KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sen. Josh Hawley kicked off the first debate in Missouri’s U.S. Senate race on Friday afternoon the way he’s spent most of his reelection bid – by attacking Democratic candidate Lucas Kunce.

“Our country is in crisis,” Hawley said. “And it’s in crisis because of the policies of Lucas Kunce and his allies in ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida health officials reiterated Thursday that state law allows abortions at any point in pregnancy to save the life of the mother, responding to concerns that Florida’s new six-week abortion ban is tying doctors’ hands and putting women in danger.

The state’s “provider alert” said abortions can be performed “to...Read more

WASHINGTON — A unanimous U.S. House voted Friday to require the same level of Secret Service protection for presidential candidates as for the president and vice president following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler.

The Enhanced Presidential Security Act passed, 405-0. It now goes to the U.S. Senate.

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ATLANTA — The Georgia Election Board’s Republican majority voted Friday to require a hand count of all ballots after polls close on election night, a new requirement that could delay results of the presidential race.

County election directors universally opposed the eleventh-hour counting mandate, saying it would undermine voter confidence ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida health officials reiterated Thursday that state law allows abortions at any point in pregnancy to save the life of the mother, responding to concerns that Florida’s new six-week abortion ban is tying doctors’ hands and putting women in danger.

The state’s “provider alert” said abortions can be performed “to...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court only narrowly rejected arguments raised by anti-abortion activists who tried to keep a measure overturning the state’s abortion ban off the November ballot.

The state Supreme Court last week issued an order keeping the proposed state constitutional amendment – called Amendment 3 – on the Nov...Read more

ATLANTA — A federal judge has rejected a Democratic challenge to a Georgia law that allows Gov. Brian Kemp and a few other Georgia politicians to raise unlimited campaign cash.

The Democratic Party of Georgia had sought a preliminary injunction to prevent the state from enforcing the law that created “leadership committees” that allow the...Read more

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Friday turned down an appeal from the Nevada Green Party, keeping the progressive party off the state's November presidential ballot.

The justices refused to intervene and overturn the state supreme court, which ruled two weeks ago the Green Party used the wrong form when gathering signatures. There were no ...Read more

Nepal’s attempt to deliver justice and accountability following the country’s decade-long civil war froze more than two years ago with little progress – but a recent development has raised hopes that it could soon be revived and revamped.

In August 2024, the country’s parliament passed a long-awaited bill that sets the stage ...Read more

Gentrification has become a familiar story in cities across the United States. The story line typically goes this way: Middle- and upper-income people start moving into a lower-income or poor neighborhood. Housing prices rise in response, and longtime residents and businesses are driven out.

As the U.S. population becomes increasingly...Read more

In their campaigns, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris project different emotions and moods. The contrast between them was particularly sharp during their debate on Sept. 10, 2024.

One candidate made appeals to the past, used more negative words and invoked fear. The other spoke more of the future, used ...Read more

A few weeks before Justin Bieber and his wife, Hailey, announced in May 2024 that they were expecting, the pop icon posted a selfie where he appears tearful and distraught.

While media attention quickly pivoted to the pregnancy, there was little attention paid to the significance of a male celebrity and expectant father publicly ...Read more

DENVER — The idea behind “The Wild Robot” sounds like a paradox: An artificially intelligent machine transforms itself into an emotional creature after exposure to the wilderness.

Those emotions are not a malfunction, but rather a result of natural evolution for our android protagonist, Roz. In author Peter Brown’s hit book, and now the...Read more

In 2015, Donald Trump shocked the political establishment and many Americans when he came down the escalator at Trump Tower to announce his first presidential candidacy and attacked Mexican migrants:

“They’re bringing drugs. They’re bringing crime. They’re rapists. And some, I assume, are good people,” Trump said at the time.

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WASHINGTON — Republican nominee Donald Trump told an antisemitism summit that Jewish voters could be to blame if he ultimately lost the presidential election and complained that he had not “been treated right” after his support of Israel.

“In my opinion the Jewish people would have a lot to do with a loss,” Trump said at the event ...Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia Lt. Gov. Burt Jones sent a series of texts critical of fellow Republicans as he worked to help former President Donald Trump overturn his narrow defeat in the weeks following the 2020 election, according to documents obtained through a public records request first reported by The New York Times.

The texts by Jones, who was ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said the Federal Reserve’s decision to lower its benchmark interest rate by a half percentage point was a “political move” and that a smaller cut would have been preferable.

“It really is a political move. Most people thought it was going to be half of that number, which ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump vowed to reinstate his travel ban that barred people from some predominantly Muslim countries and expand it to prevent refugees from war-torn Gaza from entering the United States.

“I will ban refugee resettlement from terror-infested areas like the Gaza Strip, and we will seal our border and bring ...Read more

A new report from CNN uncovering a series of offensive and alarming comments allegedly made by North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson on online forums years ago jolted the governor’s race Thursday.

The newly unearthed comments, which Robinson denied making and called “salacious, tabloid trash,” prompted a flurry of speculation about ...Read more

WASHINGTON — A bevy of new polls released in the last 24 hours have Kamala Harris either leading or tied with Donald Trump in the crucial battleground state of Pennsylvania — though none shows the former president ahead, as he was before President Joe Biden dropped out.

Polls from the New York Times/Siena College/Philadelphia Inquirer, ...Read more