Trump picks vaccine skeptic to lead top US public health department

Trump picks vaccine skeptic to lead top US public health department

President-elect Donald Trump says he intends to nominate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to lead the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Kennedy disagrees with much of the scientific community on subjects including vaccines and HIV/AIDS. VOA’s Anita Powell has our story. Read original article here Denial of responsibility! Pioneer Newz is an automatic aggregator … Read more

Harris, Trump Converge On Milwaukee As US Election Looms

Harris, Trump Converge On Milwaukee As US Election Looms

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris hold dueling campaign rallies Friday in Wisconsin’s largest city Milwaukee, as both candidates make frantic last-ditch appeals to wavering voters with Election Day just around the corner. Republican Trump will return to the venue where he was crowned his party’s presidential nominee over the summer, his ear bandaged in bright … Read more

US Hiring Slowest Since Biden Took Office, On Strikes, Hurricanes

US Hiring Slowest Since Biden Took Office, On Strikes, Hurricanes

US job growth slowed drastically in October, hit temporarily by hurricanes and labor strikes, in a final major economic snapshot at the end of a razor-edge presidential election campaign where cost-of-living worries dominated voter concerns. The world’s biggest economy added 12,000 jobs last month, far below expectations and down from a revised 223,000 in September, … Read more

Harris To Rally Where Trump Riled Capitol Riot Crowd

Harris To Rally Where Trump Riled Capitol Riot Crowd

Kamala Harris will urge Americans to turn the page on Donald Trump as she delivers her closing election argument Tuesday on the spot where her rival rallied supporters before the January 6, 2021 US Capitol attack. With polls in a dead heat exactly one week before Election Day, the Democratic vice president’s campaign said she … Read more

Stars Power Up US Election

Stars Power Up US Election

The US election takes a detour from the swing state circuit to decamp to Texas on Friday as Kamala Harris rallies with pop superstar Beyonce and Donald Trump sits down with the world’s biggest podcaster. Solidly Republican Texas makes an unorthodox stop just days before November 5, especially for Harris who could be working to … Read more

Is Musk’s Million-dollar US Voter Lottery Legal?

Is Musk’s Million-dollar US Voter Lottery Legal?

Donald Trump surrogate Elon Musk’s offer of a million dollars to one registered voter in a swing state every day until the US Election Day on November 5 has raised questions about the legality of such a move. While Democratic candidate Kamala Harris’s campaign has not commented on the contest, Josh Shapiro, the Democratic Governor … Read more

US Election Disinformation Masked As ‘Breaking News’

US Election Disinformation Masked As ‘Breaking News’

“Breaking” news, screamed an online post by a conservative American influencer as he pushed disinformation about Kamala Harris, illustrating how journalism lingo has been co-opted as a tool to amplify election falsehoods. The misuse of the term, typically deployed by media outlets to relay major news developments, is part of a persistent assault on reality … Read more

TikTok, Facebook Approve Ads With US Election Disinformation, Study Says

TikTok, Facebook Approve Ads With US Election Disinformation, Study Says

TikTok and Facebook approved advertisements containing blatant US election falsehoods just weeks ahead of the vote, a watchdog investigation revealed Thursday, calling into question the tech platforms’ policies to detect harmful disinformation. The advocacy group Global Witness submitted eight ads containing false election claims to the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok, the Meta-owned Facebook, and Google-owned … Read more

Harris, Trump To Rally Voters In Key State On Same Day

Harris, Trump To Rally Voters In Key State On Same Day

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will lead dueling rallies Friday in Michigan, a crucial battleground state where Arab American voters angered by US support for Israel may hold the key to a deadlocked race. The killing of Hamas chief Yahya Sinwar drew optimism from Vice President Harris for a Gaza ceasefire, but Israel quickly said … Read more

Growing number of young women say abortion rights top election issue

Growing number of young women say abortion rights top election issue

Since the U.S. Supreme Court sent the issue of abortion back to the states in 2022, Democrats have mobilized to protect abortion rights while Republicans have worked to restrict the procedure on religious and moral grounds. The issue is motivating voters to go to the polls this election year. VOA Congressional Correspondent Katherine Gypson has … Read more