The day Hurricane Milton loomed over Florida

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As JD Vance leans on his Appalachian roots in his campaign for the White House, a distant cousin criticizes his portrayal of the region and their shared last name.

1.2 million people — about 20 percent of the population — have been displaced across Lebanon by relentless Israeli airstrikes and an advancing ground invasion.

Milton was downgraded early Tuesday to a Category 4 hurricane, but forecasters said it still posed “an extremely serious threat to Florida.”

China plans to impose provisional antidumping tariffs on European brandy, ranging from 30.6% to 39%, and reversing from an earlier stance.

Milton has been downgraded to a Category 4 hurricane, but still poses “an extremely serious threat to Florida,” forecasters say.

Israel said it mobilized its first reserve division to operate in southern Lebanon. Israel and Hezbollah traded fire on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.

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Vice President Harris will announce a plan Tuesday to offer a new Medicare benefit for home care for seniors in an effort to focus on the challenges of caregivers, according to a senior campaign official. She will announce her proposal for the first-ever expansion of Medicare to include at-home care on ABC’s “The View,” where...

Communities in Florida are bracing for the impact of Hurricane Milton, which quickly went intensified from a tropical storm to a powerful, life-threatening hurricane much faster than predicted.

Former L.A. City Councilmember José Huizar began serving his 13-year prison sentence on Monday for a motley array of corruption and bribery schemes.

Asked about gun violence in their debate last week, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) both focused their answers on school shootings, an issue that often dominates the headlines but represents a tiny fraction of American deaths from firearms. Experts say that while discussions around and solutions to mass shootings...

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If the election were held today, according to the survey from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, co-sponsored by The Times, 51% of the likely L.A. County voters would choose Hochman, and 21% would cast a ballot for Gascón. That leaves 28% undecided.

In today’s issue: Vice President Harris today will appear on ABC’s “The View,” Howard Stern’s Sirius XM radio show and CBS’s “Late Show with Stephen Colbert,” seeking to expand her support among younger, college-educated supporters. Harris is eager to revive a diverse under-45 voting coalition that helped Democrats win the White House in 1992, 1996,...

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The new forces are being added as Israel expands its military operations from the eastern part of its border with Lebanon to the west.

Thomas Kwan pleaded guilty to attempted murder at a court in England. He disguised himself as a nurse to inject his mom’s partner with a flesh-eating toxin.

Monday, during an appearance on FNC’s “Hannity,” Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) excoriated Vice President Kamala Harris for injecting herself into his state’s storm preparation as Category 5 Hurricane Milton approaches the Sunshine State.

In the Kamala Harris/Tim Walz ticket, we’ve got a prosecutor and a football coach with nary a sprig of Ivy between them

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State watch The ​City of East Moline, Ill., hired former Illinois Rep. Cheri Bustos (D) at Mercury Public Affairs to lobby for grants. Bustos, a former member of the House Appropriations Committee, joined the firm after she left Congress in early 2023. The ​City of Duvall, Wash., hired CFM Strategic Communications to lobby for federal...

Hurricane Milton is forecast to make landfall in Florida late Wednesday night.

Israel said it mobilized its first reserve division to operate in southern Lebanon. Israel and Hezbollah traded fire on the anniversary of the Oct. 7 Hamas attacks.

Former Reps. Adam Kinzinger and Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) are among several leading Republicans who have publicly endorsed Kamala Harris for president, citing their belief in the rule of law and their commitment to the Constitution.

Former President Trump has opened up a sizable lead in the presidential race in Florida and Texas one month out from Election Day, a New York Times poll published Tuesday showed. The survey, conducted by the Times and Siena College, found Trump leading in his home state of Florida by 13 percentage points over Vice...

Milton is a powerful Category 4 hurricane with a path forecast to bring it ashore along Florida's west coast this week.

First lady Jill Biden is hitting the campaign trail for Vice President Harris, embarking on a battleground state swing less than a month before Election Day. Her trip starts Friday with a campaign event in Yuma, Ariz., and then she will campaign in Phoenix on Saturday. On Sunday, the first lady will visit northern Nevada...

The new forces are being added as Israel expands its military operations from the eastern part of its border with Lebanon to the west.

The largest water and wastewater utility company in the U.S. was hit by a cyberattack, forcing it to temporarily pause billing for its customers, the company announced Monday. American Water became informed of "unauthorized activity" in its computer networks and systems last Thursday, the company said in a press release. The New Jersey-based company later...

Video showed the koala’s late night journey at Sydney’s Casula train station. Experts say deforestation and urbanization are driving the marsupials from their homes.

Most of the people who live in Poplar, N.C, are seniors. One priority is securing propane and kerosene heaters to keep them warm when it turns cold.

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Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said late Monday that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has the necessary resources to respond effectively to Hurricane Milton, which is expected to make landfall in Florida late Wednesday. “Yes, it does, quite clearly,” Mayorkas told MSNBC's Jen Psaki, when asked whether FEMA has what it needs to respond...

Monday, during an appearance on FNC’s “Hannity,” Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) excoriated Vice President Kamala Harris for injecting herself into his state’s storm preparation as Category 5 Hurricane Milton approaches the Sunshine State.

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The two men may have shared as many as seven phone calls since 2021, according to a new book by Watergate journalist Bob Woodward.

President Biden will provide an update to the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene, which has devastated parts of North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. Biden will also provide an update on what preparations are being put in place for Hurricane Milton, which is on track to hit the west coast of Florida in coming days....

Former President Trump's campaign is rejecting accounts in journalist Bob Woodward's new book that the Republican presidential nominee held multiple phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin since leaving office in January 2021. Woodward also wrote in his book, ‘War,’ that Trump agreed to secretly send Putin COVID-19 testing equipment.  Steven Cheung, the communications director...

It’s not a good idea for Democrats to let Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu get in their heads this close to a presidential election.

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Climate change set up the Gulf of Mexico to birth a storm this strong, this fast.

Montana GOP Senate nominee Tim Sheehy said young women are “single-issue voters” on abortion and young voters are “indoctrinated” to support liberal causes, according to released audio of the candidate speaking at campaign events last year. The audio reveals additional comments that Sheehy made at campaign stops in 2023 beyond the previously reported ones he...

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” that she would do nothing differently than President Joe Biden.

Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), the chairman of the conservative Senate Steering Committee, has laid out a list of proposed reforms designed to ensure that the next Senate Republican leader does not have the same power as outgoing Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.). McConnell has served as Senate GOP leader since 2007, making him the...

Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes to hit west-central Florida, the National Hurricane Center warned.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” that she would do nothing differently than President Joe Biden.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” that she would do nothing differently than President Joe Biden.

If the election were held today, according to the survey from the UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies, co-sponsored by The Times, 51% of the likely L.A. County voters would choose Hochman, and 21% would cast a ballot for Gascón. That leaves 28% undecided.

The "reverse" storm surge phenomenon is truly one of the strangest results of a hurricane.

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris said Tuesday on ABC’s “The View” that she would do nothing differently than President Joe Biden.

Almost a decade after the disastrous Flint water crisis, the Biden administration is requiring the removal of most of the nation’s lead-contaminated water pipes within 10 years.

The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared to lean toward upholding the Biden administration’s regulations of so-called ghost guns.  Sold as do-it-yourself kits, the devices enable a user to assemble a fully functional firearm in a matter of minutes. The Biden administration has raised alarm about ghost guns’ exploding popularity and difficulty in tracing them. Law...

The "reverse" storm surge phenomenon is truly one of the strangest results of a hurricane.

President Biden will deliver remarks in Milwaukee Tuesday, touching on the administration’s work replacing lead pipes and job creation. Biden has committed to replace every lead pipe in the nation to advance safe drinking water. The administration has allotted $15 billion to replace lead service lines through the bipartisan infrastructure law. White House senior deputy...

Deanne Criswell, administrator of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), pushed back on former President Trump’s “completely false” claims that the agency lacks on-the-ground personnel in states devastated by Hurricane Helene and that the federal government does not have adequate recovery aid available for victims of the storm. Criswell said in a Tuesday interview on...

A spokesperson variously called the reporter “slow, lethargic, incompetent and overall a boring person with no personality.”

Thomas Jefferson, James Madison and Alexander Hamilton agreed to the Dinner Table Bargain in 1790, which saw the new federal government assume all the states' debts in return for moving the new seat of government to the Potomac, and a similar compromise is needed now to address the burgeoning debt and deficits.

Both political parties in the US receive exorbitant amounts of donations from corporations and the very rich. A close look at the money trail shows which sections of capital favor Republicans and Democrats, respectively.

TikTok is being sued by 13 states and the District of Columbia in new lawsuits that allege the social media platform uses addictive features to “intentionally target children.”

Vice President Kamala Harris is receiving heavy backlash after her appearance on The View on Tuesday.

Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma death row inmate, has been scheduled for execution nine times — and each time, he has avoided that fate following legal twists and turns. Convicted for the 1997 killing of his former boss, Glossip has maintained his innocence for nearly three decades. Now, the state’s Republican attorney general has joined him...

More than 80 organizations urged Congress in a Tuesday letter to return from its pre-election recess to pass a supplemental package replenishing funding for the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to address recovery efforts in the wake of Hurricane Helene and as Hurricane Milton is expected to make landfall this week. "Since the storm moved...

Vice President and Democratic nominee for the White House Kamala Harris is a self-confessed fan MSNBC's flagship morning talk show. Harris' morning media diet came up during a conversation with SiriusXM radio host Howard Stern on Tuesday, after her questioned her about what she watches or reads while she's working out on the elliptical. Stern...

Most of the justices, including two conservatives, seemed to favor the limits imposed by the Biden administration on kits that allow homemade guns.

The “care economy” agenda collapsed despite a Democratic trifecta. A divided government is more likely next time.

Fox News Media will this month launch a new daily one-hour Spanish-language program entitled "Fox Noticias" focusing on issues impacting the Hispanic community, the company announced on Tuesday. "Fox Noticias" will be anchored by "Fox and Friends Weekend" co-host Rachel Campos-Duffy and air weekdays at 4 pm on the company's Spanish-language sports network, Fox Deportes. It will also be available...

The monster storm is expected to make landfall near Tampa Bay on Wednesday.

The “Uncommitted” National Movement – a pro-Palestinian political group opposing the Biden administration’s support for Israel – encouraged its followers to back Vice President Harris’s presidential bid over former President Trump’s, less than one month ahead of Election Day. The group stopped short of issuing a formal endorsement of the Democratic nominee, but in a...

As devastating natural disasters cause mass destruction across the southeastern United States, politicians and leaders are more concerned with arming Israel to the teeth than preparing and rebuilding their own communities.

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Donald Trump marked one year since the tragic attack on Israel that occurred on October 7th, 2023.

Israel said it mobilized its first reserve division to operate in southwestern Lebanon. Hezbollah officials pledged to keep fighting.

Political pundits mercilessly mocked Vice President Kamala Harris’s performance during a 60 Minutes interview Monday after she delivered false, incoherent, and rambling statements.

Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report   The Big Story Harris steps up her media game Vice President Harris is stepping up her media game with a blitz of interviews as Election Day draws closer. © AP Photo/Ben Curtis The vice president is hitting the airwaves throughout the week...

Former President Trump and his allies on Tuesday seized on a comment from Vice President Harris in which she said there was “not a thing that comes to mind” that she would have done differently from President Biden. Trump and other Republicans shared the clip from Harris’s interview with “The View,” arguing it was an...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu confirmed on Tuesday that Hezbollah’s intended replacement of former leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, who was killed last month, has been eliminated as well.

The Tampa Bay area hasn’t had a direct hit from a hurricane since 1921. Over 5 million Florida residents were urged to evacuate as Milton approached.

Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D) and former Rep. Mike Rogers (R), running to replace retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D), will take the debate stage Tuesday night in a forum hosted by local Nexstar affiliate WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids, Mich. News 8 political reporter Rick Albin will moderate, with anchor Amber Krycka also presenting questions, according...

And Stern told his mostly white male listeners not to vote for Donald Trump.

The storm’s winds reached 165 miles per hour on Tuesday after weakening slightly. Gas pumps across Florida ran low as fleeing residents jammed highways.

The park is no stranger to storms.

Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes to ever hit the Tampa area, the National Hurricane Center warned.

North Carolina’s election board has decided to give counties affected by Hurricane Helene more voting flexibility.

Milton has the potential to be one of the most destructive hurricanes to ever hit the Tampa area, the National Hurricane Center warned.

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NASA astronaut Matthew Dominick captured photos and videos of Hurricane Milton from space as it barrels toward central Florida. Dominick posted the hurricane image and video on X, showing Milton through the SpaceX Crew Dragon capsule Endeavour window currently docked at the International Space Station. “We flew over Hurricane Milton about 90 minutes ago. Here...

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U.S. officials on Tuesday said they had thwarted a plot to carry out a terror attack in the U.S. on Election Day by an Afghan citizen with ties to ISIS. The Justice Department unsealed charges against Nasir Ahmad Tawhedi, 27, who now lives in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Justice accuses Tawhedi of purchaseing two AK-47 assault...

The platform has paid off its fines, suspended accounts deemed to have broken Brazilian law, and appointed a legal representative in the country.

Communities along Florida's west coast are bracing for a life-threatening storm. Many residents are taking Milton very seriously, heeding calls to evacuate to higher ground. Others are staying put.

Hurricane Milton is currently predicted to make landfall on Wednesday at 8:00 p.m. in Florida with wind gusts raging at over 100 mph according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC). Originally forecasters predicted the storm would be a category 3 but has intensified to a category 5, the strongest designation on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Wind...

The last time Tampa Bay was hit by a major hurricane was 1921, when just a few hundred people lived in sparsely developed backwater towns — and the community was still devastated.

Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant was due to brief his counterpart at the Pentagon on Wednesday, but the trip has been abruptly called off.

Radio host Howard Stern suggested Tuesday his vote for Vice President Kamala Harris was equal to voting for a wall.

As Hurricane Milton roars toward Florida, storm-weary and battered residents race to evacuate ahead of landfall and once in a century storm surge.

Vice President Harris on Tuesday cracked open a Miller High Life with "The Late Show" host Stephen Colbert, then criticized former President Trump and joked that happens when she drinks beer. Colbert and Harris both drank from cans and talked about music and the preview election, according to an early transcript released to reporters. The...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Aircraft Operations Center has released footage from a research plane flying directly into Hurricane Milton.

Hurricane Milton is heading toward central Florida and several of Orlando’s theme parks are set to close before it makes landfall. Mandatory evacuations have been ordered for much of Florida’s west coast to prepare for Milton, which is the first major hurricane to directly hit the Tampa area in more than a century. Forecasters initially...

Harris-Walz Campaign co-chair Cedric Richmond and Fox News host Martha MacCallum sparred over the Biden administration's response to Hurricane Helene on Tuesday. In an interview on Fox News Channel's "The Story," MacCallum questioned why more assets weren't prepositioned for the storm. Richmond disagreed, claiming the opposite and adding that the host was looking for a...

Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin (D) and former Rep. Mike Rogers (R) clashed over foreign policy, manufacturing and immigration during their first debate Tuesday as they battle to replace retiring Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D) in the Senate. Slotkin, a three-term lawmaker running with Stabenow’s endorsement, is leaving her House seat in Michigan’s 7th Congressional District to...

The hurricane is set to grow in size as it nears land, bringing more of its disastrous impacts to a wider area

The Trump campaign called on CBS News’s 60 Minutes to release its full, unedited transcript with Vice President Kamala Harris.

Ronald Anthony Jones admits he was one of the men who abducted, raped and killed Lois Anne Haro in 1988. But did he pull the trigger?

Ethel Kennedy, a social justice advocate and the widow of late U.S. Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy, is recovering in a hospital after suffering a stroke last week, her grandson said in a statement. Former Rep. Joe Kennedy III (D-Mass.) posted on the social platform X on Tuesday that his grandmother had suffered a stroke...

The Biden administration hopes to avoid a repeat of surprise attacks, such as the killing of Hezbollah’s leader.

The architect of the Oct. 7 attacks on Israel has revived the practice of suicide bombings to achieve the group’s goals.

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