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Media access to Vice President Kamala Harris's address to U.S. troops at Pearl Harbor was suddenly blocked on Thursday. No explanation was given, according to the White House press pool, but the move came hours after two explosions outside the airport in Kabul killed 13 U.S. service members and 60 Afghans during evacuations....

Kamala Harris on Friday became the first woman to give the commencement speech at the United States Naval Academy when she addresses the 2021 graduating class. During the speech, Harris touched on some of the biggest threats to the nation and its armed forces, including the pandemic, cybersecurity, and climate change. One White House official said the address was her first broad speech focused on the military and the threats the country faces today. During her speech, she also spoke about ushering in a new era for America under the Biden-Harris administration and decided to mention the marines at the...

Updated at 3:35 p.m. ET Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his newly named running mate, California Sen. Kamala Harris, will make their first joint appearance Wednesday, following Biden's announcement of the selection Tuesday. The Biden campaign says the pair will deliver remarks in his hometown of Wilmington, Del., on "working together to restore the soul of the nation and fight for working families to move the country forward." The two also plan on attending a virtual fundraiser in the evening, according to the campaign. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, an introductory rally in front of throngs of supporters is...

Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and his recently chosen running mate Kamala Harris appeared together for the first time Wednesday in Delaware. Harris ... outlined her goal to pass a new civil rights act in honor of John Lewis and placed the blame for the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic squarely on President Trump: "This virus has impacted almost every country, but there's a reason it has hit America worse than any other advanced nation. It’s because of Trump’s failure to take it seriously from the start." The case against President Trump is "open and shut," Harris said. "He inherited...

In her first speech since Joe Biden selected her as his running mate, Senator Kamala Harris told multiple lies. To wit: “The president’s mismanagement of the pandemic has plunged us into the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression,” Harris said. False. The pandemic and its associated lockdowns, not the president, are responsible for the economic contraction. Donald Trump is not the president of the euro zone, which suffered through an even more dire economic contraction in the second quarter: minus 40.3 percent, on an annualized basis, as against minus 32.9 percent in the US. The U.K. suffered a contraction...