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Georgia officials brace for threats ahead of presidential election
ATLANTA — It wasn’t the profanity-laden bomb threat that spooked Paulding County Election Director Deidre Holden. That just made her mad.
Nor did the gravity of the threat sink in when a state election official urged her to take it seriously, or when her husband insisted on spending the day at her office to protect her.
Holden said the ...Read more
Falling pump prices blunt Trump's inflation attacks on Harris
WASHINGTON — Steadily falling gasoline prices are providing a tailwind for U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign for the nation’s highest office as Donald Trump seeks to rile inflation-weary consumers by attacking her record on energy.
Retail gasoline prices have fallen to a six-month low in the U.S. and are only expected to fall ...Read more
Trump tells NC police event rising crime is 'brutal plague.' They say it's getting better
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump on Friday told members of the Fraternal Order of Police violent crime rates skyrocketed under the Biden administration, which contrasted with FOP’s endorsement hours earlier that cited lower crime rates.
Trump spoke in Charlotte for the FOP’s fall conference at the Hilton Charlotte ...Read more
LA real estate developer accused of 444 violations of campaign fundraising laws
LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Ethics Commission has accused real estate developer Samuel Leung of committing 444 violations of the city’s campaign finance laws, including those that prohibit the laundering of campaign money.
The agency, in a filing released Friday, said it had determined that “probable cause exists” to believe that ...Read more
Trump pledges '100% tariff' for countries that shun the dollar
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump pledged on Saturday to make it too costly for countries to shift away from using the U.S. dollar, adding a new pillar to his tariff platform.
“You leave the dollar and you’re not doing business with the United States because we are going to put a 100% tariff on your goods,” the Republican presidential nominee ...Read more
Slotkin, Rogers set to face off in 2 Senate debates
DETROIT — Michigan U.S. Senate candidates Mike Rogers and Elissa Slotkin will face off in two debates in October, after Rogers' campaign said Friday that he agreed participate in a pair of televised debates next month in Detroit and Grand Rapids.
Slotkin, a Holly Democrat, had previously accepted the same invitations from WOOD-TV in Grand ...Read more
Trump, Harris eye Pennsylvania as main battleground of 2024
Pennsylvania is emerging as the top battleground in the White House race with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump increasingly focusing their attention and resources on the Keystone state.
The most populous of the swing states, Pennsylvania — with its 19 Electoral College votes — has drawn repeated visits from the candidates in recent weeks. And...Read more
How memories of Japanese American imprisonment during WWII guided the US response to 9/11
As soon as Islamic extremists were identified as having carried out four deadly, coordinated attacks on U.S. soil in the early morning of Sept. 11, 2001, U.S. Secretary of Transportation Norman Mineta started hearing calls from the public to ban Arab Americans and Muslims from all flights – and even to round them up and detain them.
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Voters have made up their minds about Trump. They're still uncertain about Harris
WASHINGTON — “Who’s going to win?”
Anyone who writes about politics hears that question constantly. Let’s get it out of the way first: I don’t know; neither does anyone else.
With the campaign now in its final stretch, Vice President Kamala Harris holds a small lead over former President Donald Trump in most national polls (47%-44...Read more
Trump, Harris eye Pennsylvania as main battleground of 2024 race
Pennsylvania is emerging as the top battleground in the White House race with Kamala Harris and Donald Trump increasingly focusing their attention and resources on the Keystone state.
The most populous of the swing states, Pennsylvania — with its 19 Electoral College votes — has drawn repeated visits from the candidates in recent weeks. And...Read more
How someone becomes a torturer
Every day, thousands of people are tortured in police stations, security offices and prisons around the world. Human rights organizations protest torture and advocate for survivors, but neither they nor the public knows much about the torturers themselves.
Where do torturers come from? How can they do such terrible things? And most ...Read more
Editorial: Biden follows Harris's lead in fuel flip-flop
The Biden-Harris administration is many things, but steadfast on policy isn’t one of them.
When President Joe Biden ran in 2020, he caved to the Bernie Bros and let Sen. Bernie Sanders “Unity Task Force” influence his climate change agenda. Fossil fuels bad, pipelines must go, and green was the order of the day.
Vice President Kamala ...Read more
Here are Mitch McConnell's three biggest challenges this fall in Congress
WASHINGTON — Navigate a fight over the Save Act. Stave off a government shutdown. Win two Senate seats to hand Republicans control of the chamber in 2025.
Those are the top priorities of Mitch McConnell during his final two months as GOP leader, when Congress returns next week from its summer recess.
The 82-year-old McConnell will guide his ...Read more
Trump or Harris? For Putin, his preference isn't clear cut
Back in 2016, it was evident that Russian President Vladimir Putin was Team Trump. Top Kremlin officials cracked open champagne bottles in the early hours of Nov. 9 as the businessman-turned-politician emerged as the surprise victor in the U.S. election.
When it comes to determining where the Russian leader stands today, there is no easy answer...Read more
Commentary: Trump goes full revisionist on the economy
Listening to former President Donald Trump speak to the Economic Club of New York, you could be forgiven for thinking that the economy has been such a disaster since he left office that the stock market is in a perpetual free fall. And yet, the benchmark S&P 500 Index is up 64% since the 2020 election through Wednesday, topping the 60% gain at ...Read more
Expect Harris and Trump to lean on vibes over policies at debate
Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump will meet for the first time as they take the stage Tuesday for their only scheduled debate yet, a showdown their teams see as hinging on style rather than substance.
The Sept. 10 forum hosted by ABC News is expected to turn on perception and presentation rather than detailed discussions ...Read more
Commentary: Will Trump ever be tried for Jan. 6? Here's the answer that emerged from the latest hearing
Much remained uncertain after Thursday’s hearing on how to proceed with the federal Jan. 6 case against Donald Trump following the Supreme Court’s immunity ruling. But one point seemed clear: It’s not going to trial anytime soon.
The parties and U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan agreed that, as the judge put it, “the issue of immunity ...Read more
Justice Alito reports $900 concert tickets, no trips in latest filing
WASHINGTON — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito reported in a new financial disclosure that he took no trips in 2023 paid for by another person or organization, but revealed he failed to report a loan and did accept concert tickets from a German socialite.
The federal judiciary released Alito’s report on Friday after he requested an ...Read more
Donald Trump renews crime, immigration complaints while in NC to accept FOP endorsement
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump focused on rising crime and unchecked illegal immigration while in Charlotte Friday to formally accept the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police.
The Republican presidential nominee, speaking at the Hilton Charlotte University Place hotel, accused Vice President Kamala Harris, the ...Read more
Biden signs pro-labor order in Michigan, dares a successor to undo it
SCIO TOWNSHIP, Mich. — Democratic President Joe Biden signed a pro-labor executive order in Michigan Friday, flexing his administrative powers in a bid to promote unions and worker benefits, while daring a successor to repeal the policy.
The White House said the so-called "Good Jobs" order directs federal agencies to prioritize new labor ...Read more
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