29.10.2024 — יום הטיעונים הסופיים

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) reportedly had a “secret fling” with the daughter of a Chinese Communist Party (CCP) official, according to a recent report.

Ahead of a scheduled speaking tour, conservative commentator Candace Owens has been prohibited from visiting Australia.

The Nevada Supreme Court upheld a ruling that allows mail-in ballots without a postmark to be counted up to three days after Election Day, November 5th.

Vice President Harris on Monday courted voters in Michigan, urging them to vote early in hopes of a boost just over a week before Election Day in the critical battleground state. “We need you to vote early Michigan because we have just eight days to go, eight days left in one of the most consequential...

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Monday said the “little secret” that former President Trump teased at his Madison Square Garden rally is a get-out-the-vote effort, not a “diabolical” plan to toss out Electoral College results if Trump loses the presidential election. “It’s nothing scandalous, but we’re having a ball with this. The...

Walker Buehler starts for the Dodgers as they try to take a commanding lead over New York in Game 3 of the World Series. The game is in progress.

Egypt has a new cease-fire proposal amid Israel’s bombardment and siege of northern Gaza. Israel is discussing the proposal but waiting to see who is elected U.S. president, an official told NPR.

MSNBC is facing backlash for comparing former President Donald Trump’s recent Madison Square Garden event to a pro-Nazi rally held at the same New York City venue in 1939 after splicing in 85-year-old footage of the crowd doing Seig Heil salutes in between clips of the Republican’s Sunday audience.

MSNBC is facing backlash for comparing former President Donald Trump’s recent Madison Square Garden event to a pro-Nazi rally held at the same New York City venue in 1939 after splicing in 85-year-old footage of the crowd doing Seig Heil salutes in between clips of the Republican’s Sunday audience.

Israeli troops pulled back from Kamal Adwan Hospital after a days-long raid, the IDF said. Gaza cease-fire talks are ongoing in Doha, a person briefed on them said.

Walker Buehler tosses five scoreless innings to spark the Dodgers to a 4-2 win over the Yankees that puts them on the doorstep of a World Series championship.

How the coldest place on Earth became one of the world’s hottest vacation spots

Eight years after Russia interfered in the 2016 presidential election, foreign influence with American voters has grown more sophisticated.

Walker Buehler tosses five scoreless innings to spark the Dodgers to a 4-2 win over the Yankees that puts them on the doorstep of a World Series championship.

Americans are approaching the 2024 election with deep unease about what could follow, including the potential for political violence.

A ‘brain-dead’ patient woke up in the OR. But a witness says an organ procurement group kept ‘pushing’

As Islamist militants spread south, group leaders have made clear their fight is with Mali’s government — and the Wagner mercenaries protecting it.

Hezbollah named Naim Qassem its new leader. Israel’s parliament passed laws that could seriously affect aid work by UNRWA, the U.N. agency for Palestinians.

Kamala Harris said Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally was more proof the former president is "focused and fixated on his grievances."

In her closing argument to voters, Harris will tell voters they have two paths on Election Day: delivering for Americans or grievances and retribution

The vice president will pledge to Americans that she’ll work to improve their lives while Donald Trump is in it for himself.

Escalating wars in the Middle East are not likely to calm before the November election, making the next U.S. president a key figure in efforts to broker peace and reset relations in the region. Former President Trump and Vice President Harris agree on some basic goals of U.S. policy in the region – defending Israel...

With business ties to foreign governments and holdings in industries overseen by federal regulators, Donald Trump would likely be the most conflicted president in U.S. history.

The cost of college in the U.S. is going … down? With lower tuition, less student debt and more grant aid, College Board data released last week shows a hopeful future for higher education costs, despite public perception. The report shows that over the past few years, the cost of college and the number...

Kamala Harris will urge voters to "turn the page" on former President Trump's era by pledging to put country over party, a senior campaign official said.

Generation-defining challenges — including housing affordability, how to adapt to climate change and the bottoming out of commercial real estate in the wake of the pandemic — paint an uncertain future for many American cities. “American cities are facing significant challenges, including currently housing affordability, the post pandemic recovery, economic development, climate resilience and infrastructure...

“I always had a scale nearby in case I needed to make sure,” said a party planner.

Americans are approaching the 2024 election with deep unease about what could follow, including the potential for political violence.

“I always had a scale nearby in case I needed to make sure,” said a party planner.

Firebrand rightwing influencer Steve Bannon served a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from a congressional committee that investigated the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.

Steve Bannon was released from prison Tuesday after serving a four-month sentence for refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena related to the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. Bannon’s exit from a Connecticut prison comes exactly one week from Election Day, where his former boss, former President Trump, is neck-and-neck with his Democratic opponent,...

GOP commentator Ryan Girdusky has been banned from CNN after he made offensive comments Monday toward Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan, seemingly referencing his ethnicity. "I hope your beeper doesn't go off," Girdusky told Hasan, an apparent reference the pager bomb detonations earlier this year that resulted in several deaths and thousands of injuries in Lebanon....

Hezbollah named Naim Qassem its new leader. At least 25 children were among the dead after an Israeli strike on a building in Beit Lahia, northern Gaza, officials said.

The Perils of Trump's Proposed Bitcoin Strategic Reserve

“I always had a scale nearby in case I needed to make sure,” said a party planner.

Former White House chief strategist Steve Bannon was released from prison early Tuesday after serving a four-month sentence for defying a subpoena from the January 6 Select Committee.

Here’s what history tells us.

Former President Trump at a Monday rally rejected the label used by Vice President Harris and some of his former aides that he is a fascist, describing himself as "the opposite of a Nazi." “You know, years ago, my father — I had a great father, tough guy — he used to always say, 'Never...

Seven days before Election Day, former President Donald Trump will have rallies in Pennsylvania while Vice President Kamala Harris will give a speech at the Ellipse.

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Atlanta residents want to vote directly on the proposed police training facility known as Cop City. But the campaign to decide the issue by referendum has faced major backlash from the city government, including several instances of outright sabotage.

Over the coming weeks, members of the new Axis of Evil may have further unhappy surprises for the democratically distracted West.

Donald Trump is expected to hold a news conference at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday, while Kamala Harris heads to Washington in their final campaign pushes before Election Day.

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U.S. airlines are now required to give passengers an automatic refund for canceled or significantly delayed flights and for services that were paid for if they but not provided, like Wi-Fi or entertainment. "Passengers deserve to get their money back when an airline owes them—without headaches or haggling. Today, our automatic refund rule goes into...

Stephen K. Bannon opened his podcast on Tuesday morning, hours after his release from federal prison, by declaring that among the many things he had learned, he had seen that young black and Hispanic men “detest” Kamala Harris.

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Putting campaign promises aside, the realistic prospect is for hard choices and initiatives that are limited in scope.

Comedian Jon Stewart poked fun on Monday of Democrats and media allies who raised concerns about crass jokes delivered by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at former President Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday.

Democrats Changed Candidates but Didn't Shift Their Message

The Nevada Supreme Court upheld a ruling that allows mail-in ballots without a postmark to be counted up to three days after Election Day, November 5th.

More Republicans are voting early than in the past. That doesn’t mean Trump will win.

The most popular podcaster in the world claimed he turned down an interview with Vice President Kamala Harris after her campaign made several demands, but insisted he hopes it can still happen.

Donald Trump is expected to hold a news conference at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday, while Kamala Harris heads to Washington in their final campaign pushes before Election Day.

A recent Gallup poll found that 40 percent of Americans are afraid to walk alone at night within a mile of their home, and many Americans feel less safe due to increased crime, anti-Semitic attacks, and the threat of war.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Tuesday said the rally hosted by former President Trump at Madison Square Garden is the “opposite of Nazism” as Democrats seek to paint the right in that light. Kennedy joined Fox News’s “Fox & Friends” to discuss his reaction to the New York City rally. He said he was in...

Former President Trump on Tuesday accused Vice President Harris of running a "campaign of hate" for the White House, even as he has called his opponents the “enemy from within” and as his allies are under fire for racist and sexist attacks in recent days. The former president addressed a room of supporters at his...

An Iowa resident who returned to the United States from travel to West Africa died Monday of a rare hemorrhagic fever, health officials said. The Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said the death of a “middle-aged eastern Iowa resident” was confirmed from Lassa fever. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)...

Satellite imagery analyzed by The Washington Post shows damage to two air defense installations and at least three sites associated with missile production.

Known for their energy and bombast, Donald Trump’s rally speeches have become increasingly erratic. The former president is visibly tired amid a whirlwind schedule in the final days of the campaign.

Donald Trump ally Steve Bannon was released from a Connecticut federal prison Tuesday morning after serving four months in prison for failing to comply with a subpoena that relates to the January 6th congressional committee.

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Hezbollah has named Sheikh Naim Qassem as its next leader, though Israel, suggesting it will target him, has already threatened that his time in the role would be “temporary.” “Temporary appointment. Not for long,” Israeli Defense Minister Yoav Gallant posted on X alongside a photo of Qassem. Qassem, 71, takes over from his predecessor Hassan Nasrallah, who...

DEFENSIVE DON CALLS FASCIST MSG EVENT A 'LOVEFEST'

American consumers are feeling more confident ahead of Election Day, but they’re still not as confident as they were before the pandemic, according to a new survey from The Conference Board, a business research group. The Conference Board’s consumer confidence index surged to 108.7 in October from 99.2 in September. That’s the biggest monthly gain...

With one week until Election Day, early voters look different than they did four years ago when Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump.

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Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump are separated by 1 point in Nevada and Arizona in recent polling from CNN. The polls, released Tuesday, found Harris garnering 48 percent support from likely voters in Arizona to Trump’s 47 percent support. In Nevada, their positions were reversed, with Harris winning 47 percent, a percentage...

Former President Obama says that while some women "acted in somewhat inappropriate ways" towards him after he became commander in chief, he "was not trippin'" on any attention from female admirers.  "When I got drafted in the NFL, I got a little cuter," Channing Crowder, a former Miami Dolphins linebacker and co-host of "The Pivot"...

Perennial promises of a blue Texas have fallen short.

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Hispanic voters seem to be laughing off the faux media outrage over the Madison Square Garden rally comedian, judging by Florida early vote tallies.

After starting a homeless court, building up its shelter, housing and outreach services, the South Bay city of Redondo Beach has reached the point where more people are getting shelter and housing than becoming homeless.

Vice President Harris is leading former President Trump in battleground Michigan by 5 points, a new survey found. The poll from Susquehanna University Polling & Research shows Harris garnering 51.7 percent support to Trump’s 46.6 percent in the critical swing state. About half a percent of respondents, 0.5 percent, said they are still undecided and...

Barbara Pierce Bush, the daughter of former President George W. Bush, has officially endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris and made time to campaign over the weekend for the Democrat ticket in Pennsylvania, according to “People” magazine.

Last week, Goya Foods CEO Robert "Bob" Unanue told "FOX & Friends" that a surge in Trump support among Hispanics and Latinos in general is being driven by increased expenses under the Biden-Harris administration.

An analysis of Donald Trump’s posts shows that he directly promoted false conspiracy theories at least 330 times and amplified at least 145 conspiracists.

Donald Trump is headed to Pennsylvania after delivering remarks at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday, while Kamala Harris heads to Washington in their final campaign pushes before Election Day.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is blasting CNN over a segment that aired on the network Monday during which a panelist made an offensive comment Monday toward Muslim journalist Mehdi Hasan. "CNN has played a central role in normalizing this kind of open anti-Arab, anti-Muslim, and anti-Palestinian hate, and it’s sadly totally unsurprising to see such disgusting statements...

Republican strategist Karl Rove predicted on Tuesday that former President Trump would win the White House with either a Georgia, Pennsylvania or Michigan victory. During a Fox News appearance, Rove said that Arizona and North Carolina seem to be leaning Trump’s way, but added the latter state “has a very large group of unaffiliated, independent...

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Republican strategist Frank Luntz discussed what he called policy lapses in Vice President Harris’s campaign platform during a recent CNN appearance highlighting gaps in her plans for the presidency. “What is going to happen with affordability? What's going to happen with the border, the two biggest issues immigration and affordability,” Luntz questioned.  “She's done an...

Sen. Ed Markey (D-Mass.) on Wednesday urged Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, to enable independent academic researchers to study the impact of its platforms on the 2024 election as it did during the last presidential election.  In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday, the Massachusetts Democrat suggested that the tech...

Vice President Harris is delivering a closing argument to voters in Washington D.C. while former President Trump is minimizing damage from comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's Puerto Rico remarks, and his campaign is seeking to distance him from the comment.

The deadly attack came a day after Israel voted to ban operations by the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees, or UNRWA, Gaza’s leading humanitarian provider.

President Biden on Tuesday called for the government in the country of Georgia to investigate all election irregularities, holding back recognition of the claimed victory by the ruling party Georgian Dream following the parliamentary contest on Saturday. Biden cited international and local observers' assessments that elections in Georgia were not free, nor fair, and said he...

The first votes of the 2024 presidential election are rolling in, raising questions about what can be gleaned from the data in forecasting the possible outcome of the race. Almost all states and Washington, D.C., have begun some mail-in or early in-person voting and releasing information on the number of ballots returned, the first actual...

🎤 Plus: Harris preps her closing argument {beacon} Evening Report   © AP Photo/Mike Stewart/Evan Vucci Trump camp seeks to contain Puerto Rico fallout Former President Trump will visit the majority-Hispanic city of Allentown, Pa., on Tuesday evening, as his campaign seeks to quell the outcry over comedian Tony Hinchcliffe’s jokes about Latinos and Puerto...

Donald Trump is headed to Pennsylvania after delivering remarks at Mar-a-Lago Tuesday, while Kamala Harris heads to Washington in their final campaign pushes before Election Day.

Donald Trump’s anti-immigrant message is exposing longstanding tensions and challenging Democrats’ hopes for solidarity.

Welcome to The Hill's Campaign newsletter {beacon} Campaign Report Campaign Report   The Big Story How the GOP learned to stop worrying and love the early vote Today is “Vote Early Day,” and with one week until Election Day, more than 50 million ballots have been cast across 47 states and D.C. © AP Republicans,...

Just one week until former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris face off on Election Day.

{beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Climate activists make final push for Harris Climate activist groups will make calls, unleash advertisements, knock on doors and harness star power in support of Vice President Harris in the final stretch of the 2024 campaign —underscoring how critical they consider the White House...

This year is nothing like 2020, and a collective sense of resignation might make all the difference.

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are in a dead heat in two key swing states a week out from Election Day.

Oscar-nominated actress Teri Garr dies at 79

Teri Garr, known for her starring roles in Young Frankenstein and Tootsie, died on Tuesday in Los Angeles, California. She was 79 years-old.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) announced at least 40 percent of tree species around the world are at risk of extinction, according to a Thursday release from the organization. The assessment determined that at least 16,425 of the 47,282 evaluated species are at risk of extinction. Over 2,000 of those endangered...

Nadra Wilson and other Virginians got letters saying her U.S. citizenship was in question, along with her voter registration. “I was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. — I'm a citizen,” Wilson told NPR.

The Misuse of Data Behind the 'Greedflation' Narrative

Independent Dan Osborn is closing in on the GOP incumbent.

With one week until Election Day, early voters look different than they did four years ago when Joe Biden defeated Donald Trump.

With one week left in the 2024 presidential election campaign, Kamala Harris plans to give a speech from the Ellipse, the same location where Donald Trump helped incite a mob on Jan. 6, 2021.

Following his state conviction, David DePape, the man who assaulted Nancy Pelosi's husband in their San Francisco home two years ago, was given a life sentence without the possibility of parole on Tuesday.

With one week left in the 2024 presidential election campaign, Kamala Harris is giving a speech from the Ellipse in Washington, D.C., the same location where Donald Trump helped incite a mob on Jan. 6, 2021.