Kamala Harris said she thought of her mother immediately when former vice president Joe Biden offered her to be his running mate on the Democratic ticket for the November presidential elections
Donald Harris and Shyamala Gopalan grew up under British colonial rule on different sides of the planet
Harris, 55, is the first Indian-American to be selected for the second-highest elected office of the United States after that of the president
That upper glass ceiling is still there, and we are still one of the last developed nations to see a woman head of state, said Harvard University's political science chair.
Kamala Harris's sister, step-daughter and her niece on Wednesday introduced her as the Democratic vice presidential nominee during the party's virtual convention. Harris, 55, scripted history on Wednesday by becoming the first Black and Indian descent individual to be nominated as a vice-presidential candidate of a major political party. A biographical montage for Harris' family life was jointly presented by her sister, Maya Harris, her niece Meena Harris and her stepdaughter Ella Emhoff, who called her Momala, the world's greatest stepmom. Growing up, heaven help the poor kid that picked on me, said Maya, as the montage showed photos of the Harris sisters as young girls raised primarily by their immigrant mother from India, Shyamala Gopalan Harris. Gopalan married Donald Harris, an economist from Jamaica. The pair separated when Kamala was 5. Meena Harris praised Kamala as a strong, fierce role model for her own two daughters. I love you, I admire you, I am so proud of you, and
If elected in the November 3 Presidential election, Biden, 77, will become the oldest US president ever to be sworn in at the age of 78
Trump mocked Harris over her poor performance in the Democratic presidential primary
Democratic vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris has said her mother Shyamala Gopalan was her source of inspiration who had guided her throughout her entire life
Trump has slammed the "rhetoric" against the coronavirus vaccine by Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden and running mate Senator Kamala Harris, who he said would "never" be the president
US President Donald Trump slammed his Democratic Counterpart, Joe Biden, saying that he and Vice President nominee Kamala Harris "must apologise" for the "reckless anti-vaccine rhetoric."
Kamala Harris met with the family of a Wisconsin man shot by police last month to kick off her visit to the critical swing state
The strong criticism from Harris, the first Black and Indian-American woman on a major party vice presidential ticket came less than two months before the US presidential election
Democratic Party's vice-presidential candidate Kamala Harris has said that her late mother would have been "extremely proud" of her historic nomination and told her to go ahead and "beat Trump"
Unicef will be leading the procurement and supply of coronavirus vaccines to ensure that all countries have safe, fast and equitable access to initial doses when they are available
Vice Presidential candidate Kamala Harris hit out at President Trump saying his administration was "minimised the seriousness" of the outbreak
Kamala Harris said that she would not trust Trump on Covid vaccine adding that it would have to be a "credible source" that talks about "efficacy and the reliability of whatever he's talking about"
It also will attach links to official results to posts from candidates and campaigns declaring premature victories
Biden may lead the polls but lose the Electoral College, say analysts
Indian-origin Senator Kamala Harris, the Democratic Party's vice-presidential candidate, has urged South Asian women to run for office and take up a leadership role in their communities. Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden and his running mate Harris are challenging Republican incumbents President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence in the November 3 US election. "To all the young women who are watching this, I want you to know that leadership begins the day you are born. You are never too young or too old to be a leader," said Harris, 55, at an event on Saturday. Harris has scripted history in US politics after she became the first Indian-American and Black woman to get a major party's vice-presidential nomination. "So get involved in your community, run for office. Whatever you do, it matters, so just lead," said the senator from California, in an audio message to the virtual event 'South Asian Women in Leadership: Ushering a New Wave of Diversity in the Biden-Harris
Within President Donald Trump's campaign, some privately feared the worst heading into the national conventions