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Prosecutors file sealed brief detailing allegations against Trump in election interference case

September 26, 2024, 3:01pm Politics

Special counsel Jack Smith on Thursday filed, under seal, a legal brief that prosecutors have said would contain sensitive and new evidence in the case charging former President Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 election he lost. Read story

Biden signs temporary funding bill that avoids a shutdown before the election

September 26, 2024, 2:25pm Nation & World

President Joe Biden on Thursday signed a temporary government spending bill that keeps agencies operating into December, after Congress punted key spending decisions until after the November election. Read story

U.S. lawmakers’ concerns about mail ballots are fueled by other issues with mail service

September 26, 2024, 2:23pm Nation & World

Lawmakers said during a contentious congressional hearing Thursday they are uneasy about the U.S. Postal Service’s readiness for a crush of mail ballots for the November election because some of them feel burned by other Postal Service actions. Read story

Voting technology firm, conservative outlet reach settlement in 2020 election defamation case

September 26, 2024, 1:55pm Business

A settlement has been reached in a defamation lawsuit pitting an electronic voting machine manufacturer targeted by allies of former President Donald Trump against a conservative news outlet that aired accusations of vote manipulation in the 2020 election. Read story

Volunteers and staff work at a democratic phone bank in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.

Harris makes scandal-plagued Republican the star of her campaign to win North Carolina

Volunteers and staff work at a democratic phone bank in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024.

September 26, 2024, 1:54pm Nation & World

There’s an unlikely star in Kamala Harris ‘ push to win North Carolina: Mark Robinson. Read story

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as he arrives for a briefing with lawmakers about the war effort against Russia, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

Harris blasts proposals for Ukraine to cede territory to Russia during Zelenskyy meeting

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, center, walks with Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., left, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., as he arrives for a briefing with lawmakers about the war effort against Russia, at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/J.

September 26, 2024, 1:20pm Nation & World

Vice President Kamala Harris said calls for Ukraine to cede territory to Russia were "dangerous and unacceptable" as she met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Thursday. Read story

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents as he is helped off the stage at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J.

Hearing on Trump assassination attempts says Pennsylvania failure was by Secret Service

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is surrounded by U.S. Secret Service agents as he is helped off the stage at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., July 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Gene J.

September 26, 2024, 9:40am Politics

Members of a bipartisan House task force investigating the Trump assassination attempts emphasized during their first hearing Thursday that the Secret Service, not local authorities, was responsible for the failures in planning and communications that led to a gunman being able to open fire on former President Donald Trump in… Read story

Birds fly around and perch on the South Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River as one of two dredging ships passes through the channel in 2009. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer&rsquo;s project to repair the river jetties is expected to be completed in October 2025.

Does Trump want to turn ‘giant faucet’ to send Columbia River water to CA?

Birds fly around and perch on the South Jetty at the mouth of the Columbia River as one of two dredging ships passes through the channel in 2009. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineer&rsquo;s project to repair the river jetties is expected to be completed in October 2025.

September 26, 2024, 9:40am Latest News

The Columbia River could be the answer to California’s water problems, former President Donald Trump hinted at during a news conference in California. Read story