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The vice president’s high profile, race and gender have made her a target of some of the worst internet smears. The problem is only getting worse.
Top organizers have released a “Black mandate” for the Biden administration, putting Kamala Harris under new pressure to deliver.
VP Kamala Harris’ stepdaughter and newly signed model Ella Emhoff made her runway debut Thursday in a digital-short fashion show for Proenza Schouler.
Kamala Harris is headed to Los Angeles this weekend, a month after becoming vice president, for a private visit home with her husband, Doug Emhoff.
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Kamala Harris was sworn in Wednesday as vice president — the first woman, first Black American and first Asian American in the position.
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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris takes the oath of office as the first female vice president in the history of the United States.
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Photo gallery of Kamala Harris and her rise to the vice presidency.
Making History
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After a tumultuous transition, the Biden administration begins today, and with it a new effort from the Los Angeles Times to cover a historic administration.
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That victory resonated with many girls and women who are Black or Asian or Latina or mixed race.
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The White House and others fear scrutiny over the personal branding efforts of the vice president’s niece, which have grown with Kamala Harris’ career.
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The Biden administration is promising Black business executives that it plans to make sure that the government’s economic support programs were able to reach minority-owned businesses.
Vice President Kamala Harris pledges help in the release of two Canadian citizens detained by China in call with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Barack Obama, the first Black president, followed aides’ advice to not be a “racial grievance” figure. Kamala Harris, the first Black vice president, will be. Times changed.
As a 50-50 tiebreaker, the vice president will have a chance to raise her profile and show loyalty to Biden.
Kamala Harris has shattered many glass ceilings, but she has great company in Alpha Kappa Alpha and other Black Greek-letter sororities and fraternities.
My grandmother was a Kamala, and now, so is my vice president. Why that means so much to me and so many others.
Combining the familiar and the novel, the inauguration of President Biden and Vice President Harris sought to reassure the nation — and then to forge ahead.
Washington, D.C., was prepared for the worst ahead of Inauguration Day. But the worst stayed home.
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The Howard University community celebrated one of its own, Kamala Harris, becoming vice president with a flurry of online activity.
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Kamala Harris’ call with French President Emmanuel Macron teases her potential role as a player in foreign policy, filling a gap in her presidential resume.
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A brief TV interview backfired on the vice president. It’s a reminder that landmines await as she carves out a role in the Biden administration.
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Capitol Police Officer Eugene Goodman was named an acting deputy Senate sergeant-at-arms to escort the vice president-elect
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Stephen Curry and the Golden State Warriors presented Oakland native Kamala Harris to honor her inauguration as the first female U.S. vice president.
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Kamala Harris makes history as the first woman, Black person and Asian American vice president of the United States.
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Harris’ breakthrough is so desperately needed because this country has worked tirelessly to break Black women.
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From prosecutor to San Francisco district attorney to California attorney general to U.S. senator, Vice President Kamala Harris defined many roles in her path to the White House.
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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris resigns her Senate seat on Monday in a video statement released on Twitter.
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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris said in an interview with The Times that she would resign her Senate seat Monday.
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Author Dan Morain answers queries about his new book on Kamala Harris, like why she’s an only-in-California politician and what to expect from her as vice president.
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Vice President-elect Kamala Harris appears on the cover of Vogue magazine’s February issue, but her team says the photo isn’t the agreed-upon one.
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Social media users are lambasting Vice President-elect Kamala Harris’ February 2021 Vogue shoot, decrying its lighting, backdrop and wardrobe direction.
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With a 50-50 Senate split, Harris will be the tiebreaking vote. But her advisors would rather she spend more time at the White House than Capitol Hill.
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A new study from Israel strongly suggests that the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine works as well in the real world as it does in clinical trials.
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California has surpassed 50,000 COVID-19 deaths, a tally that came as Los Angeles County reported a backlog of more than 800 deaths.
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COVID-19 vaccines are now being administered to healthcare workers in the U.S. What are your questions about the timeline, the safety or the science?
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The process for getting a COVID-19 vaccine varies county to county.
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Scientists fear “nightmare scenario” where a patient is infected by two different coronavirus strains that swap mutations and become more dangerous.
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‘It could be a mixture of adrenaline, it could’ve been shock’ that kept Tiger Woods calm after crash, the first deputy on the scene tells ‘Today.’
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After 90 days, the immunity developed in response to a coronavirus infection is about as protective as a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a new study.
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California’s coronavirus strain is more transmissible than its predecessors, is more resistant to vaccines and may cause more severe cases of COVID-19.
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Early childhood educators are juggling the tough task of caring for babies and preschoolers while also managing impromptu classrooms for older kids.
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It’s been a rough week in Lakerland, and it’ll probably get rougher Wednesday against Utah.
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In the latest episode of “The Envelope: The Podcast,” “The Flight Attendant’s” Kaley Cuoco says she felt no pressure for it to live up to “The Big Bang Theory.”
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