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The trip is set to be her first visit to the southern border since President Biden dropped out of the race. Ms. Harris may give remarks about border issues during the visit, according to the people, who insisted on anonymity to discuss a trip that has not yet been made public. The people said final details about exactly where Ms. Harris would visit or what else she might do on the trip have not been decided. Mr. Trump and Republicans have blamed Ms. Harris for the large numbers of migrants crossing into the United States from Mexico over the past several years. Early in his administration, Mr. Biden made Ms. Harris responsible for addressing the root causes of migration from Latin America.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald J, Biden, Harris, Trump Locations: U.S, Mexico, Arizona, United States, America

In the past, such a drumbeat of controversy in the final weeks of the campaign might have given voters pause, even prompting shifts in the race. “We are on overload with wild stories every news cycle,” said David Kochel, a longtime Republican strategist and a veteran of several presidential campaigns. You can’t keep up with it all, so a lot of people just tune it out.”Adding to it all was a moment far outside his control: Mr. Trump faced a second assassination attempt. It is unclear what — if anything — could reshuffle the race in such a fiercely polarized nation. In fact, views of Mr. Trump have improved from earlier this year when he was leading Mr. Biden, with more voters viewing him favorably now than they did several months ago.

Persons: ”, David Kochel, “ It’s, Trump, Biden, Harris, Trump’s Organizations: Communist

☆ Harris Has a Polling Edge in Wisconsin, but Democrats Don’t Trust It
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-20 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | More About Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

On paper, Vice President Kamala Harris should be feeling hopeful about Wisconsin. The last 40 public polls included in The New York Times polling average of the vital battleground state show her leading in 28, tied in four and trailing former President Donald J. Trump in eight. Ms. Harris, who is set to hold a rally in Madison on Friday evening, was up by four percentage points in the latest survey from Marquette Law School, widely considered the gold standard of Wisconsin polling. The Times polling average has shown her leading every day, albeit narrowly, since Aug. 6. And yet, in what has appeared to be Democrats’ strongest battleground state even when President Biden was still in the race, Democrats, Republicans and even the state’s pollsters can agree on one thing: They don’t fully trust the polling and don’t believe Ms. Harris is ahead by as much as some of the surveys say.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Donald J, Trump, Harris, Biden, ”, Charles Franklin Organizations: Wisconsin, The New York Times, Marquette Law School, Republicans Locations: Madison, Wisconsin

Her quandary was encapsulated in the debate’s very first question, when Ms. Harris was asked if she thought Americans were better off now than they were four years ago. Polls show that Mr. Trump retains a high floor of Republican support. “This is a game of inches in the swing states,” Gov. “You’ve got to attach yourself to 20, 30, 40,000 voters in these key swing districts, the swing states. I mean, it’s not even about swing states.

Persons: Harris, Mr, Biden, Trump, Gavin Newsom, “ You’ve, Ms Organizations: ” Locations: California, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Wilkes, Barre, Pa

☆ Harris and Walz Plan Rally in Milwaukee During Democratic Convention
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-13 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | More About Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. The Harris-Walz rally in Milwaukee would be the latest visit on a tour in which the candidates spoke to crowds of over 10,000 people at five stops in battleground states last week. The campaign has jubilantly pointed to the events’ high energy and Mr. Walz has bragged about the turnout, irritating Mr. Trump to the point that he falsely claimed the Harris crowds were fake. The planned rally on Tuesday would most likely take place before the prime-time speeches in Chicago, where former President Barack Obama is set to be the night’s featured attraction. Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee is about 80 miles from the United Center in Chicago, where Democrats will gather for their convention.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Tim Walz, Harris, Donald J, Trump, Walz, Barack Obama Organizations: Gov, Fiserv, United Center Locations: Minnesota, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Chicago

Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with top candidates to serve as her vice president on Sunday, closing out her search for a running mate with a test of whether she and her potential new partner click. It was unclear whether other potential candidates — including Gov. Andy Beshear of Kentucky and Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg — were also on the schedule, or if they had already met with Ms. Harris. The in-person meeting, described as a “chemistry test,” is a final step in the search, but one that Ms. Harris is expected to put considerable stock in. Aides and associates have said that she often prioritizes personal rapport with her staff and advisers.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Mark Kelly of, Tim Walz, Josh Shapiro, Harris, Andy Beshear, Pete Buttigieg — Organizations: Gov, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Sunday, Naval Observatory Locations: Mark Kelly of Arizona, Washington, Kentucky

☆ Harris Plans to Campaign Next Week With Her Running Mate
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-30 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | More About Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Vice President Kamala Harris is planning to travel to six battleground states with her yet-to-be-named running mate over four days next week, according to two people briefed on the plans. Aides to Ms. Harris are penciling in travel for the new Democratic ticket beginning next Tuesday and running through Friday, according to the two people, who insisted on anonymity to discuss sensitive plans that have not been finalized. The draft travel schedule suggests that Ms. Harris will name her running mate no later than next Tuesday, earlier than the deadline on Aug. 7 that her campaign set last week to have the vice-presidential nominee in place. Reuters was first to report that she was scheduled to campaign with her running mate next week. Details on which states Ms. Harris and her running mate will visit first, or on which day, were still being worked out Tuesday afternoon.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Harris, Ms Organizations: Democratic, Reuters Locations: Arizona , Michigan, Nevada , North Carolina , Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

Reid J. Epstein covers campaigns and elections from Washington. Before joining The Times in 2019, he worked at The Wall Street Journal, Politico, Newsday and The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. See more on: U.S.

Persons: Reid J, Epstein Organizations: The Times, Wall Street, Politico, Newsday, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Locations: Washington

Senator Mark Warner, Democrat of Virginia, is working to convene Democratic senators next week to discuss a path forward after President Biden’s disastrous debate performance, and to discuss their concerns about him remaining as the nominee, according to five people with direct knowledge about the effort. The push by Mr. Warner reflects a mounting sense of panic among some Democrats in the Senate about Mr. Biden’s viability to continue in the presidential race, and growing frustration among senators that the president and those around him have not communicated directly with them about how they plan to address such concerns. The people insisted on anonymity to discuss Mr. Warner’s efforts, and a spokeswoman for the senator did not respond to requests for comment. His outreach efforts were reported earlier by The Washington Post. While some House Democrats have been outspoken in their harsh assessments of Mr. Biden’s performance last week — and three have called on him to end his candidacy — most senators have so far been quieter about their concerns.

Persons: Mark Warner, Biden’s, Warner Organizations: Democrat, Democratic, Senate, The Washington Post, Democrats Locations: Virginia

☆ Joe Biden, the Ultimate D.C. Veteran, Has Never Seen a Campaign Like This
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-02 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | More About Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

In October 1984, Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware was invited to address a conservative Baptist church near Wilmington as he campaigned for a third term. Mr. Biden, hardly the favorite of social conservatives, was in hostile political territory. But as the incumbent, he was given the first speaking slot — and he used it to hold court uninterrupted for nearly an hour. In 30 years, Mr. Biden never encountered a serious threat to his office. None of them took more than 41 percent of the vote against him.

Persons: Joseph R, Biden, Biden’s, Celia Cohen Organizations: Baptist, Biden’s Republican, “, Republican Locations: Delaware, Wilmington

☆ Biden Vows Federal Help After Bridge Collapse in Baltimore
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-26 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | More About Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden said on Tuesday that the federal government would “pay the entire cost of reconstructing” the collapsed Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, adding that he hoped it would be rebuilt and reopened “as soon as humanly possible.”Mr. Biden’s midday remarks from the White House came as he sought to demonstrate a robust federal government response to the bridge disaster, the second on a major interstate highway in the nation’s Northeast Corridor in 10 months. The president’s optimism about rebuilding Baltimore’s bridge follows the successful effort last summer to put back together an Interstate 95 overpass in Philadelphia that collapsed after a fire. Mr. Biden visited six days later and stood alongside Pennsylvania’s governor for an announcement that the overpass would be repaired and reopened within two weeks. Baltimore’s bridge collapse is a far larger infrastructure project that is all but certain to take much longer to repair. Mr. Biden said at the White House that he expected to visit “as soon as I can.” No trip has yet been arranged, officials said.

Persons: Biden, Francis Scott Key, Mr, Pennsylvania’s, “ Organizations: White Locations: Baltimore, “, Philadelphia

☆ Anti-Trump Group of Republicans Lays Out $50 Million Plan of Attack
▼ + stars: | 2024-03-12 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | More About Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A Republican group dedicated to opposing former President Donald J. Trump is planning to spend $50 million to stop him through a series of homemade testimonial videos of voters who backed him in past elections but say they can no longer support him in 2024. The group, Republican Voters Against Trump, first emerged in the 2020 campaign and made a return appearance for the 2022 midterm elections. Unlike Democratic organizations that aim to help President Biden by promoting his record in office, Ms. Longwell’s group focuses solely on attacking Mr. Trump through the voices of his former backers. The Republican Voters Against Trump website features 100 videos, from one to three minutes long, of Republicans speaking to a computer or mobile-phone camera about why they voted for Mr. Trump in 2016 or 2020 and will not do so in 2024. The personal testimonial style, Ms. Longwell said, has proved far more successful in her focus groups at cleaving Trump voters away from him than traditional attack advertising that contrasts Mr. Trump with Mr. Biden.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Sarah Longwell, Biden, Longwell Organizations: Republican, Trump, Democratic, Mr, Republican Voters, cleaving Trump

☆ Biden Calls Republicans in Congress ‘Worse’ Than Strom Thurmond
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-22 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | More About Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

“I’ve served with real racists,” he said at an evening fund-raiser in California. “I’ve served with Strom Thurmond. I’ve served with all these guys that have set terrible records on race. “By the time Strom left, he did terrible things,” Mr. Biden said, according to a pool report. But he added that Mr. Thurmond ended up having more African Americans “in his staff than any other member in Congress.

Persons: Biden, “ I’ve, ”, Strom Thurmond, I’ve, Mr, Thurmond, Strom, “ Organizations: Southern Locations: California, South Carolina

For the past few months, we’ve been asking our listeners to write in with questions, and we’ve gotten some great ones. Things like: How does polling work? Does Joe Biden’s stance on Gaza present a campaign challenge? And who might Donald Trump select as his running mate? But as we were sorting through them, an underlying theme started to emerge: People can’t seem to fathom that we’re careening toward a Biden-Trump rematch — and they want to know if anything could alter this seemingly inevitable reality.

Persons: we’ve, Joe Biden’s, Donald Trump Organizations: Biden, Trump Locations: Gaza

☆ MoveOn Will Spend $32 Million to Back Biden and Other Democrats
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-26 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | More About Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

1 thing that unifies MoveOn members is their desire to defeat the radical right and prevent them from gaining governing power,” Ms. Epting said. Founded in 1998 to resist Republican efforts to impeach President Bill Clinton, MoveOn has become ingrained in the progressive firmament in Washington and across the country. Ms. Epting is now a key player in the Democratic endeavor to stop the centrist group No Labels from fielding a 2024 presidential candidate. In its effort to help Mr. Biden and other Democrats, MoveOn intends to target voters who became eligible to vote or became more active voters after Mr. Trump won the presidency in 2016. This group, which MoveOn calls “surge voters,” tends to vote for Democrats but is less tuned in to political news.

Persons: Ms, Epting, “, ”, Bill Clinton, MoveOn, Biden, Trump Organizations: Democratic Locations: Washington

☆ A Top Biden Aide Is Taking the Reins of His Re-election Campaign
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-23 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | More About Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden has approved a shake-up of the leadership of his campaign, and will dispatch a top White House aide to take over functional control of his re-election effort just as former President Donald J. Trump appears to be seizing control of the Republican primary contest to oppose him. The aide, Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, who was the campaign manager for Mr. Biden’s 2020 campaign and has served as a deputy chief of staff in the White House since he became president, will move to the Biden 2024 headquarters in Wilmington, Del., and direct the campaign’s efforts, according to five people familiar with the discussions. It is unclear precisely what title Ms. O’Malley Dillon will take at the campaign or when the announcement will be made, though it could come later this week. Julie Chávez Rodríguez, the campaign’s manager since shortly after it began in April, is expected to retain that title. “Our campaign manager is and will continue to oversee the president’s re-election efforts, and this campaign will remain laser-focused on defeating Donald Trump and MAGA extremism at the ballot box this November,” said Michael Tyler, the campaign’s communications director.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, Jennifer O’Malley Dillon, Biden’s, O’Malley Dillon, Julie Chávez Rodríguez, “, Donald Trump, ”, Michael Tyler Organizations: White, Republican, MAGA Locations: Wilmington, Del

☆ Dean Phillips Floats a No Labels Bid if 2024 Is Trump vs. Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-20 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | More About Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Representative Dean Phillips of Minnesota, a Democrat running a long-shot primary challenge to President Biden, said on Saturday that he would consider running on the ticket of No Labels, a centrist group exploring an independent bid, if it appeared the general election would be a rematch between Mr. Biden and Donald J. Trump. Democratic allies of Mr. Biden have been alarmed by No Labels, worrying that any candidate it runs could siphon votes from him. “People are criticizing them because they believe whomever they offer on their ticket will hurt Joe Biden,” Mr. Phillips said after a town-hall event at a senior center in Nashua, N.H. “That’s false. They haven’t made that determination.”Mr. Phillips has a long relationship with Ms. Jacobson and No Labels from his tenure in the group’s congressional Problem Solvers Caucus, an organization that promotes policies with bipartisan support. He said he had told Ms. Jacobson he would not discuss running as the No Labels candidate “at this time.”

Persons: Dean Phillips, Biden, Donald J, Phillips, Nancy Jacobson, Mr, Joe Biden, ” Mr, “, Donald Trump, Jacobson, ” Organizations: Dean Phillips of, Democrat, Mr, Trump, Democratic Locations: Dean Phillips of Minnesota, Nashua, N.H, United States, America

President Biden is cruising to the Democratic nomination. Former President Donald J. Trump could begin to wrap up his party’s nod within days. Even as both men stroll toward likely summer coronations and a fall rematch, an undercurrent of disbelief is coursing through the country. Many Republicans view Mr. Biden as so politically and physically weak that they think his party will replace him. Many Democrats can’t fathom that Mr. Trump could win another nomination while he is facing 91 felony counts and four criminal trials.

Persons: Biden, Donald J, Trump, Mr, “, ” David Lage, “ They’ve, ” Organizations: Democratic, Republican Locations: Spring Hill , Iowa

☆ The Joy of Defeat in the Iowa Caucuses
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-15 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | More About Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

When Diggins won gold in South Korea, NBC’s announcer nearly hyperventilated on the air. “Here comes Diggins! Here comes Diggins!” he screamed as she moved into first place just ahead of the finish line, followed by “Yes! — Gold!”When Diggins won two more medals four years later, the hype was relatively muted. Nike may disagree — “Second place is the first loser,” the shoe company said at the 1996 Summer Games — but in Iowa second place is often the second winner.

Persons: ”, Diggins, “, —, Haley Organizations: Trump, Nike Locations: Italian, South Korea, Iowa

☆ Talk About Abortion, Don’t Talk About Trump: Governors Give Biden Advice
▼ + stars: | 2023-12-04 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | More About Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

America’s Democratic governors brag about booming local economies, preside over ribbon-cuttings of projects paid for with new federal legislation and have successfully framed themselves as defenders of abortion rights and democracy. Almost all of them are far more popular in their home states than the Democratic president they hope to re-elect next year. While President Biden is mired in the political doldrums of low approval ratings and a national economy that voters are sour on, Democratic governors are riding high, having won re-election in red-state Kentucky last month and holding office in five of the seven most important presidential battleground states. The governors, like nearly all prominent Democrats, are publicly projecting confidence: In interviews and conversations with eight governors at their annual winter gathering at the Arizona Biltmore in Phoenix over the weekend, they expressed on-the-record optimism that Mr. Biden would win re-election.

Persons: Biden Organizations: Democratic, Arizona Biltmore Locations: Kentucky, Phoenix

☆ Biden Campaign Aims to Weaponize Trump’s Threat to Obamacare
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-27 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | More About Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Very few events bring aides on President Biden’s re-election campaign more joy than when former President Donald J. Trump threatens to repeal popular Democratic policies. So when Mr. Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner, wrote on social media over the holiday weekend that he was “seriously looking at alternatives” to the 13-year-old Affordable Care Act, and that his fellow Republicans should “never give up” seeking its repeal, Mr. Biden’s campaign was happy to cede its programming decisions to Mr. Trump. Still, Mr. Biden’s aides intend to once again push to make Mr. Trump and his proposals the news. That strategy has become a key cog for the campaign, as Mr. Biden struggles with low approval ratings and increasingly focuses on foreign policy rather than his re-election bid. The campaign will air TV ads this week in Las Vegas and on national cable that contrast legislation passed by Mr. Biden that lowered prices on some prescription drugs with Mr. Trump’s proposal to repeal the Affordable Care Act, said Michael Tyler, the campaign’s communications director.

Persons: Biden’s, Donald J, Trump, “, Biden, Michael Tyler Organizations: Republican, Street, Mr Locations: Las Vegas

He denied those allegations and later sued the chamber. He said he “won the lawsuits” against his accusers, though he said the terms of the settlements remained confidential. Mr. Palomarez is a self-described Democrat who resigned from a diversity coalition convened by the Trump administration over its efforts to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. He appears on cable news occasionally to criticize President Biden on issues like immigration and domestic energy production. He is also the founder and chief executive of an advocacy organization with a mission similar to that of the U.S. Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, his former employer, and is now a volunteer leader at No Labels.

Persons: Javier Palomarez, Palomarez, Trump, “, ”, Biden Organizations: United States Hispanic Chamber, Commerce, Hispanic, U.S, of Commerce

☆ Ignore Trump? Democrats Now Want Him Plastered All Over the News.
▼ + stars: | 2023-11-21 | by ( Reid J. Epstein | More About Reid J. Epstein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

But while Mr. Trump is likely to rise in the public consciousness as November 2024 approaches, it is far from certain that he will sabotage himself politically. His campaign has little to show for a $40 million advertising push promoting his economic record. “It is important to remind people of what a total and absolute disaster Trump was.”Mr. Biden and Democrats, of course, cannot control decisions that news organizations make or the topics that absorb voters in person and on social media. But the Biden campaign, which is aiming to make the 2024 election a referendum on whether Mr. Trump should return to the White House, can try to push the national discussion in his direction with its messaging. One big challenge, however, is that many Americans who tuned out the former president when he left office show little interest in hearing more about him.

Persons: Trump, Biden, “, Donald Trump, ”, Adrianne, Mr Organizations: The New York Times, Siena College, White Locations: people’s, Adrianne Shropshire

Vice President Kamala Harris will travel to Columbia, S.C., on Friday to formally file President Biden’s paperwork to appear on the Democratic primary ballot in the state, according to two people familiar with her plans. Ms. Harris’s trip will punctuate the end of a tumultuous week for her and Mr. Biden. The Biden campaign had said its South Carolina paperwork would be filed by Representative James Clyburn, the South Carolina Democrat who helped resuscitate Mr. Biden’s 2020 campaign by endorsing him three days before his state’s primary. Mr. Biden repaid the favor by pushing the Democratic National Committee to put South Carolina at the front of the party’s presidential nominating calendar. Ms. Harris and Mr. Clyburn will meet to file the primary paperwork at the South Carolina Democratic Party headquarters, said the people familiar with the plans, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the trip was supposed to be a surprise.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Biden, Mr, Donald J, Trump, James Clyburn, Biden’s, Harris, Clyburn Organizations: Democratic, Democrats, Republican, South Carolina Democrat, Democratic National Committee, South Carolina Democratic Party Locations: Columbia, Virginia , Kentucky, Ohio, South Carolina

What Mr. Manchin actually plans to do remains a mystery. Mr. Manchin has flirted this year with No Labels, a group that has made noise about running a centrist candidate for the White House. Some allies of Mr. Manchin are skeptical that he will run for president. For one, it would cost hundreds of millions of dollars to run a credible independent or third-party campaign, and Mr. Manchin has never been a formidable fund-raiser on his own. Jim Justice, a Republican who is running for the state’s Senate seat.

Persons: Manchin, ”, Jim Justice Organizations: Democrat, Senate, White, PAC, Greenbrier, Gov, Republican Locations: West Virginia

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