As Democrats revel in Vice President Harris closing the polling gap against former President Trump, speculation is ramping up over who might serve in a potential Harris Cabinet if she prevails in November.
Any Cabinet appointee would likely face a razor-thin Democratic-controlled or GOP-controlled Senate, meaning Harris would have to balance partisan realities with her desire to break the mold with her choices, like naming the first woman to head the Pentagon. |
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The Trump campaign says discussions of who might serve in key Cabinet roles are "premature," but that hasn't stopped D.C.'s rumor mill from taking stock of who might serve in top roles in a second Trump administration. Trump is in the unusual position of not being backed by a number of members of his previous Cabinet, and many expect loyalty to be a driving factor in appointments this time around. Trump's transition team will play a central role in determining who will serve in a potential second administration. |
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Latin American leaders are sharpening their anti-American rhetoric as attention north of the border is increasingly pulled to other matters.
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has prolifically thrown barbs at the United States in his last year in office, accusing Mexico's biggest trading partner of everything from financing a coup against him to bearing responsibility for narco-violence in the country. |
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The students of Springfield, Ohio, are caught in a mess they had nothing to do with. Schools had to shut down for multiple days after 33 separate bomb threats, and two universities moved classes online after threats of a shooting, one specifically targeting "members of the Haitian community," after baseless accusations of immigrants eating people's pets. |
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Pollster Nate Silver said that a 50/50 forecast for the presidential election means that people should start planning in the event that former President Trump takes back The White House in November. Silver's election forecast and model showed Vice President Harris beating Trump for the first time since Aug. 28. Harris, as of Saturday, leads Trump, 49 percent to 46.3 percent. |
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Former President Trump said Saturday afternoon that it's "too late to do another" debate, after Vice President Harris accepted an invitation from CNN for a second debate. "She's done one debate. I've done two. It's too late to do another. I'd love to, in many ways, but it's too late. The voting is cast," Trump said during a campaign event in Wilmington, N.C. |
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President Biden announced Saturday a new program and funding for research on cancer surgeries as part of his administration's Cancer Moonshot initiative, aimed at reducing cancer deaths. "So I'm proud to announce that our four countries, the leaders behind me, and many organizations here today are committing over $150 million for HPV, HPV screening and therapeutics, and next year, doctors and nurses in the US Navy will begin a program to train Indo-Pacific counterparts in conducting cervical cancer screening and vaccination so we could reach every woman in the region and it matters, folks," Biden said in a joint meeting and dinner with the leaders of Australia, Japan and India. |
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Vice President Harris was widely seen by voters as the clear winner of her debate against former President Trump, but that sentiment has failed to move the needle in key battleground states where the presidential nominees are still neck-and-neck heading into November. Harris's debate performance has been hailed in the nearly two weeks since it occurred, with voters in several surveys, including those conducted that evening, believing she is better at staying calm under pressure, more intelligent and has higher moral integrity than Trump. |
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Cards Against Humanity (CAH) is suing Elon Musk's SpaceX for $15 million after it allegedly left construction equipment and destroying property on CAH land in Texas. The complaint, which was filed Thursday evening in Cameron County District Court, details the original state of the land along the U.S.-Mexico border, which CAH worked to keep "in its natural state." Photographs in the complaint show its current state, filled with equipment and materials not belonging to CAH. |
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OPINION | For decades, we have heard about and often ignored "the Silent Majority." Time and again, Republican leaders have predicted that this seemingly mythical phenomenon was going to come to the fore and save the country from destructive Democratic policies. At least in terms of the popular vote, that mythical creature has mostly remained in stealth mode, as the Democratic candidate has won the popular vote in seven of the last eight presidential elections. |
OPINION | Chief Justice John Roberts has always been "a man more sinned against than sinning." That line from Shakespeare's "King Lear" seems increasingly apt for the head of our highest court. Roberts was installed almost exactly 20 years ago and soon found himself grappling with a series of controversies that have rocked the court as an institution. |
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After years of failed deals and violence, neither the Israelis nor the Palestinians believe their adversaries will ever negotiate in good faith. |
The militant group said it targeted an airbase and a developer of Israel's Iron Dome system, while dozens of Israeli warplanes struck southern Lebanon. |
BY NATALIE MELZER and KAREEM CHEHAYEB |
The barrage came after an Israeli airstrike in Beirut killed at least 37 people, including one of Hezbollah's senior leaders. |
BY ASHLEY PARKER, JOSH DAWSEY AND MARIANNE LEVINE |
The past three weeks reveal that whatever control and self-restraint helped launch his third presidential campaign has largely disappeared in the crucial final stretch. |
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