Dave Boyer
Articles by Dave Boyer
Harris holds first campaign rally atop ticket as supporters chant to ‘lock up’ Trump
Vice President Kamala Harris took the fight to former President Donald Trump in the battleground of Wisconsin Tuesday in her first campaign stop as the presumptive Democratic nominee, telling voters that they face "a choice between freedom and chaos" in November. Published July 23, 2024
Doug Emhoff says his wife, VP Kamala Harris, will defeat Trump’s ‘lies’ and ‘gaslighting’
A day after Vice President Kamala Harris took over the Democratic presidential campaign, her husband delivered a broad indictment of Donald Trump and Republicans Tuesday as the party that bans books, disenfranchises voters and bars Americans from learning certain "facts." Published July 23, 2024
Harris takes center stage after stumbling in 2020 campaign and weathering shaky vice presidency
Vice President Kamala Harris is quickly becoming the Democratic Party's likely replacement nominee, receiving plaudits Monday for saving the campaign and energizing the base, but the rosy assessment belies her lackluster performance as vice president and her embarrassingly short presidential campaign in 2020. Published July 22, 2024
Kamala Harris predicts November victory at LGBTQ fundraiser in Cape Cod
While embattled President Biden spent the weekend in isolation with COVID-19, Vice President Kamala Harris held a $2 million campaign fundraiser Saturday in the largely gay community of Provincetown, Massachusetts. Published July 20, 2024
Harris holds urgent call with donors as pressure builds on Biden to quit race
Vice President Kamala Harris held a hastily organized video call with Democratic donors Friday afternoon as party leaders urge President Biden to quit the presidential race, according to multiple news outlets. Published July 19, 2024
Old acquaintance says Biden might go down in history as ‘selfish’
A retired journalist who's known President Biden since 1971 says the 81-year-old may be remembered as a selfish man who "clung to his office too long." Published July 17, 2024
MSNBC’s Joe Scarborough threatens to quit show over getting bumped for Trump shooting coverage
MSNBC host Joe Scarborough, whose "Morning Joe" show was pulled by network executives in the wake of the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump, said Tuesday that his bosses can "get somebody else to host this show" if he's bumped off the air again. Published July 16, 2024
Trump shooter had no clear politics, wore a Demolition Ranch T-shirt, had bomb-making material
The gunman who attempted to kill former President Donald Trump was Thomas Matthew Crooks, a 20-year-old who lived south of Pittsburgh, who had been bullied at school and had political leanings that were difficult to pin down. Published July 14, 2024
Ridiculed lawmakers laugh all the way to bank; calls grow for ban on stock trading
Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi's net worth is approaching $250 million in a surging stock market, and pressure also is growing for the California Democrat and others in Congress to ban lawmakers from individual stock trades. Published May 29, 2024
Biden team rolls out De Niro, ex-Capitol police to slam Trump outside courthouse
The Biden campaign brought actor Robert De Niro and two Jan. 6 Capitol police officers to Manhattan Tuesday to blast former President Donald Trump amid closing arguments in the nearby courthouse in his hush money trial. Published May 28, 2024
Maryland legislators scramble to pass aid package for idled port workers
Democrats at Maryland's state house scrambled Wednesday to draft an emergency aid package to replace income for more than 15,000 workers at the Port of Baltimore whose jobs are affected by the halt of shipping in the wake of a catastrophic bridge collapse. Published March 27, 2024
Key Bridge collapse closes Baltimore’s busy economic artery to shipping traffic
The collapse of the Key Bridge in Baltimore has closed one of the East Coast's busiest ports to shipping traffic, delivering a severe blow to the region's economy. Published March 26, 2024
Biden outlines divide with Republicans, embraces age, depicts Trump as threat to integrity of U.S.
President Biden confronted a national State of the Union audience that believes he is too old for the job Thursday night, calling on Republicans to end their blockade of aid to Ukraine and revive a failed border security plan in a prime-time test of his fitness to serve four more years. Published March 7, 2024
Biden says indictment of FBI informant for lying should stop GOP’s impeachment probe
President Biden said the indictment of an FBI informant accused of lying about bribes allegedly paid to Mr. Biden and son Hunter Biden should compel Republicans to drop their impeachment investigation of him. Published February 16, 2024
Inflation plagues Biden’s reelection despite his corporate greed focus
One of the many problems facing President Biden's bid for reelection is that high inflation, which soared after he took office, is now baked into voters' monthly budgets. Published February 16, 2024
Biden makes ‘Mexico’ gaffe while addressing criticism of his memory
An indignant President Biden, trying to refute a special counsel's report that called into question his mental acuity, committed another verbal gaffe Thursday night by referring to the president of Egypt as the "president of Mexico." Published February 8, 2024
Biden’s election-year freeze on new LNG exports cheers climate voters, rattles America’s allies
President Biden's moratorium on new LNG exports has threatened more than a dozen energy projects in the U.S. and raised doubts about America's reliability as a global fuel supplier, prompting accusations that he is weakening national security in an election-year ploy to appease young climate-conscious voters. Published January 27, 2024
Biden jokes that Democrat McAuliffe is Virginia’s ‘real governor’
President Biden, who criticizes former President Donald Trump for denying the results of the 2020 election, joked Tuesday that former Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe is the state's "real" governor. Published January 23, 2024
Biden approves shakeup of campaign leadership
President Biden has shaken up the leadership of his reelection campaign, sending a top White House aide to take over operations, according to a report. Published January 23, 2024
Fani Willls’ alleged boyfriend tapped as prosecutor against Trump, met with Biden officials
The Georgia special prosecutor seeking to convict former President Donald Trump for election interference met with Biden White House officials on the same day Attorney General Merrick Garland appointed Jack Smith as special counsel to probe similar federal charges against Mr. Trump, according to court records. Published January 9, 2024