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Liz Cheney will campaign with Harris in Wisconsin while Trump holds a rally in Michigan
WASHINGTON (AP) — Liz Cheney, one of Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican antagonists, will join Democrat Kamala Harris at a campaign event in Wisconsin on Thursday aimed at reaching out to moderate voters and rattling the former president. Cheney was the top Republican on the...
Hurricane Helene brings climate change to forefront of the presidential campaign
WASHINGTON (AP) — The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign after the issue lingered on the margins for months. Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Georgia Wednesday to see hard-hit areas, two days...
Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having 'resorted to crimes'
WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud and “resorted to crimes” in his failed bid to cling to power, according to a court filing unsealed Wednesday that offers new evidence from...
Influential prophesizing pastors believe reelecting Trump is a win in the war of angels and demons
COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa (AP) — Thousands sang, cheered and prayed as multiple preachers declared Donald Trump to be God’s favored candidate to defeat what one called the “forces of darkness.” Headliners denounced Democrat Kamala Harris — Trump's campaign rival — as...
Haunted by 2016, some Michigan Democrats worry that Harris remains ill-defined in swing state
EASTPOINTE, Mich. (AP) — Bill Clinton stood with Michigan Democratic Rep. Debbie Dingell outside a suburban Detroit grocery store two days before the 2016 election when it was clear to both that Hillary Clinton would lose the state. “They didn’t listen to you,” Dingell recalled the former...
How Trump credits an immigration chart for saving his life and what the graphic is missing
Ever since the assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump has professed a unique fondness for a bar chart he credits for saving his life. Trump was addressing the crowd in Butler about illegal immigration and reviewing a chart that detailed U.S.-Mexico border...
The flood of ghost guns is slowing after regulation. It's also being challenged in the Supreme Court
WASHINGTON (AP) — Guy Boyd was hanging out with friends he had known for years in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the night an accidental gunshot tore into his head. The high schoolers were too young to buy guns legally, but federal and state laws didn't apply to the gun parts kit his...
Harris hands out meals, consoles families as she surveys Hurricane Helene devastation in Georgia
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris handed out meals, embraced a shaken family and surveyed Hurricane Helene’s “extraordinary” path of destruction through Georgia on Wednesday as she left the campaign trail to pledge federal help and personally take in scenes of toppled trees,...
Mayorkas warns FEMA doesn't have enough funding to last through hurricane season
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Emergency Management Agency can meet immediate needs but does not have enough funding to make it through the hurricane season, Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters Wednesday. The agency is being stretched as it works with...
Cybersecurity head says there's no chance a foreign adversary can change US election results
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly a month out from Election Day, the head of the nation’s cybersecurity agency is forcefully reassuring Americans who have been swept into the chaotic churn of election disinformation and distrust that they will be able to feel confident in the outcome. ...
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Elections have less impact on your 401(k) than you might think
NEW YORK (AP) — Much like those annoying political TV ads, the warnings come back every four years: All the uncertainty around the U.S. presidential election could have big consequences for your 401(k)! Such warnings can raise anxiety, but remember: If your 401(k) is like many...
An American bomb from WWII explodes at a Japanese airport, leaving a crater on the taxiway
TOKYO (AP) — An unexploded U.S. bomb from World War II that had been buried at a Japanese airport exploded Wednesday, causing a large crater in a taxiway and the cancellation of more than 80 flights, Japanese officials said. No one was hurt, and there were no aircraft nearby when...
Casey, McCormick to meet for first debate in Pennsylvania's battleground Senate race
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey of Pennsylvania and Republican challenger David McCormick will meet Thursday night for their first debate in an expensive race for a swing-state seat that could help determine control of the Senate in November's election. Casey,...
Man who was mad about Chinese spy balloon is convicted of threatening former Speaker McCarthy
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — A Montana man was convicted Wednesday of threatening to assault former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy after becoming upset that the government had not shot down a Chinese spy balloon that floated over his home city. Richard Rogers, 45, of Billings, delivered...
US bans new types of goods from China over allegations of forced labor
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that it would ban the import of goods from a Chinese steel manufacturer and a Chinese maker of artificial sweetener, accusing both of being involved in the use of forced labor from China's far-west region of Xinjiang. ...
5 Chinese nationals charged with covering up midnight visit to Michigan military site
DETROIT (AP) — U.S. authorities charged five Chinese nationals with lying and trying to cover their tracks, more than a year after they were confronted in the dark near a remote Michigan military site where thousands of people had gathered for summer drills. The five, who were...
Court says betting on US congressional elections can resume, for now
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP) — Betting on the outcome of U.S. Congressional elections can resume, at least temporarily, a federal appeals court ruled Wednesday. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit dissolved an order it had previously issued that prevented New...
Cybersecurity head says there's no chance a foreign adversary can change US election results
WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly a month out from Election Day, the head of the nation’s cybersecurity agency is forcefully reassuring Americans who have been swept into the chaotic churn of election disinformation and distrust that they will be able to feel confident in the outcome. ...
Independent election experts legitimize tally sheets Venezuela's opposition says prove Maduro lost
MEXICO CITY (AP) — An independent group of election experts that observed Venezuela’s July presidential election on Wednesday legitimized the vote tally sheets the opposition has offered as proof of President Nicolás Maduro’s defeat, telling the Organization of American States the electronic...
Stock market today: Wall Street edges higher as financial markets steady themselves
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks edged higher in a quiet Wednesday, and Treasury yields rose following an encouraging update on the job market’s strength. The S&P 500 finished virtually unchanged, a day after sliding from its record on worries about a possible widening of the...
