Author: chiara
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Yellow jackets in Helene aftermath and prosecutor reviews Menendez brothers’ conviction: Morning Rundown
Some Democrats fear Kamala Harris is playing it safe in a tight presidential race. Yellow jackets are swarming in flooded parts of North Carolina. And Kim Kardashian advocates for the release of the Menendez brothers. Here’s what to know today. Some Democrats say ‘it’s so obvious’ Harris is playing it safe Vice President Kamala Harris…
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Barack Obama cuts a new ad for Elissa Slotkin in battleground Michigan Senate race
Former President Barack Obama is wading into the Senate race in Michigan, endorsing Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin and starring in a new ad for her as some voters start to receive absentee ballots in the critical state. It’s the first time this election that voters will see a Senate ad from Obama as Democrats try…
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Trump to appear alongside Brian Kemp; Harris to rally in Michigan
Abortion-rights groups are targeting key battlegrounds in the final sprint before Election Day, zeroing in on Arizona and Nevada — where voters will not only help decide control of the White House and Congress but will also decide whether to codify abortion protections with new ballot measures. Reproductive Freedom for All, a political action and…
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European Union votes to impose tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles
The European Union on Friday voted to adopt definitive tariffs on China-made battery electric v ehicles. “Today, the European Commission’s proposal to impose definitive countervailing duties on imports of battery electric vehicles (BEVs) from China has obtained the necessary support from E.U. Member States for the adoption of tariffs,” the E.U. said in a statement.…
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Harris is playing it safe. Some Democrats worry that could doom her campaign.
WASHINGTON — Even as polling shows the presidential race is a toss-up, Vice President Kamala Harris has been running with a measure of risk aversion that some Democratic strategists and activists worry has failed to fully capitalize on the excitement surrounding her entry into the race in July. Until this point, Harris has largely eschewed…
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Barack Obama to kick off battleground state blitz for Harris next week in Pennsylvania
Former President Barack Obama will campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris in Pittsburgh next week, his first foray into the election as a battleground-state surrogate. The event, according to a senior Harris campaign official, will launch a larger effort by Obama, who intends to ramp up his campaigning for Harris in the final stretch of…
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Payrolls report should show healthy gains, but job seekers are increasingly out of luck
Friday’s jobs report is expected to show another relatively healthy month of payroll gains, alongside a stable unemployment rate. But for anyone looking for a new job, the situation has only deteriorated as the year has dragged on, experts say. At the moment, there is little light at the end of the tunnel for those…
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Trump returns to Butler for a high-profile rally
Former President Donald Trump is set to return to the site where he nearly lost his life in July, holding a rally Saturday that his campaign and allies have hyped up as one of the biggest opportunities to boost his candidacy in the final weeks of the presidential race. Trump’s rally in Butler, Pennsylvania —…
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Asheville, N.C.’s arts scene has powered its economy. Rebuilding will be hard.
Trumpower works in Southside Studios, a collective workspace run by a fellow artist on the bank of the Swannanoa River in South Asheville. Trumpower, who spent the run-up to the storm packing up pottery and other local artists’ pieces, said no one at the time expected the flooding to be as severe as it was.…
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Australian court upholds order for Musk’s X to pay fine over anti-child abuse inquiry
SYDNEY, Australia — A court in Australia upheld an order on Friday for Elon Musk’s X to pay a fine of 610,500 Australian dollars ($418,000) for failing to cooperate with a regulator’s request for information about anti-child-abuse practices. X had challenged the fine, but the Federal Court of Australia ruled that it was obliged to…