Harris raises $200 million in first week to build war chest
Vice President Kamala Harris raised $200 million in her first week as a 2024 presidential contender, highlighting the surge of enthusiasm among Democrats for their new presumptive nominee that’s also showing up in polls.
‘Maybe I’ve gotten worse’: Trump makes clear that unity is over
ST. CLOUD, Minn. — Early in his speech in Minnesota on Saturday night, former President Donald Trump made clear just how quickly he has jettisoned the appeal for national unity that he made after he survived an assassination attempt in Pennsylvania two weeks ago.
Embattled Democrats express new hope with Harris at top of ticket
WASHINGTON — Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., was not on anyone’s watch list of incumbents facing serious reelection trouble given the reliable partisan tilt of his state, which has not voted for a Republican for Senate since 2002 or a Republican presidential candidate since 2004.
JD Vance stumbles in his debut as Democrats go on offense
The choice of Sen. JD Vance as former President Donald Trump’s running mate reflected the confidence of a campaign so sure of victory in November that it could look beyond a second Trump term to the legacy of his movement.
Clear encampments? Mind your own business, Los Angeles says.
Gov. Gavin Newsom appeared this week wearing work gloves and Ray-Ban sunglasses as he hauled a garbage bag from under a freeway overpass in California. His message was obvious: He wanted state and local officials to clear out homeless encampments, just as he was doing, and he had signed an executive order to spur them into action.
‘Most beautiful ship in the world’ stops in Honolulu
Barack and Michelle Obama endorse Harris: ‘She gives us all reason to hope’
Former President Obama, one of the most well-respected voices in the modern Democratic Party, and former First Lady Michelle Obama officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday to be their party’s White House nominee in the fall.
Spaceman, Senator, VP pick? Kamala Harris sizes up Mark Kelly
The rugged border lands around Douglas, Arizona, dip through precipitous canyons and shoot skyward on rocky mountain walls, impossible terrain for a 30-foot steel bollard wall but not for the cartels smuggling people and contraband from Mexico.
Big expansion of Hilo Harbor entrance still in the works
A $62 million plan to expand the entrance to Hilo Harbor still needs some time in the oven.
Newsom orders California officials to remove homeless encampments
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Gov. Gavin Newsom ordered California state officials on Thursday to begin dismantling thousands of homeless encampments, the nation’s most sweeping response to a recent Supreme Court ruling that gave governments greater authority to remove homeless people from their streets.
Harris gains ground in polls as Trump tries to brand her a Marxist
HOUSTON — Vice President Kamala Harris took her presidential campaign blitz to the largest U.S. teachers’ union on Thursday, promising a “fight for the future” as new opinion polls showed her narrowing the gap with Republican rival Donald Trump.
Event at Hilo museum aims to hike awareness about tsunamis
Awareness and preparedness will be the main focus Saturday during the inaugural Tsunami Summer Jam in Hilo.
It’s history: Observation tower removed from bluff in HVNP
The landscape of Uekahuna bluff in Hawaii Volcanoes National Park has forever changed with the demolition today of the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Tower.
Trump attacks Harris as ‘radical’ in first rally since her ascent
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday blasted Vice President Kamala Harris as radically liberal and blamed her for what he called the Biden administration’s “disastrous” policies, repurposing attacks he had long leveled at President Joe Biden now that Harris is poised to be his opponent in November.
How Kamala Harris took command of the democratic party in 48 hours
Late Sunday morning, Vice President Kamala Harris summoned a small clutch of her closest advisers and allies to the Naval Observatory, where she lives and works, with little notice and even less information.
Time to end affordable housing credits? Report finds they don’t work as intended
Hawaii County’s incentives for building affordable housing don’t work, according to a study of the County Code.
Biden says he’s ‘passing the torch’ to defend democracy in speech from Oval Office
WASHINGTON— President Joe Biden said on Wednesday he pulled out of the race against Republican Donald Trump over concerns about the future of U.S. democracy, explaining he was stepping aside to allow a new generation to take over in his first public remarks since ending his re-election bid.
Shaelynn Lehano-Stone: a timeline of tragedy
A 9-year-old developmentally disabled Hilo girl starved to death by her parents and grandmother eight years ago was on the radar of Child Welfare Services almost from birth.
Harris rallies exuberant Democrats in Wisconsin: ‘The baton is in our hands’
WEST ALLIS, Wis. — Delivering a jolt of enthusiasm to a party reeling from weeks of infighting, Vice President Kamala Harris rallied Democrats on Tuesday in Wisconsin and laid out a fierce argument against former President Donald Trump.
