Republicans flipped the Senate, but Democratic candidates often outran the top of the ticket, winning at least three battleground states that Vice President Kamala Harris lost.

It was claimed online that the Harris campaign had not paid staffers their last paycheck. There is no evidence to support the claims. One self-described Harris-Walz staffer, Marcus Vusovich, took to X, formerly Twitter, to debunk the allegation.

Harris won states including Rhode Island and Colorado, both of which require voters to show proof of identification when voting in person.

Harris and Trump have been neck and neck in polls in recent weeks. The two and their running mates, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) and Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), have ramped up their public appearances in the final days of the campaign, barnstorming battleground states and taking part in media blitzes.

Carville, while referring to Harris’ answer, pointed to an NBC News poll in September in which 65% of registered voters said the country was on the wrong track.

People online say that they are abandoning their boycotts of the coffee chain Starbucks, following Vice President Kamala Harris defeat in the 2024 election.

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President Biden and Vice President Harris appeared publicly together for the first time since President-elect Trump’s victory during a Veterans Day ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery.

The Kamala Harris-Tim Walz campaign aircraft is currently parked at Mobile’s Aeroplex at Brookley for reworking, according to airport spokesperson Devon Calametti. Calametti said the plane is being repainted by one of Aeroplex’s 89 partners, but she was unable to confirm which one.

Dallas Mavericks minority owner Mark Cuban took heat over the last week after he appeared to delete supportive X posts of Vice President Kamala Harris.

WASHINGTON — President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday made their first joint appearance since her election loss when they observed Veterans Day together by laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery.

Donations to the vice president's campaign on ActBlue are now being partially rerouted towards a vote recount effort.