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Explainer-The Electoral College and the 2024 US Presidential Race
In the United States, a candidate becomes president not by winning a majority of the national popular vote but through a system called the Electoral College, which allots electoral votes to the 50 states and the District of Columbia largely based on their population.
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Trump Threatens a 200% Tariff on Vehicles Imported From Mexico
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump on Sunday said he would slap tariffs as high as 200% on vehicles imported from Mexico as he ratchets up his protectionist trade rhetoric ahead of the Nov. 5 election....
Progressives Either Silent on or Not Worried About Harris' Policy Flips
(The Center Square) – As Vice President Kamala Harris campaigns for president, she notably has tried to distance herself from some of her past progressive policy positions, moving closer to...
Biden Approves More Troops to Move to North Carolina for Hurricane Helene Response
U.S. President Joe Biden said on Sunday he ordered another 500 active-duty troops to move into western North Carolina and assist with the response and recovery efforts after the deadly and devastating Hurricane Helene....
Hurricane Milton Set to Intensify as It Heads Toward Florida, NHC Says
Hurricane Milton is forecast to rapidly intensify during the next couple of days and become a major hurricane on Monday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said on Sunday....
Election 2024: Harris Giving It Another Go in 8th Congressional District
(The Center Square) – Democrat Justin Dues and Republican Rev. Mark Harris face off in North Carolina's 8th Congressional District, a strong GOP area whose incumbent is trying to become...
Netanyahu Tells Macron That Putting Limits on Israel Will Strengthen Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by telephone with French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday, his office said, and told him that placing restrictions on Israel will just serve Iran and its proxies....
Harris Reiterates Support for Gaza Ceasefire as Conflict Escalates
Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris said Washington will continue to pressure Israel and other players in the Middle East to reach a ceasefire deal in Gaza even as advocates say that the United States has not thus far used its leverage over its ally....
Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson Refuses to Say Trump Lost 2020 Election
Republican U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Mike Johnson sidestepped a question on Sunday on whether he accepted that Donald Trump lost to Democratic President Joe Biden in the 2020 election, giving a response similar to that from the former president's running mate in the vice-presidential debate....
US Teachers Face Language Barriers, Student Trauma as Record Migration Reaches Classrooms
Dana Smith had been teaching first grade at the public school in the small Pennsylvania town of Charleroi for more than 16 years when she found herself confronting a new challenge last year: a sharp rise in students from Haiti who did not speak English....
Venture Capitalist Ben Horowitz to Make 'Significant Donation' for Harris
Venture capitalist Ben Horowitz said on Friday he will make a "significant donation" to entities supporting the Democratic presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris who faces Republican former President Donald Trump in the Nov. 5 election....
Report: More Than 50 Jihadist Cases in 29 States Show 'Persistent Terror Threat'
(The Center Square) – A new report published by the U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security states that “foreign jihadist networks and homegrown violent extremists” represent a “persistent terror threat...
Harris Dodges One October Surprise, Faces Another in Tight Race
(The Center Square) – American voters are one month out from election day, and some new developments threaten to upset the close race....
Heavy Strikes Shake Beirut as Israel Expands Lebanon Campaign
Massive consecutive strikes hit Beirut's southern suburbs from late Saturday into Sunday, Reuters eyewitnesses said, sending booms across the city and sparking flashes of red and white for nearly 30 minutes visible from several kilometers away....
Biden Reschedules Storm-delayed Campaign Travel to Wisconsin, Pennsylvania for Next Week
U.S. President Joe Biden next week will visit two closely contested states in Vice President Kamala Harris' Democratic presidential campaign, rescheduling travel delayed by Hurricane Helene, the White House said....
Hurricane Helene Response Takes Center Stage at Trump Rally
(The Center Square) – On a rally stage hundreds of miles north of Hurricane Helene’s path of devastation, former President Donald Trump attacked the federal government’s ongoing response to the...
Trump Appears Before Large Crowd at Site of Assassination Attempt in Pennsylvania
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday returned to the rural Pennsylvania site where he was nearly assassinated, rallying a large crowd in the critical battleground state one month before the Nov. 5 election....
In Butler, Elon Musk Gets Out the Vote for Trump
(The Center Square) – Elon Musk, the tech billionaire who founded Tesla and SpaceX, made one simple request at former President Donald Trump’s campaign rally on Saturday....
Trump Returns to Butler, Scene of Failed Assassination
(The Center Square) – Eighty-four days later, former President Donald Trump returned on Saturday to the scene of an assassination attempt on his life in western Pennsylvania....
Election 2024: Voters to Decide on Citizen's Only Constitutional Amendment
(The Center Square) – North Carolina voters will have the opportunity to vote on a state constitutional amendment which will prevent noncitizens voting in any election in the state....
Nasrallah's Possible Successor Out of Contact Since Friday, Lebanese Source Says
The potential successor to slain Hezbollah leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah has been out of contact since Friday, a Lebanese security source said on Saturday, after an Israeli airstrike that is reported to have targeted him....
Trump Returns to Site of Assassination Attempt in Pennsylvania
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Saturday will return to the rural Pennsylvania site where he was nearly assassinated for a rally in the critical battleground state exactly one month before the Nov. 5 election....
Factbox-What Are Countries Doing to Get Their Nationals Out of Lebanon?
Nations worldwide have prepared contingency plans to evacuate citizens from Lebanon after a dramatic escalation in the conflict between Israel and the Lebanese armed movement Hezbollah, backed by Iran....
Biden, Mexico's Sheinbaum Talk Economic, Trade Cooperation
U.S. President Joe Biden and newly inaugurated Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum spoke on the phone on Friday, both said on social media, with Sheinbaum pointing to discussions about economic and trade cooperation....
US FDA Puts Kezar Life Sciences' Lupus Treatment Trial on Hold After Patient Deaths
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has placed a clinical hold on Kezar Life Sciences' trial of experimental drug for lupus, the company said on Friday....
NFL-Hall of Fame Quarterback Favre Says He Has Parkinson's Disease
Hall of Fame quarterback Brett Favre said during a U.S. congressional hearing on Tuesday that he has been diagnosed with Parkinson's Disease....
Boeing, Striking Union to Return to Negotiations on Monday
Boeing's and its largest union said on Friday that contract talks will resume on Oct. 7, as both sides seek an agreement to end a strike by around 33,000 of the planemaker's U.S. West Coast factory workers....
Israeli Strike Hits North Lebanon as Raids Pummel Beirut Suburbs
An Israeli strike hit Lebanon's northern city of Tripoli for the first time early on Saturday, a Lebanese security source said, after more bombardment hit Beirut's suburbs and Israeli troops sought to make new ground incursions into southern Lebanon....
US to Give $157 Million in Humanitarian Aid in Response to Lebanon Crisis
The United States will provide nearly $157 million in new humanitarian assistance to support populations affected by conflict in Lebanon and the region, the State Department said in a statement on Friday....
Sanofi, GSK, CSL Tapped to Expand US Bird Flu Vaccine Supply
GSK, Sanofi and CSL Ltd have secured $72 million from the U.S. government to ramp up production of bird flu vaccines, a health official said on Friday during a press briefing....
US Will Not Renew Legal Status for Hundreds of Thousands of Migrants
The Biden administration will not renew a temporary humanitarian entry program for hundreds of thousands of migrants with U.S. sponsors who arrived in recent years, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security said on Friday....
Biden: Israel Has Not Yet Decided on Iran Response
US president says Israel should consider alternatives to Iranian oilfields as targets ...