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WASHINGTON -- As Kamala Harris became the 49th vice president of the United States on Wednesday morning, the bells at her alma mater -- Howard University in Washington, D.C., -- tolled 49 times to ...

Rogers is a Black American designer from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who lives in Brooklyn, New York. He has dressed Lizzo, Rihanna and Cardi B and notably, Michelle Obama, when the former first lady wore ...

OAKLAND, Calif. - Family and lifelong friends of Vice President-elect Kamala Harris brought one priceless item from the Bay Area to Washington, D.C. for Wednesday's historic Inauguration Day ceremony.

Harris posted a video on Twitter, captioned: “I’m here today because of the women who came before me.” In the video, Harris could be heard repeating her opening remarks after she and Joe Biden were ...

Someone in VP Kamala Harris' camp wore sneakers to Wednesday's inauguration — but they weren't just any old pair of sneakers. Nikolas Ajagu — the husband of Harris' neice, Meena, and the father of the ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. – All of the former U.S. presidents attending Joe Biden’s inauguration arrived at the U.S. Capitol shortly before the soon-to-be commander in chief. George W. Bush and his wife, Laura ...

When Kamala Harris landed in Los Angeles on Jan. 20, 2025, after flying from Washington across a country that had so recently rejected her, she said she would remain a vocal leader for a nation that ...