Tag: Kamala Harris
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1st African-American woman Nobel laureate Toni Morrison dies
As the world grieved for her, prominent personalities wrote condolences for her on social media.
August 7, 2019 -
Kamala Harris’ campaign raises $12m in 2nd quarter
Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, still lags behind in fundraising totals when compared alongside other 2020 Democratic contenders. Her fundraising total for the second quarter was announced by her campaign on Friday
July 6, 2019 -
Kamala Harris surges to second spot among Democratic presidential aspirants
Kamala Harris, who is the first Indian-origin US Senator and first black Senator from California, is the fourth Democratic woman leader to enter the presidential race.
July 3, 2019 -
Kamala Harris attends SF Pride Parade
"It's great to be home," KRON4 news channel quoted Harris as saying.
July 1, 2019 -
US in ‘horrible situation’: Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden slams Trump
The 2020 United States presidential election, scheduled for November 3, 2020, will be the 59th quadrennial US presidential election.
June 28, 2019 -
Donald Trump is ‘divider-in-chief’, says Biden as he formally launches 2020 presidential bid
Biden has emerged as the frontrunner among nearly 20 Democratic presidential aspirants, including Indian-American Senator Kamala Harris, first Hindu US Congresswoman Tulsi Gabbard and Senator Bernie Sanders.
May 19, 2019 -
No benefit in breaking up Facebook: COO Sandberg
Several US Senators have called for breaking up the social network amid repeated data breaches and privacy violations on the platform.
May 18, 2019 -
NY Mayor de Blasio to announce 2020 presidential run
The two-term Mayor, who in 2017 became the first Democrat re-elected to office in more than three decades, joins the race after months of deliberations.
May 16, 2019 -
Seriously look at breaking up Facebook: Kamala Harris
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has rejected the call for breaking up his company, saying the size of Facebook was actually a benefit to its users and for the security of the democratic process. Zuckerberg dismissed the claim made by his long-time friend and Facebook co-founder Chris Hughes that it is time to break up Facebook.
May 13, 2019 -
Kamala Harris requests investigation against AG Barr
In a letter addressed to Department of Justice Inspector General Michael E. Horowitz, Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, cites the findings in Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report and Barr's Wednesday congressional testimony as the reasons, reports CNN.
May 4, 2019 -
Kamala Harris supports Congress over Trump’s impeachment
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, has said that she supports Congress moving towards President Donald Trump's impeachment.
April 23, 2019 -
Tulsi Gabbard outraises Harris among Indian-American donors
Gabbard, who is a Hindu American but not Indian-American, has raised more than $237,000, from the community
April 21, 2019 -
2020 Democratic candidates slam AG over Mueller report
In a statement, Warren accused Barr of acting like a "publicist for the President of the United States" and called his media briefing "a disgrace".
April 19, 2019 -
US Senator Sanders releases 10 years of tax returns
Sanders reported paying a 26 per cent effective tax rate on his adjusted gross income. The couple reported donating $18,950 to charity.
April 16, 2019 -
Kamala Harris releases tax returns of 15 years amounting to $1.9 million
Democratic presidential candidate Senator Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and Jamaican descent, has released 15 years of her tax returns, showing that she and her husband earned almost $1.9 million in 2018
April 15, 2019 -
Diasporic euphoria
As the second black woman to serve in the Senate, Ms. Harris joins a diverse and increasingly crowded field of Democrats vying for the nomination.
February 7, 2019 -
‘US dream under attack’: Kamala Harris kicks off 2020 presidential poll campaign
Harris, who was California's attorney general from 2011 to 2017, made her announcement to supporters outside city hall in Oakland, San Francisco's grittier neighbour where she was born.
January 28, 2019