NEW YORK — A report of explosives outside Donald Trump’s planned rally on Long Island was bogus, officials said Wednesday.

Hours before Trump, 78, was scheduled to arrive at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, social media rumors spread about explosives being found in a car outside the arena.

“No. Ridiculous. Zero validity,” said Christopher...Read more

WASHINGTON — Ahead of a House Judiciary Committee hearing last week on the dangers of crime from illegal immigrants, the panel’s social media account posted a computer-generated photo of former President Donald Trump, in a lake, with a duck and kitten in his arms.

“Protect our ducks and kittens in Ohio!” the post said, among the first ...Read more

​WASHINGTON — Sen. Michael D. Crapo, top Republican on the tax-writing Finance Committee, hinted Tuesday at a possible workaround for the ballooning price tag attached to extending the 2017 tax cuts and enacting new tax breaks former President Donald Trump has floated on the campaign trail.

Republicans shouldn’t offset the roughly $4 ...Read more

ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are locked in a tight race in Georgia, according to an Atlanta Journal-Constitution poll released Wednesday that shows how close the contest has become less than two months until the election.

The Republican drew 47% support in the poll while Harris was at 44% — within...Read more

Three months after his worst election performance to date, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is facing another challenging vote: this time in the fragile region of Jammu and Kashmir, where separatist sentiment is strong and voters are angry with their loss of autonomy.

Jammu and Kashmir will hold local elections in three phases starting ...Read more

After Charla’s landlord failed to repair leaks that caused the ceiling to collapse in her daughter’s bedroom, she withheld her rent. Shortly after, her landlord filed an eviction case against her for nonpayment.

Though she won her court case, Charla and her family had to remain in unsafe conditions as she searched for new housing ...Read more

Ten states will vote on ballot initiatives on abortion this November: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New York, Nevada and South Dakota.

Many political analysts and pundits view abortion as a partisan issue, fueling speculation that direct votes on abortion rights will boost Democrats’ chances up ...Read more

With less than two months until Election Day, Pennsylvania has emerged as the keystone state in each party’s plan to win the White House.

The Pennsylvania focus is so great that the firm AdImpact, which tracks political advertising purchasing, reports that both the Donald Trump and Kamala Harris campaigns are spending more money on ...Read more

World leaders will gather at the United Nations on Sept. 22-23, 2024, where they are set to adopt the Pact for the Future – an ambitious plan for how to best reform the U.N., and other institutions, to address the current problems of the world and protect future generations.

It couldn’t come at a more pressing time. As presidents,...Read more

When modern Americans call themselves patriots, they are evoking a sentiment that is 250 years old.

In September 1774, nearly two years before the Declaration of Independence, delegates from 12 of the 13 Colonies gathered in the First Continental Congress in Philadelphia. They quickly hammered out a political, economic and cultural ...Read more

FLINT, Mich. — Republican Donald Trump told a crowd Tuesday that Michigan had become an "afterthought" in the auto industry and that "only consequential presidents get shot at," two days after a man apparently attempted to assassinate the former president on a golf course in Florida.

Over about an hour inside the Dort Financial Center in ...Read more

NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump alluded to “bad things” that happened in the wake of the 2020 election, and quipped about politics being a “dangerous business,” as he returned to the campaign trail Tuesday for the first time since the apparent assassination attempt over the weekend.

After speaking briefly by phone with Vice ...Read more

Rep. Steven Horsford introduced his version of a no-tax-on-tips bill that includes getting rid of the federal tipped subminimum wage, which he said would make a bigger difference than the Republican-led bills currently on the table.

The Tipped Income Protection and Support (TIPS) Act would exempt tips from federal income tax up to a certain ...Read more

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — One day after federal prosecutors filed gun charges against a man suspected of attempting to ambush Donald Trump at his West Palm Beach golf course, Florida’s governor elbowed his way into the case, saying he wants the state to pursue its own investigation and seek an attempted murder charge against the former president�...Read more

Former President Donald Trump said Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi plans to meet with him next week — the latest visit from a foreign leader or official as nations grapple with the possibility of the Republican returning to power after November’s election.

“He happens to be coming to meet me next week, and Modi, he’s fantastic,” ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Former President Donald Trump will visit Bucks County on Sunday, his campaign confirmed.

Trump is expected to visit the National Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Doylestown. The campaign did not immediately say what time Sunday the visit would occur or whether it would be open to the public.

The national shrine honors Our ...Read more

The Kamala Harris-Donald Trump debate sparked big increases in TV viewership in seven states that are likely to decide the 2024 presidential election.

The Sept. 10 debate between Democrat Harris and Republican Trump drew an audience of 67.1 million viewers overall, up more than 30% from Trump’s earlier face-off with Biden. The gain was even ...Read more