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Panel looking into Trump assassination attempt says Secret Service needs ‘fundamental reform’

REBECCA SANTANA
Oct 17, 2024 7:09 am - An independent panel investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally faulted the Secret Service for poor communications that day and failing to secure the building where the gunman took his shots. The review also found more systemic issues at the agency such as a failure to understand the unique risks facing Trump and a culture of doing “more with less.”
Harris campaign calls plagiarism claims a partisan attack. Expert says it was ‘sloppy writing’

By RICHARD LARDNER
Oct 17, 2024 7:03 am - Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris' campaign is dismissing accusations that she and a co-author plagiarized parts of a 2009 book on the U.S. criminal justice system as a desperate attempt by “rightwing operatives” to distract voters.
Trump is consistently inconsistent on abortion and reproductive rights

By CHRISTINE FERNANDO
Oct 17, 2024 6:48 am - Donald Trump has had a tough time finding a consistent message to questions about abortion and reproductive rights.
Harris’ interview with Fox News is marked by testy exchanges over immigration and more

By ZEKE MILLER
Oct 17, 2024 6:45 am - Vice President Kamala Harris engaged in a combative interview with Fox News on Wednesday, sparring with anchor Bret Baier on immigration and shifting policy positions while asserting that if elected, she would not represent a continuation of Joe Biden's presidency.
Zelenskyy’s ‘victory plan’ includes a big hurdle for the West: NATO membership for Ukraine

By SAMYA KULLAB and HANNA ARHIROVA
Oct 16, 2024 7:34 am - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Wednesday his plan to win his country’s fight against Russia’s invasion could bring peace next year, but it contains a step that some crucial Western allies have so far refused to countenance: inviting Ukraine to join NATO before the war ends.
Israeli strikes hit Lebanon and kill at least 15 in a town with a dark history of civilian deaths

By KAREEM CHEHAYEB, MOHAMMAD ZAATARI and SAMY MAGDY
Oct 16, 2024 7:09 am - Israeli airstrikes pounded areas across Lebanon, killing at least 21 people, officials said Wednesday, including 15 in a southern town where Israeli bombardments in previous conflicts are seared into local memory.
‘The most beautiful word in the dictionary’: Trump touts tariffs at Chicago forum

By Marni Pyke
Oct 15, 2024 7:11 pm - Former President Donald Trump touted the controversial power of tariffs to a receptive Economic Club of Chicago audience at a downtown appearance Tuesday.
Trump says it would be a ‘smart thing’ if he spoke to Putin, though he won't confirm he has

By JILL COLVIN and STEVE PEOPLES
Oct 15, 2024 2:50 pm - Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday refused to say whether he's spoken with Russian President Vladimir Putin since leaving office, as reported in journalist Bob Woodward's latest book. But if the two did speak, Trump said, it would be “a smart thing” for the United States.
Casten, Conforti strongly disagree on presidential immunity ruling

By Russell Lissau
Oct 15, 2024 1:27 pm - Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten and Republican challenger Niki Conforti disagree about the Supreme Court’s recent ruling that former presidents have some immunity from prosecution.
From ‘Dixie’ to Shrek, Trump’s campaign dance party had it all

By Philip Bump
Oct 15, 2024 11:13 am - Donald Trump’s presence in national politics has always been predicated heavily on nostalgia. His campaign theme is “Make America great again,” after all, a call for voters to restore the nation to a bygone era, one unsullied by the complexities of modern life, such as diversity and cities.

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