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Walz, Vance clash over the importance of ‘experts’

Democratic Gov. Tim Walz and Republican Sen. J.D. Vance have different views on whether the nation's next president should rely more on "experts" or "commonsense wisdom."

October 1, 2024

Warfare in Middle East sends shock waves all the way to Harris’ presidential campaign

Iran's missile attack against Israel roiled the U.S. presidential race, pushing the White House -- and Vice President Kamala Harris -- to take a firmer stand on the chaos in the Middle East.

October 1, 2024

Vance, Walz take the stage for high-stakes debate

Republican Sen. J.D. Vance and Democratic Gov. Tim Walz met Tuesday in a Manhattan TV studio for the first -- and only -- scheduled vice presidential debate.

October 1, 2024

Trump blames ‘nonexistent’ Biden-Harris leadership for emboldening Iran to attack Israel

Donald Trump on Wednesday said the Iranian missile strike against Israel had pushed the world closer to a "global catastrophe" and exposed the lack of leadership from the Biden-Harris administration.

October 1, 2024

Harris, Trump turn focus to Hurricane Helene relief efforts

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump shifted their attention Monday away from standard campaigning to focus on the emergency response to the fallout from Hurricane Helene, which devastated a region that includes the election battleground states of North Carolina and Georgia.

September 30, 2024

Trump arrives in Georgia to survey storm damage, questions Biden-Harris response

Donald Trump arrived in Valdosta, Georgia, on Monday for a firsthand look at the damage and to deliver relief supplies after Hurricane Helene devastated the region and left more than 100 people dead across the Southeast.

September 30, 2024

Trump team raises expectations for Tim Walz ahead of vice presidential debate

Looking to set the tone for the vice presidential debate, Donald Trump's campaign on Monday called Democrat Tim Walz a "liar" and "chameleon" and dubbed him "traitor Tim" and "turncoat Tim."

September 30, 2024

Kamala Harris uses campaign cash windfall for TV ad blitz to drown out Donald Trump

Vice President Kamala Harris is closing out the race against former President Donald Trump with a significant cash advantage that will allow her to blanket the airwaves with TV ads in the battleground states.

September 30, 2024

Trump says ‘I told you so’ after ICE data shows over 600,000 criminal illegal immigrants roaming

Donald Trump says newly released statistics from Immigration and Customs Enforcement validate what he has been saying for years: The Biden-Harris administration has allowed convicted murderers and orhwe criminals to run free across the nation.administration has allowed convicted murderers and criminals to run free across the nation.

September 27, 2024

Trump meets with Zelenskyy in New York, vows to end war fast if elected

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met with Donald Trump in New York on Friday to discuss America's support for his nation's fight against Russia.

September 27, 2024

Harris and Trump wrangle over who’s the real capitalist, pro-business, tax-cutting candidate

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump offered dueling visions of the economy Wednesday, stepping up their messages to voters in battleground states still anxious about the economy.

September 25, 2024

Trump to Harris: Why wait to deliver on economic vision?

Casting doubt over Kamala Harris' economic vision, Donald Trump said Wednesday that the Democrat's "fake" pledges to help workers ring hollow given her failure to address the nation's economic and immigration challenges as vice president.

September 25, 2024

Trump says Iran threats against him should be met with a threat of massive military strike

Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that if he were in the White House, he would send a clear message to foreign nations that the U.S. would blow their country to "smithereens" if they threaten the life of a current, former, or prospective president.

September 25, 2024

J.D. Vance accuses Kamala Harris of harming U.S. workers by not embracing Trump-style tariffs

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance says Kamala Harris's criticism of Donald Trump's vision on trade and her reluctance to take a more rigid stand on immigration proves she is not serious about standing up for labor unions and their rank-and-file members.

September 25, 2024

Policy or personality: Voters weigh America’s path forward in tight Harris, Trump race

Judging by the significant presidential campaign issues, voters are more closely aligned with former President Donald Trump's stances. But his brash and chaotic approach to politics is costing him, leaving him trailing Vice President Kamala Harris in most national polling at this point in the race.

September 25, 2024

Trump says corporate tax cuts, threat of tariffs will spark economic renaissance

Former President Donald Trump says he will make the nation a "manufacturing powerhouse" by adopting protectionist tax policies that promote domestic production and encourage businesses to move their operations to the United States.

September 24, 2024

Rep. Earl Carter compares Harris’ pledge to fix economy to O.J. Simpson’s vow to find real killer

Rep. Earl "Buddy" Carter sees similarities between the way Vice President Kamala Harris has responded to the nation's economic challenges and the way O.J. Simpson reacted to the death of his ex-wife.

September 24, 2024

Trump threatens to slap 200% tariff on John Deere goods if it moves some production to Mexico

Former President Donald Trump warned Monday that if John Deere follows through with moving some of its production to Mexico, he will slap those imports into the United States with a 200% tariff.

September 23, 2024

Harris campaign’s new ad: Trump, Robinson ‘both wrong for North Carolina’

Kamala Harris is linking Donald Trump to Mark Robinson, the embattled North Carolina GOP gubernatorial nominee, who the former president has said is "better than Martin Luther King."

September 20, 2024

Gov. DeWine urges Trump, Vance to tone down rhetoric about Springfield migrants

Republican Gov. Mike DeWine says GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, J.D. Vance, have "falsely portrayed" the impact Haitian immigrants have had on the place where he was born: Springfield, Ohio.

September 20, 2024