Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier Wednesday that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath to hold the nation’s second-highest office. Harris was sworn in as the nation’s first female vice president — and the first
Kamala Harris became the first female vice president and the first Black woman and person of South Asian descent to hold the role. She was sworn in Wednesday by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, the first Latina to serve on the Supreme Court.
WASHINGTON Vice President Kamala Harris broke the barrier Wednesday that has kept men at the top ranks of American power for more than two centuries when she took the oath