The United States is meanwhile investigating an unauthorized release of classified documents that assess Israel’s plans to attack Iran, according to three U.S. officials.
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This page is an archive of main headlines from the US for 21.10.2024.
It displays 287 headlines from many sources chronologically, as they appeared throughout the day, accompanied by AI overviews that were written in real time.
21.10.2024 ⇢ The Day Trump Flipped Burgers and Musk Flipped Votes
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Donald Trump's campaign stunt at McDonald's dominated headlines, serving fries and sparking debates about worker rights. Elon Musk's controversial $1 million daily giveaway to registered voters signing a petition raised legal questions and drew criticism from officials. The race between Trump and Harris remained tight in swing states, with both campaigns intensifying efforts to court undecided voters. A House task force report concluded that a previous Trump assassination attempt was "preventable." Israel expanded its strikes on Hezbollah targets in Lebanon, focusing on financial operations. Secretary of State Blinken prepared for another Middle East visit to push for an end to the Gaza conflict. The Supreme Court agreed to hear challenges to EPA regulations, while declining to revive Michael Cohen's retaliation suit against Trump.
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00:24⇢Airstrikes and Accusations: Middle East Tensions Escalate
⌨The newspapers report on ongoing tensions in the Middle East, with Israel launching airstrikes in Lebanon and Gaza (CNN, AP News). Domestically, the focus is on political campaigning, with Tim Walz making stops in Boston (Boston Globe) and controversy surrounding a '60 Minutes' interview with VP Harris (Fox News, The Hill). Sports news highlights the Dodgers' World Series prospects (LA Times, NY Post).
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The United States is meanwhile investigating an unauthorized release of classified documents that assess Israel’s plans to attack Iran, according to three U.S. officials.
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Dodgers trounce Mets in NLCS, will play Yankees in World Series
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Wall Street Journal
Ilan Shor fled to Russia after being convicted in a $1 billion bank heist. Now he aims to topple Moldova’s government.
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Kamala Harris and top Democrats are seizing on the Republican nominee’s bizarre antics to inject new urgency and a sharper focus into her campaign
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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has helped bolster Ukraine’s fight against Russia but has argued for limiting military aid.
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Yahoo! News
Musk offers voters $1 million a day to sign petition. Is that legal?
Election law experts are raising red flags after the billionaire promised he would give away $1 million a day for people signing his petition supporting the First Amendment.
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New York Post
The “Bad Blood” singer, 34, made political waves earlier this year when she announced her intention to vote for Vice President Kamala Harris for president over Trump.
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The Boston Globe
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The Washington Post
With Putin confident of a Russian victory in Ukraine, this week’s BRICS summit is designed to send a message that Russia is back as a powerful global player.
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Dodgers trounce Mets in NLCS, will play Yankees in World Series
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The Washington Post
With Putin confident of a Russian victory in Ukraine, this week’s BRICS summit is designed to send a message that Russia is back as a powerful global player.
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The Washington Post
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New York Post
We are now at the Trump-is-worse-than Hitler stage of the Kamala Harris campaign, with just over two weeks until Election Day.
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04:41⇢Trump's Fiery Rhetoric Ignites Campaign Trail
⌨The newspapers report on Trump's increasingly provocative rhetoric in his campaign (CNN, NY Post). Elon Musk's offer of $1 million to voters signing his petition raises legal concerns (Yahoo, Mother Jones). International news focuses on Israel's actions against Hezbollah and strikes in Beirut (AP News, Washington Post). Abortion has overtaken immigration as a key voter issue (Newsweek).
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The Washington Post
Smoke billowed above suburbs of the capital Beirut after Israel urged people to move away from branches of Al-Qard Al-Hasan, a Hezbollah-run financial institution.
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The Washington Post
The trip comes just two weeks before an election that could determine whether the United States continues its campaign of massive military support.
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Nowhere are the stakes higher than in Nevada, where 19% of residents are foreign-born and around 9% of the total workforce doesn’t have U.S. legal status.
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It’s very unlikely — but theoretically possible — that the presidential election ends with an Electoral College tie. If it did come to pass, here's how the next president would be determined.
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Vice President Harris’s and former President Trump’s campaigns are kicking off their second-to-last full week of the 2024 presidential campaign cycle in full gear, as the election remains a tossup between the two major candidates. Harris is wasting no time on Monday, as she plans to make stops in three of the most important battleground...
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Los Angeles Times
Miranda de Moraes
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Los Angeles Times
Plaschke: On a rollicking Sunday night at Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers silenced the critics, embraced their birthright and returned to the World Series.
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The New York Times
Both campaigns think many of these crucial Americans are younger, Black or Latino. The Harris team is also eyeing white, college-educated women.
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Residents blame Vice President Kamala Harris and President Biden. “Do something. Our community cannot withstand this many people being here,” Candice Espinoza, 32, a local photographer, told The Post
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Heading into the campaign's final sprint, the USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll shows a coin-toss contest and a worried electorate.
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Associated Press
Pennsylvania has the biggest Jewish population of any swing state, and any shift could have big implications in a state decided by narrow margins the past two elections.
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In today’s issue: Vice President Harris visited a Georgia Baptist megachurch Sunday and spoke about kindness. And voting. “Our strength is not based on who we beat down, as some would try to suggest. Our strength is based on who we lift up,” she told the congregation. “For sure, if you don’t vote, nothing will happen.” Former President...
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07:06⇢Final Sprint: Trump and Harris Chase Undecided Voters
⌨The newspapers report on the final stages of the presidential campaign, with Trump and Harris making last-minute appeals to undecided voters (NYTimes, The Hill, USA Today). Trump's rhetoric has reached new extremes (CNN), while Harris faces challenges in reaching young Black men (NBC News). The race appears extremely close, with discussions of potential Electoral College ties (NPR). Israeli airstrikes targeting Hezbollah's financial operations in Lebanon continue to make headlines (The Epoch Times, Washington Post).
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Yahoo! News
Both sides are preparing for long legal battles over the 2024 election results
Dozens of lawsuits that could set the stage for challenges after the votes are counted are already playing out in courts across the U.S.
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The Washington Post
Smoke billowed above suburbs of the capital Beirut after Israel urged people to move away from branches of al-Qard al-Hasan, a Hezbollah-run financial institution.
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Drawing on those and other lessons of presidential elections past, here are some reminders about what could command attention in the campaign’s endgame.
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FEMA's response and recovery efforts are being undermined by misinformation and conspiracy theories, causing some disaster survivors to avoid seeking assistance and putting the safety of FEMA teams at risk.
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Former Republican Sen. Jeff Flake (Ariz.) said on Sunday he’s voting for Vice President Harris, citing his conservative values and belief in the rule of law. “I'm voting for Kamala Harris, not in spite of being a Republican or a conservative, but because I am a conservative,” Flake said in an interview on MSNBC’s “Velshi.”...
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The House task force investigating the shooting said in the report that there were "stunning security failures" leading up to the shooting.
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The former president plans to revive the spoils system by firing as many as 50,000 careerists and replacing them with loyalists.
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Archaic Federal Law Keeps Alaskans From Using Abundant Natural Gas Reserves
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The Biltmore Estate in Asheville, N.C. is reopening at the start of November after more than a month of recovery efforts following Hurricane Helene. The Nov. 2 opening date will mark the start of holiday season, and the national landmark will once again welcome guests to the historic 8,000-acre property that was once home to...
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U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has helped bolster Ukraine’s fight against Russia but has argued for limiting military aid.
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Associated Press
The presidential campaign in North Carolina is playing out in the aftermath of a devastating hurricane and a tumultuous governor’s race.
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Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of allegedly drugging and raping a 13-year-old girl as two celebrities joined in at a VMAs afterparty two decades ago, according to a new wave of lawsuits. The disturbing allegations were laid bare in a…
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Our poll suggests that despite Harris having a narrow lead (34 percent to 29 percent) over Trump among these voters, it would be a mistake to consider them solid Harris voters.
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Politics feels different in the 2020s. Is it a blip or a lasting change?
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LATEST ELECTION UPDATES...
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With two weeks left before Election Day, Vice President Harris holds slim leads over former President Trump in four critical battleground states, while the former president is slightly ahead in two others, new polling found. The poll, conducted by the Washington Post-Schar School, surveyed voters in the seven swing states that will help determine the...
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The Washington Post
The country’s aspiration to join the E.U. will now be enshrined in the Constitution but the referendum was incredibly close.
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08:57⇢Security Failures Exposed in Trump Assassination
⌨The newspapers report on a House panel's findings of "stunning security failures" leading to Trump's assassination (CBS, Fox News). Trump's rhetoric has reached new extremes (CNN, MSNBC), while Harris holds slim leads in swing states (The Hill). The presidential campaign navigates post-hurricane North Carolina (AP News). Internationally, the Pentagon chief visits Ukraine, announcing new aid (Wall Street Journal), and Israel targets Hezbollah's financial operations in Lebanon (Washington Post).
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The wild charges, personal insults, blatant lies and threats Trump spews are not normal and raise alarming issues about his mental health.
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Vice President Harris’s campaign raised nearly $222 million in September, raising more than three times as much as former President Trump’s campaign. According to Federal Election Commission (FEC) filings that posted late Sunday, Harris raised over $221.8 million and Trump brought in nearly $63 million. Harris’s campaign did not announce its full September haul, which...
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Plaschke: On a rollicking Sunday night at Dodger Stadium, the Dodgers silenced the critics, embraced their birthright and returned to the World Series.
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Rep. Ayanna Pressley (D-Mass.) said Sunday former President Trump is becoming increasingly “crude” and “unpredictable” as the election nears. Pressley in an interview on MSNBC’s “The Sunday Show with Jonathan Capehart” responded to Trump using profanity to describe his Democratic opponent Vice President Harris, calling her a “s--- vice president” during a rally. "This is...
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Trump supporter Elon Musk says the daily prize money is meant to “support the Constitution,” but an election law expert calls it “clearly illegal.”
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Vice President Harris is working to improve her standing with Black men, but faces a larger challenge in attracting support from white men, as more than 60% of Republican voters are white men without college degrees.
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The Supreme Court will not wade into Michael Cohen’s long-waged war against former President Trump, declining Monday to revive his lawsuit seeking damages for retaliation during his prison sentence. When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Cohen was serving a three-year sentence after pleading guilty in 2018 to federal campaign finance and other crimes – some...
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The Washington Post
The country’s aspiration to join the European Union will now be enshrined in the constitution, but the referendum was incredibly close.
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dangerous criminals a threat to public safety?
If Congress doesn’t pass legislation to end the practice of bypassing the visa system to let migrants who can’t get visas into the country, future administrations will have no alternative to resorting to extreme measures like the Alien Enemies Act — regardless of party affiliation.
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) shrugged off a new nickname he was given by former President Trump, calling the Republican presidential nominee “an embarrassment.” Newsom on Sunday joined MSNBC’s "Inside with Jen Psaki," where he and Psaki discussed the former president, who calls the California governor a slew of names, including “Newscum.” “It’s very familiar...
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Local Governments Are Seizing and Selling Homes Over Small Tax Debts
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The House task force on the attempted assassination of former President Trump detailed flaws in the planning and security surrounding Trump’s July 13 rally in Butler, Pa., in an interim staff report released Monday. Lack of adequate planning, a narrow field of vision for local snipers, the absence of a unified command post and fragmented...
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Donald Trump’s separation of children from their families at the border was a centerpiece of his migration policy. Errol Morris’s new documentary, Separated, chronicles the cruel policy during Trump’s first term that would likely return in a second.
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Tech billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday accused the media of encouraging the assassination of him and former President Trump with “relentless hit pieces.” “With their relentless hit pieces, legacy mainstream media are actively encouraging the assassination of @realDonaldTrump and now me,” he wrote in a post on his social media platform X. The post was...
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Yahoo! News
Campaigning for Harris, Obama finds a tough crowd: Young Black men
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10:25⇢Musk's Million-Dollar Voter Gambit Sparks Uproar
⌨The newspapers report on Elon Musk's controversial $1 million daily offer to voters signing his petition (NPR, Yahoo, Common Dreams), raising legal concerns and accusations of vote-buying. Trump's campaign tactics, including a McDonald's appearance, continue to make headlines (CNN, MSNBC, The Blaze). The presidential race remains tight, with both campaigns focusing on undecided voters (Fox News, LA Times).
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By every reasonable metric, Vice President Kamala Harris offers Black men — and Black families — far more opportunity for positive change than Trump ever would.
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Former President Donald Trump criticized the NFL's new kickoff rule instated this season, saying the league shouldn’t have messed with something that already worked. ‘I hated seeing what the NFL did with the kickoff return,” Trump posted on Truth Social Sunday morning. “Saw it tonight at the Steelers/Jets game. When you have something that...
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Miranda de Moraes
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Israeli forces are grappling with trauma from what they witnessed in Gaza as war with Hamas drags on
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Former FEMA Administrator Brock Long calls for reforms to the disaster management system, including increased funding, improved preparedness, and simplified disaster assistance, to address the growing number of disasters and reduce reliance on federal aid.
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Breitbart News
McDonald’s released a statement Sunday admitting it has no record of Kamala Harris ever working there, as she has repeatedly claimed.
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Breitbart News
McDonald’s released a statement Sunday admitting it has no record of Kamala Harris ever working there, as she has repeatedly claimed.
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Poll finds Harris, Trump in dead heat across 7 battleground states
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Carpet-bombing entire residential blocks, wiping out entire neighborhoods, slaughtering at least 100. It’s another weekend of Israel’s impunity in killing Gazans, this time in Beit Lahiya in the north.
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New York Times conservative columnist Bret Stephens said he will cast his vote for Vice President Harris, in the latest iteration of “The Conversation” published on Monday. “Kicking and screaming, I’ll cast my ballot for Harris,” Stephens said in the Times column, which is formatted as a dialogue on politics between Stephens and liberal...
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Progressives felt they were gaining. Now they’re on the defensive.
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Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are hitting the battleground states that could determine the race for the White House.
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11:29⇢Race to the Finish: Harris and Trump Chase Undecided Voters
⌨The newspapers report on the ongoing presidential campaign between Harris and Trump, with a focus on their strategies to win over undecided voters (NYTimes, Fox News, USA Today). Elon Musk's controversial $1 million daily offer to voters signing his petition has sparked legal concerns and accusations of vote-buying (NPR, Common Dreams, Yahoo). Meanwhile, a House panel's report on "stunning security failures" leading to Trump's assassination attempt continues to make headlines (CBS, The Daily Wire).
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The Washington Post
The agreement, announced by India’s foreign secretary, marks a major thaw four years after bloody clashes between soldiers on the border tanked bilateral relations.
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One America News
One of the last remaining Navajo Code Talkers, who helped secure an Allied victory in World War II by sending direct messages in code based on the Navajo language during the war, has died.
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Endless litigious delays and overreaching environmental rules choke businesses
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The advanced U.S. air defense system the Pentagon rushed to Israel is now “in place,” according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin. The Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system, along with the deployment of 100 American troops to operate it in Israel, is meant to add to the country’s anti-missile defenses following an attack from...
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Republican strategist Karl Rove said Vice President Harris is “flatlining” in the polls while her Republican competitor, former President Trump, is rising. “What we’ve seen is Harris sort of flatlining and mostly declining, and Donald Trump modestly rising. And as a result, we’re seeing a 50-50 election, coin toss,” Rove, who is a Fox News...
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In the remote Nevada desert, Janille and Tom Baker’s hay ranch couldn’t survive without immigrant guest workers who come every year from Mexico.
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If Donald Trump wins the election in 15 days, as I believe he will, then it may well be this stunt that won it for him.
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As the number of Americans turning to reproductive technologies increases exponentially, so too does the importance of the issue with potential voters this election cycle.
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The Supreme Court will take up a series of cases to determine which federal courts can take on cases related to certain Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) actions, it said Monday. The cases stem from two seemingly separate issues: whether Oklahoma and Utah need to come up with better plans to fight smog and whether some...
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The digital library's website was defaced earlier this month with a message boasting its theft of Internet Archive users' sensitive records. The nonprofit said it's working to bolster security.
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A top Republican super PAC is jumping into the Nebraska Senate race as Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) struggles to put away her race against independent Dan Osborn. The Senate Leadership Fund (SLF), a group run by allies of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said it is spending $3 million in the red state to...
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Whenever the 47th president is decided, at some stage, people may wonder whether the best choice was not Harris or Trump.
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12:33⇢Musk's Million-Dollar Voter Offer Stirs Election Pot
⌨The newspapers report on the final stretch of the Harris-Trump presidential campaign, focusing on their strategies to win undecided voters (NYTimes, Fox News, USA Today). Elon Musk's controversial $1 million daily offer to voters has sparked legal concerns and accusations of vote-buying (NPR, Common Dreams, The Blaze). Obama's campaign efforts, particularly targeting young Black men, are also highlighted (Yahoo, NBC News).
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🍟 Plus: Trump takes a shift at McDonald's {beacon} 12:30 REPORT It’s Monday. My social media feeds are absolutely filled with Eras Tour footage as Taylor Swift kicks off the final leg of her tour in Miami! 🧣🪩Here’s what’s happening today: Trump has overtaken Harris for the first time in the Decision Desk HQ and...
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Wild animals are spiraling toward extinction. Can a bunch of bureaucrats save them?
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The Epoch Times
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Michael “Harry O” Harris, one of the founders of hip-hop label Death Row Records, endorsed former President Trump on Monday, according to the Washington Post. The former president granted Michael Harris clemency in 2021 after he spent 33 years in prison on drug charges. He has since focused on Black empowerment and social activism,...
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Vice President Harris's lead over former President Trump has narrowed in the latest national poll from Suffolk University and USA Today. The poll, released Monday, shows Harris leading Trump by one point, 45 percent to 44 percent, among likely voters nationally. No other candidate receives more than 1 percentage point, while approximately 5 percent of...
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Against a backdrop of rising rents and increasing density, a fierce neighborhood battle has erupted over a particular economic venture: the Frogtown Flea Crawl.
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The Supreme Court has dismissed ex-lawyer Michael Cohen’s appeal to revive a lawsuit against 45th President Donald Trump on Monday, shutting down Cohen’s claims for the final time.
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A terrorist is an “outlaw” in the literal sense of that term. They are not protected by the ordinary rules of international law, because they don’t abide by these rules themselves.
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Former President Trump on Monday attacked the federal response to Hurricane Helene by repeating debunked claims about funding and bashed North Carolina Gov. Roy Cooper (D) during a stop in storm-ravaged Asheville, N.C. Trump met with local officials and viewed damage from Hurricane Helene ahead of a pair of campaign events in the Tar Heel...
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The New York Times
Shuttered factories and trade deals helped turn working-class Midwesterners against Democrats. Will housing costs do the same for Kamala Harris in the Sun Belt?
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Former President Trump on Monday said he would be in favor of Congress returning early from recess to pass additional aid following Hurricane Helene. “I would be in favor of it, yeah. This is a very unusual situation, and I would be in favor of it,” Trump told reporters in Asheville, N.C., where he toured...
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Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday appeared to take a swipe at former President Trump, criticizing "some who say that both sides are to blame" in the war that began when Russian President Vladimir Putin invaded Ukraine in 2022. "There are some who don’t understand — or say they don’t understand — what is at...
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Breitbart News
Corporate media outlets and leftist media personalities were salty after former President Donald Trump donned an apron at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania and manned the fry station and drive-through window, calling it staged.
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13:44⇢Trump's McStunt Stirs Election Pot
⌨The newspapers report on Trump's recent McDonald's appearance, which has sparked media reactions (Breitbart, Fox News, MSNBC). Elon Musk's involvement in the election campaign through controversial voter incentives is discussed (NBC News, Common Dreams). The presidential race remains tight, with both Harris and Trump focusing on swing states and key voter demographics (NYTimes, The Hill, USA Today).
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Former President Donald Trump made an appearance at a Pittsburgh Steelers game at Acrisure Stadium on Sunday, prompting scores of fans to fill the stadium with loud “U-S-A!” chants.
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President Biden will present the 2022 and 2023 National Medals of Arts (NEA) on Monday to a group that includes rapper Melissa “Missy” Elliot, the film directors Steven Spielberg and Spike Lee, documentary filmmaker Ken Burns and musician and actor Queen Latifah. The president awards the National Medals of Arts wto those “deserving of special...
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Breitbart News
Corporate media outlets and leftist media personalities were salty after former President Donald Trump donned an apron at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania and manned the fry station and drive-through window, calling it staged.
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The Cook Political Report on Monday shifted the Pennsylvania Senate race into the "toss-up" category and moved the Nebraska Senate contest from likely to "lean Republican" with just 15 days until the November election. With Pennsylvania shifting to the right from "lean Democrat," all three of the "blue wall" states are now toss-ups. Sen. Bob...
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Breitbart News
Corporate media outlets and leftist media personalities were salty after former President Donald Trump donned an apron at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania and manned the fry station and drive-through window, calling it staged.
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Donald Trump is the best candidate for the U.S. election as he is a man of action and business who understands the value of strength, and will bring peace in Ukraine through a ceasefire, allowing Ukraine to rebuild its army, rebuild its economy and eradicate corruption.
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Breitbart News
Corporate media outlets and leftist media personalities were salty after former President Donald Trump donned an apron at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania and manned the fry station and drive-through window, calling it staged.
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Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk has announced that he will be awarding $1 million every day to random registered swing state voters who sign his conservative petition from now until the election.
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A bipartisan coalition of more than 50 congressional representatives called on the Biden administration to tighten sanctions on Russian oil and specifically address a major U.S. oilfield servicer’s presence in Russia. In the letter, led by Reps. Lloyd Doggett (D-Texas) and Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.), the members asked Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State...
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Kamala Harris’ campaign staffers outraised and outspent former President Donald Trump in the month of September.
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A county official in rural Arizona pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor on Monday after acknowledging delaying the vote canvass in 2022. Cochise County Supervisor Peggy Judd (R) was indicted on felony election interference and conspiracy charges last fall after she and a fellow Republican supervisor voted against certifying the county’s midterm election results in advance of a...
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Corporate media outlets and leftist media personalities were salty after former President Donald Trump donned an apron at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania and manned the fry station and drive-through window, calling it staged.
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Dozens of House Democrats are pressing the Biden administration to get tougher on Israel when it comes to press freedoms in Gaza, warning that a lack of media access in the war-torn territory has stifled any push for accountability surrounding military operations that have killed tens of thousands of Palestinians. In a letter to President Biden...
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Two weeks remain in the presidential race, and the campaigns are following the classic Election Day tactics. But is there another “under-the-radar” maneuver they can employ?
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The EU's directive on corporate sustainability due diligence requires businesses to identify and address adverse human rights and environmental impacts, potentially leading to a regulatory competition and a decrease in labor standards in developing countries.
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The billionaire’s pledge to give away $1 million daily to registered voters in battleground states shows Republicans have ‘no plan for the public,’ Walz said
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After struggling with severe PTSD, a 22-year-old woman who survived the October 7th, 2023, Hamas terrorist attack at the Supernova music festival in southern Israel sadly took her own life on her birthday, according to the girl's family.
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Billionaire investor Mark Cuban said Monday that Vice President Harris’ campaign rejected a live interview on the social platform X with billionaire owner Elon Musk. Cuban, who has been campaigning for the vice president, said in an interview on CNBC’s “Squawk Box” that he told the Harris campaign he could try to facilitate a meeting...
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14:49⇢McTrump Stirs Election Pot
⌨The newspapers report on Trump's recent McDonald's appearance, which has sparked media reactions (Breitbart, Fox News, MSNBC). Elon Musk's involvement in the election campaign through controversial voter incentives continues to be discussed (CNN, Common Dreams). The presidential race remains tight, with both Harris and Trump focusing on swing states and key voter demographics (NYTimes, The Hill, USA Today).
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Former President Trump compared the image of him surviving the assassination attempt in Butler, Pa., to the image of U.S. troops raising the flag on Iwo Jima during World War II. Trump joined the “Six Feet Under” podcast with former professional wrestler Mark Calaway, where he was asked if he would make a portrait out...
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Campaign-law experts questioned the legality of billionaire Elon Musk's political group paying $1 million to people in a voter registration drive.
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Both liberal and conservative lawyers have judge-shopped, but in recent years, some conservative-leaning groups have been laser focused on bringing their challenges in the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
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One America News
Rick Singer, the man convicted of running the “Varsity Blues” college admissions scandal, was unapologetic in his first speaking out since being sentenced to three-and-a-half-years behind bars.
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Wall Street Journal
After eliminating senior military leaders and weapons, Israel is hitting the group’s finances and role in serving Shiites.
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An embattled Bank of America executive was stripped of responsibility over a key money-making division — months after outcry over the headline-grabbing death of an overworked junior banker in his unit. Gary Howe, the hard-charging boss of…
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To win statewide, the party wants to “lose by less” in rural areas.
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McDonald's is seeking to emphasize its political neutrality after former President Trump spent some time behind the counter at a Pennsylvania location of the fast-food giant, which says it does not endorse political candidates. “As we’ve seen, our brand has been a fixture of conversation this election cycle. While we’ve not sought this, it’s a...
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Wall Street Journal
Electricity outages have paralyzed an already-crippled economy, leading to shortages of everything from cash to running water.
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The Washington Post
This account is based on voice and text messages, as well as videos and photos, sent to The Post over six days last week by surgeon Bakr Abu Safeya in Jabalya.
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Associated Press
Immigrants, as well as those who work closely with them, say both sides’ efforts to crack down on the border have clouded the larger immigration issue in ways often too nuanced to break down cleanly along ideological lines.
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One America News
The Los Angeles Police Department seized over 50 pounds of fentanyl, as well as nine pounds of black tar heroin and $14,500 in south Los Angeles this week, equating to over 4 million dollars in worth, the police announced.
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The Navy has identified the two crew members who went missing and were later declared dead after their EA-18G Growler jet crashed in Washington state last week. Naval aviator Lt. Serena “Dug” Wileman, 31, and naval flight officer Lt. Cmdr. Lyndsay “Miley” Evans, 31, both from California, were found dead after their routine training flight crashed in...
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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.
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One America News
The Trump campaign released a statement calling for CBS News' "60 Minutes" program to release the full discussion and transcript of its interview with Vice President Kamala Harris, due to the apparent editing and digital splicing of the discussion.
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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Monday called on federal regulators to make it more difficult for donors to use ActBlue, a popular progressive fundraising platform that has collected record donations for the Kamala Harris campaign. Recent polling by the University of Texas shows Harris within 5 points of Trump in Texas — the closest a Democrat...
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15:45⇢Gaza Controversy Overshadows Campaign Antics
⌨The newspapers report on Israel's actions in Gaza, with some sources describing it as ethnic cleansing (Common Dreams, Washington Post, Jacobin). Trump's campaign tactics continue to make headlines, including his McDonald's appearance and calls for unedited interview transcripts (Breitbart, OANN, The Blaze). Elon Musk's controversial voter incentives raise legal questions (USA Today, Vox).
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Los Angeles Times
Against a backdrop of rising rents and increasing density, a fierce neighborhood battle has erupted over a particular economic venture: the Frogtown Flea Crawl.
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), the Democratic vice-presidential nominee, on Monday accused former President Trump of disrespecting McDonald’s workers by pretending to work at one of its restaurants on Sunday. Trump traded his suit jacket for an apron at a McDonald’s location in Bucks County, Pa., still donning his red tie and white button-down shirt...
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Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), the Democratic vice presidential nominee, on Monday accused former President Trump of disrespecting McDonald’s workers by pretending to work at one of its restaurants Sunday. Trump traded his suit jacket for an apron at a McDonald’s location in Bucks County, Pa., still donning his red tie and white button-down shirt...
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The Washington Post
Smoke billowed above suburbs of Beirut after Israel urged people to move away from branches of al-Qard al-Hasan, a Hezbollah-run financial institution.
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Former President Donald Trump speaks to supporters at a rally in Greenville, North Carolina, on Monday, October 21.
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The Hill
Florida Department of Health General Counsel John Wilson wrote in a sworn affidavit that officials from Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) pushed him to threaten television stations with criminal prosecutions if they did not take down ads in support of a Florida abortion rights measure. Wilson, who resigned his position on Oct. 10, wrote in the...
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New York magazine and a top reporter, Olivia Nuzzi, have parted ways after it was made public she was involved in an inappropriate relationship with former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The magazine said it had enlisted the help of the law firm David Write Tremaine to review Nuzzi’s work. Lawyers found the...
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McDonald’s said it has “been a fixture of conversation this election cycle” even though it hasn’t sought that attention.
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Los Angeles Times
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Former President Trump on Monday made a swing through North Carolina, seeking to shore up his support in a crucial battleground state with early voting underway. “I’d like to begin by asking a question. Are you better off now than you were four years ago? I don’t think so. Not even close. That’s a big...
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The Japanese steelmaker Nippon Steel paid its primary lobbying firm $1.3 million during a dangerous period for its proposed acquisition of U.S. Steel over the summer. From July through September, Nippon Steel spent more on federal lobbying than the combined $1.1 million it spent during the previous seven months, a sign of how seriously the...
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The gains made during the 2024 WNBA season have been transformative and will help push the league to the next level.
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One America News
According to a transcript made public Monday, Nathan Wade told Congress in a closed-door deposition that before taking office in January 2021, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis was already planning to bring charges against former President Donald Trump.
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17:12⇢Israel Strikes Hezbollah's Piggy Bank
⌨The newspapers report on Israel's military actions in Lebanon targeting Hezbollah's financial operations (Wall Street Journal, Washington Post). Trump's campaign activities, including a rally in North Carolina and a McDonald's event, continue to draw attention (Breitbart, AP News). The Biden administration's move to require coverage of over-the-counter birth control is highlighted as an election issue (Common Dreams).
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{beacon} Evening Report © AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin/Evan Vucci Millions vote early as polls drift toward Trump More than 14 million Americans have already cast their ballots with two weeks to go before Election Day, according to NBC's early voting tracker. The 2024 race for the White House remains a toss-up, but there’s been...
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One America News
A partial autopsy and toxicology report has reportedly revealed that former One Direction star Liam Payne had multiple substances in his system when he died, including a mix of drugs known as "pink cocaine."
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Former President Trump is appearing at the 11th Hour Faith Leaders Meeting in Charlotte, N.C. He will be joined by Ben Carson, his former Housing and Urban Development secretary, and his son Eric Trump. Watch the event here at 6:30 p.m. EDT.
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Stop me if you’ve heard this one before: The polls are very close.
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A plan championed by Kamala Harris on the presidential campaign trail would import more migrants to American cities and towns through an immigration program infamous for bringing a convicted ISIS terrorist to the U.S.
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Click in for more from The Hill {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story EVs become flashpoint in pivotal Michigan Senate race Electric vehicles (EVs) are emerging as a contentious issue in Michigan’s pivotal Senate race. © J. Scott Applewhite, Associated Press; and Mandi Wright/Detroit Free Press via Associated Press Pool...
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A juvenile is in custody after five were killed, including three children, during a 'possible domestic violence situation' in Fall City, Washington.
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The Washington Post
Officials view the death of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar as a chance to revive hostage-release talks, but the Biden administration’s sway with Israel has waned.
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A plan championed by Kamala Harris on the presidential campaign trail would import more migrants to American cities and towns through an immigration program infamous for bringing a convicted ISIS terrorist to the U.S.
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Former President Trump is leaning into a mix of populism, aggression and outright crudeness in the final stretch of the election campaign — and it might work. Trump appears to believe that the benefits of revving up his base will outweigh any detrimental impact on swing voters. Vice President Harris is pursuing a more orthodox...
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A plan championed by Kamala Harris on the presidential campaign trail would import more migrants to American cities and towns through an immigration program infamous for bringing a convicted ISIS terrorist to the U.S.
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New York Post
An embattled Bank of America executive was stripped of responsibility over a key money-making division — months after outcry over the headline-grabbing death of an overworked junior banker in his unit. Gary Howe, the hard-charging boss of…
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The Navy over the weekend fired both the commanding and executive officers of a U.S. naval ship repair facility in Yokosuka, Japan, citing "a loss of confidence in their ability to command," according to a service statement. Capt. Zaldy Valenzuela and Cmdr. Art Palalay on Sunday were relieved of their duties as commanding officer and...
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The court left in place a 90-year old landmark decision that declared that presidents cannot fire members of a multi-member independent agency, except in cases of bad behavior.
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New York Post
An embattled Bank of America executive was stripped of responsibility over a key money-making division — months after outcry over the headline-grabbing death of an overworked junior banker in his unit. Gary Howe, the hard-charging boss of…
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18:17⇢McTrump's Campaign Antics Overshadow Global Tensions
⌨The newspapers report on ongoing election campaign activities, with focus on Trump's recent McDonald's appearance (Breitbart, AP News, Fox News). Israel's military actions against Hezbollah in Lebanon, targeting financial structures, are discussed (Wall Street Journal, Washington Post). New developments include a scathing audit of the Massachusetts Legislature (Boston Globe) and the Supreme Court declining a challenge to a consumer safety agency's structure (NPR).
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Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Walz dings Trump for 'cosplaying' at McDonald’s Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential nominee, on Monday accused former President Trump of disrespecting McDonald’s workers when he traded in his suit for an apron this...
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Presented by Alliance for Aging Research — Plus: How Hurricane Helene is threatening dialysis patients {beacon} Health Care Health Care   The Big Story Biden admininistration proposes expanded contraceptive coverage Under a new White House proposal, the Affordable Care Act would cover the cost of some contraceptives like over-the-counter birth control pills and condoms. ...
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Harris courts GOP vote with Liz Cheney, as Trump rallies voters in N.C.
Kamala Harris made her pitch to Republicans in Pennsylvania as Donald Trump urged storm-battered North Carolinians to get to the polls.
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One America News
Paul Di'Anno, a former member of Iron Maiden, passed away on Monday at the age of 66, according to his family.
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Olivia Nuzzi is out at New York magazine over undisclosed relationship with RFK Jr.
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As the pair campaigned together in suburban areas of battleground states, the Republican former congresswoman served as Kamala Harris’s ambassador to conservative women.
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Former President Donald Trump is blasting federal emergency responders whose work in North Carolina has been stymied by armed harassment and a deluge of misinformation.
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State judges in Michigan and North Carolina on Monday rejected the Republican National Committee’s (RNC) separate challenges to certain overseas ballots in the key swing states. The RNC alleged the two states were improperly accepting overseas ballots from people who never lived in their jurisdictions. In two separate rulings handed down on Monday, judges rejected...
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Researchers said in a recent article that Arkansas may have 19 million tons of lithium, which is used in rechargeable batteries for important products like phones and electric cars. The researchers said in their article released last month in the journal Science Advances they had “calculated that there are 5.1 to 19 million tons of...
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Yahoo! News
Harris and Trump in a dead heat across swing states, poll shows
The latest survey echoed other recent polls that found a tight race in swing states even as Kamala Harris holds an edge nationwide.
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19:37⇢McTrump vs. Harris: Battle for Swing States Heats Up
⌨The newspapers report on the ongoing presidential campaign, with focus on Trump's McDonald's appearance (Fox News, NBC News) and Harris's efforts to appeal to GOP women (NYTimes). Elon Musk's controversial voter incentives are discussed (CNN, Common Dreams). The race remains tight in battleground states (Yahoo, The Hill). Israel's actions in Gaza continue to draw attention, with calls for a US probe into human shield use (Common Dreams, Washington Post).
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Researchers said in a recent article that Arkansas may have 19 million tons of lithium, which is used in rechargeable batteries for important products like phones and electric cars. The researchers said in their article released last month in the journal Science Advances they had “calculated that there are 5.1 to 19 million tons of...
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Sam Adams
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Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are hitting the battleground states that could determine the race for the White House.
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One America News
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.
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CBS News analysis finds tech billionaire and Trump supporter Elon Musk has amassed billions of views in posts on X about election fraud conspiracies.
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Los Angeles Times
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.’
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One America News
McDonald’s recently released an internal memo revealing that it does not have any records of Vice President Kamala Harris working at any of its fast food establishments during her time in college, as she has previously claimed a number of times.
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The Washington Post
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.
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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...
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The billionaire’s pledge to give away $1 million daily to registered voters in battleground states shows Republicans have ‘no plan for the public,’ Walz said
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Houston officials say the helicopter was flying from Ellington Airport when it crashed into a radio tower.
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One America News
A new anonymous accuser has made the claim that she was both drugged and raped by Sean “Diddy” Combs when she was only 13-years-old, while two unidentified celebrities watched.
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Wall Street Journal
A congresswoman’s links to a Communist Party initiative ran through a local ‘hometown association.’
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The Epoch Times
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⌨The newspapers report on Elon Musk's controversial use of social media to spread election fraud conspiracies (CBS, CNN). Trump and Harris are campaigning in swing states, with polls showing a tight race (Yahoo, USA Today). Israel's actions in Gaza continue to draw attention, with reports of strikes on civilians (Washington Post). The impact of AI deepfakes on schools is also discussed (The Epoch Times).
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One America News
A juvenile suspect has been taken into custody in connection to a shooting in Washington that left five dead, including three children.
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One America News
Israeli intelligence findings regarding the financial center of the Hezbollah terrorist organization, including a bunker beneath a south Beirut hospital that holds hundreds of millions of dollars in cash and gold, was disclosed by the IDF on Monday.
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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...
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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.
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Secretary of State Antony Blinken is going to the Middle East in the wake of the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar. “On my way to Israel and other stops in the Middle East for intensive discussions about the importance of ending the war in Gaza, returning the hostages to their families, and alleviating the...
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Breitbart News
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.
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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...
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Wall Street Journal
Alejandro Toledo, once close to the U.S., was sentenced to 20 years in prison after being convicted of taking a $20 million bribe.
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Wall Street Journal
A month of Israeli military successes, capped by the killing of Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, is boosting Benjamin Netanyahu’s popularity.
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New York Post
Weinstein, 72, who is awaiting a second trial on sex crimes charges, was diagnosed in the past month, sources say. It’s unclear what his prognosis is, or how it will affect the legal proceedings against him.
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Since the pandemic, early voting has become a broadly accepted part of American elections. But it is difficult to glean partisan advantage.
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New York Post
“He looked us in the eye. The way he communicated with us, the way he greeted my children in the back seat. It was incredible. My kids were [saying] I can’t believe I shook Donald Trump’s hand.”
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