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Ping! Harris and Trump are blowing up your phones with political texts in campaign's last days

By CALVIN WOODWARD, JEFF AMY and JONATHAN J. COOPER
Oct 31, 2024 1:56 pm - For the millions of Americans on the radar of the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigns and those of their allies, the apocalypse is only a text message away.
The U.S. election system has safeguards. But human nature is a vulnerability

By DAVID KLEPPER and CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY
Oct 31, 2024 1:27 pm - Hacking a local election system in the United States wouldn't be easy, and secretly altering votes on a scale massive enough to change the outcome of the presidential race would be impossible, election officials have said, thanks to decentralized systems, paper records for nearly all ballots, exhaustive reviews, legal due process and decades of work by American election officials, volunteers and citizens.
Kamala Harris says Trump’s comments on women ‘are offensive to everybody’

By WILL WEISSERT and COLLEEN LONG
Oct 31, 2024 1:25 pm - Kamala Harris said Thursday that Donald Trump’s comment that he would protect women whether they “like it or not” shows that the Republican presidential nominee does not understand women’s rights “to make decisions about their own lives, including their own bodies."
As America votes, these big energy projects hang in the balance

By Ari Natter and Jennifer A Dlouhy
Oct 31, 2024 8:53 am - The outcome of next week’s US presidential election is poised to have profound implications for a handful of multi-billion-dollar energy projects.
Inflation gauge closely watched by the Fed falls to lowest level since early 2021

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Oct 31, 2024 8:27 am - As a presidential race profoundly shaped by Americans' frustration with high prices nears its end, the government said Thursday that an inflation gauge closely watched by the Federal Reserve has dropped to near pre-pandemic levels.
About 8,000 North Korean troops are near the Ukrainian border, US diplomat says at UN

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR
Oct 31, 2024 6:57 am - The Biden administration said Thursday that it has information that some 8,000 North Korean soldiers are now in Russia’s Kursk region near Ukraine's border and preparing to help the Kremlin fight against Ukrainian troops.
North Korea’s long-range missile test signals its improved, potential capability to attack US

By HYUNG-JIN KIM, KIM TONG-HYUNG and MARI YAMAGUCHI
Oct 31, 2024 6:52 am - North Korea test-fired an intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time in almost a year Thursday, demonstrating a potential advancement in its ability to launch long-range nuclear attacks on the mainland U.S.
North Korean troops in Russian uniforms are heading toward Ukraine, US says

By TARA COPP and LOLITA C. BALDOR
Oct 30, 2024 1:27 pm - Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday that North Korean troops wearing Russian uniforms and carrying Russian equipment are moving to the Kursk region near Ukraine, in what he called a dangerous and destabilizing development.
Supreme Court’s conservative justices allow Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations

By MARK SHERMAN
Oct 30, 2024 1:24 pm - The Supreme Court's conservative majority on Wednesday allowed Virginia to resume its purge of voter registrations that the state says is aimed at stopping people who are not U.S. citizens from voting.
White House, Trump campaign clash over whether Biden called Trump supporters ‘garbage’

Patrick Svitek
Oct 30, 2024 8:37 am - A single apostrophe — or lack thereof — caused an uproar in the presidential race Tuesday night after President Joe Biden criticized former President Donald Trump during ...

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