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Tips, overtime, Social Security: A look at Donald Trump's no-tax pledges and what they might cost

Oct. 07, 2024 00:23 AM EDT

Donald Trump has pledged to end taxes on everything from tips to Social Security and overtime pay if he's elected to the White House again. But he hasn't detailed how he would fund those ideas and avoid creating a huge budget shortfall, beyond arguing he will usher in an economic boom. ...

As affordable housing disappears, states scramble to shore up the losses

Oct. 07, 2024 00:18 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — For more than two decades, the low rent on Marina Maalouf’s apartment in a blocky affordable housing development in Los Angeles’ Chinatown was a saving grace for her family, including a granddaughter who has autism. But that grace had an expiration date. For...

Takeaways from AP's report on affordable housing disappearing across the U.S.

Oct. 07, 2024 00:17 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — While Americans continue to struggle under unrelentingly high rents, as many as 223,000 affordable housing units across the U.S. could disappear in the next five years alone. It leaves low-income tenants facing protracted eviction battles, scrambling to pay a...

New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump

Oct. 07, 2024 00:07 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — No one is likely to be happy with the projected higher deficits laid out in a new analysis of Kamala Harris' and Donald Trump's economic plans. The analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget suggests a Harris presidency...

Harris talks abortion and more on 'Call Her Daddy' podcast as Democratic ticket steps up interviews

Oct. 06, 2024 23:13 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris opened a media blitz by the Democratic ticket on Sunday by appearing on the popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast about abortion, sexual abuse and other issues that resonate with women, working in some digs at her GOP opponent along the way. ...

How important is Wisconsin? Trump's now visited 4 times in 8 days

Oct. 06, 2024 17:43 PM EDT

JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) — Donald Trump on Sunday visited Wisconsin for the fourth time in eight days as his campaign showers attention on a pivotal state where Republicans fret about his ability to match Democrats’ enthusiasm and turnout machine. “They say that Wisconsin is probably...

What to know about fighting in Lebanon and Gaza

Oct. 06, 2024 16:20 PM EDT

Israel launched a new air and ground offensive in northern Gaza Sunday, hours after pounding Beirut’s southern suburbs in the heaviest bombardment since it stepped up its pursuit of the Hezbollah militant group last month. The intensified campaign on two fronts, including an...

Voters in North Carolina and Georgia have bigger problems than politics. Helene changed everything

Oct. 06, 2024 13:41 PM EDT

VILAS, N.C. (AP) — Brad Farrington pulls over to grab a case of water bottles being passed out in Vilas, a small rural community tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He’s on his way to help a friend who lost much of what he owned when Hurricane Helene blew through last weekend. ...

Trump urges his supporters to deliver victory in his return to scene of first assassination attempt

Oct. 05, 2024 23:11 PM EDT

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump returned on Saturday to the Pennsylvania fairgrounds where he was nearly assassinated in July, urging a large crowd to deliver an Election Day victory that he tied to his survival of the shooting. The former president and Republican nominee picked up...

South Korean leader says North Korea wants US attention by showing off nuclear might

Oct. 05, 2024 19:37 PM EDT

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — North Korea’s recent disclosure of a nuclear facility was likely an attempt to grab U.S. attention ahead of next month's presidential election, and the North will likely stage major provocations like a nuclear test explosion and a long-range missile test, South...