Nation and World Politics
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Did the president really call me? Watch for AI voter cons, AG saysSep 25, 2024 8:46 pm - As artificial intelligence enables election scams, AG offers tips to spot fakes
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Trump is losing his edge on the economy among voters
Sep 25, 2024 8:13 am - Americans are finally starting to feel better about the economy, invigorating Vice President Kamala Harris’s pitch for the presidency as she narrows her Republican oppone...
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Israeli army chief says military is preparing for a possible ground operation in Lebanon
Sep 25, 2024 8:00 am - TEL AVIV, Israel — A drone hit the port of the southern Israeli city of Eilat on Wednesday, and a second one was intercepted, the Israeli military said. Israel’s rescue s...
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In dueling speeches, Harris is to make her capitalist pitch while Trump pushes deeper into populism
Sep 25, 2024 7:56 am - WASHINGTON — Derided by Donald Trump as a “communist,” Kamala Harris is playing up her street cred as a capitalist. Attacked by Harris as a rich kid who got $400 million ...
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A tale of crushing security lapses and missed chances to stop the man who shot Trump
Sep 25, 2024 7:53 am - WASHINGTON — The acting director of the Secret Service was incensed at what had happened that July evening. “What I saw made me ashamed,” Ronald Rowe Jr. said. “I cannot ...
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It’s Banned Books Week. LGBTQ+ content tops the most-challenged list.
Sep 24, 2024 3:05 pm - The attempts to censor, restrict or ban books in 2024 in the United States continued to surpass pre-pandemic levels, while books with LGBTQ+ themes dominate the most-chal...
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Boeing’s ability to end a costly strike and extra government scrutiny looks uncertain
Sep 24, 2024 2:59 pm - Boeing’s critics often claim that two deadly jetliner crashes a few years ago and the blowout of a section of a third plane in January made clear that the aircraft manufa...
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US to send $375 million in military aid to Ukraine, including medium-range cluster bombs
Sep 24, 2024 2:57 pm - WASHINGTON — The U.S. will send Ukraine an undisclosed number of medium-range cluster bombs and an array of rockets, artillery and armored vehicles in a military aid pack...
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Tren de Aragua gang started in Venezuela's prisons and now spreads fear in the US
Sep 24, 2024 11:55 am - MIAMI — Former federal agent Was Tabor says his phone has been lighting up with calls from police departments around the U.S. for advice on how to combat the growing thre...
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House Republicans move to hold Blinken in contempt over Afghanistan testimony
Sep 24, 2024 10:28 am - WASHINGTON — Republicans on the House Foreign Affairs Committee are moving Tuesday to hold Secretary of State Antony Blinken in contempt of Congress after a contentious b...