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An economist at the forefront of the growing global push for a billionaire wealth tax is welcoming news that U.S. Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is embracing calls for a minimum levy on the United States' richest individuals.

Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg sparred with "Fox & Friends" host Lawrence Jones over violent crime and gun safety on Tuesday.

The U.S. Treasury Department unveiled sanctions against former Haitian president Michel Martelly on Tuesday for trafficking drugs, including cocaine, destined for the United States.

Former President Donald Trump has injected himself into a Florida state senate primary that Politico reports has grown "increasingly bitter."

Some people who cast votes for former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley in the Republican primary are not sticking with the GOP now that former President Donald Trump is the nominee, but are instead backing Vice President Kamala Harris.

The Washington Post drew heavy criticism Tuesday for its fact check of the first night of the Democratic National Convention.

Republicans urging Donald Trump to stop hurling personal insults at Vice President Kamala Harris have a considerable campaign adversary undermining their best efforts: Vice President Kamala Harris.

Self-described former "ultra-MAGA activist" Rich Logis was a key guest at the Democratic National Convention on Monday, where he proclaimed his support for Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign. The next morning, speaking to CNN's Jessica Dean, he explained how he made that political journey.

The president of the United Auto Workers used his appearance onstage during the opening night of the Democratic National Convention on Monday to blast Republican nominee Donald Trump as a union-buster who "laughs about firing workers who go on strike."

Donald Trump tried to remain focused on the issues during an awkward campaign stop at a Pennsylvania factory while Democrats rallied around Kamala Harris in Chicago, and MSNBC's Joe Scarborough said the gap between the two campaigns was widening.

Former President Donald Trump's ongoing legal battles have taken a new turn as he seeks to delay his sentencing in the Manhattan hush money case until after the 2024 election. This latest move is part of a broader strategy to avoid accountability across all four criminal cases against him, according to Norman Eisen, a former U.S. ambassador and White House official.

Not only did Sen. J.D. Vance's (R-OH) team refuse to provide a Washington Post analyst with more information about legislation he repeatedly claims to have introduced, they wouldn't even give her the number.

CHICAGO — Tens of thousands of visitors will pass by a 138-year-old brick church facing a parking lot for the United Center, home of this week’s Democratic National Convention.

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough highlighted the contrast between the Democratic National Convention and Donald Trump's desultory appearance at a Pennsylvania factory.

CHICAGO — President Joe Biden may be old, but former President Donald Trump is a joke — and the butt of one — at the Democratic National Convention.

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Former President Donald Trump's favorite campaign promise to voters would likely blow up in Americans' faces, economic experts told CNN on Tuesday.

The pioneering TV host Phil Donahue, who revolutionized daytime television by tackling major social and political issues in front of a studio audience, has died at the age of 88. The Phil Donahue Show, later renamed Donahue, ran from the 1960s through to 1996, and the affable host won 20 Emmy Awards and received a Peabody Award throughout his career. In 2003, Donahue was fired from his primetime MSNBC talk show for airing antiwar voices during the run-up to the U.S. invasion of Iraq, when most of... Читать дальше...

MSNBC's Joe Scarborough was blown away by the first night of the Democratic National Convention, saying they demonstrated "what Republicans feared the most."

OMAHA — A new poll in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District shows Vice President Kamala Harris has reinvigorated local Democrats, infusing them with renewed hope.

Recently, a reporter spoke with one of the chief architects of Project 2025 using a hidden camera and microphone and learned they’re still in tight with Trump, still planning to run his administration if he’s elected, still planning to gut the guardrails America has placed around capitalism over the past 100 years, and even planning to “pull the ladder up” to make it harder for entrepreneurs and small business people to succeed in America.

Political experts and journalists slammed former Fox News host Megyn Kelly for a 'racist' comment she posted to X Monday night during coverage of the first night of the Democratic National Convention.

CHICAGO – The leader of Democrats’ U.S. Senate campaign arm projected confidence Monday at a Politico event organized outside the Democratic National Convention, saying the party would sweep competitive races this cycle and retain control of the chamber with a win in the presidential race.

Democratic National Convention attendees will receive a warning about Donald Trump's "extremism" from one of his own former press secretaries, according to a new report.

On the campaign trail this year, like every year, the economy is top of mind for Ohio voters and candidates.