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These evangelicals are voting their values — by backing Kamala Harris

By CURTIS YEE and TIFFANY STANLEY
Sep 19, 2024 7:27 am - WASHINGTON — When the Rev. Lee Scott publicly endorsed Kamala Harris for president during the Evangelicals for Harris Zoom call on Aug. 14, the Presbyterian pastor and fa...
Residents of Springfield, Ohio, hunker down and pray for a political firestorm to blow over

By JULIE CARR SMYTH
Sep 19, 2024 6:58 am - SPRINGFIELD, Ohio — In the quiet corners of Springfield, Ohio — out of sight of the drumbeat of politicians and journalists, troopers and newly installed security cameras...
Is Israel preparing for a war with Hezbollah?

By JULIA FRANKEL
Sep 19, 2024 6:54 am - JERUSALEM — With Israel's defense minister announcing a “new phase” of the war and an apparent Israeli attack setting off explosions in electronic devices in Lebanon, the...
Hezbollah leader says pager attack crossed a ‘red line’ as fears of wider war with Israel mount

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB
Sep 19, 2024 6:51 am - BEIRUT — The leader of Hezbollah vowed Thursday to keep up daily strikes on Israel despite this week's deadly sabotage of its members' communication devices, and said Isr...
Teamsters union declines to endorse Trump or Harris for president

By JOSH BOAK and TOM KRISHER
Sep 18, 2024 4:41 pm - WASHINGTON — The International Brotherhood of Teamsters declined Wednesday to endorse Kamala Harris or Donald Trump for president, saying neither candidate had sufficient...
What the Fed’s rate cut means for consumers, businesses and investors

Taylor Telford, Julie Zauzmer Weil
Sep 18, 2024 2:01 pm - The Federal Reserve cut interest rates this week for the first time in four years, putting an end to its longest cycle of rate increases in roughly a decade. “This will i...
Longshoremen at key US ports threatening to strike over automation and pay

By TOM KRISHER
Sep 18, 2024 8:12 am - Determined to thwart the automating of their jobs, about 45,000 dockworkers along the U.S. East and Gulf Coasts are threatening to strike on Oct. 1, a move that would shu...
Federal Reserve cuts key rate by sizable half-point, signaling end to its inflation fight

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Sep 18, 2024 8:06 am - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its benchmark interest rate by an unusually large half-point, a dramatic shift after more than two years of high rates helped tame inflation but that also made borrowing painfully expensive for American consumers.
Speaker Johnson takes another crack at spending bill linked to proof of citizenship for new voters

By KEVIN FREKING
Sep 18, 2024 8:03 am - WASHINGTON — The House is scheduled to vote Wednesday on Speaker Mike Johnson's proposal that links the funding of the federal government for the new budget year with a m...
What to know about the deadly pager explosions targeting Hezbollah

By WYATTE GRANTHAM-PHILIPS, MICHAEL BIESECKER, SARAH EL DEEB and SARAH PARVINI
Sep 18, 2024 7:01 am - NEW YORK — In what appears to be a sophisticated, remote attack, pagers used by hundreds of members of Hezbollah exploded almost simultaneously in Lebanon and Syria Tuesd...

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