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Biden signs pro-labor order in Michigan, dares a successor to undo it
SCIO TOWNSHIP, Michigan — Democratic President Joe Biden signed a pro-labor executive order in Michigan Friday, flexing his administrative powers in a bid to promote unions and worker benefits, while daring a successor to repeal the policy.
The White House said the so-called "Good Jobs" order directs federal agencies to prioritize new labor ...Read more
Trump is back in a NYC courtroom to challenge finding that he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll
NEW YORK — Around an hour after former President Donald Trump appeared in a New York courtroom on Friday to challenge a civil jury’s findings that he sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll, the GOP presidential nominee appeared to defame her once again.
In comments to reporters at a Trump Tower press conference at which he did ...Read more
Harris, Trump in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin ahead of Tuesday's debate
PHILADELPHIA — Donald Trump has one rally scheduled, but it's otherwise shaping up to be a low-key weekend for the former president and Vice President Kamala Harris as the candidates prepare for Tuesday's debate at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff will campaign for Harris in Pennsylvania Saturday ...Read more
Analysis: Trump lambastes women accusers in leadup to Harris debate
Donald Trump on Friday left a Manhattan courtroom and aired a laundry list of grievances about a range of topics, including being found guilty of sexual assault and his presidential rival Vice President Kamala Harris just days before their high-stakes debate.
Remarkably, in the midst of a neck-and-neck presidential race, the Republican nominee ...Read more
Trump is back in a NYC courtroom to challenge finding that he sexually abused E. Jean Carroll
NEW YORK — GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump was back in a New York courtroom Friday, appearing before the 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge a civil jury’s findings that he sexually abused and defamed writer E. Jean Carroll and demand a new trial.
The Republican nominee, who was not required to attend, ambled into the 17th-...Read more
Donald Trump's sentencing for hush money scheme postponed until after election, NYC judge rules
NEW YORK — Donald Trump will not be sentenced in his Manhattan hush money case until after the November presidential election, a judge ruled on Friday.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan said he would rule on Trump’s outstanding motion to toss his conviction on Nov. 12.
He said Trump would be sentenced on Nov. 26 “if necessary....Read more
Editorial: Hostile meddling: Russia and Iran want a vote in our election
Foreign governments trying to tip the scales of American elections is nothing new, but the brazenness with which Russia and Iran are meddling in the 2024 presidential election is notable.
In a DOJ indictment, federal authorities announced charges and sanctions against Russian-government-linked operatives for interfering to boost Donald Trump, ...Read more
AG opinion helps Gov. Brian Kemp skirt simmering Georgia election board controversy
ATLANTA — Gov. Brian Kemp won’t soon have to face a decision on whether to remove members of Georgia’s State Election Board who are under fire for approving new rules that critics say are designed to favor former President Donald Trump.
That’s because Attorney General Chris Carr, a Kemp ally, declined to issue an advisory opinion Friday...Read more
Republicans push to run up Trump tally in conservative Georgia´s Banks County
HOMER, Ga. — Plopped down in lawn chairs planted along historic Homer Highway, some folks showed up before 8 a.m. — two hours before the parade began — to claim prime spots for the 59th annual Labor Day Festival.
The crowd swelled that Saturday to well over 1,000 by noon. Kids scurried for candy thrown from passengers in shined-up 1950s ...Read more
Putin aide who leads disinformation efforts once was a reformer
The head of a russian propaganda campaign that allegedly aimed to influence the upcoming us elections began as a liberal politician before he became one of president vladimir putin’s closest advisers.
Sergei Kiriyenko, who is the first deputy head in Putin’s administration, oversaw a years-long Kremlin operation to meddle in U.S. elections...Read more
Crossing state lines to get an abortion is a new legal minefield, with courts to decide if there’s a right to travel
Almost half of the states in the country have made it harder to get an abortion since the Supreme Court in 2022 overturned the federal right to get an abortion. Fourteen states ban abortions in almost all circumstances, and another eight in almost all cases after 6 to 18 weeks of pregnancy.
Nonetheless, the number of abortions ...Read more
Trump campaign violated rules in Arlington National Cemetery visit, cemetery legal expert explains
The public furor continues over Donald Trump’s behavior during a visit to Arlington National Cemetery on Aug. 26, 2024.
Since that visit to the U.S. military burial ground outside Washington, D.C., news reports and campaign photos have emerged showing the former president grinning widely and giving a “thumbs-up” gesture while ...Read more
School shooting draws unwanted attention to Georgia on campaign trail
Republicans and Democrats are both adjusting approach to classroom safety
The national spotlight fell on Georgia on Wednesday following a shooting at Barrow County’s Apalachee High School that killed four and injured at least nine others.
The two major party candidates for president each responded quickly. Vice President Kamala Harris ...Read more
Kamala Harris’ purported ancestry highlights complicated backstory of Irish identity and enslavement
When Barack Obama was elected president, the people of Moneygall in Ireland celebrated. Birthplace of Obama’s great-great-great-grandfather on his white mother’s side, the village commemorated the victory – and a later visit from the 44th president – with pints of Guinness and a kitschy trade in “O'Bama” memorabilia.
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Editorial: Gold Star families rebuke Harris over cemetery attack
Kamala Harris is now attacking Donald Trump for mourning with the families of fallen service members. Even in a heated political environment, that’s shameful.
Last week, former President Trump participated in a wreath-laying ceremony to honor the 13 fallen heroes murdered in Afghanistan three years ago. A suicide bomber killed them as they ...Read more
Missouri judge strikes down Ashcroft's 'misleading' description of abortion rights amendment
A Missouri judge on Thursday struck down Secretary of State Jay Ashcroft’s official description of an abortion rights amendment that would have appeared at polling places across the state on Nov. 5.
Cole County Circuit Court Judge Cotton Walker found that Ashcroft’s language summarizing the amendment, called Amendment 3, was unfair and ...Read more
Trump, courting Jewish Republicans, predicts extinction for Israel if Harris is elected
Former President Donald Trump painted a dire picture of the effect of a Kamala Harris presidency on the future of Israel and the security of Jewish people in the United States as he courted Jewish Republicans on Thursday and urged them to convince their non-GOP friends to support him in the November election.
"Kamala Harris is the candidate of ...Read more
Trump floats US sovereign wealth fund as part of economic pitch
Former President Donald Trump in a speech to business leaders on Thursday called for the creation of a U.S. sovereign wealth fund, a government-owned investment fund, to finance “great national endeavors.”
While offering few details, Trump said the fund would would yield a “gigantic profit” that could help “pay down the national debt�...Read more
Kamala Harris' August fundraising more than double Trump's
Kamala Harris reportedly raised about $300 million for her presidential campaign in August, more than double Trump’s $130 million haul, an edge that suggests she will continue to enjoy a financial advantage in the last two months of the race.
The Democratic nominee has not released exact figures for the late summer windfall, but NBC News ...Read more
Georgia's election board fight sets the stage for disputes and creates a headache for Brian Kemp
The expanding controversy over a State Election Board controlled by loyalists to former President Donald Trump is putting Gov. Brian Kemp and his Republican allies into exactly the position they hoped to avoid: a debate over the last election.
With two months until the November election, the three-member majority of the board is trying to ...Read more
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- Analysis: Trump lambastes women accusers in leadup to Harris debate