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Most voters in new poll say economy, immigration most important issues in 2024

A majority of voters said the most important issues to them are those involving the economy and immigration in a new poll. The Economist/YouGov poll, conducted between Aug. 11 and 13, found 54 percent of voters saying that the most important issues to them were “Inflation/prices,” “Jobs and the economy,” “Immigration” and “Taxes and government...

Harris support grows in key swing states

Vice President Harris is rising across the board in the key swing states she will need to win to capture the presidency in November. After President Biden struggled against former President Trump in the seven key election battlegrounds, Harris has turned the tide. Several recent polls have shown her leading in the battlegrounds, or at...

Vance rallies against Harris, Walz at Michigan campaign event

Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) rallied against Vice President Harris and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) while campaigning in Michigan on Wednesday as the two tickets barnstorm battleground states ahead of November.  Vance spoke to supporters at the trucking company Cordes Inc. in Byron Center, leaning into the issues of inflation and cost of living in a state...

Biden to designate national monument at site of Illinois race riot

Welcome to The Hill's Energy & Environment newsletter {beacon} Energy & Environment Energy & Environment   The Big Story Biden to designate national monument at site of Illinois race riot President Biden will designate a national monument this week at the site of racist mob violence in 1908 in Springfield, Ill., the White House confirmed Wednesday....

Putin faces dilemma on Kursk after ‘tremendous’ blow from Ukraine, says ex-ambassador

Michael McFaul, former U.S. ambassador to Russia, said in a Wednesday interview that Ukraine’s offensive inside Russia’s Kursk region is dealing a “tremendous” blow to the country’s leader, President Vladimir Putin. “I think psychologically, this blow is tremendous to Putin, especially among elites, because he's supposed to be the protector. He's supposed to be the...

Judge rules UCLA must prevent protests from blocking Jewish students’ access to class

A federal judge ruled Tuesday the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) cannot allow Jewish students to be blocked from classes, school buildings or campus activities.   UCLA was sued by three Jewish students after Gaza protesters set up check points on campus in the spring, only allowing through students through who wore wristbands and...

Evening Report — Harris steams toward nominating convention

{beacon} Evening Report   © Susan Walsh and Manuel Balce Ceneta, Associated Press Harris steams toward nominating convention as Trump seeks to reclaim narrative Vice President Harris is steaming toward the Democratic National Convention next week, surging in the polls and mapping out an ambitious battlegrounds tour as she prepares to unveil new policy proposals....

Top adviser: ‘Not true’ Trump regrets picking Vance as running mate

A top adviser to former President Trump's campaign shut down Wednesday a report that Trump has been privately grousing about his running mate, Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio). Chris LaCivita, who along with Susie Wiles has effectively co-managed Trump's White House bid, was asked on Fox News Radio about a Daily Mail report that said Trump...

Study finds bursts of rapid aging at 44, 60

The human body doesn’t age steadily throughout middle age and instead goes through bursts of rapid aging typically at around age 44 and again at 60, according to a new study published Wednesday in the academic journal Nature Aging.   Stanford University researchers tracked age-related changes in more than 135,000 types of molecules and microbes...

West Virginia governor blames politics for sudden bank auction of $1.5B resort amid key Senate bid

West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice lashed out at Democrats and lienholders after a sudden announcement that the Greenbrier resort will be sold at auction in Lewisburg on Aug. 27.

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