally

Sen. Kamala Harris, the 2020 Democratic vice presidential nominee, invoked late Sen. John McCain Wednesday during a campaign swing through his adopted state of Arizona, kicking off her comments by saying she wanted to "start with a little straight talk" about President Trump and his failed response to the coronavirus.

October 28, 2020

Biden: Nation ‘cannot afford four more years’ of Trump

Joseph R. Biden said Wednesday President Trump is more interested in photo ops than he is in doing what it takes to combat the coronavirus, leaving Americans more vulnerable -- particularly minority communities.

October 28, 2020

Bernie Sanders vouching for Joe Biden, Kamala Harris

Sen. Bernard Sanders is hosting a "Fighting for a Living Wage" virtual rally featuring Democratic vice presidential candidate Kamala D. Harris Thursday to rally grassroots activists behind her presidential running mate Joseph R. Biden and down-ballot Democrats, and advocate raising the federal minimum wage to $15 an hour.

October 28, 2020

Donald Trump, Joe Biden fight for Black voters’ support as racial anger riles country, campaign

Cassandra Ferebee stood in a long line to vote on an overcast and rainy day, saying she was determined to cast her ballot for Joseph R. Biden because President Trump inflamed racial tensions and tore the country apart.

October 27, 2020

Joe Biden, Democrats falling short in swing states, early voting data shows

New early voting data showed Democrats failing to hit their mark in several battleground states, giving Trump campaign officials more reasons for optimism Tuesday.

October 27, 2020

Joe Biden sticks with ‘very smart’ message from start to finish

Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden is closing out the 2020 presidential race the same way he started it, framing his showdown with President Trump as a "battle for the soul of the nation" and making the case that "character is on the ballot."

October 27, 2020

Obama: Trump is ‘jealous of COVID’s media coverage’

Former President Barack Obama said Tuesday President Trump is "jealous of COVID's media coverage."

October 27, 2020

Biden outlines closing argument in final ad blitz

Joseph R. Biden is closing out his presidential campaign with the same basic message that he started it, telling voters in a new television ad that "we are in a battle for the soul of the nation" and "character is on the ballot."

October 27, 2020

Biden: Trump is ‘worst possible president’ to deal with coronavirus

Joseph R. Biden said Monday President Trump is the "worst possible president and worst possible person" to lead the country's response to the coronavirus, and said he isn't holding campaign rallies because he wants to prevent COVID-19 superspreader events.

October 26, 2020

Jared Kushner blasted for saying Black Americans must ‘want to be successful’

The late-in-the-game battle for the hearts and minds of Black voters picked up speed Monday after Jared Kushner said the Black community has come to find President Trump isn't the boogeyman that Democrats and the mainstream media make him out to be.

October 26, 2020

Trump says Biden would deliver ‘economic death sentence’ to Pennsylvania’s energy industry

President Trump barnstormed across Pennsylvania on Monday, telling voters that Democrat Joseph R. Biden's move way from the oil industry would be an "economic death sentence" for the state's natural-gas industry.

October 26, 2020

Barack Obama heads to Orlando for Joe Biden

Former President Barack Obama is headed back to Florida on behalf of Democratic nominee Joseph R. Biden a week out from the 2020 presidential election.

October 26, 2020

Under fire, Biden vows ‘I am not banning fracking’

Seeking to stop the political bleeding, Joseph R. Biden struck out on the campaign trail Saturday in Pennsylvania, pushing back against President Trump's charge that he wants to bring the hammer down on the oil and gas industry in the state by banning fracking.

October 24, 2020

Jill Biden: Pa. voters agree: ‘We all want to see the Patriots lose’

Jill Biden told her husband Joseph R. Biden's supporters in Pennsylvania Saturday that they may not agree on their favorite sports teams or their favorite gas stations, but they all have something in common: dislike for the New England Patriots of the National Football League.

October 24, 2020