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Newsweek
a day ago
- Business
- Newsweek
Kamala Harris Ranks 6th in 2028 Betting Odds as 3 Rivals Take Early Lead
Based on facts, either observed and verified firsthand by the reporter, or reported and verified from knowledgeable sources. Newsweek AI is in beta. Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content. Polymarket kicked off its betting odds for the 2028 Democratic presidential primary last week, and former Vice President Kamala Harris is trailing five other Democratic candidates as of Monday. Newsweek reached out to Harris' team for comment via her press contact form. Why It Matters In just a matter of days, more than $600,000 has been bet on Democratic candidates' chances of winning in the 2028 primary. Although the election is still years away, candidates are making moves like traveling to early-voting South Carolina to build support among primary voters or fundraising for potential campaigns. The Democratic Party could be holding the most open primary in years, particularly depending on whether Harris decides to run for president again or seek the governorship in her home state of California, as no other candidate has a clear, consistent lead in polling. What to Know Polymarket betting odds give California Governor Gavin Newsom the best chance of becoming the party's nominee at 21 percent. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a favorite among progressives, follows at 17 percent. Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, whose decision not to run for statewide office in Michigan fueled speculation he will run for the White House, has a 13 percent chance of winning the nomination, according to Polymarket. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro has a 6 percent chance, while Maryland Governor Wes Moore and Harris both have a 5 percent chance. As of early Monday afternoon, it cost slightly more to bet on Moore than on Harris. Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer, Georgia Senator Jon Ossoff and Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear each had a 4 percent chance of becoming the party's nominee in the early betting odds. Although Harris trails Polymarket odds, she still has a polling lead over other candidates in most surveys. However, she has not confirmed she plans to run and is also speculated to be considering a gubernatorial run—it's unclear whether or not her odds would increase if she chooses against that run. A decision is expected to come toward the end of the summer. The latest McLaughlin poll showed Harris with a lead. Twenty-five percent of respondents said they planned to support her, compared to nine percent for Newsom and Ocasio-Cortez and eight percent for Buttigieg. However, that still marked her lowest vote share in a McLaughlin poll. In June, for instance, the pollster found that 30 percent of respondents would support her. The McLaughlin poll surveyed 1,000 general election voters from July 9 to July 14, 2025. On the other hand, a new AtlasIntel poll found that 27 percent of Democrats leaned toward Buttigieg, 19 percent toward Ocasio-Cortez, 16 percent toward Newsom and 15 percent toward Harris. Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the White House in Washington, D.C. on July 22, 2024. Former Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at the White House in Washington, D.C. on July 22, poll surveyed 1,935 respondents from July 13 to July 18, 2025, and had a margin of error of plus or minus 2 percentage points. Polymarket also found that Democrats have a 55 percent chance of winning the presidency in 2028 and that Vice President JD Vance has an early lead in the Republican primary. Polymarket correctly predicted Trump as the victor in last November's presidential race. What People Are Saying Kamala Harris, speaking about her plans earlier this year while visiting Los Angeles sites impacted by wildfires: "My plans are to be in touch with my community, to be in touch with the leaders and figure out what I can do to support them...I am here and would be here regardless of the office I hold, because it is the right thing to do, which is to show up in your community and thank the folks who are on the ground." Democratic influencer Harry Sisson wrote to X: "Polymarket just launched their 2028 election and nominee markets and Gavin Newsom is ahead. He would be a terrific nominee and an amazing president. MAGA wouldn't have a chance after Trump's disastrous presidency." What Happens Next The first votes of the primary will not be cast until early 2028, and most candidates are unlikely to announce whether they are running until after the 2026 midterm elections.
Boston Globe
2 days ago
- Politics
- Boston Globe
Suspect in border patrol shooting allegedly has a Massachusetts warrant for kidnapping
Advertisement 'The CBP officer bravely fought off his attacker, despite his wounds, demonstrating enormous skill and courage,' Trump said. 'The Democrats have flooded our nation with criminal invaders, and now, they must all be thrown out or, in some cases, immediately prosecuted in that we cannot take a chance that they are able to come back.' At 11:51 p.m. Saturday, New York Police Department officers responded to a 911 call of a person shot in Riverside Park in Upper Manhattan, a police spokesperson said. 'Upon arrival, officers were informed that two unidentified individuals had approached a 42-year-old male and a 40-year-old female from behind on a moped,' the police spokesperson said. One of the individuals then confronted the victims with a firearm, the police spokesperson said. Advertisement 'The male victim then displayed his own firearm and an exchange of gunfire ensued. The victim was shot twice, once in the left cheek and once in the right forearm,' the police spokesperson said. 'The suspect fled the scene on the moped in an unknown direction.' In a statement to the Globe Sunday, McLaughlin said the Saturday evening incident looked like an attempted robbery. The police spokesperson said there are no arrests at this time, and the investigation remains ongoing. The spokesperson did not respond to questions about which victim was the off-duty border patrol officer or the identity of the other victim. The Department of Homeland Security posted UPDATE: footage shows two assailants, one an illegal alien with criminal charges, ambushing and shooting a — Homeland Security (@DHSgov) This is a developing story. Marcela Rodrigues can be reached at
Toronto Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- Toronto Sun
GOLDSTEIN: The beautiful friendship of Dave McLaughlin and Rita Marley
Toronto saxophonist Dave McLaughlin poses for a photo with Rita Marley. Photo by Handout / Dave McLaughlin Over the years, I've written many pieces about my friend, Dave McLaughlin, a world-class saxophonist who was born in Kingston, Jamaica, immigrated to Canada in 1991, and has demonstrated a life-long commitment to raising money for good causes. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. 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Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Inspired as a teenager living in Jamaica by a visiting music professor from Indiana State University who told him to keep practising the saxophone because he was 'a natural,' McLaughlin took those words to heart and ended up touring the world and opening for the likes of the late, legendary Ray Charles. After emigrating to Canada, McLaughlin became a Canadian citizen and, settling in Toronto, formed the popular Dave McLaughlin Band, which today performs at corporate functions, weddings and other social events. But through all of his successes, McLaughlin never forget the lesson he learned at the parish church he attended while growing up as a child in Jamaica. That was the message contained in Psalm 41:1 that 'Blessed is the one who considers the poor' which McLaughlin took as a commandment to help young people in need to, as he puts it, 'make the right choices in life, because every child can grow up to become anything — a doctor, a lawyer or a criminal.' Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. To honour that, McLaughlin devotes a portion of his CD sales to worthy charities, performs for free at charitable fundraisers and organizes his own gospel concerts to raise funds for academic scholarships for deserving students in need in the Greater Toronto Area. But what I haven't written about before is McLaughlin's enduring friendship with Rita Marley — wife and backup singer to the late, legendary Jamaican reggae musical icon, Bob Marley, Rita, originally from Cuba, calls McLaughlin her adopted son and was the only person she trusted to compose songs celebrating her life and that of her late husband, who died in 1981 at the age of 36 of melanoma, after 13 years of marriage. On July 25, as he has many times in the past, McLaughlin will be flying to Jamaica as an honoured guest to perform at Rita Marley's 79th birthday party, a major annual event. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. McLaughlin grew up in Jamaica listening to Bob Marley's iconic songs — One Love; No Woman, No Cry; Redemption Song; Jamming; Stir it Up; I Shot the Sheriff and many others — and met him as a child because of his own father's role in helping to organize Reggae Sunsplash, a major annual musical festival in Jamaica from 1978 to 1996. His friendship with Rita Marley was cemented two decades ago when he performed at her mother's funeral. Ever since then, they've been close. One of the obvious things they have in common is a devotion to charity and good works. Marley, founder and chairwoman of the Robert Marley Foundation, Bob Marley Trust, and the Bob Marley Group of Companies, has received the Order of Jamaica and the country's Order of Distinction for her contributions to Jamaican music and culture, along with many other awards. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Read More In 2000, she created the Rita Marley Foundation aimed at alleviating poverty and hunger in developing countries among youth and the elderly, including a scholarship program for deserving students in need. Among her other charitable endeavours, she has adopted dozens of children in Ethiopia and helped hundreds of school-aged children in Ghana, where she was made an honorary citizen by the Ghanaian government after living there for many years. McLaughlin's tribute songs to Rita and Bob Marley — Let's Celebrate Rita Marley and Let's Celebrate Bob Marley, are available on Apple Music, with proceeds going to scholarship programs for deserving students in Toronto. Toronto & GTA MMA Letters Tennis Celebrity
Yahoo
4 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
DHS accuses 'activist' judge of pushing radical gender ideology by releasing trans migrant
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has ripped a federal judge in Washington for releasing a transgender illegal migrant from detention, saying the release was caused by the judge bowing to activist pressure. DHS Assistant Secretary Tricia McLaughlin said that U.S. District Court Judge Amy Baggio, a President Joe Biden appointee, ignored the rule of law and promoted "gender ideology fanaticism" by releasing the migrant, a transgender woman who is claiming asylum in the U.S. The migrant, identified by DHS as "Odalis Jhonatan Martinez-Velasquez, a male illegal alien from Mexico," entered the country in 2023 and was released under the Biden administration. Judge Orders Release Of Migrant Trans Woman Held In Male Section Of Ice Facility Martinez-Velasquez was detained on June 2 and placed into ICE's male detention center for the safety of women in ICE custody in accordance with President Donald Trump's executive order aimed at protecting women, DHS said. Baggio ordered Martinez-Velasquez released this week, despite having already been processed for expedited removal, ruling that the asylum seeker had been deprived of liberty without proper procedural safeguards. Read On The Fox News App "The activist judge is ignoring the biological reality of sex, undermining ICE's commitment to promoting safe, secure, and humane environments for women in custody, and subverting the American people's mandate to restore commonsense to our immigration system and reject extreme gender fanaticism," McLaughlin said. "An immigration judge, not a district judge, has the authority to decide if Odalis Jhonatan Martinez-Velasquez should be released or detained." On his first day back in office, President Donald J. Trump signed Executive Order of Defending Women from Gender Ideology Extremism and Restoring Biological Truth to the Federal Government, which prohibits DHS from detaining males in women's detention centers. McLaughlin said Martinez-Velasquez is no exception. Twice-deported Migrant Rapist Freed As Dems Face Heat For Sanctuary Policies "The President made it clear on Day One: DHS will not buy into radical gender ideology when detaining illegal aliens," McLaughlin said. Martinez-Velasquez is claiming asylum after allegedly being abducted and raped by cartel members in Mexico. The migrant was arrested outside a Portland courtroom last month and transferred to the Northwest ICE Processing Center in Tacoma, Washington. and held there for over 40 days after a judge granted the government's request to dismiss the asylum case. The nonprofit Innovation Law Lab, whose attorneys represent Martinez-Velasquez, decried the fact that Martinez-Velasquez was being held at a men's facility. Martinez-Velasquez' attorneys filed a habeas petition, a legal motion asking the court to review whether the detention was lawful, saying they were not aware of their client's location after the migrant was taken into custody. Under due process standards, especially in asylum cases, attorneys must be able to locate their client and ICE is required to notify or justify sudden detentions and transfers. In Martinez-Velasquez's case, the judge found that ICE's failure to provide timely, specific information about the migrant's location and legal status violated fundamental procedural fairness. The judge had also demanded to know why it was deemed immediately necessary. One of the migrant's attorneys, Stephen Manning, of Immigrant Law Group, previously told Opb that Martinez-Velasquez was processed into the Tacoma detention center, but he had not been granted access to her since her transfer. Martinez-Velasquez was identified only as "O-J-M" in court documents. "They threatened to kill her because O-J-M is a transgender woman," her habeas petition states, per OPB. "Fearing for her life, she fled and sought asylum in the United States in September 2023," Manning said. Manning told Willamette Weekly that his client had not committed a crime while in the U.S. and had regularly checked in at ICE offices as instructed. Oregon sanctuary laws prevent it from having long-term immigration detention facilities, and — aside from temporary holding cells at the Portland ICE office — the nearest immigration detention center is the Tacoma article source: DHS accuses 'activist' judge of pushing radical gender ideology by releasing trans migrant Solve the daily Crossword
The National
4 days ago
- Politics
- The National
BBC Scotland resorts again to simplistic straw-man defence
SO that's Professor Richard Murphy ended his chances of ever being invited back on BBC Scotland after he called out the corporation's obvious biases on the issues of Scottish independence, Israel-Palestine, and its constant platforming of right-wing views and news framing. During a phone-in on BBC Radio Scotland's Mornings Show discussing BBC impartiality, hosted by Connie McLaughlin, Murphy noted quite accurately that the half of the Scottish population who support independence have no trust in the broadcaster because it is 'so absolutely pro-Unionist'. Until Murphy's intervention the programme had largely consisted of McLaughlin, former BBC political editor Brian Taylor, and former BBC Radio 4 presenter Roger Bolton mutually patting one another on the back about how wonderfully impartial the BBC is and what a great job it does. When Murphy was brought in to have his 'final word', he said: 'We've gone on for 40-plus minutes and all I've heard so far is pro-BBC propaganda from the BBC.' After calling out McLaughlin for constantly interrupting him when she'd allowed her BBC colleagues to speak without interruption, Murphy was finally allowed to say: "The BBC is biased in favour of big business, it is biased in favour of the right wing media because it uses that as its news sources in the main for discussion, it is biased against the nationalist cause in Scotland, it is biased against the Palestinian cause in its claim and its right to have a state, it is biased in favour of Israel very clearly." The BBC likes to delegitimise those who call it out for its obvious bias, particularly on the issue of Scottish independence, by characterising its critics as conspiracy theorists, and indeed this was in essence the defence attempted on the programme by Brian Taylor, who claimed that he was 'never at any point asked within the BBC by managers to tailor a report to fit an agenda dictated by the BBC' adding that he had witnessed 'endless complaints' about BBC Scotland coverage. Taylor's response represented a simplistic and self-serving mischaracterisation of how bias operates. No one is alleging that BBC managers issue instructions to journalists and reporters to alter their reports in particular ways. That's not how institutional bias works. Institutional bias arises from a culture within an institution which creates and fosters perceptions that a particular institutional policy is fair, deserved, or justifiable in some manner. In the case of the BBC that policy is the belief that Scotland being a part of the UK is a natural and politically neutral state of affairs which does not require to be defended or justified. The BBC is a quintessentially British organisation and as such is incapable of viewing Scottish independence as anything other than a threat to the proper and natural order of things. This institutional culture permits those BBC employees who possess personal beliefs against Scottish independence permission to allow these beliefs to colour their reporting, safe in the knowledge that pro-UK bias will go unchallenged or will be tacitly supported by senior management, while those who have personal views in support of independence will self-censor. This is compounded by the BBC's unshakeable belief in its own impartiality, which inhibits staff from speaking out against bias from within the organisation, which allows bias to continue uncorrected and to become compounded over time. Institutional bias also shows itself in the choice and framing of news stories. The BBC has a symbiotic relationship with the print media, which in the UK is largely right wing, and which in Scotland is both largely right wing and overwhelmingly anti-independence. In both these aspects the print media is wildly out of kilter with the views of the Scottish population as a whole, yet the BBC's own pro-British and establishment institutional bias prevents it from recognising that it allows print media bias to determine the BBC's own news agenda and presentation. Evidence of BBC bias, particularly when it comes to the coverage of the Scottish constitutional issue, is overwhelming, but the BBC Scotland's institutional bias prevents the Corporation from recognising it as such. Recognising it would entail making a radical change to the entire structure, organisation and ethos of the BBC. Instead, it resorts to the simplistic and comfortable kind of straw man defence which was witnessed from Brian Taylor on this morning's BBC Scotland programme which implies that there is some sort of conspiracy being alleged. This protects the BBC from having to examine the more fundamental and systemic issues which are responsible for the bias which is so plain to see but which the BBC cannot admit to. Ian Murray visits Faslane nuclear base Ian Murray, the Governor General of North Britain, and a man whose views are remarkably plastic, changing over time to suit the requirements of his political masters, today visited the Faslane nuclear submarine base on the Clyde, to announce a £250 million investment in the ageing and polluting site. The cash will be spent over the next three years to improve infrastructure at the site, ensuring that the base can house the next generation of nuclear submarines. Murray was previously opposed to nuclear weapons, he's now an enthusiastic cheerleader for the UK's weapons of mass destruction. The £250m won't be spent on cleaning up the radioactive waste which the MoD has released into the Firth of Clyde. In 2009, The Guardian reported that there were repeated leaks of radioactive waste from broken pipes and storage tanks at the site into the waters of the Holy Loch. The leaks were so serious that that the Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (Sepa) warned that it would consider closing the base down if it had the legal powers to do so. There is no reason to believe that the MoD has cleaned up its act in the intervening sixteen years. Indeed, in 2020 it was reported that the MoD was planning to increase discharges of radioactive waste into the Firth of Clyde by up to 50 times. That's something else that BBC Scotland didn't give a lot of publicity to. [[BBC Scotland]] is quite content to push the UK Government line that its nuclear base on the Clyde is nothing more than an extremely generous job creation scheme for the greater Helensburgh area.
