Trump’s Wall Street pitch: Punishing tariffs, low taxes, ‘explosive’ growth
Trump arrived in New York amid growing concerns among some investors about his economic plans as Harris casts his agenda as a financially calamitous wishlist.
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Harris targets small business tax break in contrast with Trump’s corporate tax cuts
The vice president looks to beef up her economic plans ahead of next week’s debate.
How Republicans and Democrats paint starkly different pictures of America
This summer’s conventions featured strongly diverging visions of the future — and the present.
She Won the Psychological Battle But…
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The most appropriate terms to describe how Kamala Harris triumphed over Donald Trump in Tuesday’s debate come not from political punditry but from the field of psychology: triggered, baited, ego deflated.
Donald Trump Can’t Stop Posting
During last night’s debate, Donald Trump said some strange things, even by his own standards. He praised the Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán (using the antidemocratic term strongman approvingly); lamented that immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are “eating the dogs”; and falsely suggested that Kamala Harris wants to do “transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison.” This is not merely the stuff of normal Trumpian discourse.
Trump Blames Everybody but Himself
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This morning found the former apex predator of American politics looking for some hand-holding.
Trump Again Disgraces a Sacred American Space
The bar for tastelessness in American politics has dropped precipitously in the past decade. It’s even dropped in the past 24 hours. Nonetheless, it takes a unique kind of vulgarity to bring a 9/11 “truther” to events marking the 23rd anniversary of the September 11 attacks.
The culprit is former President Donald Trump, who attended commemorative events in New York and Pennsylvania today.
How Swing Voters Reacted to the Trump-Harris Debate
Before last night’s debate, I got a text from a friend who summed up Kamala Harris’s predicament: She has to appear feminine but not dainty. She has to be firm but not nasty. She has to call out Donald Trump’s lies but not be naggy. She has to dress presidentially but not be blah.
Evidently, women candidates face challenges that men don’t—voters question their toughness and are often ambivalent about how they should discuss identity.
Kamala Harris Highlights “Trump Abortion Bans” Across U.S., Vows to Restore Roe v. Wade
Tuesday night’s presidential debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump focused heavily on abortion rights and the aftermath of the Supreme Court’s 2022 Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade. Trump repeated his false claim that Democrats support infanticide, and claimed that allowing individual states to set their own laws on abortion was an improvement. Harris highlighted the risk to pregnant people now navigating a patchwork of laws and restrictions in the U.S.
Will Harris Take on Corporate Greed? Ralph Nader & Joe Stiglitz on Debate, Trump’s Tariffs & More
We speak with consumer advocate Ralph Nader and Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz about Tuesday’s debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Stiglitz says Trump’s policies, including a plan for major new tariffs, would result in “more inflation and slower growth” and wreak havoc on the U.S. economy.
“Dystopian Vision”: Carol Anderson on Trump’s Election Denial & Racist Fearmongering
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump had their first and only scheduled debate Tuesday, providing a stark contrast between the two candidates with just eight weeks to go before the November 5 election. Harris repeatedly put Trump on the defensive as they debated abortion, immigration, Israel’s war on Gaza, race, January 6 and other issues.
“They’re Eating the Dogs”: Trump Touts Anti-Migrant Conspiracy Theory in Debate with Kamala Harris
Tuesday night’s debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris focused heavily on immigration, with the Republican nominee attacking the current administration for not closing the border, and spreading xenophobic and racist conspiracy theories about asylum seekers. “Donald Trump resorted to the same deranged and despicable rhetoric that is meant to divide people.
Weed, wages and same-sex marriage: The most intriguing ballot measures that voters will decide in November
Across the U.S. in November, voters will weigh proposals on election policies, minimum wage increases and marijuana legalization.
We Hosted a Podcast About Creative Work for Four Years. Here’s What We Learned.
“Every huge thing is composed of a lot of very small things.
The Chase Infinite Money ‘Glitch’ Proved Young People Don’t Understand Checks.
Can Gen Zs even write checks? Felix says no. Emily says yes. They both wish checks would go away.
A ‘miracle molecule’ could cut fentanyl deaths in half — or lead more into addiction
A plan to expand access to the drug treatment is hung up on fears of a black market, despite bipartisan support.
Supreme Court declines to block Biden family planning rules in Oklahoma
The state lost millions in federal funding because it refused to offer patients a national hotline number for information about abortion.
‘Most people are confused’: What to know about the latest Covid shot
While the risk of hospitalization and death is nowhere near what it was in 2021, there is still a danger, particularly for the elderly or those with compromised immune systems.
Parents can’t function they’re so stressed, surgeon general warns
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump want to provide relief, though they disagree on the details.
Dr. Fauci was hospitalized with West Nile virus and is now recovering at home
The former top U.S. infectious disease expert is expected to make a full recovery.
Trump’s Wall Street pitch: Punishing tariffs, low taxes, ‘explosive’ growth
Trump arrived in New York amid growing concerns among some investors about his economic plans as Harris casts his agenda as a financially calamitous wishlist.
Harris targets small business tax break in contrast with Trump’s corporate tax cuts
The vice president looks to beef up her economic plans ahead of next week’s debate.
How Republicans and Democrats paint starkly different pictures of America
This summer’s conventions featured strongly diverging visions of the future — and the present.
Vance warns of China’s influence during Michigan rally
Vance’s rally Tuesday was the first of a series of events in Rust Belt swing states that he and Trump are visiting this week.
“The Brutality Is Truly Unprecedented” in West Bank: Mariam Barghouti on Israel’s Deadly Incursions
Israel is continuing its military assault across the occupied West Bank, with soldiers storming the Palestinian city of Tulkarm after midnight Monday, just days after Israeli forces withdrew from Tulkarm and Jenin following a brutal incursion that lasted over one week.
If You Want to Know Who Won the Debate, Watch Fox News the Moment It Ended
Even host Jesse Watters seemed a little lost.
If You Want to Know Who Won the Debate, Watch Fox News the Moment It Ended
Even host Jesse Watters seemed a little lost.
ABC’s Debate Pulled Off a Trick No One Else Has Managed in the Trump Era
David Muir and Linsey Davis were ready.
ABC’s Debate Pulled Off a Trick No One Else Has Managed in the Trump Era
David Muir and Linsey Davis were ready.
The Climate Question the Next President Will Have to Answer
Tonight’s presidential debate was held while wildfires rage in Nevada, Southern California, Oregon, and Idaho. Louisiana is bracing for a possible hurricane landfall. After a year of floods and storms across the country, more than 10 percent of Americans no longer have home insurance, as climate risk sends the insurance industry fleeing vulnerable places. Record heat waves have strained infrastructure and killed hundreds of Americans.