Can she defeat Donald Trump? In just four years, Kamala Harris has gone from rising star, to has-been, to knocking at the door of the White House. Now she has to win the election.
Behold the world’s most powerful woman
Breaking barriers: Kamala Harris (above) is the first Black woman and Asian American vice president to be a major party’s nominee for US President. Glossary
Joe Biden - An American politician who was the 46th president of the United States from 2021 to 2025.
Vice president - In the USA, the vice president can take over from the president if they are unable to run the country.
Meteoric - Something that develops very fast and attracts a lot of attention.
District attorney - The chief prosecutor in a US county.
San Francisco - A city in the US state of California, home to more than 800,000 people.
Attorney general - The top legal officer of a state or territory.
Senator - A politician who has been elected to a body called a Senate. In the US, one of the two houses of Congress is the Senate. Ancient Rome also had a senate and senators.
G7 - A group made up of six of the world’s major industrialised nations/advanced economies (Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the UK) plus the EU. All of its current members are democracies.
Gaza - The smaller of two Palestinian territories, home to two million people. It is located on the Mediterranean coast, bordered by Israel and Egypt.
Republican Party - Also known as the Grand Old Party or GOP, it is one of the USA's two major political parties. Its first president was Abraham Lincoln. It sits on the right of the political spectrum.
Precarious - Unpredictable; uncertain.
GOP - Short for "Grand Old Party", a term for the US Republican party.