President-elect Donald Trump won the 2024 election in part because working-class voters continued their migration toward the America First populism that Trump has advocated for the past three election cycles. One indicator of that shift is the working-class city of Fall River, Massachusetts, which voted Republican for the first time in 100 years. “Consider that […]

WASHINGTON—Democrats reacting to the outcome of the 2024 presidential election voiced the dual emotions of anguish over the loss and concern about the future under a second Trump presidency. Vice President Kamala Harris, who lost to former President Donald Trump, acknowledged the emotion of the moment in remarks to supporters on Nov. 6. “I know […]

DETROIT—Michigan’s Senate delegation remains solid blue as Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) defeated Republican Mike Rogers to claim the seat vacated by retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow. The race was called on Nov. 6 at 3:12 p.m. ET. Slotkin’s win shores up the Democrats’ minority in the chamber after Republicans gained control of the Senate on […]

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., PHILADELPHIA Pa.—Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump spent the final day before the presidential election rallying supporters in battleground states that help form a path to the White House. Harris visited Pennsylvania on Nov. 4, making her final appeal to the state’s 9 million voters at events in Scranton, Allentown, […]

WARREN, Mich./MILWAUKEE, Wis.—Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump made a series of dueling campaign stops in the key battleground states of Wisconsin and Michigan on Nov. 1. With the election just days away, the contest remains close. Polling averages on Oct. 31 showed Trump just barely ahead by 0.3 percent nationwide, but […]

KALAMAZOO, Mich.—Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump held back-to-back rallies in Michigan for a second week, each appealing to a different demographic on the first statewide day of early voting. Harris’s Oct. 26 event in Kalamazoo, co-billed with former First Lady Michelle Obama, targeted men who plan to vote for a third-party […]

Vice President Kamala Harris sat for an interview on NBC News on Oct. 22, discussing her economic plans for the country, contrasting herself with former President Donald Trump, and fielding pointed questions on abortion and her forthrightness with the American people about the state of President Joe Biden’s health. The 22-minute conversation with Hallie Jackson […]

AUBURN HILLS, Mich.—The major presidential candidates held six campaign events in Michigan on Oct. 18, including an appearance by each in Oakland County, home to over a million of the state’s 8.4 million registered voters. With 18 days remaining before the election, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris hammered home their core […]

Analysis Vice presidential candidates Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz engaged in a cordial yet spirited debate on Oct. 1. Both conceded a measure of agreement with the other on some policies, though each presented a vastly different picture of the present reality and the path to a better future. The candidates […]

How will the two vice presidential candidates perform in tonight’s VP debate? To answer that question, Epoch Times reporter Lawrence Wilson watched hours of past debates featuring Ohio Sen. JD Vance and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz and spoke with experts on rhetoric and political communication. NTD sat down with him for a deep dive.

News Analysis The primary candidates for the nation’s highest office offered little clarity on their policy plans as they met for the first time for a live, televised debate in Philadelphia on Sept. 10. In an opening exchange on the economy representative of the rest of the debate, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President […]

Former President Donald Trump proposed a modification to the 25th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution and promised an executive order barring federal employees from engaging in domestic censorship at a campaign rally in rural Wisconsin on Sept. 7. Speaking in Mosinee, a community of some 4,500 residents, the former president also commented on recent reports […]

BIG RAPIDS, Mich.—Vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), in a western Michigan rally on Aug. 27, criticized a controversial proposal to subsidize the construction of a Chinese-owned manufacturing plant in the region with U.S. tax dollars. Vance told approximately 1,000 attendees that the plan, supported by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), was a […]

CHICAGO—Vice President Kamala Harris delivered the biggest speech of her political career at the Democratic National Convention on Thursday, accepting the party’s nomination and introducing herself to the nation as her abbreviated 2024 campaign enters the final stretch. Harris took the stage 32 days after the sudden exit from the race of President Joe Biden, […]

CHICAGO—Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz gave one of the most important speeches of his career on Wednesday evening at the Democratic National Convention, accepting his party’s nomination for vice president. “It’s the honor of my life to accept your nomination for vice president of the United States,” Walz said to a thunderous reception on the convention’s third […]

CHICAGO—Democrats held the third rally of their national convention on Aug. 21, making the case that Vice President Kamala Harris is a strong leader who will lead the nation to a brighter future. The program included remarks by more than 40 speakers, including Democratic notables House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro, and […]

CHICAGO—Former President Barack Obama endorsed Kamala Harris’s presidential bid at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) on Aug. 20, adding to the backing offered by Hillary Clinton and President Joe Biden. “The torch has been passed,” Obama said, referring to Biden’s exit from the race in favor of Harris. “Now it’s up to all of us […]

CHICAGO—Hillary Clinton took the stage at the Democratic National Convention to urge delegates to support Vice President Kamala Harris in her bid to become the first woman to serve as President of the United States. Clinton, 76, was the first woman to gain a major party’s nomination for president. The former First Lady, who went […]

Former President Donald Trump and Elon Musk, CEO of the social platform X, held a wide ranging conversation on Aug. 12 on topics ranging from the economy to energy prices, with Trump suggesting tapping Musk as the head of a government efficiency commission at one point. After more than 30 minutes of delays caused by […]

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz “misspoke” in a 2018 video about “weapons of war that I carried in war,” a spokesperson for the Harris–Walz campaign said on Aug. 12. Walz, the Democrat nominee for vice president, made the remark in a video circulated by the campaign, commenting on gun control. “We can make sure that those […]