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Former U.S. President Donald Trump, the 2024 Republican presidential nominee, raises a fist as he departs after answering questions during the National Association of Black Journalists annual convention in Chicago on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 3, 2024
Trump agrees to Fox News offer of debate with Harris on Sept. 4
Harris had responded last month that she was "ready" after Fox News proposed the presidential debate between the two candidates on Sept. 17.
Then-U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington in April 2019.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 3, 2024
Alongside the Trump-Russia inquiry, a lesser-known look at Egyptian influence
The Justice Department investigated whether a Trump adviser was part of an Egyptian plan, never proven, to funnel $10 million to the 2016 Trump campaign.
Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe delivers an opening statement at a joint hearing of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Judiciary Committees on the assassination attempt on former U.S. President Donald Trump, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on July 30.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 3, 2024
U.S. Secret Service chief says local police warned of gunman at Trump shooting
Local authorities and Secret Service agents were using different communications channels, which prevented the warning from getting through.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro visit the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia on July 13.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 3, 2024
Harris secures Democratic presidential nomination as hunt for VP pick heats up
The vice president, 59, was the sole candidate on the ballot for a five-day electronic vote of nearly 4,000 party convention delegates.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, speaks during an interview at a conference for Black journalists in Chicago on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Aug 2, 2024
Trump faces backlash over comments on Harris' racial identity
Donald Trump's comments came as he attacked Kamala Harris during a combative interaction with African American journalists in Chicago.
Then U.S. President Donald Trump meets with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the demilitarized zone separating the two Koreas, in Panmunjom, South Korea, on June 30, 2019.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Aug 1, 2024
North Korea wants to restart nuclear talks if Trump wins, says ex-diplomat
The former diplomat said North Korea has also set Russia, the U.S. and Japan as its top foreign policy priorities.
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, speaks at a campaign rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Saturday. Trump, in an interview broadcast Monday night, repeated his recent assertion that Christians will never have to vote again if they vote for him this November, and brushed aside multiple requests to walk back or clarify the statement.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 31, 2024
Trump again says Christians ‘won’t have to vote anymore’ if they vote for him
Such comment were especially striking given his attempts to overturn the 2020 election and his shattering of other democratic norms.
U.S. Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event in Atlanta, Georgia, on Tuesday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 31, 2024
Harris to hold Philadelphia rally with vice president pick
Kamala Harris is being forced to select her running mate on a highly compressed timeline.
Paul Dans of the Heritage Foundation, the conservative think tank behind Project 2025, speaks at an event in National Harbor, Maryland, on April 21, 2023.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 31, 2024
Head of Project 2025 policy group steps down after Trump criticism
Trump's campaign has repeatedly tried to distance itself from the group, which pushes for a major expansion of presidential power, among other proposals.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris might maintain some of the economic policies of former President Donald Trump.
BUSINESS / Economy / FOCUS
Jul 30, 2024
A President Harris might be decidedly Trumpy in approach to Asia trade
The efforts to contain China economically is a common theme that is likely to be maintained after the election.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is stepping up efforts to position himself as a peacemaker in regards to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 30, 2024
China seizes chance to play peacemaker in Ukraine before U.S. vote
Xi is looking to forge a bigger diplomatic role at a time when Kyiv and the broader European region are bracing for a dramatic shift in foreign policy from the U.S.
The U.S. Capitol building stands past visitors taking photographs at the Washington Monument in Washington in 2017.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 30, 2024
Russia, Iran and China all seek to shape U.S. election, officials say
Some U.S. citizens have been knowingly helping foreign governments shape the election narrative while others have been tricked into helping.
 U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris waves upon arrival at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 30, 2024
As Democrats embrace Harris, some pivotal House candidates hold back
In the 35 competitive races that will determine control of the House, 12 Democratic incumbents or challengers have so far held off on endorsing Harris.
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks at the Lyndon Baines Johnson Presidential Library in Austin, Texas, on Monday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 30, 2024
Biden proposes ways to rein in 'extreme' Supreme Court
Immediate opposition voiced by Republicans in Congress to the proposals means they have little chance of enactment.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (center) attends a ceremony with military veterans to mark the 71st anniversary of the end of the Korean War in Pyongyang on Saturday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Jul 29, 2024
North Korea may stage nuclear test near U.S. election, South Korea warns
Pyongyang has a habit of timing its provocations to coincide with major political events.
U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign fundraising event at the Colonial Theater in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, on Saturday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2024
Harris says she is 'underdog,' as Trump goes on offense
The candidates' dueling appearances capped a whirlwind week with Harris ascending to the top of the Democratic ticket.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump during a rally in St. Cloud, Minnesota, on Saturday
WORLD / Politics
Jul 28, 2024
Trump tells Christians ‘You won’t have to vote anymore’ if he’s elected
The former President has further embraced a brand of conservatism that experts on autocracy have said veers toward totalitarian.
U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris delivers remarks to the women and men's National Collegiate Athletic Association champion teams in her first public appearance since President Joe Biden dropped out of the 2024 race, on the South Lawn of the White House, in Washington on Monday.
WORLD / Politics / ANALYSIS
Jul 27, 2024
Silent no more, Harris seeks her own voice without breaking with Biden
The U.S. vice president's expressions of concern for Palestinian suffering marked a shift in emphasis from the president’s statements.
Former U.S. President Barack Obama embraces Vice President Kamala Harris while arriving to speak on the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid in the East Room of the White House in Washington in April  2022.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Jul 27, 2024
Harris to lean on tight team and Obama staff in White House run
Here’s a look at the people in her orbit as she moves to reshape the campaign and form the nucleus of a potential new administration.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu  shows his book to Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago, the former president's private club and residence in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Jul 27, 2024
Trump offers Israel's Netanyahu warm words after White House friction
It was as much as Netanyahu could have hoped for in making the trek to Florida after he gave a speech to Congress that was criticized by Democrats.

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