Vice President Kamala Harris wants to go another debate round with former president Donald Trump. The Democrat’s campaign plans to announce after Tuesday’s debate a desire for a second meetup with the GOP nominee before the November elections, according to a person familiar with the plan who spoke on the condition of anonymity to describe […]Read More
Former president Donald Trump on Tuesday doubled down on a false and dehumanizing claim — pushed by his running mate and some Republicans — that immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, who came into the country during the Biden-Harris administration are injuring and eating Americans’ pets. “In Springfield, they’re eating the dogs. The people that came in, […]Read More
The rock group The White Stripes have filed suit against GOP presidential nominee Donald Trump’s campaign for its use of the band’s megahit ‘Seven Nation Army’ in a since-deleted campaign video. Lead singer and guitarist Jack White posted the front cover of the suit, filed in New York District Court, to his Instagram page Tuesday, […]Read More
Internet service providers like Charter, Verizon and Comcast have quietly scaled back their efforts to revive the Affordable Connectivity Program, an expired federal internet subsidy that helped low-income households pay for broadband. The $14.2 billion program provided a discount of up to $30 per month for some qualifying households and up to $75 a month for households on eligible tribal land. But […]Read More
New Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol will focus on improving the chain’s U.S. business in his early days on the job before he moves to fix its issues abroad, according to an open letter published on Tuesday. ″… In some places — especially in the U.S. — we aren’t always delivering,” Niccol wrote in the open letter addressed to customers, […]Read More
If the 2024 presidential election were held today, it’s not clear who would win. Vice President Kamala Harris has a slight national advantage, according to The Washington Post’s average of polls, but margins in swing states are uniformly narrow. If the polls are overestimating Harris’s support, Donald Trump will return to the White House. If […]Read More
Donald Trump has called Vice President Kamala Harris “crazy,” “nasty” and “dumb as a rock.” He’s mocked her name, launched false attacks about her racial identity and said she would be treated like a “play toy” by world leaders if elected. On Tuesday, Trump will come face-to-face with Harris for their first and perhaps only […]Read More
A few years ago, I spoke with Republican pollster Patrick Ruffini as part of research I was doing for my book. We were discussing how the major parties’ coalitions were evolving as America’s demography changed, with Ruffini expressing the idea — later documented in his own book — that the Republican Party could be boosted […]Read More
Discount home goods retailer Big Lots filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday after high interest rates and a sluggish housing market slowed demand for its low-priced furniture and decor. As part of its Chapter 11 filing, Big Lots agreed to sell its business to private equity firm Nexus Capital Management for about $760 million, consisting of $2.5 million in […]Read More
The chairman of the board of elections in Montgomery County, Pa., was well acquainted with the regular attendees at his monthly meetings who peddled old,debunked voting conspiracy theories. But something changed after April 4, the chairman,Neil Makhija, explained in an interview. That was the day Elon Musk retweeted a false claim that as many as […]Read More