Biden picks Kamala Harris, his former 2020 rival, to be his vice-presidential running mate

Subscribe now and access premium content View online           Politics Select           Biden picks Kamala Harris, his former 2020 rival, to be his vice-presidential running mate   Sen. Kamala Harris of California is the first woman of color to land a spot on the ticket for either major party.   READ MORE           The Russian vaccine is terrifying   Vladimir Putin announced that Russia is releasing a rushed COVID-19 vaccine, but the treatment has not undergone typical safety trials.   READ MORE           The UK is laying off 6,000 workers on its contact tracing scheme after reports detailed how they spent weeks watching Netflix, barbecuing, and doing quizzes   The UK currently pays 18,000 tracers to call people and alert them if they have been in contact with anyone who has tested positive for COVID-19.   READ MORE             The Trump administration cut its unemployment-benefit boost to $300 after blowback from cash-strapped states that couldn't afford to pay more   Unemployed people will see a 50% reduction from the $600 federal unemployment benefit that expired at the end of July.   READ MORE           These are the most powerful people advising Joe Biden and Kamala Harris on healthcare as they take on Trump   Democrats want to use healthcare issues to corner Republicans, in a reprise of their winning 2018 strategy.   READ MORE           How Kamala Harris resembles Mike Pence   Kamala Harris is a smart politician who knows how to match the views of the median voter in her party — kind of like Mike Pence.   READ MORE           How decades of US welfare policies lifted up the white middle class and largely excluded Black Americans   Historians and economic-policy researchers told Business Insider how welfare programs have left Black Americans behind, dating back to the New Deal.   READ MORE           Here are all the famous people Jeffrey Epstein was connected to   One of Jeffrey Epstein's accusers testified in court that Bill Clinton visited Epstein's island, unsealed documents show.   READ MORE           Amazon is chockfull of products promoting the far-right QAnon conspiracy theory even as fellow tech giants like Facebook, TikTok, Google, and Twitter crack down   Amazon carries hats, t-shirts, and other items related to QAnon, a far-right conspiracy theory that the FBI says poses domestic terrorism threats.   READ MORE           Kamala Harris is Joe Biden's vice-presidential running mate. Here's what the former presidential candidate ran on.   Kamala Harris, a US senator from California, is also the state's former attorney general. She will be Joe Biden's vice-presidential running mate.   READ MORE           Was this email forwarded to you? SUBSCRIBE NOW     You received this email because you signed up to this Business Insider newsletter using the email: ipat39@gmail.com   Email preferences Unsubscribe TERMS OF SERVICE PRIVACY POLICY 1 Liberty Plaza, 8th Floor. New York, NY 10006