Vice President Kamala Harris has agreed to an interview with Fox News, the network said on Monday. The interview, with Fox News’s chief political anchor, Bret Baier, will take place near Philadelphia on Wednesday, shortly before it airs at 6 p.m. Eastern on Mr. Baier’s program, “Special Report.” Ms. Harris …
Read More »How Wall St. Is Subtly Shaping the Harris Economic Agenda
When two of Vice President Kamala Harris’s closest advisers arrived in New York last month, they were seeking advice. The Democratic nominee was preparing to give her most far-reaching economic speech, and Tony West, Ms. Harris’s brother-in-law, and Brian Nelson, a longtime confidant, wanted to know how the city’s powerful …
Read More »In a Tight Presidential Race, Third-Party Candidates Present a Wild Card
With a month to go before what is widely expected to be an extraordinarily close election, an extra element of unpredictability looms: In every battleground state, there is at least one third-party or independent presidential candidate on the ballot. None of these candidates will come anywhere close to winning the …
Read More »Harris Steps Up a Major Push for Black Voters
Vice President Kamala Harris made a sweeping push on Monday to energize Black voters, among whom she faces slipping support, unveiling a plan to bolster the finances of Black men, appearing in interviews with two Black media outlets and releasing a pair of ads in battleground states targeted to that …
Read More »Kash Patel: The Magical Rise of a Self-Described ‘Wizard’ in Trump World
As President Donald J. Trump battled public outrage in the summer of 2019 over his effort to enlist Ukraine in digging up dirt on former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., he summoned a small group of top advisers to the Oval Office. Among them was Charles Kupperman, the deputy …
Read More »Opinion | America Is on the Brink of a Great Political Realignment. It’s Already Visible in Arizona.
One day each month, Charlie Kirk, one of the country’s most influential Republican activists, holds an event called Freedom Night in America at Dream City Church, a Pentecostal megachurch on the outskirts of Phoenix. “I truly believe that God has voted early in this election,” he said on a Wednesday …
Read More »Opinion | Three Weeks to Go, and That’s All Anyone Is Sure Of
Gail Collins: Bret, Kamala Harris sure seems proud of her gun ownership, doesn’t she? Bret Stephens: Think of Aretha Franklin singing, “G-L-O-C-K (E), find out what it means to me.” Gail: Hadn’t thought about it until she told Oprah Winfrey that if someone breaks into her house, “they’re getting shot.” …
Read More »Opinion | Food Is What We Have In Common. Why Don’t We Hear More From the Candidates About It?
In a surprising turn of events, the presidential candidates have been talking about food. Food can be a winning topic, but we need to hear much more. Donald Trump (seemingly influenced by his new ally, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.), is talking about making “America Healthy Again.” How? “We’re going to …
Read More »Opinion | What China’s Leaders Grasp About Another Trump Term
At the beginning of the Biden presidency, many of us serving in the National Security Council gathered to read the intelligence and reached a key conclusion: The 2020s would be what we called the “decisive decade” in U.S. competition with China. Beijing seeks to displace the United States from its …
Read More »Opinion | Doctors, A.I. and Empathy for Patients
More from our inbox: Breast Cancer ScreeningWalz’s MisstepsMental Health Support for Schoolchildren To the Editor: Re “ChatGPT’s Bedside Manner Is Better Than Mine,” by Jonathan Reisman (Opinion guest essay, Oct. 9): Dr. Reisman notes that ChatGPT’s answers to patient questions have been rated as more empathetic than those written by …
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