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Republicans are trying a new approach to abortion in the race for Congress

By LISA MASCARO
Sep 19, 2024 2:44 pm - WASHINGTON — In the most contested races for control of the U.S. House, many Republican candidates are speaking up about women’s rights to abortion access and reproductiv...
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...
Iranian hackers tried but failed to interest Biden’s campaign in stolen Trump info, FBI says

By ERIC TUCKER and DAVID KLEPPER
Sep 18, 2024 8:25 pm - WASHINGTON — Iranian hackers sought to interest President Joe Biden's campaign in information stolen from rival Donald Trump's campaign, sending unsolicited emails to peo...
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...
Senate Republicans again block legislation to guarantee women’s rights to IVF

By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Sep 18, 2024 9:10 am - Republicans have blocked for a second time this year legislation to establish a nationwide right to in vitro fertilization, arguing that the vote is an election-year stunt after Democrats forced a vote on the issue.
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.

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