Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to outsmart former President Donald Trump and address old problems. vulnerabilities on her policy positions as she begins to flesh out how she would govern if elected in November.
Vice presidents rarely have their own policy portfolios. Now, after four years of following President Joe Biden’s lead, Harris is taking a cautious approach to unveiling a policy vision of her own.
Meanwhile, at least three news outlets have leaked confidential Trump campaign material, including the report vetting J.D. Vance as a vice presidential candidate. So far, each has refused to reveal details about what they received.
Instead, Politico, The New York Times and The Washington Post wrote about a possible hack of the campaign and described in general terms what they had done.
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A break-in was reported over the weekend at former President Donald Trump’s campaign headquarters in Virginia, and authorities are investigating whether anything was stolen.
It happened Sunday at an office in Ashburn rented by Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign that also serves as the headquarters of the Virginia 10th District Republican Committee, according to a news release from the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office in Northern Virginia.
The sheriff’s office was contacted around 9 p.m. Sunday. The office said it has surveillance video that shows someone wearing dark clothing, a dark hat, and carrying a backpack. The investigation is ongoing.
At least three news outlets have leaked confidential material from inside Donald Trump’s campaign, including the report vetting J.D. Vance as a vice presidential candidate. So far, each has refused to reveal details about what they received.
Instead, Politico, The New York Times and The Washington Post wrote about a possible hack of the campaign and described in general terms what they had done.
Their decisions are in striking contrast until the 2016 presidential campaign, when a Russian hacker exposed emails to and from Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager, John Podesta. The website Wikileaks published a trove of the embarrassing messages, and mainstream news organizations eagerly reported on them.
Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to outsmart former President Donald Trump and address old problems. vulnerabilities on her policy positions as she begins to flesh out how she would govern if elected in November.
Vice presidents rarely have their own policy portfolio — and almost always set aside any positions that differ from those of the Oval Office occupant. Now, after four years of following President Joe Biden’s lead, Harris is taking a cautious approach to unveiling a policy vision of her own.
But her rise to the top of the list after Biden abandoned his re-election bid also means her policy platform is being back together just as quickly.
When Harris inherited Biden’s political operation in late July, the campaign website quietly stripped away the six-point “issues” page that had defined the race against Trump, from expanding voting protections to restoring nationwide access to abortion. Instead, Harris has peppered her speeches with broad goals like “building the middle class.” She has called for federal laws to provide abortion access and ban assault rifles, but has been thin on the details of what they would specifically entail or how she would persuade Congress to move forward on some of the hottest political issues.