Is Biden really ready to stand up for Gaza’s children?
With Israel clamping down on food shipments to the Gaza Strip, the Biden administration is finally warning Israel to ease up or risk a suspension of some military aid.
Harris has raised $1 billion. Can she get donors to give more?
PHILADELPHIA — When 300 top fundraisers for Vice President Kamala Harris filed into Philadelphia’s Academy of Fine Arts on Sunday evening for a 10-to-a-table dinner, they got to hear from Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania and Jaime Harrison, the chair of the Democratic National Committee.
Trump says ‘growth’ and tariffs will pay for $15 trillion agenda
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has been offering up new tax cuts to nearly every group of voters that he meets in recent weeks, shaking the nerves of budget watchers and fiscal hawks who fear his expensive economic promises will explode the nation’s bulging national debt.
A climate resistant community passed two hurricane tests
As Hurricane Milton rushed ashore last Wednesday, at least 2,000 Floridians found safe haven at Babcock Ranch, a community the size of Manhattan that opened in 2018 to withstand climate-driven storms.
A distant planet may host a moon that’s spewing a volcanic cloud
Astronomers have identified thousands of planets orbiting distant stars using sophisticated observatories. But there’s something they have yet to spot with any certainty: moons around those worlds.
Three receive Nobel in economics for research on global inequality
The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded Monday to Daron Acemoglu and Simon Johnson, both of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and to James Robinson of the University of Chicago.
Another Trump clemency recipient faces domestic violence-related charges
WASHINGTON — A Florida man who received a commutation of a 20-year fraud sentence from President Donald Trump in 2020 was arrested Sunday on domestic violence-related charges in South Florida.
Deadly Israeli strike hits central Gaza hospital complex
Deadly strikes in the central Gaza Strip overnight killed or injured dozens of Palestinians, health officials and the United Nations said Monday, as the Israeli military hit a hospital complex where it said Hamas fighters were hiding and a separate attack damaged a school turned shelter.
Meteorologists face harassment and death threats amid hurricane disinformation
A meteorologist based in Washington, D.C., was accused of helping the government cover up manipulating a hurricane. In Houston, a forecaster was repeatedly told to “do research” into the weather’s supposed nefarious origins. And a meteorologist for a television station in Lansing, Michigan, said she had received death threats.
Attention Kmart shoppers: It’s closing time
When Chrissy Economos and Gloria McCourtney heard that the last full-size Kmart in the mainland United States was closing down, they knew they had to pay their respects, even if the store was more than 1,300 miles away.
The Trump voters who don’t believe Trump
DETROIT — One of the more peculiar aspects of Donald Trump’s political appeal is this: A lot of people are happy to vote for him because they simply do not believe he will do many of the things he says he will.
US to deploy missile defense system and about 100 troops to Israel
WASHINGTON — The United States is sending an advanced missile defense system to Israel, along with about 100 U.S. troops to operate it, the Pentagon announced Sunday. It is the first deployment of U.S. forces to Israel since the Hamas-led attacks there on Oct. 7, 2023.
Harris sends a secret weapon to a Georgia fish fry: Bill Clinton
FORT VALLEY, Ga. — The smell of fried fish was lingering on Sunday afternoon, and there was Bill Clinton beneath a tree, wearing a Harris-Walz camouflage cap and edging closer and closer to his modest audience the longer he spoke.
Vance defends Trump, speaks about abortion on news shows
Sen. JD Vance of Ohio appeared on two Sunday news programs where he defended former President Donald Trump’s false claims about federal hurricane aid and a Colorado city that he claimed had been “conquered” by gangs and spoke about abortion.
Harris suggests Trump is ‘weak and unstable’ in pointed challenge
Vice President Kamala Harris challenged former President Donald Trump on Sunday for refusing to do what she has done in recent days: release a report on his health, sit for a “60 Minutes” interview and commit to another presidential debate.
Biden calls for bipartisan effort to help areas hit by storms
WASHINGTON — Standing in front of one of the many houses wrecked by Hurricane Milton in Florida, President Joe Biden said Sunday that the storm was devastating for those who lost homes, businesses or relatives, even as he expressed relief that the storm was not as destructive as anticipated.
SpaceX advances starship program with a launch and a catch
SpaceX pulled off a feat of technical wizardry Sunday, not only flying a 233-foot rocket booster back to its launch site, but also catching it out of the air with two giant mechanical arms.
A tale of 2 hurricanes finds more that differs than is the same
NORTH FORT MYERS, Fla. — Cindy Miller wasn’t sure where to begin the cleanup this weekend at her home in Englewood, Florida. Hurricane Milton had drenched her home and dumped debris everywhere. Much of it was not even hers. A sofa, doors and shoes littered the backyard, along with detritus that remained from Hurricane Helene, the deadliest hurricane to hit the U.S. mainland in nearly two decades.
The ground game: Harris’ turnout machine vs. Trump’s unproven alliance
In the final weeks of the 2024 election, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are staking their chances on two radically different theories of how to win: one tried-and-true, the other untested in modern presidential campaigns.
Missouri’s high school athletes can make money. It’s paying off for Mizzou.
COLUMBIA, Mo. — In his four-year career as Missouri’s starting quarterback, Brady Cook has thrown for 7,603 yards and 43 touchdowns. He led the Tigers to a victory in last year’s Cotton Bowl. And even after an upset loss to Texas A&M last weekend, his team is in a position to compete for a spot in the College Football Playoff.
