Vice President Kamala Harris came to Georgia Monday to kick off a nationwide tour promoting the White House’s record on economic issues and pledge to continue to support small businesses, particularly minority-owned ones.
The economy is a top voting issue for many Americans. Four "American Indicators," people reflecting different sectors of the economy in different parts of the country, talk about their politics.
Back in 1999 when Donald Trump was flirting with a presidential run, he was pro-abortion rights. In an interview on Meet the Press with NBC's Tim Russert, the New York real estate developer said he didn't like abortion, but he wouldn't ban it.
Fast forward almost two decades, and Trump was running for the republican presidential nomination, and he had a very different stance on abortion, even suggesting in an MSNBC town hall meeting that women should be punished for seeking abortions.
Trump ultimately won the presidency with the support of white Evangelical voters, many of whom wanted to see Roe v. Wade overturned. Six years after he won, the Supreme Court justices Trump appointed helped deliver exactly that.
Now as Trump mounts another run for the White House, abortion rights are on the ballot and winning. And Trump has once again evolved his stance on abortion. Is it a political calculation?
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A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll shows that Americans overwhelmingly reject criminalizing abortion while remain divided on other election-year issues like Biden's 2020 win. Plus: some signs of hope.
"Biden's chances of a second term are hurting, but not because of my campaign," the Baltimore, Md.-based entrepreneur says of his bid to win the Democratic nomination over the incumbent.
Campaign season is officially in full swing in Georgia, where President Joe Biden is expected to pay a visit to the Atlanta area March 9, just over a week after first lady Jill Biden stopped by downtown Atlanta to launch a nationwide effort to engage with women voters.
The political debate seems to have become an endangered species, and there are no assurances we'll see Trump, Biden or Haley share the stage this year.
