A temporary truce in the political wars as Harris, Trump and Biden mark 9/11
NEW YORK — Barely 10 hours earlier, they had been at each other’s throats, calling one another a “disgrace,” “horrible” and “grossly incompetent.” Then they put down their political swords on Wednesday morning and stood just a few feet apart to mark one of the most solemn moments on the modern American calendar.
Harris and Trump bet on their own sharply contrasting views of America
NEW YORK — Donald Trump’s America is a grim place, a nation awash in marauding immigrants stealing American jobs and eating American cats and dogs, a country devastated economically, humiliated internationally and perched on the cliff’s edge of an apocalyptic World War III.
Harris outwitted Trump, but will that sway undecided voters?
Being drunk on hubris and narcissism is the surest way to lose a confrontation to a clever, clearheaded opponent. It’s a story that’s been repeated throughout history.
How false claims about dead cats became Trump campaign fodder
A falsehood that migrants have killed wild animals and household pets for food ricocheted around the internet this week, vaulting from fringe social media posts to a Trump campaign talking point in a matter of days.
PGA tour meets with Saudi fund in hopes of getting closer to deal
More than a year after the PGA Tour announced plans to combine forces with the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund’s upstart LIV Golf league, the two sides met in New York on Tuesday in hopes of — finally — making headway on getting to a deal.
In booth, Brady has much to learn but much promise to build on
It is sort of endearing that the man whom many consider to be the greatest NFL player ever and who has a 10-year, $375 million contract to talk about football games came across as nervous to open his Fox broadcasting career.
Poverty increased in 2023 as prices rose and pandemic aid programs expired
The nation’s poverty rate rose last year even as incomes improved, the government reported on Tuesday, reflecting higher prices and the expiration of the last pandemic relief programs.
Harris put Trump on defensive, and kept him there
Vice President Kamala Harris took the debate stage Tuesday night, shook the hand of former President Donald Trump and then spent the next 90 minutes making every effort to burrow under his skin, hammering him over his criminal convictions, his handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, the size of his rally crowds and the foreign and military leaders who she said have called him a “disgrace.”
Almost 50 million Americans have had an Obamacare plan since 2014
WASHINGTON — Nearly 50 million Americans have been covered by health insurance plans through the Affordable Care Act’s marketplaces since they opened a decade ago, according to tax data analyzed by the Treasury Department and published Tuesday.
The sudden death of the Gaudreau brothers
On the narrow shoulder of County Route 551, a two-lane road in the heart of rural Salem County, New Jersey, a memorial appears suddenly among the fields of corn and soybeans. Bunched together are bouquets of flowers, miniature flags and dozens of hockey sticks: an incongruous signpost to a tragedy that shattered two extended families and left a community bereft.
Venezuela’s presidential contender flees, and hopes for democracy dim
BOGOTA, Colombia — The news that Edmundo González, Venezuela’s opposition candidate, had fled the country on a Spanish air force plane this weekend took the country, and the world, by surprise.
Wildfire erupts in Orange County, forcing evacuations
A brush fire that erupted Monday afternoon in the hills of Orange County in Southern California exploded to nearly 2,000 acres within a few hours, prompting evacuation orders for nearby communities as the blaze burned uncontrolled.
Video shows police confrontation with Tyreek Hill escalating quickly
MIAMI — A traffic stop that led to Tyreek Hill, a wide receiver for the Miami Dolphins, being handcuffed outside the team’s stadium on Sunday escalated quickly after a police officer knocked on the player’s car window and he objected, body camera footage of the incident shows.
Behind the big changes at ‘Wheel of Fortune’
The heavy, multicolored wheel is still there. The vowels still cost money. And, yes, Vanna White still controls the puzzle board.
Search continues for gunman in Kentucky highway shooting that wounded 5
Authorities on Sunday pressed their search in a remote wooded area of Kentucky for a man wanted in what they said was a planned shooting on an interstate that left five people seriously wounded and nine vehicles riddled with gunfire.
Congress returns for another big spending fight
WASHINGTON — Congress reconvenes Monday after a lengthy summer break for what is shaping up as a pitched three-week battle over spending with significant consequences for both the November election and the next occupant of the White House.
Fast-spreading wildfire in Southern California forces evacuations
An uncontrolled wildfire in Southern California threatened thousands of homes and businesses Sunday, after quadrupling in size Saturday to more than 17,000 acres and forcing mandatory evacuation orders for over 11,000 people.
How Elon Musk is influencing Donald Trump
In a livestreamed conversation on his social platform X with former President Donald Trump last month, Elon Musk raised the idea of a “government efficiency commission.” Such a council could ensure that taxpayers’ money was “spent in a good way,” Musk said during their more-than-two-hour talk.
Dozens fall ill on Kauai hiking trail in ‘concerning’ outbreak of norovirus
A popular hiking trail on Kauai was closed this week after more than three dozen people fell ill in what officials said was a “rare occurrence” of the highly contagious norovirus.
Trump lays out vision for bending the federal government to his will
MOSINEE, Wis. — Former President Donald Trump vowed to vastly reshape the federal bureaucracy Saturday in a wide-ranging, often unfocused speech at a rally in Wisconsin.
