By AAMER MADHANI NEW CASTLE, Del. (AP) — As President Joe Biden ’s 50 years in elected office near an end, he doesn’t appear content to quietly exit the political stage. With a week to go before Election Day, Biden is intent on promoting his administration’s record and making the case for Americans to support … Read more
By MELINA WALLING, Associated Press and AYURELLA HORN-MULLER, Grist HOMESTEAD, Fla. (AP) — Jeremy Ford hates wasting water. As a mist of rain sprinkled the fields around him in Homestead, Florida, Ford bemoaned how expensive it had been running a fossil fuel-powered irrigation system on his five-acre farm — and how bad it was for … Read more
By GENE JOHNSON SEATTLE (AP) — Authorities were investigating Monday after early morning fires were set in ballot drop boxes in Portland, Oregon, and in nearby Vancouver, Washington, where hundreds of ballots were destroyed. The Portland Police Bureau reported that officers and firefighters responded to a fire in one ballot drop box at about 3:30 … Read more
By R.J. RICO If Donald Trump wins the presidential election, Republicans hope he will fulfill a longstanding GOP goal of privatizing the mortgage giants Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, which have been under government control since the Great Recession. But Democrats and some economists warn that, especially in this time of high mortgage rates, doing … Read more
Today is Monday, Oct. 28, the 302nd day of 2024. There are 64 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 28, 2016, the FBI dropped what amounted to a political bomb on the presidential campaign of Hillary Clinton when it announced it was investigating whether emails on a device belonging to disgraced … Read more
By KELVIN CHAN, AP Business Writer LONDON (AP) — Most people have accumulated a pile of data — selfies, emails, videos and more — on their social media and digital accounts over their lifetimes. What happens to it when we die? It’s wise to draft a will spelling out who inherits your physical assets after … Read more
DAN MERICA WASHINGTON (AP) — Stacey Williams alleged this week that former President Donald Trump groped her at Trump Tower in early 1993 as disgraced hedge fund manager Jeffrey Epstein watched. The former model made the allegation during a video chat of sexual violence survivors supporting Vice President Kamala Harris ‘ campaign. Williams’ allegation is … Read more
Today is Friday, Oct. 25, the 299th day of 2024. There are 67 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 25, 1999, golfer Payne Stewart and five others were killed when their Learjet crashed in a field in South Dakota; Stewart was 42. Also on this date: In 1760, Britain’s King George … Read more
By John M. Donnelly, CQ-Roll Call WASHINGTON — Domestic terrorism — the use of violence for political ends — has risen dramatically in recent years and is driven largely by partisan falsehoods and lies, a new study says. U.S. military veterans are overrepresented among the perpetrators of such attacks, experts have long found. The report comes nearly … Read more
By CHRISTINA A. CASSIDY The top election official in one of the nation’s most politically important counties said Wednesday she was forced out of her role just weeks before the November presidential election, disputing an official statement that she asked for a leave after experiencing “stress issues.” The abrupt departure of Cari-Ann Burgess as the … Read more
