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Why returning the name Kuwohi to the Great Smoky Mountains matters
It’s not every day that the name of a mountain is restored to the one used by Indigenous peoples for centuries.
But after nearly two years of trying, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians finally convinced the U.S. Board on Geographic Names on Sept. 18, 2024, to formally agree to rename the highest point in the Great Smoky Mountains ...Read more
Foreign countries are helping autocracies repress exiled dissidents in return for economic gain
Governments, even democratic ones, are willing to aid autocracies in silencing exiled dissidents if the host nation thinks it’s in its economic interest.
That is what we found when looking into cases of transnational repression – the act of governments reaching across their national border to repress diasporas and exiles – from ...Read more
Threatening ‘the enemy within’ with force: Military ethicists explain the danger to important American traditions
On the campaign trail, former President Donald Trump has declared there are serious threats to the United States. First, he said, there is “the outside enemy, and then we have the enemy from within, and the enemy from within, in my opinion, is more dangerous,” as he told Fox News in an Oct. 13, 2024, interview.
He went on to say ...Read more
Early voting is surging across the country. It's unclear who benefits
LOS ANGELES — After Katie Kern and her father, Robert Kern, cast their ballots for former President Trump in this suburb of Las Vegas, they said they wanted to make sure their vote was counted in the critical battleground state of Nevada so that the Republican would retake the White House.
"I'm probably more of a last-minute voter, but I ...Read more
Here are 5 industries with the most at stake in presidential election
The U.S. election next month will be a clash of visions that reverberates through the global economy for years to come.
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump in some cases have skirted how they will handle pivotal issues for major industries such as technology. Crucially, that includes how each candidate would proceed on antitrust efforts targeting ...Read more
'Firehose' of election conspiracy theories floods final days of the campaign
In the final days of the presidential election, lies about noncitizens voting, the vulnerability of mail-in ballots and the security of voting machines are spreading widely over social media.
Fanned by former President Donald Trump and notable allies such as tech tycoon Elon Musk, election disinformation is warping voters’ faith in the ...Read more
Editorial: Election denialism could spark violence after a close race
Donald J. Trump is rightly being criticized for his threat that, if elected, he would deploy the National Guard and the military against “the enemy from within,” a term he has applied to political opponents such as Rep. Adam B. Schiff and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Trump’s defenders argue that his threat concerned only what House ...Read more
Commentary: The 'sanewashing' of Trump
We're less than two weeks away from Election Day, and Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are sprinting from state to state in the race to the White House. However, increasing reports suggest Trump has been canceling some of his campaign events, with some critics attributing the decisions to fatigue and concerns about ...Read more
Democrats in tight California House races back anti-crime measure opposed by Gov. Gavin Newsom
LOS ANGELES — Democrats running in California's six fiercely competitive congressional districts, seats that may determine the balance of power in Washington, are aligning themselves with their Republican rivals in support of a tough-on-crime ballot measure that voters will decide in the November election.
That unity indicates the political ...Read more
Editorial: Lies upon lies -- Trump's biggest falsehoods can't be settled by defamation cases
The Central Park Five, whose harrowing ordeal is known to most, are suing Donald Trump for claiming, during his debate with Kamala Harris, that they had pleaded guilty to the 1989 rape of a white jogger in the park, who Trump also claimed, falsely, had died.
Boys at the time, they at first confessed and then recanted. The subject came up ...Read more
5 takeaways from Trump rally at UNLV in Las Vegas
LAS VEGAS — Former President Donald Trump predicted that Nevada will flip for him, which would mark the first time the Silver State elected a Republican for president since 2004.
“With your help, 12 days from now, we are going to win Nevada,” he told a large and enthusiastic crowd at UNLV’s Thomas & Mack Center.
Trump encouraged his ...Read more
Obama appears with Harris, Trump calls Nov. 5 'Liberation Day' in race's final days
Presidential rivals Donald Trump and Kamala Harris campaigned in battleground states on Thursday, urging voters to cast their ballots in a tight election that is less than two weeks away.
The Demoratic nominee appeared for the first time publicly with former President Obama, who has been hitting the campaign trail on her behalf and urging ...Read more
Voters don't think US Supreme Court can be fair about the election, poll shows
A majority of voters lack confidence the U.S. Supreme Court would be politically neutral in resolving potential legal challenges around the 2024 presidential election, a survey from Pew Research Center found.
Only 20% of registered voters polled are highly confident the court can be unbiased, but they’re split on party lines — with 34% of ...Read more
Trump campaign urges Nevada supporters to bring completed ballots to rally
LAS VEGAS — Ahead of a rally in Las Vegas on Thursday, former President Donald Trump’s campaign encouraged supporters to bring their completed mail ballots to be transferred to a polling site, signaling a shift in Republican get-out-the-vote messaging.
A recent text message sent out to voters from the Trump campaign read, “NEVADA: Ballots...Read more
Trump and Harris focus on early voting in final days of the election
Presidential rivals Donald Trump and Kamala Harris campaigned in battleground states on Thursday, urging voters to cast their ballots in a razor-wire-tight election that is less than two weeks away.
Trump, who has been skeptical of early voting and mail ballots in particular, urged supporters to vote by mail, in person early or on Election Day,...Read more
Pentagon's inspector general will audit Israel's use of US weaponry
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon’s inspector general has begun an audit of Israel’s “proper use, storage and physical security” of American armaments, including missiles, drones and night vision devices.
The audit will be conducted under the Pentagon’s enhanced monitoring process of “accounting for sensitive defense articles” provided...Read more
Trump wants to cut taxes on Social Security payments. But will that mean lower benefits?
WASHINGTON — Middle class Social Security recipients can pay income tax on huge chunks of their monthly benefit. Donald Trump wants to eliminate that tax.
But doing so could dramatically reduce how much recipients will get in benefits in a few years. Currently, 6.3 million Californians get benefits from Social Security programs.
Trump posted...Read more
DOJ touts cases against 4 men for threats against election officials
The Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force released a statement Thursday giving updates on four men in different states accused of harassing election officials as Nov. 5 nears.
Teak Brockbank, 45, from Colorado, pleaded guilty Wednesday to threatening two election officials, a judge and federal law enforcement agents between ...Read more
Pa., federal law enforcement investigating fake video spreading misinformation about Bucks County election workers
PHILADELPHIA — The Bucks County Board of Elections has asked state and federal law enforcement to investigate a fake video that circulated on social media Wednesday afternoon falsely suggesting county election workers were destroying ballots.
In a joint statement members of the board slammed the fake video as a dangerous spread of ...Read more
Spending panel shake-up likely in Senate post-elections
WASHINGTON — Senate appropriators are facing what could be a major shake-up in subcommittee leadership after the upcoming elections, particularly in control over the largest slice of annual discretionary spending: defense.
Current Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee Chairman Jon Tester, D-Mont., is in a perilous position in his ...Read more
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