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GREENSBORO, N.C. — Months before he allegedly pointed a semiautomatic rifle into a Florida golf course as former president Donald Trump approached, Ryan Routh described himself as a failure. In his book, Routh repeatedly wondered why someone hadn’t killed Russian leader Vladimir Putin. “No one here in the US appears to have the balls to Continue reading

As Lebanon braces for Hezbollah’s response , here’s what we know about the exploding devices End of carousel Israel, which rarely comments on its intelligence operations abroad, has neither claimed nor denied responsibility for the attack, which continued into a second day Wednesday as more devices exploded across Lebanon. The Israelis did not inform the Continue reading

A group of Black female mathematicians, aeronautical engineers and human computers whose groundbreaking work for NASA during the 20th century space race contributed to the nation’s historic achievements were awarded the Congressional Gold Medal during a ceremony Wednesday on Capitol Hill. The honorees were recognized with the nation’s highest civilian honor and include three women Continue reading

More than 150 House Democrats voted against a bill that would deport illegal immigrants convicted of a sexual offense or conspiracy to commit such a crime. Among the Democrats who voted for the bill are Reps. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska; Marie Gluesenkamp-Perez, D-Wash.; Jared Moskowitz, D-Fla.; and Hillary Scholten, D-Mich. Two of the Democrats who voted Continue reading

Go to newsletter preferences Sign up to get the inside scoop on today’s biggest stories in markets, tech, and business — delivered daily. Student protests are escalating there and other college campuses over the Israel-Gaza war and schools’ investments in Israeli entities, with demonstrators on Tuesday breaking into a Columbia campus building and occupying it. Continue reading

Vice President Kamala Harris edges former President Trump in a head-to-head matchup, as more voters see Harris as the candidate who will help the middle class, and Hispanics and independents swing in her direction. Trump had a 1-point advantage last month, while Harris is ahead by 2 points today: 50%-48%. This marks the first time Continue reading

Democrats’ bill to protect IVF fails again: Why Republicans blocked it Show Caption Hide Caption IVF support bill fails in Congress despite Trump’s support A U.S. Senate bill to provide federal protections and expand insurance coverage for fertility treatments failed on Tuesday. IVF, a treatment for infertility, has increasingly become a political issue after an Continue reading

Mike DeWine (R) on Tuesday said Donald Trump’s and JD Vance’s false claims about immigrants are “very hurtful” to the people of Springfield. “The mayor says there’s no evidence, chief of police says there’s no evidence, city manager says there was no evidence, there’s no evidence. There’s no evidence of this at all,” DeWine said Continue reading

Photograph: Ludovic Marin/AFP/Getty Images The Government is keen to have a statutory inquiry into allegations of sexual misconduct, bullying and discrimination in the Defence Forces up and running “as soon as possible”, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said. Speaking during Leaders’ Questions in the Dáil on Wednesday, the Taoiseach said a report on the Defence Forces Continue reading

MrBeast is accused of creating “unsafe” employment conditions and misrepresenting contestants’ odds at winning his new Amazon reality show’s $5 million grand prize MrBeast and Amazon sued by competitors from his $5M reality show over alleged ‘unsafe’ conditions NEW YORK — MrBeast is accused of creating “unsafe” employment conditions, including sexual harassment, and misrepresenting contestants’ Continue reading