The quiet halls of Charleroi High School briefly burst to life with the ring of a bell last week, signaling the end of seventh period.

Hundreds of students clad in jeans, athletic shorts and pajama pants made their way to their next class, embracing and jostling each other on their way, before the halls again fell silent.

The day was like any ...Read more

Americans want a middle ground on abortion, and they rightly believe that medical decisions should be left to patients and their doctors, not the government. By approving Amendment 4, Florida voters can return that balanced medical and legal environment to the Sunshine State.

Amendment 4 states that “no law shall prohibit, penalize, delay, or...Read more

Several dozen Haitians and allies gathered on Federal Plaza with an umbrella in one hand and Haitian flags in the other Sunday afternoon. The gloomy sky and near-constant downpour did not dampen their admonishment of former President Donald Trump’s unfounded accusations that Haitians were stealing and eating pets in Springfield, Ohio, and the ...Read more

Growing up, Nathan Gabriel was teased for his Haitian heritage. He’s now growing increasingly concerned about the claims former President Donald Trump and his running mate JD Vance made at the national stage regarding Haitian immigrants — and that anxiety has empowered him to push others to vote.

“Being Haitian is a blessing,” said ...Read more

The battle between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump over the economy is set to intensify, with the rival presidential candidates planning dueling addresses this week on one of the campaign’s defining issues.

Harris told reporters Sunday she will deliver a speech “to outline my vision for the economy.” Trump, meanwhile, is set to offer ...Read more

For almost a year, Israel and Hezbollah have engaged in increasingly provocative cross-border skirmishes as onlookers warn that this escalating war of attrition could land the region in all-out conflict. The past few days have made that devastating scenario closer to a reality.

First came Israel’s pager and walkie-talkie attack, an ...Read more

The former cast of a fictional White House staff claimed Sunday that Donald Trump would impose a nationwide abortion ban if the Republican presidential candidate is voted back into the Oval Office in November.

A national bus tour featuring former cast members from the television drama "Scandal," which ran on ABC from 2012-18, stopped in Madison...Read more

Former President Donald Trump will make two campaign stops in Michigan on Friday, the day after absentee ballots become available to voters in the state for this fall's election.

The Republican presidential nominee will speak at 2 p.m. Friday at FALK Production in Walker in Kent County. Then, he will participate in a town hall at 6 p.m. Friday ...Read more

An overworked Secret Service was "casual" in preparing for former President Donald Trump's visit to Butler in July that almost ended in tragedy, the chair of the House task force investigating the attempted assassination said Sunday.

"The preparation for that event leaves a lot in our minds as to how in the world the most elite group, and the ...Read more

House Republicans introduced a 12-week extension of federal spending with limited add-ons Sunday, a bill expected to garner large bipartisan majorities in both chambers.

The House will consider the 49-page bill this week to continue current funding levels through Dec. 20, and the Senate is expected to act shortly after. Congress must act by the...Read more

SAVANNAH — Former President Donald Trump is making his first visit to Georgia in more than seven weeks with a stop planned Tuesday in Savannah as polls show the race against Vice President Kamala Harris is tightening.

His last stop in Georgia was for an Aug. 3 rally in Atlanta, when he revived a long-running, one-sided feud with Gov. Brian ...Read more

A Sri Lankan leftist politician who’s pledged to fight corruption in the crisis-hit economy took a convincing early lead as votes were counted in Saturday’s presidential election.

With results of postal ballots in 18 of 22 electoral districts released so far, Anura Kumara Dissanayake was ahead with 55.9% of the vote, local media including ...Read more

President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic saying China is “testing” the U.S. and its allies in the Indo-Pacific region during a Quad leaders’ summit — even as the bloc’s members in their public remarks sidestepped the idea that they are a counterweight to Chinese influence.

The Quad leaders, Biden and prime ministers Narendra Modi ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump said it’s “too late” to hold another debate after Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign said she had accepted an invitation for a face-off on CNN in October and challenged the Republican nominee to take the stage with her.

“The problem with another debate is that it’s too late,” the former president ...Read more

The Kamala Harris campaign has launched an ad attacking former President Donald Trump for his political relationship with Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, following a CNN report about messages Robinson posted on a porn site surfaced earlier this week.

The messages were antisemitic, racist and sexual in nature. They glorified Hitler and supported slavery...Read more

President Joe Biden is spending the final months of his term tightening the screws on China, capping an approach that has seen him carry out a difficult juggling act in office to counter the world’s second largest economy.

That effort will be on display this weekend as Biden hosts the Quad Leaders Summit in Wilmington, Delaware, bringing ...Read more

ATLANTA — With two months to go before the presidential election, Georgia donors are sending millions in donations to the top two candidates.

Georgia supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris donated about $2.7 million during the month of August compared to roughly $1.3 million sent to former President Donald Trump’s campaign by his in-...Read more

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump returned to North Carolina for a weekend rally, telling several thousand cheering supporters the state is crucial to his presidential campaign.

“This is a very important state. We win this state, I think it’s gonna be over fast,” Trump said Saturday afternoon in Wilmington.

Trump’s ...Read more

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump returned Saturday to North Carolina, a likely must-win state for him, during a tumultuous time for Republicans in the state.

Trump took the stage in Wilmington around 2:30 p.m., two days after a nationally reverberating scandal jolted the North Carolina governor’s race, with CNN reporting ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris agree on this much: Groceries cost too much.

But despite promises from each presidential candidate that they’ll take bold steps to stop the price madness, experts say there’s probably little they can do.

“The rate of price growth has reverted back to normal, but prices will not go back down,�...Read more