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CHICAGO (AP) — Donald Trump falsely suggested Kamala Harris had misled voters about her race as the former president appeared before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago Wednesday in an interview that quickly turned hostile. The Republican former president wrongly claimed that Harris, the first Black woman and Asian American to serve as vice president, had in the past only promoted her Indian heritage. “I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black and now she wants to be known as Black. So, I don’t know, is she Indian...

CHICAGO - Donald Trump falsely questioned Kamala Harris' race during an appearance before the National Association of Black Journalists in Chicago that quickly turned hostile on Wednesday. The Republican former president claimed that Harris, the first Black woman and Asian American to serve as vice president, had in the past only promoted her Indian heritage.

ATLANTA -- Black voters expressed a mix of hope and worry Monday over Joe Biden’s exit from the presidential race and the prospect of Vice President Kamala Harris becoming the Democratic nominee. A key Democratic constituency, Black voters helped power Biden to victory in the 2020 primaries and ultimately to the White House, and they were among his most steadfast supporters, even as calls for him to quit grew. But as much pride as some Black Americans feel about the possibility of Harris, who is of Black and Indian descent, becoming president, the upending of the race has some voters...

Rhode Island Senate hopeful Matt Brown is challenging his rivals in the Democratic primary to a debate on the Iraq war. Within hours of Brown’s announcement, Democrat Carl Sheeler, a former Marine Corps captain who is also seeking the Senate nomination, took Brown up on his offer. Sheeler’s move would appear to make it difficult for former state Attorney General Sheldon Whitehouse (D) not to take part in the debate. Whitehouse spokesman Michael Guilfoyle said that Whitehouse was not immediately available for comment and that he would contact him as soon as possible for an answer. “He has got a...

News Channel 10 has learned that U.S. Rep. Jim Langevin will not run for U.S. Senate in 2006. The Democrat was considering a run for the seat now held by Sen. Lincoln Chafee. A Brown University poll in February indicated that Langevin could have beaten Chafee, a Republican. Chafee has confirmed he will seek re-election in 2006. Rhode Island Secretary of State Matt Brown has already begun his campaign for the seat.

Lavegin Would Face Primary With liberal Secretary Of State Matt Brown if he runs; possible Democrat candidates to succeed him include Lieutenant Governor Charles Fogarty, ex-Rep. Robert Weygand, while Republicans are coalescing around Warwick Mayor Scott Avedisian.

Brown is the first of several possible challengers to Sen. Chafee in the 2006 race to make his candidacy official.