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Who is Pete Buttigieg, a possible Harris VP pick?
(WAHSINGTON) -- Four years ago, he was the millennial mayor of one of the smallest cities in America, and now Pete Buttigieg is being eyed as a possible running mate for Vice President Kamala Harris.Buttigieg, Biden's transportation secretary, has been coy about his potential for the role but has not…
Vice President Kamala Harris nears the end of search for running mate — with the choice in her hands
(WASHINGTON) --Suspense is building as Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate selection announcement nears -- with the process now resting in her own hands as of Friday, a person familiar tells ABC News.The vetting, led by former Attorney General Eric Holder and his team at the Covington and Burling law…
DOJ suing TikTok over alleged ‘widespread’ child privacy violations
(WASHINGTON) -- The Justice Department has filed a lawsuit against TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, accusing the social media giant of unlawfully collecting and retaining data from children in violation of United States privacy laws.The civil consumer protection complaint filed Friday in federal court in California accuses TikTok of…
Hunter Biden to be sentenced on gun crime a week after Election Day
(WILMINGTON, Del.) -- Hunter Biden, the son of President Joe Biden, will face sentencing for his three-count felony conviction on Nov. 13, just one week after the presidential election.Biden was found guilty in June by a Delaware jury of violating the law when he obtained a firearm in 2018, at…
White House puts Harris out front in historic prisoner exchange. Will it help her campaign?
(WASHINGTON) -- When Americans imprisoned in Russia returned to U.S. soil late Thursday, standing right there to greet them was the likely Democratic presidential nominee, Kamala Harris.The vice president, along with President Joe Biden, who ended his own campaign and handed her the party baton, greeted Wall Street Journal reporter…
Kamala Harris has enough delegate votes to officially become historic Democratic nominee: DNC chair
(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris has enough Democratic Party delegate votes in a virtual roll call to officially earn the party's nomination when the roll call ends Monday, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison announced Friday."I am so proud to confirm that Vice President Harris has earned more than…
Kamala Harris has enough delegate votes to become historic Democratic nominee: DNC chair
(WASHINGTON) -- Vice President Kamala Harris has enough Democratic Party delegate votes in a virtual roll call to earn the party's nomination when the roll call ends Monday, Democratic National Committee Chair Jaime Harrison announced Friday."I am so proud to confirm that Vice President Harris has earned more than a…
Simone Biles takes apparent jab at Donald Trump: ‘I love my black job’
(PARIS) -- The greatest gymnast of all time, Simone Biles, took an apparent jab at former President Donald Trump early Friday, tweeting, "I love my black job," in response to a tweet about her winning the gold medal in the women's individual all-around hours earlier.Biles' tweet came in response to…
Democrats to run newspaper ads in Trump’s rally locations calling for debate commitment
(WASHINGTON) -- When former President Donald Trump rallies across the country, voters in some of those states will read coverage of his events in their biggest papers -- and new Democratic attack ads.The Democratic National Committee on Friday is launching a new strategy to needle Trump over not committing to…
Russian prisoner swap raises debate over ramifications: ‘Are we actually feeding the beast?’
(WASHINGTON) -- Two dozen prisoners from seven countries were freed in a historic swap on Thursday, including several wrongfully detained American citizens held in Russia.President Joe Biden called the deal, the largest of its kind since the Cold War, "a feat of diplomacy and friendship."Among those released were two wrongfully…