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Tom Howell Jr. covers politics and the White House for The Washington Times. He can be reached at thowell@washingtontimes.com.

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Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks as Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz listens at a campaign event, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024, in Rochester, Pa. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Trump campaign offers questions ahead of Harris’ CNN interview

Former President Donald Trump has a list of questions he wants Vice President Kamala Harris to answer when she sits for a rare TV interview with her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, including whether she still supports a "Green New Deal" or concealed President Biden's "cognitive decline."

August 28, 2024

Oregon resident Patrick Coffin fills up his car at a gas station in Portland, Ore., Aug. 4, 2023. New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average about 38 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2031 in real-world driving, up from about 29 mpg this year, under new federal rules unveiled Friday, June 7, 2024, by the Biden administration. President Joe Biden has set a goal that half all of new vehicles sold in the U.S. in 2030 are electric. (AP Photo/Claire Rush) **FILE**

WATCH: Finance trade group chief sees vast ‘gulf’ between Bidenomics projections, real-world woes

There is a major divide between the positive economic outlook pushed by "ivory tower" economists and the dour picture confronting everyday Americans at the grocery checkout and gas pump, posing a challenge for Vice President Kamala Harris as she contends with the pros and cons of "Bidenomics," a leading trade group CEO told The Washington Times.

August 28, 2024

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Desert Diamond Arena, Friday, Aug. 23, 2024, in Glendale, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Major Trump plans would add $4 trillion to deficits in the 10-year window, budget analysis shows

The Trump campaign's tax-and-spending plans would increase deficits by more than $4 trillion in the next 10 years, according to a prominent analysis.

August 27, 2024

Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas., speaks during the Republican National Convention Tuesday, July 16, 2024, in Milwaukee. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Sen. Ted Cruz to Trump: Do the debate under any rules Harris wants

Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas says former President Donald Trump should agree to "whatever stupid rules" Vice President Kamala Harris wants during a Sept. 10 debate on ABC, pushing back on the idea that the GOP nominee is within his rights to pull out of the prime-time showdown.

August 27, 2024

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Zuckerberg admits to Congress: COVID-19, Hunter Biden laptop suppression was wrong

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told House Republicans that the Biden administration repeatedly pressured Facebook to censor information about the COVID-19 crisis in 2021.

August 27, 2024

President Joe Biden talks to reporters upon his arrival to Joint Base Andrews, Md., en route to the White House, Sunday, Aug. 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

White House says Biden not just biding his time until election

The White House on Monday rejected the idea that President Biden has become a ceremonial figurehead who is dawdling as Vice President Kamala Harris tries to defeat former President Donald Trump in November.

August 26, 2024

Patients and families move outside the Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital in Deir al Balah, Gaza Strip, Sunday, Aug. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

White House says Cairo talks remain on course for Gaza cease-fire and hostage release

The White House on Monday said high-level talks on a Gaza cease-fire and hostage deal are showing progress and that weekend attacks between Israel and Lebanese militants in Hezbollah did not affect the negotiations.

August 26, 2024

Trump raises doubts about participating in ABC News debate in September

Former President Donald Trump raised doubts late Sunday about whether he would participate in the Sept. 10 debate against Vice President Kamala Harris on ABC.

August 26, 2024

From left to right, Wyoming State Superintendent of Public Instruction Jillian Balow, Gov. Mark Gordon and State Auditor Kristi Racines take part in a state government financial transparency working group meeting in Cheyenne, Wyo., Friday, Jan. 18, 2019. Adam Andrzejewski, the head of a nonprofit organization, openthebooks.com, told the group he wants Racines' office to deliver state expenditure and vendor records he requested within 30 days or he would name Racines in a lawsuit the group filed in 2018. (AP Photo/Mead Gruver)

GOP leaders spar with Biden-Harris over Wyoming ‘land lockup’

Federal and state Republicans are upset with the Biden-Harris administration's plans for 3.6 million acres in southwestern Wyoming, saying the Bureau of Land Management put climate activists' concerns ahead of local input.

August 23, 2024

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan speaks during a bilateral meeting with Philippines Foreign Affairs Secretary Enrique Manalo at the Department of State in Washington, Friday April 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana) ** FILE **

Biden’s security adviser travels to Beijing to manage tensions with China

President Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, will travel to Beijing from Tuesday to Thursday to meet his Chinese counterpart and manage tensions between the superpowers.

August 23, 2024

Independent Presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks to reporters at the Nassau County Supreme Court in Mineola, N.Y. on Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah, Pool)

RFK Jr. withdraws from Arizona ballot amid speculation of possible alliance with Trump

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. took himself off the ballot in Arizona, a state elections official said late Thursday, fueling speculation about the independent candidate's future.

August 23, 2024

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump tours the southern border with Mexico, Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024, in Sierra Vista, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci) **FILE**

Sex offender suspected of threatening to kill Trump is arrested in Arizona

Authorities in Arizona arrested a convicted sex offender Thursday afternoon on suspicion of threatening to kill Donald Trump during the former president's campaign stop at the southern border.

August 22, 2024

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at North Carolina Aviation Museum, Wednesday, Aug. 21, 2024, in Asheboro, N.C. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Arizona police search for ex-con who made threats on Trump’s life

A manhunt was underway in Arizona on Thursday for a convicted sex offender who authorities said threatened to kill Donald Trump during the former president's campaign stop at the southern border.

August 22, 2024

U.S. Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo speaks to U.S. and Philippine business groups at Makati city, Philippines on Tuesday, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) **FILE**

Biden-Harris’ commerce chief stumped about a major economic report

Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said she is unfamiliar with a major government report that said the U.S. economy created 818,000 fewer jobs than initially reported.

August 22, 2024

This undated image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases shows a colorized transmission electron micrograph of mpox particles (red) found within an infected cell (blue), cultured in the laboratory that was captured and color-enhanced at the NIAID Integrated Research Facility in Fort Detrick, Md. Sweden said Thursday that a person who recently traveled to Africa was diagnosed with a type of mpox that can be spread through close contact. (NIAID via AP, File)

Mpox hits man in Thailand, second case outside Africa

Health officials in Thailand have confirmed a case of the new -- and potentially deadlier -- strain of mpox.

August 22, 2024

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., leaves the Pennsylvania Judicial Center, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

Trump says he would accept endorsement from ‘good person’ RFK Jr.

Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he would be "honored" if independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. were to drop out of the race and endorse the GOP ticket.

August 22, 2024

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally at the Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza, Aug. 17, 2024, in Wilkes-Barre, Pa. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Trump says Harris’ price-gouging plan would result in ‘empty stores’

Former President Donald Trump on Thursday slammed Vice President Kamala Harris' plan to ban price gouging, likening it to heavy-handed controls wielded by dictators.

August 22, 2024

Ian Frank, a pit technician at Stop & Go on Putney Road in Brattleboro, Vt., changes the oil on a vehicle on July 15, 2024. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP, File)

Massive job revision pulls the veil off Biden’s happy-face economy, critics say

The U.S. economy added 818,000 fewer jobs from early 2023 to early 2024 than the government previously reported, a sizable revision that could affect the Federal Reserve's decisions on interest rates and reverberate in the presidential campaign.

August 21, 2024

Crypto industry’s campaign spending at record level, says watchdog report

Cryptocurrency companies are pouring an "unprecedented" amount of money into federal elections, according to a watchdog report Wednesday that says the industry accounts for nearly half of the direct corporate spending this cycle.

August 21, 2024

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks on crime and safety during a campaign event at the Livingston County Sheriff's Office, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2024, in Howell, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump says Democratic leaders ‘threatened’ Biden to quit race

Former President Donald Trump says President Biden would still be running if it hadn't been for his poor debate performance and believes Democratic leaders "threatened" the president before he ceded way to Vice President Kamala Harris.

August 21, 2024