The Pentagon will deploy a few thousand additional U.S. troops and more fighter jets to the Middle East, defense officials said Monday, as part of the Biden administration’s scramble to prevent the conflict between Israel and Iran’s proxies from exploding into a regionwide war. The infusion of forces, which also include air-defense units, will add to the tens of thousands ...
If Donald Trump is elected president on Nov. 5, it’s possible we’ll be talking a lot about union households in the days afterward. About 1 in 5 voters tend to come from these households, and CNN’s Harry Enten reports that Trump is doing better with them than any Republican presidential candidate in four decades. A recent poll of Teamsters members ...
First Israel ignored a U.S.-led effort to impose a cease-fire in its escalating war against Hezbollah. Then it killed the militant movement’s leader, Hasan Nasrallah, in a massive attack, taking Washington by surprise. Now, following a weekend scramble to avert a ground invasion of Lebanon, Israel is conducting exactly that, underscoring Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s disregard for the Biden administration’s ...
PHOENIX — A failure to document the citizenship status of Arizona voters is now estimated to affect as many as 218,000 people — more than double what state election officials initially said after discovering the mistake this month. Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes (D) announced the new number Monday and said the problem affects more Republicans than Democrats or ...
MINNEAPOLIS – Even before Vice President Kamala Harris picked Tim Walz to be her running mate, the Minnesota governor made headlines and launched countless memes when in July he delivered a simple, yet memorable critique of former president Donald Trump and Republicans, proclaiming them to be “just weird.” “These are weird people on the other side,” Walz said in a ...
North Carolina voters are closely divided in the choice between Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, according to a Washington Post poll, with no sign that Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson’s scandal-plagued campaign for governor has diminished Republican enthusiasm for the former president. Ahead of Tuesday’s vice-presidential debate, the poll finds that 50 percent of North Carolina likely voters support ...
PLAINS, Ga. — Signs that read “Happy 100th Birthday Mr. President!” dot lawns. The local general store is stocking up on its famous peanut butter ice cream. And the population of this tiny southwestern Georgia town is expected to double for a day. Jimmy Carter turns 100 Tuesday, and his hometown is pulling out all the stops to celebrate the ...
The first and only vice-presidential debate is Tuesday. Republican nominee Sen. JD Vance (Ohio) and Democratic nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz will face off in person, and it could be the last debate before the election. Vice-presidential candidates can make a difference in tight races, said Joel Goldstein, a vice-presidential scholar at St. Louis University. And this campaign has remained ...
At an all-hands meeting Thursday, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman denied that there are plans for him to receive a “giant equity stake” in the company, calling that information “just not true,” according to a person who was in attendance. Altman and finance chief Sarah Friar both said at the meeting, conducted by video, that investors have raised concerns about Altman ...
Tiger Woods’ new logo for his Sun Day Red golf apparel line is facing a trademark dispute. Tigeraire, a company that makes cooling products for athletes, has filed a notice of opposition with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, alleging that Sun Day Red and Tiger Woods have “unlawfully hijacked” Tigeraire’s design into their own branding. “The actions of SDR, TaylorMade and ...