About 1,000 soldiers from emergency response units deployed to the affected areas, and the death toll was expected to rise after one of the worst natural disasters to hit the country in recent years.
The Pentagon needs what the company offers to compete with China even as it frets over its potential for dominance and the billionaire’s global interests.
In three battleground states, Kamala Harris geared her message toward moderate Republicans and independents, while Donald J. Trump accused Democrats of demonizing him and his supporters.
Donald J. Trump’s anti-immigrant message is exposing longstanding tensions and challenging Democrats’ hopes for solidarity.
The Republican candidate has already damaged American democracy and the wider liberal order. Worse is to come by Francis Fukuyama\
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With business ties to foreign governments and holdings in industries overseen by federal regulators, Donald Trump would likely be the most conflicted president in U.S. history.
As Donald Trump’s rhetoric grows more extreme, liberals say Kamala Harris is being held, unfairly, to a higher bar by voters and the media. One is “allowed to be lawless while the other one has to be flawless,” a congresswoman said.
Dueling Trump and Harris rallies outside Atlanta offer a case study in how anger and anxiety over Covid-19, a proxy for the larger debate over trust in government, have shaped the 2024 race.
Once a top presidential battleground, the state is lost to Democrats. The party’s missteps, along with demographic change, led to every one of Florida’s 67 counties becoming more red.
The Wall Street Journal (October 29, 2024): While polls show former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris in a dead heat in the final stretch of the 2024 election, the GOP nominee is dominating the Democratic candidate in the betting markets.
Chapters: 0:00 Election betting is legal 0:36 How it works 2:39 Prediction markets vs. polls 3:58 The reliability of betting markets
Once banned by federal regulators, Americans can now legally gamble on elections in prediction markets. Platforms like Kalshi and Polymarket have emerged as websites to place yes-or-no contracts. WSJ reporter Alexander Osipovich explains how these markets work, what they could tell us about the outcome of the election and the implications of trading on the future of the country.
As administrations of both parties have failed to overhaul the nation’s immigration laws, a reckoning for the asylum system, which some say is overdue, seems inevitable.
Activists on both sides say Trump could effectively ban abortion nationwide and establish fetal personhood, the longtime goal of the anti-abortion movement.
The inflammatory rally was a capstone for an increasingly aggrieved campaign for Donald Trump, whose rhetoric has grown darker and more menacing.
The novice Republican candidate’s honesty has come into question in a race that could decide Senate control.
Studies increasingly suggest that a healthy nation depends on a healthy democracy. By Dhruv Khullar
“Hillbilly Elegy” made him famous, and his denunciations of Donald Trump brought him liberal fans. Now, as a Vice-Presidential candidate, he’s remaking his image as the heir to the MAGA movement. By Benjamin Wallace-Wells
As the war grinds on, logistical challenges are compounded by politics, repeated evacuations, and…By Dorothy Wickenden
Crypto. Big Oil. Tobacco. Vaping. The former president has been making overt promises to industry leaders, a level of explicitness rarely seen in modern presidential politics.
With the specter of political violence looming, the Department of Homeland Security has advised hundreds of communities on election safety. Luzerne County, Pa., is at the center of the unrest.
The endorsement has roiled Hamtramck, Mich., angering many in the Muslim community, as well as longtime residents who welcomed the newcomers.
Experts inside and outside the Biden administration fear that Iran may conclude it has only one defense left: racing for an atomic weapon.
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