Biden meets with world leaders amid uncertainty in Middle East and Ukraine
BERLIN — President Joe Biden met with top world leaders here Friday at a tenuous moment for Ukraine and the Middle East, two ongoing and volatile wars that have marked…
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Trump hotel overcharged Secret Service, report by House Democrats finds
During Donald Trump’s presidency, his D.C. hotel charged the U.S. Secret Service 300 percent or more above standard government rates on multiple occasions, and at times charged the government agency…
Trump takes a scattershot approach to income-tax reform
During his campaign for a second term, former president Donald Trump has proposed a string of tax giveaways: He has suggested “no tax on tips,” an idea he said he…
Can Trump and Harris turn out the voters they need? A key county has clues.
BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The challenges both Democrats and Republicans are confronting in the presidential race were on vivid display here at a strip mall in Northampton County — which has…
New drug overdose data provides hope while deaths remain too high
Federal statistics on drug misuse and overdoses are alarming and frightening, but there’s also notable progress within the context of bad news and still far too many deaths. First the…
Obama’s fears about Trump drive his stepped-up campaigning
In the early spring, former president Barack Obama joked to some allies that his blood pressure was finally going down — because he had stopped watching cable news. After spending…
Trump delivers profanity, below-the-belt digs at Catholic charity banquet
NEW YORK — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump used his remarks at a Catholic charity banquet here on Thursday to skewer prominent Democrats, often in off-color terms. He mispronounced Vice…
Harris calls out Trump for ‘gaslighting’ Americans about Jan. 6 attack
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Vice President Kamala Harris chided Donald Trump on Thursday for his revisionist history on the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol — accusing him…
Gallego demands apology from Lake after court unseals divorce records
For months, Republican Senate candidate Kari Lake has speculated that her opponent, Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), had used the courts to hide “something really, really bad” in his divorce from…
After low profile, Bill Clinton steps back on stage as surrogate for Harris
DURHAM, N.C. — Former President Bill Clinton campaigned for the first time alongside the Democratic ticket Thursday, appearing with Gov. Tim Walz and reprising his role as “explainer in chief”…