22.10.2024 — The Day of Blue Wall Tremors

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Members of the “Central Park Five” have filed a defamation lawsuit against former President Donald Trump for “false statements” they allege that he made regarding their 1989 case during a presidential debate last month.

Asked a question about spending at the LAPD, attorney Ysabel Jurado responded: ‘What’s the rap verse? F— the police? That’s how I see ‘em.’

Seconds after people rushed to help a 13-year-old boy grievously wounded from a strike in northern Gaza, another strike hit a few feet away.

President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden honored recipients of the National Medals of Arts and Humanities during a Monday reception at the White House. Biden invoked the power of women during a speech honoring the recipients, which include actress Queen Latifah and the late singer Selena Quintanilla. "As Jill Biden's husband, I know the...

Houston officials say the helicopter was flying from Ellington Airport when it crashed into a radio tower.

A congresswoman’s links to a Communist Party initiative ran through a local ‘hometown association.’

Vice President Harris and former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) spent Monday on a swing across the blue wall to try to appeal to Republican voters. The vice president and former congresswoman traveled to Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin to sit for three campaign events, during which they took questions from attendees and were surrounded by “Country...

Trump is winning male voters by 16 points, according to a USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll, and is pushing ahead on appealing to this group.

Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson (D) and tech billionaire Elon Musk got into a days-long back-and-forth on the social platform X about voter registration in the Wolverine State. On Saturday, Musk responded to a post on the social platform X claiming that Michigan “STILL has 100,000 more registered voters than eligible citizens.” “Michigan has...

A month of Israeli military successes, capped by the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, is boosting Benjamin Netanyahu’s popularity.

Since the pandemic, early voting has become a broadly accepted part of American elections. But it is difficult to glean partisan advantage.

Forest City was an audacious $100 billion project by a top Chinese developer. Today, it is a fraction of what had been planned and the developer is broke.

Israel says it is planning to carry out more strikes in Lebanon against a Hezbollah-run financial institution that it targeted the night before.

The Kamala Harris campaign has enlisted actor Ben Stiller and talk show host Andy Cohen for a new social media video intended to broaden her appeal to men, specifically fathers who have daughters. The video also features her husband Doug Emhoff who talks about being a responsible family man when it comes to abortion.

At least 24 were injured in the strike near Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. Israel’s military said it had hit a Hezbollah target.

Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are bidding for the votes of Arab and Muslim American voters and Jewish voters, particularly in Michigan and Pennsylvania.

Harvey Weinstein is diagnosed with cancer, source says

There are more than 47,000 people in Bibb County, Georgia, about 80 miles south of Atlanta, who are eligible to vote but don’t.

Narrow skyscraper to be latest addition to city’s super-tall skyline

Many are feared to be missing under the rubble of Rafik Hariri University Hospital, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. Israel’s military said it hit a Hezbollah target.

Israel has decimated Hamas’s military wing, along with much of Gaza. But the group’s small-scale, hit-and-run approach poses a threat in the enclave’s north.

Internal records show how USC admitted children of the wealthy and well-connected through an alternate path with an acceptance rate of up to 90%.

Conservatives have had an aggressive and largely successful campaign in recent years taking education issues to the court system, a combination of decades of ground work, a better political climate and a friendlier Supreme Court. In the past few years, Republicans have snatched high-profile wins at the high court, including blocking student debt relief...

In today’s issue: What are Vice President Harris and former President Trump not talking about in the final days of this campaign? The scripts not in constant rotation — the deletions and omissions — offer some insights. Among voters in a trio of “blue wall” battleground states Monday, Harris was not focused on the nitty-gritty...

Israel has decimated Hamas’s military wing, along with much of Gaza. But the group’s small-scale, hit-and-run approach poses a threat in the enclave’s north.

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There's a three-way race for chief of staff, and the “knife-fighting is underway.”

Both are bidding for the votes of Arab and Muslim American voters and Jewish voters, particularly in extremely tight races in battleground states.

Former President Trump has a slight advantage over Vice President Harris in Georgia, a key battleground state, a new survey found. The survey, conducted by the Atlanta Journal Constitution (AJC), found Trump leading with 47 percent support in the state. Harris follows closely behind with 43 percent. With just two weeks left until Election Day,...

The nuclear-armed neighbors have reached a breakthrough in discussions over their disputed Himalayan border, four years after a clash that saw security forces engage in hand-to-hand combat.

Chelsey Hauge-Zavaleta says parents should avoid punishing their kids and focus on "loving connection" instead. Do her methods work—or do they turn kids into little tyrants?

The problems of working-class men in American society are in fact very real and getting worse — and they won’t be solved by empty promises.

These simple executive branch steps may be the best approach until we as voters insist that Congress does its job.

Even though Harris is running as a moderate, progressives are likely to get blamed for her defeat.

Multiple news outlets have reported the exposure of highly classified U.S. intelligence material on Israel’s potential plans for a retaliatory attack on Iran.

A professional athlete allegedly stopped a drunk Sean “Diddy” Combs from sexually assaulting a luxury car businessman at one of his parties, a new lawsuit claims.

Department of Justice trial attorneys are seeking to form the first attorneys' union in the department's history in response to a return-to-office mandate, citing concerns about productivity, work-life balance, and job security.

Vice President Harris has a 3-point advantage over former President Trump nationally with two weeks until Election Day, according to a new survey. The poll, released Tuesday by Reuters/Ipsos, shows Harris leading Trump with 46 percent support to 43 percent. The Democratic nominee’s lead was unchanged, 45 percent to 42 percent, compared to the previous...

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It’s shocking for many of us to learn that forced labor is actually legal as punishment for a crime. Ballot measures in Nevada and California this Election Day would outlaw forced labor in prisons.

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville reiterated his prediction Monday that Vice President Harris will triumph over former President Trump in the election, now just two weeks away. “I think that Harris is going to win,” Carville said Monday during an appearance on MSNBC’s ‘The Beat” with host Ari Melber.  “Let me just say that out...

Read this guide from The Associated Press to better understand the way America picks its president and its leaders — all the way down the ballot.

Israel steps up offensives against Iran-backed groups in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip as Antony Blinken returns to the region to push for a cease-fire.

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Rather than promoting capitalist fiction long debunked, the Harris-Walz campaign should craft a platform that tackles the realities of racial capitalism — a system built on exploiting race for economic gain.

North Carolina Rep. Chuck Edwards (R) gave former President Trump a "french fries certification pin" honoring the former president's appearance working the drive-thru at a McDonald's over the weekend. “For those of you who did not get to see it, I offered, because you know, I also own McDonald’s restaurants, I know that you perfected...

Experts think they’ve cracked the code for how to actually convert empty office buildings into affordable housing.

A coalition of more than 60 tech companies and industry groups, including Amazon, Anthropic, Google, Meta, Microsoft and OpenAI, urged congressional leaders Tuesday to pass legislation permanently authorizing the U.S. Artificial Intelligence Safety Institute by the end of the year. In a letter led by the Information Technology Industry Council (ITI) and Americans for Responsible...

The former CEO of Abercrombie & Fitch has reportedly been arrested on sex trafficking charges brought by federal prosecutors in New York.

An earlier strain of the virus was concentrated among adult men. Now it is moving quickly between children, and in many cases it is proving fatal.

Former presidential candidate Andrew Yang praised Vice President Harris Monday night, saying she embodies change to many Americans much more than her GOP rival former President Trump. Yang, the founder of the Forward Party, noted that whichever candidate personifies "change" will have the upper hand in the election, now just two weeks away. "It‘s one...

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) slammed former President Trump for his recent visit to a McDonald's in Pennsylvania, suggesting the photo op was just an attempt at "connecting" with voters. "You’ve got Donald Trump putting on a little McDonald’s costume because he thinks that’s what people do," Ocasio-Cortez told a crowd of people Monday during an...

Many are feared to be missing under the rubble of Rafiq Hariri University Hospital, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. Israel’s military said it hit a Hezbollah target.

Target is slashing prices on over 2,000 items across different categories in a bid to offer more discounts to cash-strapped customers as the holiday season approaches.

The secretary of state’s trip comes as questions persist about what might bring an end to the fighting in Gaza and Lebanon, and what will happen after the conflict.

A new survey from the American Psychological Association is shining a light on election-related stressors for Americans.

Gov. Josh Shapiro of Pennsylvania may not be on the verge of the vice presidency, but he says he has everything riding on a Kamala Harris victory.

Vice President Kamala Harris plagiarized material in addition to her book Smart on Crime, an analysis by Washington Free Beacon’s Aaron Sibarium found Tuesday.

🍑 Plus: Georgia's controversial election rules {beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Tuesday. Two weeks from today, polls across the country will be open! Eeeeeek. Here's what's coming up: Some Democratic senators in "blue wall" states are keeping their distance from Harris. Georgia’s last-minute, controversial election rules are causing a stir. Keep reading for an explainer on...

As search teams combed the ruins of buildings across from Rafik Hariri University Hospital, locals listened for signs of their loved ones in the wreckage.

Third-party candidates will be on the ballot in all the top battleground states, drawing increased scrutiny over how they could influence the outcome of the presidential election in two weeks. Vice President Harris and former President Trump are statistically tied in many of these swing states, meaning a percentage point or two going to another...

Young Indians are making a risky journey to the US illegally in worrying new trend

Will storm damage depress turnout in a key battleground state?

A federal judge on Tuesday ordered Rudy Giuliani to turn over much of his property to two Georgia election workers he defamed. The order appoints Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss, the election workers, as receivers of Giuliani’s New York apartment, Mercedes-Benz, luxury watches and some of his cash. U.S. District Judge Lewis Liman ordered...

Orange County Supervisor Andrew Do agrees to step down from his post and plead guilty to one count of conspiracy to commit bribery, federal authorities say.

Food companies exploit a loophole in the FDA’s rules that let them self-determine an additive’s safety, yielding obvious conflicts of interest.

Disclosure comes as Blinken visits Israel in fresh push for cease-fire and Hezbollah targets Tel Aviv.

Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said an agreement was close. She also rebuked China’s lending practices and called for more debt relief.

Rudy Giuliani has seven days to turn over his possessions to a receivership controlled by Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss.

South Korea’s intelligence agency said that Pyongyang had sent around 1,500 troops to train in eastern Russia.

A federal judge on Tuesday tossed the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) lawsuit challenging how Michigan maintains its voter rolls. U.S. District Judge Jane Beckering ruled that neither the RNC nor two individual voters who joined the suit had legal standing to bring their case. Even if they did, Beckering said she would’ve dismissed the lawsuit...

A video making lurid and false claims about the Democratic presidential candidate was spread by pro-Trump accounts. Intelligence officials say Russia was behind the video.

The Justice Department unsealed an indictment against four Iranian officials Tuesday for their alleged involvement in a murder-for-hire targeting Iranian-American journalist Masih Alinejad.  Among those charged is Ruhollah Bazghandi, a brigadier general in the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps who previously served as a top counterintelligence official. The other three Iranians indicted were Fnu Lnu, Hossein...

Senate Democrats attacked McDonald’s on Tuesday for price gouging while it continues to “grow” profits and serve the needs of customers.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Tuesday announced the formal cancellation of a pesticide linked to fetal damage three months after issuing an emergency order to pull it from the market. The EPA, invoking the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), canceled all products containing the pesticide dimethyl tetrachloroterephthalate (DCPA). The agency cited numerous...

A 36-year-old woman in Florida is now under arrest after she purportedly tried manipulating a 10-year-old child to commit murder by instructing the kid to drop an infant on the ground and slit the throats of adults living in the same home before setting them on fire.

Elon Musk is wearing multiple hats this election season, sparking questions about how his dual role as a tech leader and vocal surrogate for former President Trump could lead to conflicts of interest. Musk, the owner of Tesla and SpaceX, holds government contracts worth billions of dollars with more than a dozen federal agencies. While...

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Two illegal alien gang members from Venezuela are accused of murdering a 59-year-old man in Stamford, Connecticut, this month.

Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report   The Big Story Trump, Harris race draws millions of dollars to politics betting sites Voters aren’t just casting ballots this election cycle – they are voting with their wallets, as seen by the millions that have been poured into bets between Vice President...

International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials sounded a death knell for the post-pandemic inflation Tuesday and raised projections for U.S. economic performance, placing the U.S. at the center of the global growth outlook among advanced economies. The IMF sees real gross domestic product (GDP) increasing by 2.8 percent this year, up from a forecast of 2.6...

Internal records show how USC admitted children of the wealthy and well-connected through an alternate path with an acceptance rate of up to 90%.

45th President Donald Trump called Vice President Kamala Harris “lazy as hell” on Tuesday for essentially having no campaign events on her schedule just two weeks before election day.

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Plus: Biden gives Harris a boost away from campaign's spotlight {beacon} Evening Report   © Alex Brandon and Gene J. Puskar, Associated Press 14 days to go: Rogan, Eminem, The Boss & more With two weeks left, the stars are coming out for what could be the closest election in a generation. The final...

Many are feared to be missing under the rubble of Rafiq Hariri University Hospital, Lebanon’s Health Ministry said. Israel’s military said it hit a Hezbollah target.

Former President Trump’s brief stop at a suburban Pennsylvania McDonald’s on Sunday was largely a political stunt, but one that catapulted him into a viral moment his campaign seized upon to win headlines and attention. Meanwhile, in Georgia, Vice President Harris on the same day spoke to a giant congregation at a Black Baptist megachurch. At...

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President Biden on Tuesday highlighted his administration’s efforts to lower prescription drug costs, as he seeks to cement his legacy in his final months in office.   At an event in New Hampshire alongside Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and other Democrats, Biden spoke about the impact of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), including its cap...

Blinken questioned the Israeli leader about a plan backed by some officials to gain control of the north by starving out or killing Palestinians currently there.

Stroke guidelines now include risks that are unique to women.   The American Stroke Association, a division of the American Heart Association, released new stroke prevention guidelines this week for the first time in a decade. The focus of the guidelines is to provide primary prevention — or preventing strokes in those who have never had...

With New York City’s corrupt and conservative mayor under federal indictment, New York State Assembly member Zohran Mamdani argues that it’s time for the Left to think big.

Harris' 'Medicare at Home' Plan Would Fail To Make At-Home Care Affordable

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story IMF sounds death knell over inflation, raises 2025 outlook International Monetary Fund (IMF) officials are declaring victory in the post-pandemic inflation fight and have raised projections for U.S. economic performance. © Getty The IMF sees real...

“If I said this 5 years ago, you’d lock me up: we gotta lock him up,” Biden, 81, said during a visit to a Democratic campaign office in New Hampshire.

In 2020, Donald Trump convinced supporters that anything but in-person Election Day voting was untrustworthy. After his loss, Republicans shifted their stance.

President Joe Biden let the veil slip during a Thursday stop in New Hampshire.

“If I said this 5 years ago, you’d lock me up: we gotta lock him up,” Biden, 81, said during a visit to a Democratic campaign office in New Hampshire.

Senate Democrats are facing an increasingly tough road to keeping their majority in the upper chamber as races in crucial swing states tighten with just two weeks until Election Day. The path to 51 seats was always going to be a long shot for Democrats, who are facing a difficult Senate map featuring multiple incumbents...

Ousted former Democrat Representative Stacey Abrams argued that the reason why some Black men and women are not supporting Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign is because they're most likely racist or sexist.

Vice President Harris on Tuesday said decisions on gender-affirming care should be left to doctors and their patients in an interview with NBC News. The vice president said “we should follow the law” when NBC’s Hallie Jackson pressed her on if she believes in access to gender-affirming care. Harris noted that former President Trump’s campaign...

Former President Trump’s campaign team filed a complaint with the Federal Elections Commission Monday, labeling the UK Labour Party’s efforts to support Vice President Harris as “election interference.”  “In two weeks, Americans will once again reject the oppression of big government that we rejected in 1776. The flailing Harris-Walz campaign is seeking foreign influence to...