SUPAI, Ariz. — Rep. Ruben Gallego arrived at the bottom of the Grand Canyon barefoot, shoes in hand, after crossing a stream during a 2,000-foot descent. The 44-year-old Marine Corps veteran, five-term Democratic congressman and U.S. Senate candidate had started the eight-mile hike in darkness. Now, under the midday sun, he was approaching a Havasupai village that is only accessible ...
WALLACES CORNER, Va. — He didn’t mention it in his mailers or campaign brochures. It was absent from a slew of recent television ads. And here at a synagogue in this far-flung D.C. exurb, Yevgeny “Eugene” Vindman did not bring up the reason the worshipers breaking their Yom Kippur fast had first learned who he was. Most of those digging ...
LATROBE, Pa. — Seventeen days from the election, here in arguably the most decisive swing state, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spent the first 10 minutes of his speech without mentioning politics. Instead, he delivered a long tribute to Arnold Palmer, the late golfer who was born here and is the namesake of the airport where Trump was speaking. Trump’s ...
It’s no secret that the House has had a tough two years. One speaker, Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), got ousted mid-term, and his successor, Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), survived a coup attempt only because Democrats spared him. The most basic procedural votes have become herculean tasks. Legislative output has cratered. Now, with Election Day nearing and the Democrats within a few ...
ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris criticized former president Donald Trump over the issue of abortion access at a rally in Atlanta on Saturday, pointing out that the family of Amber Thurman — a Georgia woman who died in 2022 after she did not receive proper medical care because of abortion restrictions — was in the audience. In the waning ...
NORTH LAS VEGAS, Nev. — Standing in a high school gymnasium 10 miles from America’s gambling capital, former president Barack Obama implored any undecided or hesitant voters to place a figurative bet on Kamala Harris. “Sometimes I talk to folks who don’t think it’s going to make a difference whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins,” Obama said in front ...
Longtime CVS Health executive David Joyner has replaced Karen Lynch as CEO, as the company struggles to drive higher profits and stock performance, CVS announced Friday. The move, effective Thursday, the day before the announcement, comes as CVS shares have fallen nearly 20% this year. Shares plunged about 13% in premarket trading Friday. CVS has faced challenges as higher medical costs weigh on ...
South Korean intelligence has found that North Korea has dispatched 12,000 troops including special operation forces to support Russia’s war against Ukraine, news reports said Friday, a development that could bring a third country into the war and intensify a standoff between North Korea and the West. Yonhap news agency cited the National Intelligence Service as saying that the North ...
Abu Mohammed stands with red, bleary eyes. Women and young men walk on a muddied pathway as children run between rows of improvised tents in Deir al-Balah displacement camp, central Gaza. Mohammed and others staying in makeshift displacement camps have survived Israeli bombardments that have laid waste to Gaza’s streets for over a year, enduring catastrophic violence, constant killings and ...
In his first television interview since leaving Venezuela, Edmundo González Urrutia explained the role of the Spanish government in his departure from the Latin American country. The former diplomat also reiterated that he believes he is “more useful outside than inside,” free and not detained, to solve Venezuela’s political crisis. Venezuela has been in a state of crisis since the ...