Trump in Pennsylvania says Harris easier than Biden to beat
With 19 electoral votes out of the 270 needed to secure the White House, Pennsylvania may be the biggest prize in this year’s election among the battleground states. Read more
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With 19 electoral votes out of the 270 needed to secure the White House, Pennsylvania may be the biggest prize in this year’s election among the battleground states. Read more
The plea, which is expected to occur Monday in U.S. District Court in Central Islip, New York, would spare Santos from a trial that almost certainly would have been a colorful spectacle. Read more
Gabbard’s involvement in Trump’s debate preparation is partly because of her own performance in a 2019 Democratic presidential primary debate, when she eviscerated Harris in a memorable onstage encounter. Read more
During a brief appearance before a military judge at Hanscom Air Force Base in Massachusetts, 22-year-old Teixeira deferred entering a plea to charges that he obstructed justice and failed to obey a lawful order until closer to when his court-martial trial is scheduled to begin on March 10. Read more
Now a Category 1 hurricane, Ernesto is forecast to strengthen into a much more powerful hurricane before it reaches Bermuda late on Friday, a British island territory far out in the Atlantic, the National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Read more
The AIM-174B, developed from the readily available Raytheon SM-6 air defense missile, is the longest-range such missile the United States has ever fielded and was officially acknowledged in July. Read more
Ernesto was about 175 miles northwest of the Puerto Rican capital of San Juan as it crawled to the northwest, packing winds of about 75 miles per hour, the National Hurricane Center said in an advisory today. Read more
Korbein Schultz was charged in March with conspiracy to disclose national defense information, exporting defense articles and technical data without a license, and bribery of a public official. Read more
The jury determined that Peters had helped an outsider gain unauthorized access to the machine in May 2021 and obtain information that was later made public at a conspiratorial event held to undermine trust in Trump’s defeat to Joe Biden. Read more
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“CAIR is challenging the mistreatment of these Palestinian American activists on constitutional grounds,” the group said. Read more
The flag arrived aboard a Delta Airlines jet carrying American athletes and officials, and painted with “LA28” and palm trees on its side. Read more
The quake hit near the LA neighborhood of Highland Park, northeast of downtown, and was at a depth of 12.1 km (7.5 miles). The shaking was felt throughout the Los Angeles area. Read more
The Treasury said last month’s deficit climbed $23 billion from the $221 billion deficit recorded in July 2023. Economists polled by Reuters had projected a $242 billion deficit for July. Read more
While the USS Georgia, a nuclear-powered submarine, was already in the Mediterranean Sea in July, according to a U.S. military post on social media, it was a rare move to publicly announce the deployment of a submarine. Read more
Nate Holden, 95, a former California politician, said he was on a helicopter ride with Trump around 1990 when the aircraft experienced mechanical trouble and was forced to make an emergency landing in New Jersey. Read more
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker and others had called on Sangamon County Sheriff Jack Campbell to resign after Campbell’s deputy, Sean Grayson, who is white and 30 years old, was fired and charged with murder in relation to Massey’s killing in July. Read more
The administration briefed Congress this week on its decision to lift the ban, a congressional aide said. Read more
The storm came ashore again near Bulls Bay, South Carolina, three days after slamming into Florida’s Gulf Coast as a Category 1 hurricane on Monday, then traveling across northern Florida and Georgia to the Atlantic Coast. Read more
In a news conference at his Palm Beach, Fla., residence, Trump said he wanted debates on Sept. 4 and Sept. 25 as well. Read more
The epicenter was in sparsely populated farmland, about 14 miles northwest of the unincorporated community of Grapevine in Kern County, and about 88 miles northwest of downtown Los Angeles. Read more
A jury found Wang Shujun guilty on four counts including acting as a foreign agent without notifying the U.S. attorney general and lying to U.S. authorities, following a week-long trial in Brooklyn federal court. Read more