On her first full day in the race, Kamala Harris drew endorsements from her final possible rivals, hauled in record sums of cash and attacked Donald Trump.
In a hearing on Capitol Hill, Director Kimberly A. Cheatle declined to answer questions about the lapses in protection that allowed a gunman to fire at former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pa.
Vice President Kamala Harris scooped up endorsements and wasted no time starting to build her new profile as the presumptive nominee and the new hope for defeating former President Donald J. Trump.
Long concerned about his “epitaph,” the president reluctantly surrendered his bid for a second term, but Democrats argue that his willingness to give up power may yet enhance his role in posterity.
Kimberly A. Cheatle will appear before a House committee amid criticism over the way her agency handled security for the rally at which former President Donald J. Trump was injured by a would-be assassin.
Vice President Kamala Harris faces many questions, from the management of her campaign to the selection of her running mate, should she be the Democratic Party’s nominee.
As President Biden grapples with the possibility of dropping his bid for re-election, a secondary question looms: Should he endorse his own vice president as the nominee?
In a reversal, a spokesman said the service had turned down requests from former President Donald J. Trump’s team over the past two years, though he said the requests did not include the recent rally in Pennsylvania.