Today: September 12, 2024
Today: September 12, 2024

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Yellen: Harris has deep understanding of global issues

Democratic U.S. presidential candidate Kamala Harris would continue the core values of the Biden administration when dealing with global issues, Treasury Secretary Janet

Yellen: Harris has deep understanding of global issues
News|Opinion|Political

Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court’s code of conduct needs an enforcement plan. Takeaways from her wide-ranging comments.

Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court’s code of conduct needs an enforcement plan. Takeaways from her wide-ranging comments.

Justice Elena Kagan says Supreme Court’s code of conduct needs an enforcement plan. Takeaways from her wide-ranging comments.
Americas|News|Political

US Supreme Court's Kagan backs ethics enforcement mechanism, media report

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US Supreme Court's Kagan backs ethics enforcement mechanism, media report
Election|Opinion|Political

More than 160,000 people join white women for Kamala Harris Zoom call

More than 160,000 people joined a Zoom call on Thursday night to build support for Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris among white women, a voter demographic that has supported Republican

More than 160,000 people join white women for Kamala Harris Zoom call
News|Political

Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney won't seek reelection in 2024, marking end to decadeslong political career

Utah Republican Sen. Mitt Romney will not run for reelection in 2024

Utah GOP Sen. Mitt Romney won't seek reelection in 2024, marking end to decadeslong political career
Political

DeSantis says Trump's chance of being elected if convicted 'is as close to zero as you can get'

Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis says Donald Trump is unlikely to be elected president again if convicted in any of the four criminal cases he faces

DeSantis says Trump's chance of being elected if convicted 'is as close to zero as you can get'
News|Political|World

US names former commerce secretary, big Democrat donor to coordinate private sector aid for Ukraine

The Biden administration has tapped former Commerce Secretary and major Democratic donor Penny Pritzker to coordinate U.S. efforts to channel private sector reconstruction assistance to Ukraine

US names former commerce secretary, big Democrat donor to coordinate private sector aid for Ukraine
News|Political

The Justice Department says there's no valid basis for the judge to step aside from Trump's DC case

The Justice Department is challenging efforts by ex-President Donald Trump to disqualify the Washington judge presiding over the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 election

The Justice Department says there's no valid basis for the judge to step aside from Trump's DC case
News|Political

Trump refuses to say in a TV interview how he watched the Jan. 6 attack unfold at the US Capitol

Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined in an interview aired Sunday to answer questions about whether he watched the Capitol riot unfold on television

Trump refuses to say in a TV interview how he watched the Jan. 6 attack unfold at the US Capitol
News|Political|World

Biden exhorts world leaders at the UN to stand up to Russia, warns not to let Ukraine 'be carved up'

President Joe Biden has made his case before the U.N. General Assembly that the world must remain united in defending Ukraine against Russian aggression

Biden exhorts world leaders at the UN to stand up to Russia, warns not to let Ukraine 'be carved up'
News|Political

Speaker McCarthy faces an almost impossible task trying to unite House GOP and fund the government

Speaker Kevin McCarthy is trying to accomplish what at times seems impossible

Speaker McCarthy faces an almost impossible task trying to unite House GOP and fund the government
News|Political

McCarthy struggles to pass a temporary spending bill to avoid a shutdown as others look at options

House Speaker Kevin McCarthy says he won't give up trying to pass a conservative bill to prevent a government shutdown

McCarthy struggles to pass a temporary spending bill to avoid a shutdown as others look at options
News|Political

Trump argues First Amendment protects him from 'insurrection' cases aimed at keeping him off ballot

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are arguing that attempts to kick him off the presidential ballot under a rarely used constitutional clause for engaging in “insurrection” are improper attempts to interfere with his freedom of speech

Trump argues First Amendment protects him from 'insurrection' cases aimed at keeping him off ballot
News|Political

Trump lawyers say prosecutors want to 'silence' him with gag order in his federal 2020 election case

Lawyers for former President Donald Trump are slamming prosecutors’ request for a narrow gag order in his 2020 election subversion case in Washington, calling it an effort to “unconstitutionally silence” his political speech

Trump lawyers say prosecutors want to 'silence' him with gag order in his federal 2020 election case
Political

The candidates went after Biden — and Trump — at the second GOP debate. Follow live updates

As the debate neared its end, moderator Dana Perino asked the candidates to write down which of their on-stage competitors should be voted off the 2024 GOP island

The candidates went after Biden — and Trump — at the second GOP debate. Follow live updates
Business

GOP shutdown threat is the wrong way to win a budget war − history shows a better strategy for reducing the deficit

Shutting down the government won’t help reduce the deficit. Here’s what would.

GOP shutdown threat is the wrong way to win a budget war − history shows a better strategy for reducing the deficit
News|Political

Biden isn't paying much attention to the 2024 GOP debate. He's already zeroing in on Trump

President Joe Biden was raising campaign cash in San Francisco on Wednesday while seven Republican presidential hopefuls held a debate down the coast in Simi Valley

Biden isn't paying much attention to the 2024 GOP debate. He's already zeroing in on Trump
News|Political

Judge Chutkan denies Trump’s request to recuse herself in federal election subversion case

U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan says she won’t recuse herself from Donald Trump’s 2020 election interference case in Washington

Judge Chutkan denies Trump’s request to recuse herself in federal election subversion case
Political

Factbox-US government shutdown: What closes, what stays open?

U.S. government services would be disrupted and hundreds of thousands of federal workers would be furloughed without pay if Congress fails to provide funding for the fiscal year starting

Factbox-US government shutdown: What closes, what stays open?
Economy

US economy facing headwinds from possible government shutdown -White House

The U.S. economy is facing headwinds from a possible government shutdown, student debt payments restarting, higher interest rates and an autoworkers' strike, White House economic adviser

US economy facing headwinds from possible government shutdown -White House
Political

Election denier Kari Lake to seek US Senate seat in Arizona -WSJ

Republican Kari Lake, a former Arizona gubernatorial candidate who has echoed former President Donald Trump's false claims about fraud at the 2020 election, will announce a 2024

Election denier Kari Lake to seek US Senate seat in Arizona -WSJ
Political

Factbox-Who is the Republican 2024 US presidential hopeful Nikki Haley?

U.S. presidential contender Nikki Haley has enjoyed a bump in support among voters and donors over the last three months, and she is now locked in a battle for second place in the

Factbox-Who is the Republican 2024 US presidential hopeful Nikki Haley?
Political

Who has qualified for the second 2024 Republican U.S. presidential debate?

Seven Republican candidates are due to take part in the second 2024 Republican presidential debate this week in California, according to the Republican National Committee.

Who has qualified for the second 2024 Republican U.S. presidential debate?
Political

Republican anti-Trump money splits: Spend now, or wait until 2024?

A split is emerging among Republican anti-Donald Trump groups desperate to prevent the former president, who is dominating the party's presidential

Republican anti-Trump money splits: Spend now, or wait until 2024?
Political

Long-serving US Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein dead at 90-Punchbowl

Dianne Feinstein, a long-serving Democratic U.S. senator from California and gun control advocate who spearheaded the first federal assault weapons ban and documented the CIA's

Long-serving US Democratic Senator Dianne Feinstein dead at 90-Punchbowl

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