Delta has canceled or delayed more than 1,100 flights on Monday as it struggles to recover from a massive technology outage that first froze air travel nationwide on Friday. The airline canceled about 690 flights and delayed about 420 on Monday, according to the tracking service FlightAware. It comes a day after Transportation Secretary Pete...
We have to do more as a society to reduce the risk of political violence, and here are five ways we can start.
The Biden administration has announced more than $4 billion in Environmental Protection Act (EPA) grants to cut climate pollution across 30 states. The grants will be disbursed through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and are set to go to a total of 25 projects. The funds will be aimed at reducing greenhouse gas pollution from...
Rep. Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) predicted that Vice President Harris will be Democrats’ next presidential nominee, suggesting that after President Biden dropped out over the weekend, some members of the party feel pressure to select her due to her race. “A lot of Democrats feel they have to stick with her because of her ethnic background,”...
Sen. Dick Durbin (Ill.), the No. 2 Senate Democrat, officially endorsed Vice President Harris to become the Democratic presidential nominee on Monday, joining a growing list of influential Democrats to back her bid for the White House. Durbin becomes the highest ranked Senate Democrat to throw their weight behind her nascent campaign, joining House Minority...
Former President Trump on Sunday went on a social media tirade against President Biden’s decision not to seek reelection in November, claiming it was undemocratic and mocking Biden’s mental fitness. Trump posted 10 times on Truth Social between when Biden dropped out and Monday morning, complaining it was unfair to the Republican Party to have...
Voto Latino on Monday is endorsing Vice President Harris in her bid for the White House, pledging its entire 2024 campaign budget to her cause. The civic engagement group, a key player in Latino campaign politics, supported President Biden’s reelection efforts and is a fierce opponent of former President Trump. “As far right extremists seek...
The majority of state Democratic Party chairs voted Sunday to endorse Vice President Harris's presidential run, hours after President Biden announced he dropped his reelection bid. The Executive Committee of the Association of State Democratic Committees (ASDC), which represents 57 state Democratic parties across the nation, said its members quickly assembled on Sunday to "unite"...
the state of Utah, long known for its embrace of the firing squad, is planning to use a previously untried drug combination in a lethal injection of Taberon Honie on Aug. 8, the state’s first death row inmate to face an execution warrant in more than a decade.
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear (D) endorsed Vice President Harris for president on Monday morning amid speculation over whether he could serve as her running mate. “I am excited to fully endorse Vice President Harris for the next president of the United States. The vice president is smart and strong which will make her a good...
Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle plans to tell lawmakers Monday that the agency “failed” in its mission to protect the president after former President Trump was wounded earlier this month during a campaign rally. “The Secret Service’s solemn mission is to protect our nation’s leaders. On July 13th, we failed. As the Director of the...
Prominent Democratic donor John Morgan said that he will not fundraise for Vice President Kamala Harris, who President Biden endorsed for the Democratic nomination after his withdrawal from the race. "You have to be enthusiastic or hoping for a political appointment to be asking friends for money. I am neither. It's others turn now," Morgan,...
Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) on Monday said he is not running for office in the wake of speculation that he would pursue the Democratic presidential nomination after President Biden dropped his reelection bid on Sunday. "I'm not running for office," Manchin told "CBS Mornings" on Monday, adding, “I’m not looking…I don’t need that in my life.” “Let me...
Climate inflation is a big problem; it is ongoing, growing and permanent because our weather is on track to get far more violent and costly.
Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.) on Monday said he would not consider serving as Vice President Harris's running mate, arguing it is time for a "new generation" following President Biden's withdrawal from the 2024 race. When asked on "CNN This Morning" if he would consider running as VP with Harris -- who was endorsed by Biden...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer has published a bestselling autobiography, "True Gretch: What I've Learned About Life, Leadership, and Everything in Between," as she considers a future presidential run, joining a long line of politicians who have written memoirs before announcing their candidacy.
Vice President Harris raised nearly $50 million in grassroots donations on Sunday in the hours after President Biden stepped aside as the nominee and backed her to replace him. "Since the President endorsed Vice President Harris yesterday afternoon, everyday Americans have given $49.6 million in grassroots donations to her campaign," Lauren Hitt, a spokesperson for...
Vice President Kamala Harris by late Sunday was consolidating the necessary support to become the Democratic presidential nominee after President Biden’s momentous decision to step aside. But even if she claims that prize, the war to win November’s general election will be much tougher. A party that has endured a collective spasm of trauma since...
Congressional pressure is mounting on Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle over the assassination attempt against former President Trump, with multiple lawmakers calling for her resignation ahead of a Monday morning hearing with the House Oversight Committee. Republicans have been the most vocal in criticizing Cheatle; Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell...
The Democratic National Committee is deploying a mobile billboard to hit Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance outside of his first solo rally in Radford, Va., highlighting his past remarks on abortion and his ties to the conservative governing agenda Project 2025.
LGBTQ Americans and advocacy groups are sounding alarm bells over the selection of Sen. JD Vance as former President Trump’s running mate. In addition to a history of anti-LGBTQ statements, the Ohio Republican is the primary sponsor of at least two pieces of federal legislation threatening to sharply roll back transgender rights, including one proposal...
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is keeping political watchers wondering about his next move as he shows no signs of dropping out despite mediocre polls and a minimal chance of winning. On Sunday, in the hours after President Biden announced he was dropping out of the race and endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris as his replacement,...
President Biden’s announcement that he will no longer seek re-election to the White House is set to reverberate across Capitol Hill this week, as lawmakers return to Washington amid a new political environment and an unsettled presidential race. The news — which shook the U.S., especially Washington — is already rocking the Democratic Party, with some lawmakers...
President Biden has dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, caving to pressure from Democrats who agitated for him to step aside after a debate performance that left the political world in shock. Biden announced his decision in a social media post Sunday afternoon. On Sunday, he also endorsed Vice President Harris to become the...
CBS News’ Margaret Brennan said her sources warned her it would be “political suicide” for another Democrat to challenge Vice President Harris for the party nomination. President Biden announced he would be withdrawing from the race on Sunday and quickly endorsed Harris to be his replacement. Brennan was responding to her colleague Robert Costa on...