The US vice president intends to keep her selection under wraps until they make an appearance together Tuesday, a source says

The vice president conducted interviews with potential candidates over the weekend and has fielded concerns from donors and activists over the choice.

On Aug. 7, Thailand’s constitutional court may rule to effectively disqualify Pita Limjaroenrat — arguably the country’s most popular politician — from holding office in the near future.

Debby is bringing potential record-setting rains, catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge to parts of three states, forecastres say.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu discussed preparations for counterstrikes with his security cabinet. Hamas and Iran blame Israel for the killing of a Hamas leader.

Debby is bringing potential record-setting rains, catastrophic flooding and life-threatening storm surge to parts of three states, forecasters say.

Debby strengthened as it approached Florida, with sustained winds up to 80 mph.

Vice President Harris will hold her first rally alongside her yet-to-be-announced running mate on Tuesday night in Philadelphia, her campaign said, as part of a five-day, seven-state blitz for the Democratic ticket. Harris spent the weekend interviewing prospective running mates, including Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro (D), Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.),...

Imane Khelif decried the questions over her gender and the hateful remarks she has faced because of them.

Japan's benchmark stock index plunged 12.4% on Monday, compounding a global market rout set off by concerns about the U.S. economy.

A number of Democrats just two weeks ago, during the debate over whether President Biden should stay in the presidential race, were questioning whether Vice President Harris could beat former President Trump. Those Democrats doubting Harris were largely focused on one thing: their nightmare election of 2016, when Trump defeated Hillary Clinton in a race...

Republican lawmakers say the Trump campaign was caught off guard by President Biden's decision to drop his reelection bid and that the former president’s team has faltered in responding to the surge of momentum behind Vice President Harris. Some Republican senators think former President Trump should have seen the swap atop the Democrat ticket coming...

In a presidential contest already chock-a-block full of surprises, Vice President Harris will produce another headline by Tuesday night in Philadelphia: a running mate whose No. 1 job will be to help her win a razor-close race against former President Trump and his pick to be vice president, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio). Harris met Sunday at her residence in Washington with top...

Two female tourists from Mexico were shoved onto train tracks by another woman at a Manhattan subway station early Monday, the NYPD and sources said. The victims, aged 20 and 27, were pushed off the northbound F platform at the Delancey…

Debby strengthened as it approached Florida, with sustained winds up to 80 mph.

Japanese stocks plunged on Monday in their biggest drop since the 1987 Black Monday sell-off.

Hasina’s resignation, announced by Gen. Waker-Uz-Zaman, comes after hundreds have been killed in clashes between protesters and security forces in recent weeks.

Former President Trump on Sunday night appeared to gloat in response to the global market selloff and suggested his Democratic rivals were to blame. “STOCK MARKETS CRASHING. I TOLD YOU SO!!! KAMALA DOESN’T HAVE A CLUE. BIDEN IS SOUND ASLEEP. ALL CAUSED BY INEPT U.S. LEADERSHIP!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform late Sunday...

This came after repeated cheers for “Taiwan” — officially “Chinese Taipei” at the Olympics — and an incident in which a sign was snatched at the Paris Games.

VP Kamala Harris conducted interviews over the weekend and has fielded concerns from donors and activists over the choice.

VP Kamala Harris conducted interviews over the weekend and has fielded concerns from donors and activists over the choice.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index plunged more than 12% on Monday as investors worried that the U.S. economy may be in worse shape than had been expected

The Tokyo-based Nikkei index suffered its worst single-day retreat since the infamous “Black Monday” crash of 1987 — closing 12.4% lower.

Flash flooding is a threat for Florida, Georgia and South Carolina.

We spoke with five people who have known Kamala Harris across different stages of her life, to find out what shaped her — and how she shapes others.

A rout that began in Asia continued in Europe, and U.S. stocks are set to fall sharply. Japan’s benchmark index logged its worst single-day point decline.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 stock index plunged more than 12% on Monday as investors worried that the U.S. economy may be in worse shape than had been expected

Hurricane Debby made landfall Monday morning along Florida's Big Bend coast as a Category 1 storm.

Stocks plunged Monday morning as mounting concerns about the strength of the U.S. economy and the outlook for microchip production shook Wall Street. The Dow Jones Industrial Average opened with a loss of 1,100 points Monday, plunging 2.8 percent after the opening bell. Dow futures tumbled more than 1,200 points before the market opened Monday....

The U.S. stock market is saw an ugly opening on Monday morning.

Charlamagne Tha God says the only real instance of a diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) hire in the White House race is the need for Vice President Harris to select a "straight, white male" as her running mate. "We can't sit here and act like she doesn't need a straight, white male," the "Breakfast Club"...

The Tokyo-based Nikkei index suffered its worst single-day retreat since the infamous “Black Monday” crash of 1987 — closing 12.4% lower.

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) said she did not ask President Biden to step aside and insisted she did not make any phone calls on the matter, amid reports that she led a pressure campaign to get Biden off the ticket. In an interview on "CBS News Sunday Morning," Pelosi declined to detail her private...

Stocks plummeted Monday as markets worldwide reckoned with last week's disappointing jobs report that fueled concerns of a recession.

The global stock market panic hit stocks in the U.S. Monday morning.

The militant group is reconstituting in areas Israel ‘cleared,’ new data shows. Analysts say Israel’s bombing campaign has accelerated their resurgence even as civilian discontent with the group grows.

Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina fled to India on Monday shortly after resigning from her post, following weeks of unrest in the South Asian nation that culminated in nearly 100 deaths in clashes this weekend. Hasina arrived on Monday at Hindon Airbase in the North Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, according to Indian media. She...

The sell-off comes after Friday's lackluster U.S. jobs report and concerns on whether the Fed waited too long to begin cutting interest rates.

There is no telling how much damage the current Supreme Court majority could do in the years it would take for term limits to become effective.

Stocks around the world are tumbling as fears about a US economic slowdown sent shockwaves through global markets

California’s summer COVID surge has proven to be particularly strong and enduring, surprising experts at its tenacity as it storms to levels not seen in summertime in more than two years.

A Virginia man is facing charges for threatening online to kill Vice President Harris, on top of threats to other public officials.  Frank Lucio Carillo was arrested Friday after a search of his account on the alternative social media platform GETTR by law enforcement yielded a series of violent threats against the vice president. ...

Tropical Storm Debby made landfall Monday morning along Florida's Big Bend coast as a Category 1 hurricane.

Stocks fell sharply across the globe on Monday, as worries about the U.S. economy triggered a worldwide sell-off. The Dow Jones Industrial Average tumbled more than 1,000 points in early trading.

British singer-songwriter Rod Stewart poked fun at former President Trump for questioning Vice President Harris’s race and ethnicity, saying he never knew Trump “was Orange” until the GOP presidential nominee suddenly “became an Orange person.” “I didn’t know he was Orange until a number of years ago, when he happened to turn Orange,” Stewart wrote...

🐻 Plus: RFK Jr. admits dumping dead bear in Central Park {beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Monday. The Olympic women’s beam and floor finals were INSANE this morning. Simone Biles and Suni Lee both fell on beam and Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade won gold on floor — Simone won silver. Oh, and Jordan Chiles’s fifth-place score...

Pollster Nate Silver’s election forecast now shows Vice President Harris narrowly leading former President Trump for the first time since the model launched. Harris tops Trump by 1.4 percentage points according to the Silver Bulletin’s national polling average, marking the vice president's first lead in the forecast. The latest model shows Harris with 45.5 percent...

The U.S. stock market saw an ugly opening on Monday morning.

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin was "surprised" by the announcement of a plea deal between a U.S. military commission and three accused plotters of the 9/11 attacks, a Pentagon spokesperson said Monday, adding that Austin wants to see the case go to trial Austin, who revoked the plea deal on Friday, "was certainly surprised as we...

Bipartisan lawmakers in the House and Senate are pressuring the Biden administration about MDMA-assisted therapy to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. In a letter to President Biden, retired Marine Corps General Rep. Jack Bergman (R-Mich) and 60 other members of the House asked the administration to follow the science and approve a new treatment that uses...

The global stock market panic hit stocks in the U.S. Monday morning.

The children of the late Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee (D-Texas) endorsed former Houston, Texas, Mayor Sylvester Turner (D) for her House seat on Monday. The late congresswoman’s children, Jason Lee and Erica Lee Carter, said in a statement they are endorsing Turner to succeed their mother in the seat. Jackson Lee’s family announced the congresswoman’s...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had posed for a bizarre and graphic photo with the dead bear cub he found in 2014 and would later dump in Central Park, according to a new report.

Venezuela's opposition candidate trounced President Nicolás Maduro in last week's election, according to election tallies that show the opposition's Edmundo González received more than double the votes of Maduro. A Washington Post review, published Sunday, analyzed more than 23,000 precinct-level tally sheets collected by the opposition. It found Maduro received about 30 percent of the...

The Japanese stock market suffered its worst single-day sell-off in history Monday, losing even more points than on “Black Monday” in 1987.

The Japanese stock market suffered its worst single-day sell-off in history Monday, losing even more points than on “Black Monday” in 1987.

This presidential campaign is playing out in fast forward. Strategists in both parties say speed is likely to benefit Vice President Kamala Harris.

Former President Trump on Monday offered rare praise for Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.), telling an online streamer the congresswoman has "a good spark." Trump sat for an interview with internet personality Adin Ross on the platform Kick, where Ross displayed photos of various celebrities and lawmakers and asked Trump for his reaction to each person....

The Japanese stock market suffered its worst single-day sell-off in history Monday, losing even more points than on “Black Monday” in 1987.

Republicans currently control Arizona's state House and Senate by just one seat. Democrats see a chance to flip both.

The U.S. stock market saw an ugly opening on Monday morning.

The Japanese stock market suffered its worst single-day sell-off in history Monday, losing even more points than on “Black Monday” in 1987.

Tran owner Son “Sonny” Tran and associate Anh Do haven’t addressed the complaints at least 10 buildings in Manhattan and the Bronx — instead opting to pay fines and keep up business as usual, tenants said.

Edmundo González habría vencido al presidente Nicolás Maduro el 28 de julio por millones de votos, según muestra un análisis de datos de las actas electorales.

Julián Castro, the former Housing and Urban Development secretary who was under consideration to be Hillary Clinton’s running mate in 2016, described what the VP vetting process was like for him as Vice President Harris prepares to announce her choice.  “It’s a grind of a process,” Castro said in his post on X. The former...

The Japanese stock market suffered its worst single-day sell-off in history Monday, losing even more points than on “Black Monday” in 1987.

Stocks around the world are tumbling as fears about a US economic slowdown send shockwaves through global markets

The Japanese stock market suffered its worst single-day sell-off in history Monday, losing even more points than on “Black Monday” in 1987.

Debby came ashore just west of Steinhatchee, along the state's Big Bend region. It arrived with sustained winds of 80 mph, and has already knocked out power to more than 300,000 utility customers.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas failed to publicly disclose additional travel provided by GOP mega-donor Harlan Crow, a top Democratic senator said Monday, adding to the mounting scrutiny the high court faces over its ethics practices. In a letter to Crow's lawyer on Monday, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), said the committee's review...

Vice President Harris’s campaign mocked former President Trump over his “low energy” schedule as the vice president prepares for a multistate tour this week. The Harris campaign account posted a side-by-side comparison of the vice president's schedule for the upcoming week compared with Trump’s campaign schedule. It shows Harris with campaign stops across Pennsylvania, Michigan,...

It’s nail-biting time on Wall Street. Stocks had been dropping at worrisome rates for several days, but on Monday things went from concerning to panicky.

Oil prices whipsawed Monday, affected by the conflicting drivers of a widespread stock market selloff pushing them down and anxiety about potential Iranian retaliation against Israel pushing them upward. Brent crude, the top global price benchmark, fell as low as $76.05 in midmorning, but after rising and falling for much of the day, closed past...

A Houthi commander’s death in Iraq illustrates the cooperation among Iran-backed groups in the Middle East as the region faces the threat of worsening violence.

U.S. troops at Al Assad air base in Iraq were wounded in a rocket attack Monday, the Pentagon said.

Video surfaced Monday of a panel discussion in February 2024 in which Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) speculated that Congress would have to invalidate an election victory by former President Donald Trump — at the risk of “civil war.”

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Stock markets take a big hit Stock markets tumbled on Monday as investors sold off shares of U.S. companies and exited positions on the Japanese yen. © Getty Images The stock market downturn began Friday after...

“He’s humiliated her because she made a big deal that he’s the love of her life,” says the source. “They just had two weddings two years ago.”

Excitement and rumor are at their apex just hours before Vice President Harris is expected to announce her choice of running mate. Harris and her vice presidential nominee will soon begin a rapid tour of six of the seven states that are likely to determine the election. The first event on that itinerary is in...

The U.S. and other governments issued Lebanon travel advisories and some airlines stopped flying there, in anticipation of an escalation of fighting after assassinations in Iran and Beirut.

Former Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway has registered to lobby on behalf of a Ukrainian oligarch, according to a new foreign agent disclosure filing. Conway registered on Friday to represent Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk’s foundation as a lobbyist, according to a filing uploaded by the Justice Department under the Foreign Agents Registration Act. The filing suggests...

A "post-attack damage assessment" was being conducted, a spokesperson said.

What comes next in Bangladesh is far from certain. The specter of further political violence is real.

Afghan sprinter Kimia Yousofi competed in her Olympic 100-meter race with a message about women’s rights on the back of her bib. After Yousofi finished last in her heat on Friday, she lifted up her bib to reveal a message written on the back of it that appeared to read, “Education,” “Sport,” “Our Rights,” according to...

Japanese shares soar in early trading Tuesday, clawing back some of their record losses from the worst round in history

Imane Khelif and Lin Yu-Ting are guaranteed to leave Paris with medals. But fallout continues, as does drama between Olympic officials and the Russian-led association that disqualified them last year.

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) made fun of former President Trump’s pick of Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) as his running mate on Sunday, laughing it off. “It was a great choice,” Pelosi said in a CBS “Sunday Morning” interview, laughing, when asked if the pick was a mistake. Some Republicans have criticized the choice of...

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) told CNN on Monday that she has not spoken to President Biden since he left the presidential race last month, signaling a potential falling out between the two Democratic veterans. Pelosi told CNN’s Dana Bash that while she hasn’t spoken to the president since he ended his campaign, she hoped...

Ukrainian troops are engaged in a harsh struggle for Toretsk, a strategic city in eastern Ukraine that has been under relentless assault by Russian forces.

In the final hours of her search for a running mate, Kamala Harris narrowed in on two candidates as global turmoil rocks an already surreal contest