Meet Barbara Jones, the ex-judge now policing Trump’s business moves
Barbara S. Jones took on plenty of high-profile cases as a prosecutor and then as a federal judge, but now she finds herself in what is, even for her, an…
Nebraska’s ‘blue dot’ district suddenly at the center of election
OMAHA — Bored by politics until two months ago, Coral Meija said two things got her involved in this year’s election: Vice President Kamala Harris’s ascension to the top of…
Doug Emhoff is all over the campaign trail. Melania Trump is not.
Second gentleman Doug Emhoff has made more than 30 campaign stops in the five weeks since the Democratic National Convention, stumping for his wife in over a dozen states. This…
Meryl Streep takes on the Taliban with a story about cats, squirrels and birds
When award-winning actress Meryl Streep spoke on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly about cats, squirrels and birds, she wasn’t making a point about hunters and prey. She…
Harris flubs manufacturing jobs claim in MSNBC interview
“All told, almost 200,000 manufacturing jobs were lost during his presidency, starting before the pandemic hit, making Trump one of the biggest losers ever on manufacturing.” — Vice President Kamala…
GOP congressman posts, then deletes, racist comments about Haitians
Republican Rep. Clay Higgins (La.) published racist comments about Haitians on Wednesday — only to delete them after being confronted by House colleagues. In a post on X, formerly Twitter,…
Panda pair arrive to VIP welcome in Hong Kong, as Beijing marks 75 years of communist China
Hong Kong will roll out the red carpet Thursday to receive two giant pandas gifted by the Chinese government to mark 75 years of Communist Party rule, part of a…
Singer Chappell Roan says she’ll vote for Harris but won’t endorse her
Amid online backlash over her recent criticism of the Democratic and Republican parties ahead of the presidential election, singer Chappell Roan said on TikTok on Wednesday that she’ll vote for…
Foreign leaders seek meetings with Trump as knife-edge election nears
Foreign leaders traveling to the United States to attend the U.N. General Assembly this week in New York have also been meeting with former president Donald Trump, as they hedge…
‘Education of hatred’: Killing of Japanese boy sparks soul searching in China over rising nationalism
The killing of a Japanese schoolboy in China has sparked an outpouring of anger and soul searching over the rise of extreme nationalism in the country, with some accusing the…