Former President Trump’s incendiary comments about deploying the military and using other powers of the executive branch to pursue his political enemies, including a sitting member of Congress, is putting downballot Republican candidates on the defensive. GOP strategists have said for months that the fates of Senate and House Republican candidates are largely tied to Trump’s performance. Republicans...
The question of each presidential candidate's fitness to serve has become a breeding ground for insults between Vice President Harris and former President Trump who are trying to paint each other as incapable of being the next commander-in-chief. Trump, 78, has begun questioning Harris, 59, over her cognitive abilities – the very matter that was...
Russian efforts to influence Moldova’s Oct. 20 elections have reached unprecedented levels, with Moscow allegedly spending up to hundreds of millions of dollars on buying votes, pumping out AI-generated deep fake videos, and boosting the campaigns of Kremlin-favored candidates. The blitz illustrates the lengths Russia will go to keep the tiny, former Soviet Republic within...
Federal candidates have now submitted their reports for what was the final full fundraising quarter before Election Day, offering a snapshot of their financial status with just three weeks to go. Spending particularly shot up from July to September, which began with President Biden still as the presumptive Democratic nominee and Vice President Harris not...
A shortage of IV fluid in the wake of Hurricane Helene is shining a spotlight on the fragility and vulnerability of the country's medical supply chain. Hospitals were left scrambling after the storm flooded a Baxter manufacturing plant in Marion, N.C. The plant makes about 60 percent of the IV fluid in the country, including...
The tides of the election are turning against Vice President Harris. During the late summer and heading into fall, Harris appeared to be the candidate with the momentum, with Democrats comparing her candidacy to former President Obama's in 2008. After President Biden dropped out of the race, Democrats had made gains in the polls, making up...
The Biden administration announced on Thursday that it is forgiving the student loans for more than 60,000 public service workers. The move gives $4.5 billion in debt relief to teachers, firefighters and other service workers who have been paying on their loans for more than 10 years. The administration credits the relief to fixes...
President Biden arrived in Germany on Thursday after postponing travel for a week because of Hurricane Milton striking the U.S. Over the course of two days in Berlin, Biden will participate in a leaders-level summit of the European Quad — Germany, France and the United Kingdom — to discuss support for Ukraine in its defensive...
Former President Trump on Wednesday fielded questions from Latino voters at a Univision town hall as he seeks to court the key voting bloc in November’s election. Trump detailed his plans to crack down on immigration if elected, and was asked about his conspiratorial rhetoric around Haitian migrants and plans for the border and the...
Democratic strategist David Axelrod said late Thursday that he doesn’t think voters know much about Vice President Harris and whether or not the Democratic nominee's policy views have changed much over the years. Axelrod joined CNN for a panel following Harris’s first televised interview at the top of the Democratic ticket. The interview was seen...
Inflation held steady in July as American households spent more money and saw their incomes rise slightly, according to data release Friday by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA). The personal consumption expenditures (PCE) price index — the Federal Reserve's preferred way to measure inflation — rose 0.2 percent last month and 2.5 percent over...
Labor Day is the best opportunity for Americans to honor the valuable contributions that workers have made to the creation of our great and prosperous nation. Veterans, whom Donald Trump repeatedly disrespects, will have their chance for remembrance the week after Election Day on Nov. 11. The labor holiday marks the beginning of the end...
Vice President Harris has taken a 1-point lead over former President Trump in a survey conducted after she accepted her party’s presidential nomination at the Democratic National Convention (DNC). The survey, released late Thursday by The Wall Street Journal, found Harris earns 48 percent support from respondents in a two-way contest while Trump trails closely...
