PHOENIX — When Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) decided to run for Senate, it provided a rare opening in one of the safest congressional districts in the state for Democrats and set up a fiercely competitive and expensive primary. The July 30 primary results were close and after an automatic recount, the top two contenders were separated by just 39 votes. ...
Donald Trump’s plan to make thousands of federal employees more like at-will political appointees poses a particular risk to the prime duty of government — national security. That was the message from a Senate hearing last week into the Republican presidential nominee’s intention to undercut the federal civil service by reinstating a new category of federal employment, known as Schedule ...
Vice-presidential nominee JD Vance has a go-to explanation for his evolution from outspoken critic to impassioned defender of Donald Trump: He says he was converted by Trump’s achievements in the White House. Vance has said watching the former president enact his populist agenda for left-behind Americans transformed him from a “Never Trump” conservative in 2016 to a Trump supporter in ...
“Their ‘Bidenomics’ led to the highest inflation in 40 years. Highest gas prices ever. Skyrocketing interest rates. Unaffordable housing. Incomes down. Unemployment rising. And a recession now headed our way. Yet Kamala Harris is clueless.” — Trump campaign ad, “Clueless,” released Sept. 23 On Sept. 18, the Federal Reserve Bank reduced interest rates by a half-percentage point, signaling that inflation ...
As Election Day nears and a parade of anti-Trump Republicans announce their support for Vice President Kamala Harris, one prominent GOP Trump critic has withheld his endorsement: Sen. Mitt Romney (R-Utah), one of the rare anti-Trump Republicans who still holds elected office. Romney, the lone Republican senator who voted to convict Trump during his first impeachment trial in 2020 and ...
Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol said the coffee chain is committed to bargaining in good faith with the union that represents many of its baristas, as the two sides work to craft a labor deal. “I deeply respect the right of partners to choose, through a fair and democratic process, to be represented by a union,” Niccol wrote on Tuesday in a ...
A surge in demand for artificial intelligence-focused semiconductors and AI-enabled smartphones and laptops could lead to the next global chip shortage, according to a report released Wednesday by consultancy Bain & Co. The last major semiconductor shortage happened during the Covid-19 pandemic amid supply chain disruption and a rise in demand for consumer electronics as people were forced to stay ...
Birria, which was once known as a regional Mexican food, has taken on a life of its own in the U.S., becoming a social media star and fast-food darling. Traditionally, birria is a beef or goat stew, slow cooked with spices and chiles to give the meat lots of flavor. Birria tacos use the slow-cooked meat as a filling and ...
The first-ever visit by a president of the United Arab Emirates to the White House took place this week as Israel’s war in Gaza expanded to Lebanon. That war, however, was not at the top of the agenda in talks with US officials. US President Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan and UAE president Sheikh Mohammed ...
Despite pledging a “battle without limits” against Israel, Hezbollah’s response to back-to-back Israeli attacks appears to have been carefully calibrated. Its strike Wednesday that was intercepted near Tel Aviv managed to be both unprecedented and understated. It marked many firsts: The first time Hezbollah launched what it said was a ballistic missile at Israel; the first time a missile had ...