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Trump tests ethical boundaries with branded merch. (And all sales are final)

Dec 10, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Katie Rogers

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump learned a long time ago that photo opportunities could get him attention and that slapping his name on everything from skyscrapers to steaks could make him money. As a second-time presidential candidate and now the president-elect, he is marrying the two concepts faster than ever, tying the high-profile visuals of his political life to perfumes, watches, sneakers and digital trading cards.
Michelle Obama, a reluctant campaigner, will join Harris rally Saturday

Oct 26, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Katie Rogers

WASHINGTON — Michelle Obama, one of the Democratic Party’s most popular and elusive surrogates, will rally alongside Vice President Kamala Harris in Michigan on Saturday, making her return to the campaign trail less than two weeks before Election Day. With the race against former President Donald Trump virtually deadlocked, the Harris campaign is deploying Obama as part of a flurry of activity to mobilize voters to the polls.
Harris: Trump’s reported remarks on Hitler, Nazis ‘deeply troubling’

Oct 23, 2024 | staradvertiser.com | Katie Rogers

WASHINGTON >> Vice President Kamala Harris said today that former President Donald Trump’s reported comments praising Nazi generals offered “a window into who Donald Trump really is,” calling it “deeply troubling” that her Republican rival had apparently invoked the German dictator in conversations with one of his former chiefs of staff, John Kelly.
6 takeaways from Harris’ combative interview on Fox News

Oct 17, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Katie Rogers

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris sat for the most adversarial interview of her campaign Wednesday, sparring with Fox News anchor Bret Baier over the U.S. border, President Joe Biden’s mental fitness and whether former President Donald Trump is a threat to American democracy. For a Democratic presidential candidate, appearing on Fox News is about as close as going into the lion’s den as it gets.
7 takeaways from Harris’ interview on ‘60 Minutes’

Oct 8, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Katie Rogers |Reid Epstein

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris sat for an interview with “60 Minutes” that was broadcast Monday night and, in a departure from some of her recent appearances on cable news and podcasts, she was repeatedly pressed on questions she did not initially answer. During a sit-down with the show’s correspondent Bill Whitaker, Harris did not reveal new domestic policy proposals or share how she would pay for some of those she has already put forward.
Analysis | The politics of motherhood become a campaign trail cudgel

Sep 22, 2024 | star-telegram.com | Katie Rogers

The presidential race has exposed a fault line in American culture – or at least among today’s most prominent politicians – over the deeply personal (and usually private) decision to have children. Dreamstime/TNS WASHINGTON – She is not humble. She has no stake in the future of the country. She and other childless women are looking down on Americans who have chosen to reproduce.
Kamala Harris, hoping to build momentum, plans battleground state tour

Aug 24, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Katie Rogers |Reid Epstein

CHICAGO — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for president is entering a new phase, shifting from a 33-day sprint to the convention to something more familiar: Preparing for a debate and pivoting to getting out the vote. On Friday afternoon, Harris plans to fly back from Chicago to Washington, D.C., where she will spend the weekend decompressing from the mind-spinning turn of events that led to her accepting the Democratic nomination for president Thursday night.
The Confidants Guiding Harris for the Most Important Days of Her Life

Aug 18, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Erica Green |Katie Rogers |Reid Epstein |Katie Rogers

WASHINGTON — Her revamped presidential campaign has quickly added loyalists from her 2019 primary bid. Her former aides have returned to write a convention speech and see her through a debate against Donald Trump. Her sister flew to Washington, joining her as she made a pork roast and marinated over her choices for a running mate.
How Kamala Harris trusted her gut and picked Tim Walz

Aug 7, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Katie Rogers |Shane Goldmacher |Katie Glueck |Reid Epstein |Katie Rogers

When Vice President Kamala Harris gathered some of her closest advisers in the dining room of the Naval Observatory Saturday, they had more choices than time. Her team had just wrapped up the fastest, most intensive vetting of potential running mates in modern history, a blitz of paperwork and virtual interviews that had concluded only Friday.
Why did Harris pick Walz? His policies and Midwest appeal stood out

Aug 6, 2024 | seattletimes.com | Katie Rogers

WASHINGTON — As Kamala Harris was landing on her choice of a vice presidential candidate, a few things about Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota brought him to the front of the pack. According to two people directly familiar with her decision-making, the economic policies Walz has championed as governor, including a statewide child tax credit and a paid-leave program, are the kinds of measures a Harris administration would try to enact on a national scale.