The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week, but remains at healthy levels
WASHINGTON (AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits rose modestly last week, but remains at healthy levels.
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CNNTrump calls for modifying 25th Amendment to make it possible to remove a vice president
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday called for modifying the 25th Amendment of the US Constitution and said if a vice president “lies or engages in a conspiracy to cover up the incapacity of the president” they should be removed from office.
- Barrons.com
Xi Is Paralyzed by China’s Economic Mess. The World Will Pay.
A Chinese economic blunder will have vast global implications, William Pesek writes in a guest commentary.
- The Independent
‘Desperate’ Trump is ‘hyper-aware’ that he is slipping mentally and making less sense, his biographer says
‘What we’re seeing now is a reflection of someone who’s very troubled and very desperate,’ says Timothy O’Brien, author of TrumpNation: The Art of Being the Donald
- HuffPost
Trump Doubles Down On Bogus Gender-Affirming Care Claim His Own Campaign Can't Back Up
The GOP nominee pushed a false claim about surgeries for children similar to one he recently pushed at a far-right group's event.
- The Daily Beast
Trump Skewers His Legal Team as They Awkwardly Stand Beside Him
Donald Trump gave a rambling news conference Friday that was unhinged even by his standards, with him blasting his own legal team despite their recent victories for him in other trials.Trump also skewered E. Jean Carroll, his sexual abuse and defamation accuser, and claimed that he was again being treated unfairly by courts in New York City.As Trump aired his grievances at everyone including his own legal team, his defense attorneys, including Alina Habba, were photographed standing awkwardly be
- HuffPost
Tim Walz Stings GOP With Blunt 'Fact of Life' After JD Vance's School Shooting Remarks
The Minnesota governor knocked right-wing book ban efforts before using Vance's words against him.
- The Daily Beast
Planes Targeting Trump, Project 2025 Fly Over Football Games
Vice President Kamala Harris is taking to the sky to run campaign ads.“The DNC is reaching voters where they are,” DNC spokesperson Abhi Rahman told CBS News on Saturday, of the campaign’s innovative strategy of flying planes with anti-Project 2025 banners over college football games.At the University of Wisconsin vs. South Dakota game on Saturday, tailgaters, cheeseheads and yoters will be able to see a plane with a banner that reads “Jump Around! Beat Trump + Project 2025,” in reference to the
- Business Insider
Gretchen Whitmer pushes back against polls showing Kamala Harris with sizable leads in Michigan: 'It's just not true'
The high-profile Democratic governor is a cochair of Harris' campaign. She said she expects a close result in Michigan in November.
- USA TODAY
Plan to fly next year? You'll finally need Real ID to do it and the deadline is coming
The deadline to get a Real ID in order to fly is rapidly approaching and will impact all travelers age 18 and over who plan to fly in 2025 and beyond.
- The Hill
Trump decries using lift to appear taller during debates: ‘A form of cheating’
Former President Trump posted online saying no props or lifts will be used in the upcoming debate to make one candidate appear taller, calling it cheating. “No boxes or artificial lifts will be allowed to stand on during my upcoming debate with Comrade Kamala Harris. We had this out previously with former NYC Mayor Michael…
- The Canadian Press
Trump assails women who accused him of misconduct, days before his debate with Harris
WASHINGTON (AP) — Shortly after appearing in court for an appeal of a decision that found him liable for sexual abuse, Donald Trump stepped in front of television cameras Friday and brought up a string of past allegations of other acts of sexual misconduct, potentially reminding voters of incidents that were little-known or forgotten.
- The Daily Beast
Meghan McCain Refuses to Feud With Brother Like ‘Trashy’ Kennedys or Walzs
Meghan McCain claimed Friday that “everyone is asking” her about her relationship with brother Jimmy McCain, after he came out in support of Kamala Harris for president while his conservative sister denounces the Democratic Party. But she insisted in a new episode of her podcast Citizen McCain that she won’t be turning on her brother like a “trashy,” “gross” Kennedy or Walz would.“A—I don’t come from a trashy family, B—we are very ride or die, and support and love each other,” McCain said on the
- The Hill
Trump responds to DOJ announcement on election interference efforts: ‘I don’t know what it is with poor Russia’
Former President Trump on Saturday dismissed findings from the Justice Department about Russia’s covert efforts to influence the 2024 U.S. elections and joked about whether he should be offended that Vladimir Putin had offered a tongue-in-cheek endorsement of Vice President Harris. Trump held a rally in Wisconsin, where he referenced a Justice Department announcement earlier…
- CNN
Ukraine’s ‘dragon drones’ rain molten metal on Russian positions in latest terrifying battlefield innovation
Ukraine appears to be calling on a fleet of fire-spewing “dragon drones” in its war with Russian invaders, putting a modern twist on a munition used to horrific effect in both world wars.
- The New York Times
Hillary Clinton Has Advice on Debating Trump: ‘He Can Be Rattled’
WASHINGTON — Hillary Clinton has as much experience as any Democrat in debating Donald Trump. The 2016 presidential campaign, when she was her party’s nominee, included three of the six general-election debates Trump has participated in. Those faceoffs went a long way toward shaping the country’s vision of his candidacy and what he would be like as president. Trump, of course, went on to win the 2016 election — an outcome that still haunts Democrats. Sign up for The Morning newsletter from the N
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I’m an Economist: My Prediction for Household Incomes in 2025 If Trump Wins the Election
There are roughly two months to go until the November election, which swing-state voters know all too well after a summer of relentless political advertising bombardment. Emotional and complex social...
- Business Insider
Russia's economy is so driven by the war in Ukraine that it cannot afford to either win or lose, economist says
"A protracted stalemate might be the only solution for Russia to avoid total economic collapse," one economist says.
- HuffPost
Election Forecaster Allan Lichtman Predicts Winner Between Harris And Trump
The 77-year-old historian gets a lot of attention for his election-year declarations.
- Futurism
Trump Says He's Putting Elon Musk in Charge of Making the Government Super Efficient, Like He Did With Twitter
During a characteristically meandering and largely incoherent speech in New York on Thursday, former president Donald Trump called for the creation of a "government efficiency commission" to audit the entire federal government and implement "drastic reforms." During the speech, he tapped his latest number one fan, multi-hyphenate billionaire Elon Musk, to head such a commission, […]
- Raleigh News and Observer
Trump speech shows his biggest obstacle to victory in NC might just be himself | Opinion
As Election Day grows closer, North Carolina remains as battleground a state as ever. | Opinion