The day Biden called Trump supporters 'garbage'

Alcohol — and animals who love to consume it — is far more common in the natural world than scientists once believed, a new study has found. Because ethanol — the kind of alcohol that forms from fruit and grain sugars — is present in virtually every environment, most fruit-eating and nectar-sipping animals likely consume it, according...

Harris was in the same spot where on Jan. 6, 2021, Donald Trump exhorted his followers to "fight like hell" and march to the Capitol.

Vice President Kamala Harris urged voters to help "turn the page" on former President Donald Trump in a DC speech near the site of the Capitol riot.

While the Dodgers still hold a 3-1 advantage in this World Series and still generally feel like the better and team, at least there are a few encouraging Yankees developments.

President Joe Biden overshadowed his vice president’s closing argument just one week before the election by trashing American voters and calling Trump supporters “garbage.”

Two people were taken to hospital after a large fire broke out at BAE Systems’ nuclear submarine shipyard in northwest England, local police said.

Don Jr., Nancy Pelosi, Vogue's Anna Wintour, and other celebrities have been looking for American voters overseas. These votes could prove crucial to the election.

The State Department has received hundreds of reports that Israel’s use of U.S. weapons is responsible for excessive civilian casualties in Gaza, officials say.

The deck is stacked against election officials online, maybe even more so than in 2020. Conspiracy theories can quickly get millions of views while debunks gather a fraction of the attention.

Mookie Betts didn’t hesitate to let two Yankees fans know they’d messed up.

The Democratic effort to flip control of the House in next week’s elections has been complicated by key retirements that have expanded the battleground for Republicans in the final stretch of the campaign. Open seats in Michigan, Virginia and California — vacated by popular incumbent Democrats who are leaving the House at the end of...

Bill Plaschke writes Dodgers manager Dave Roberts made the right call preserving his top relievers and taking a loss in Game 4 of the World Series.

Torrential rain caused massive flooding in the southeast, turning roads into rivers of floating cars and cutting off highways and access points, officials said.

In today’s issue: Vice President Harris and former President Trump will both campaign today in North Carolina and Wisconsin, agreeing on the stakes and the states with voting power to write their futures. They’re closing out election arguments this week with some vivid name calling. Harris — during a Washington, D.C., speech Tuesday that drew...

With a tight race between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump, the U.S. election could hinge on how voters choose to look at inflation. Here's why.

“The only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters.”

NPR sits down with North Carolina pastor Chad Harvey to talk about Donald Trump, religion and politics.

The advertisements will coincide with Harris' visit to Las Vegas on Thursday.

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Yankees fans ejected after ripping ball from Mookie Betts’ glove

Vice President Harris has a razor-thin lead over former President Trump nationally, according to a new poll. The Reuters/Ipsos survey, released Tuesday, shows Harris with 44 percent support compared to Trump's 43 percent. Her lead has "steadily shrunk" since last month, pollsters wrote, pointing to a separate survey from earlier this month that showed the...

Now starting his 41st year in jail, Lebanese communist Georges Abdallah is Europe’s longest-held political prisoner. French authorities keep finding pretexts to deny his release, trampling on civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism.

The Canadian government has alleged that Amit Shah orchestrated plots targeting Sikh separatists on Canadian soil, an accusation that could further worsen relations between the two countries.

The final economic growth report before the election showed U.S. gross domestic product (GDP) rising at strong pace, according to data released Friday by the Commerce Department. U.S. GDP grew at an annualized rate of 2.8 percent between July and September, according to the latest data from the Commerce Department. GDP growth slowed slightly from...

Almost all states have begun some mail-in or early in-person voting — and releasing information on the number of ballots returned.

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Vice President Harris will spend election night at Howard University, her alma mater in Washington, D.C., a source familiar told The Hill. Harris primary home is in California, but she has chosen to stay on the East Coast as her whirlwind campaign concludes. When in Washington, she lives at the Naval Observatory, which is the...

Republicans seized on comments made by President Biden appearing to refer to Trump supporters as "garbage."

Democrats went into damage control mode Tuesday night.

Vice President Kamala Harris claimed on Wednesday that President Joe Biden clarified his statement that Trump supporters are “garbage” and disagreed with demonizing “people based on who they vote for.”

Rats the size of cats are sniffing out illegal wildlife products

Over a year after Israel launched its genocidal aggression on Gaza, many in the antiwar movement are rightly furious. But we can’t let that rage cloud strategic thinking about the best way to stand in solidarity with Palestine, says Bashir Abu-Manneh.

It sounded like the president was calling Trump supporters "garbage." But the White House said he was talking about a joke made by a comedian at a Trump rally who disparaged Puerto Rico.

The White House and its media allies ran a coverup for President Biden’s maligning of former President Donald Trump’s supporters as “garbage” — going as far as to edit an official transcript of his remarks.

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned this week of multiple types of election-related fraud schemes perpetrated by scammers targeting American voters in the lead-up to Election Day. The bureau said on Tuesday that scammers use slogans, names and images of candidates running for office to steal victims' personal information, sell merchandise and fraudulently solicit...

This is the latest in a string of favors this Court has done for the Republican Party.

A volunteer tour guide found an inscription cursing a previous owner of Gainsborough Old Hall, an old manor house in England with a history of ghosts.

The White House and its media allies ran a coverup for President Biden’s maligning of former President Donald Trump’s supporters as “garbage” — going as far as to edit an official transcript of his remarks.

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The fans initially told ESPN that they were told they’d be allowed to return for Wednesday’s Game 5, which the Yankees forced with their 11-4 win Tuesday to avoid a World Series sweep.

Half of Generation Z's voters said they have lied about their votes in a new Axios Vibes survey by The Harris Poll. Forty-eight percent of the Generation Z voters in the survey said they had previously “lied to” those with whom they are close on which candidates received their votes. Twenty-three percent of all registered...

Over 250,000 Washington Post subscribers, or 10% of the newspaper’s customers have canceled their subscriptions after owner Jeff Bezos blocked its editorial board from publishing an endorsement of Vice President Kamala's Harris, according to a report.

Mark Joseph Stern

The Trump campaign’s anti-trans advertising is pure scapegoating — with a bigger, sinister purpose.

The Biden administration has asked Israel to explain what it called a “horrifying” attack on Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, that resulted in heavy civilian losses.

Kamala Harris has not dismissed the idea of Supreme Court reform, raising concerns that if Democrats win the Senate, they could pack the court with more justices, unless the filibuster remains intact.

Vice President Harris and former President Trump are campaigning in swing states on Wednesday, a day after Harris delivered a speech in Washington D.C. and Trump spoke in Allentown, Pa. President Biden has attempted to clarify his recent comments about Trump supporters.

High-profile Democrats in the home stretch of the presidential race are laying down a guilt trip on male voters: Vote for Vice President Harris and abortion rights or you are letting down your mothers, sisters and daughters. No less than former President Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz have...

As much as a foot of rain fell in mere hours in and around the city of Valencia, flooding homes and sweeping away cars.

The Biden administration has asked Israel to explain what it called a “horrifying” attack on Beit Lahia, in northern Gaza, that resulted in heavy civilian losses.

Vice President Harris made a last-ditch effort Wednesday with a swing through three critical battleground states — North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Harris took her closing message on the road after giving a speech at the Ellipse in Washington the night before, emphasizing the contrast between herself and former President Trump. “North Carolina, I am asking for...

The world’s richest men have their own rocket fleets, their own media and their own schemes to succeed with Donald Trump.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said Wednesday that an allegation about former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and his “reported collection of a whale skull” was “unfounded.” In an emailed statement to The Hill, NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) said in late August, “NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement received a...

Policies boosting gender equality are popular. The word “feminist” is not.

Large herbivores, such as bison and elk, have lived continuously in Yellowstone National Park for more than two millennia, a new study has confirmed. Despite the near-extinction of bison in North American in the 19th and 20th centuries, these big plant-eaters and others have persisted in the park region since around 238 B.C., according to...

Vice President Kamala Harris’ day of campaigning was sidetracked on Wednesday by fallout from President Joe Biden’s attack on 45th President Donald Trump’s “garbage” supporters.

Ysabel Jurado has declined to apologize for saying “f— the police,” in a contest where the issue of when and how to apologize has been a dominant theme.

More than a year’s worth of rain fell overnight in some areas, washing away bridges and flooding towns.

Texas’s Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit Wednesday accusing a second doctor of violating a state law banning gender-affirming care for transgender minors. The lawsuit, filed in a Texas district court, accuses Hector M. Granados, an El Paso physician, of prescribing and distributing puberty blockers and hormones to patients as young as 12 to...

Former President Trump is ahead of Vice President Harris by 1 point in Pennsylvania in a new survey from Quinnipiac University. The survey found Trump garnering 47 percent support from likely voters to Harris’s 46 percent support. Two percent said they were backing the Green Party’s Jill Stein, and 1 percent said they were backing...

An explosion and fire at a steel plant operated by Grupo Simec in central Mexico left at least 12 workers dead and another injured.

Hezbollah said Naim Qassem — the former deputy of Hasan Nasrallah, who was assassinated by Israel last month — would helm the militant and political group.

Big-money operatives are taking advantage of lax rules at the end of the campaign to hide the true source of their money until after the election is called.

Global tuberculosis cases reached an all-time high in 2023, with nearly 11 million people estimated to have become sick with the disease last year. According to the World Health Organization's Global Tuberculosis Report 2024, roughly 10.8 million people "fell ill" with the bacterial infection in 2023. "The continued rise reflects the ongoing after-effects of disruptions...

Astronauts on the International Space Station, including two who are stuck there after a Boeing Starliner malfunctioned, said they intended to vote from orbit.

Former First Lady Melania Trump has defended 45th President Donald Trump, stating her husband “is not Hitler.”

Former GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley criticized President Biden after he appeared to call supporters of former President Trump “garbage.” “To turn around and call Trump supporters garbage, I’m like, at what point does everybody not get people are smart? They just want to know what you’re going to do to make their life better....

Ysabel Jurado has declined to apologize for saying “f— the police,” in a contest where the issue of when and how to apologize has been a dominant theme.

Democratic Senate candidates in three key battleground states hold slim leads, according to new polling. A CNN and SSRS survey released Wednesday found Democrats outperforming their Republican challengers in the critical battleground states of Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin as they seek to hold on to control of the upper chamber. In Michigan, Sen. Elissa Slotkin...

Americans continue to struggle with high prices at gas stations and grocery stores, and those high prices have become a key issue for voters.

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The White House on Wednesday sought to contain the damage from President Biden’s comments a day earlier suggesting former President Trump's supporters were garbage, remarks the president’s team continued to argue were being misinterpreted. Press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre was hit with several questions at the top of her briefing about whether Biden had made a...

What happens if another pandemic strikes — and Trump is president?

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), former President Trump's running mate, is holding a town hall in the critical swing state of Pennsylvania Wednesday afternoon. The event, featuring former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (Hawaii) — who recently joined the GOP — will be focused on the Department of Veterans Affairs and the campaign's promises to improve assistance to...

Dahlia Lithwick

The United States Central Command (CENTCOM) stated on Wednesday that it launched a “series of strikes” in the Middle East this week, targeting ISIS fighters in Syria and reportedly taking down 35 terrorists.

'PUERTO RICO IS TO BE RESPECTED'...

The FBI warned this week of multiple types of election-related fraud schemes that are targeting Americans who are voting as the election is less than a week away.

A pair of laws passed by the Israeli Knesset this week, however, could imperil the ability of the U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees to work in Gaza.

The suspect accused of shooting an East Valley Democratic office in Tempe, Arizona, has been indicted on charges that include terrorism.

'PUERTO RICO IS TO BE RESPECTED'...

Several congressional Democrats running in tight 2024 race criticized Biden’s “garbage” remark on Wednesday.

Committee on House Administration chairman Bryan Steil (R-Wis.) on Wednesday issued a subpoena to ActBlue, a popular Democratic fundraising platform that has collected record donations for the Harris campaign. The subpoena concerns the platform's potential use to influence U.S. elections through illicit money laundering, according to a press release. In the letter, Steil has asked...

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It was the first citywide evacuation notice Israel has issued in its five week war, forcing thousands to flee the ancient city and UNESCO world heritage site.

A “psychopath” art benefactor murdered beloved New York City artist Sabina Rosas — who was found dead in posh Hamptons spa — before shockingly shooting himself, her longtime love told The Post Wednesday.

House Republicans are taking aim at the White House for its response to remarks by President Biden this week, when he appeared to refer to former President Trump’s supporters as “garbage” — a characterization that the White House rejects. House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) and House GOP Conference Chair Elise Stefanik (N.Y.) penned...

Depending on who wins the presidential election and the Senate, the conservative supermajority could remain the same, be trimmed or expand to an even larger and more lopsided conservative majority.

Former President Trump is sowing doubt about the election results in Pennsylvania less than one week before Election Day, making explosive and misleading claims about fraud in the commonwealth. The former president’s rhetoric comes amid fears from critics that he is laying the foundation to undermine or contest the election results if he loses. Trump...

With one week left in the 2024 presidential election campaign, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are making their final campaign stops in key battleground states.

Former President Trump on Wednesday climbed into a Trump-themed garbage truck in his motorcade in Wisconsin in an effort to draw attention to comments from President Biden where he seemingly called Trump supporters "garbage." "How do you like my garbage truck? This truck is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden," Trump said from the...

With one week left in the 2024 presidential election campaign, Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are making their final campaign stops in key battleground states.

Oregon state and federal officials are investigating positive H5N1 bird flu cases at a farm after the virus was detected in a pig in the U.S. for the first time. USDA National Veterinary Services Laboratories detected the virus in a pig at the farm on Tuesday and poultry last week, according to a press release...

Republicans seized on comments made by President Biden appearing to refer to Trump supporters as "garbage."

The Colorado Secretary of State’s Office "mistakenly posted" a spreadsheet to its website with a hidden tab that had the voting system passwords.

Former President Donald Trump rode in a garbage truck on Wednesday to his Wisconsin rally in response to President Joe Biden trashing millions of Americans as “garbage.”

Ysabel Jurado has declined to apologize for saying “f— the police,” in a contest where the issue of when and how to apologize has been a dominant theme.

A G.O.P. House and Senate could advance Donald Trump-backed bills and nominees, but thin margins and the filibuster could cause Republicans political trouble.

Rats the size of cats are sniffing out illegal wildlife products

Celebrities have been stumping for overseas votes for Donald Trump and Kamala Harris. The votes could prove pivotal in the 2024 election.

Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Michael Whatley did not directly address why former Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley is not campaigning for former President Trump, with just days left before the election, when asked during a Wednesday interview. Whatley said, however, that the RNC would “welcome” her support on the campaign trail. “Well, look, we...

The Yankees slugger — finally, mercifully — hit his first home run of the World Series, going deep off of Jack Flaherty in the bottom of the first inning of Game 5.

The fifth inning of Game 5 was a complete Yankees disaster.

Ads seemingly advocating for Vice President Kamala Harris on Facebook are really part of an effort by a dark money group to mislead voters. The messages have been viewed millions of times.

Pyongyang has a tradition of timing provocations to key American events and breaks its record for longest-ever flight time.

The Pennsylvania Democratic Party filed a lawsuit against Erie County on Wednesday, arguing that many voters have yet to receive mail-in ballots ahead of Election Day. The lawsuit argues that 10,000 to 2,000 voters who requested mail-in ballots “have not received or submitted such ballots,” and the return rate is 15 percentage points lower than...

A sweep would have been less painful — and perhaps less embarrassing.