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Kamala Harris, gun owner, talks firearms at debate
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris surprised some viewers during her debate with Donald Trump when she said that she’s a gun owner, raising the fact to counter her Republican opponent’s accusation that she wants to confiscate firearms. “Tim Walz and I are both gun owners,” Harris said, referencing her...
A look at false and misleading claims made during Trump and Harris’ debate
In their first and perhaps only debate, former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris described the state of the country in distinctly different ways. As the two traded jabs, some old false and misleading claims emerged along with some new ones. Here’s a look. Trump inflates numbers around...
To pumped-up Democrats, Harris was everything Biden was not in confronting Trump in debate
WASHINGTON — To many Democrats, Kamala Harris was everything Joe Biden was not in confronting Donald Trump on the debate stage: forceful, fleet of foot, relentless in going after her opponent. In a pivot from Biden’s debate meltdown in June, Democrats who gathered in bars, watch parties and other venues...
Trump insists Russia’s war should end. But he won’t say if he wants Ukraine to win
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump spoke heatedly in the presidential debate about wanting Russia’s war in Ukraine to be over — but twice refused to directly answer a question about whether he wanted U.S. ally Ukraine to win. Trump also falsely claimed Tuesday that the war had killed “millions”...
Key takeaways from a debate that featured tense clashes and closed with a Taylor Swift endorsement
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris faced each other on the debate stage Tuesday night for the first — and possibly the last — time. The Democratic vice president opened the faceoff with a power move, marching across the stage to Trump’s lectern to shake his hand. “Kamala Harris,”...
Pittsburghers react to high-profile presidential debate between Harris, Trump
One point stood out to Emily Vaughan after she watched a tense debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump: Harris goaded Trump into rambling, and it worked very well. “Trump fell for every single offensive statement that Harris threw his way, spiraling into yelling about completely...
TV Talk: ABC moderators push back during presidential debate
June’s presidential debate was the most consequential in modern political history — it led President Joe Biden to drop out of the race. So the debate on Tuesday between newly minted Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump seemed unlikely to have such dramatic consequences. But ABC hyped...
Speaker Johnson pushes ahead on funding bill with proof of citizenship mandate despite dim prospects
WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed Tuesday to press ahead with requiring proof of citizenship for new voters as part of a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown in three weeks, though the measure appeared likely to be voted down. Democrats overwhelmingly oppose the measure. Enough Republicans were...
Cuomo defends covid-19 nursing home decisions in combative House committee hearingVideo
Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo began testifying Tuesday in a combative congressional subcommittee hearing centered on his handling of the covid-19 pandemic as the virus began to spread through the state’s nursing homes in 2020. Members of the Republican-led House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Pandemic released a report...
Trump, Harris barnstorm Western Pa. Here’s where they have stopped
Pennsylvania is a prime battleground state in the 2024 presidential race. And Western Pennsylvania has become a must-stop campaign swing for Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. July included major turning points in the campaigns — a gunman attempted to assassinate Trump on July 13 in Butler...
AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: Republicans are more likely to trust Trump than official election results
CHICAGO — For Christopher Pugh, the 2020 election was a turning point. He already distrusted the government. But as he watched Fox News coverage in the immediate aftermath of the election and read posts on Twitter, the social media platform now known as X, that distrust grew. He now believes...
Harris-Trump debate becomes the 2024 election’s latest landmark event
WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will meet for the first time face-to-face Tuesday night for perhaps their only debate, a high-pressure opportunity to showcase their starkly different visions for the country after a tumultuous campaign summer. The event, at 9 p.m. Eastern in Philadelphia, will offer Americans their...
Police are questioning Florida voters about signing an abortion rights ballot petition
TALLAHASSEE — State police are showing up at Florida voters’ homes to question them about signing a petition to get an abortion rights amendment on the ballot in November, and a state health care agency has launched a website targeting the ballot initiative with politically charged language. Critics say they’re...
Harris’ past debates: A prosecutor’s style with narrative flair but risks in a matchup with Trump
ATLANTA — From her earliest campaigns in California to her serving as President Joe Biden’s running mate, Kamala Harris has honed an aggressive but calibrated approach to debates. She tries to blend punch lines with details that build toward a broader narrative. She might shake her head to signal her...
What the Trump-Clinton debates might tell us about Tuesday’s match with Harris
NEW YORK — He claimed she would raise taxes and accused her of supporting open border policies that would allow an influx of unvetted migrants into the country. He blamed her for a litany of the current administration’s failures and cast her potential presidency as four more years of the...
Veteran editor Martin Baron reflects on Trump’s effect on the media and the future of journalism ahead of Pittsburgh event
Martin “Marty” Baron knew by the time he reached high school that he wanted to work in newspapers. But while an undergraduate at Lehigh University, he also developed doubts. It’s partly why he graduated from Lehigh in 1976 with not only a journalism degree but also an MBA. “I said,...
House probe into Afghanistan pullout to extend beyond electionVideo
House Republicans will extend a two-year investigation into the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan beyond a report to be released on Monday and until “well after the election” in November, according to a lawmaker leading the probe. House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul said many questions remain as the panel...
Tight race for control of Congress could be decided by just a handful of campaigns
WASHINGTON — The race for control of Congress is as close as ever, with barely two dozen House seats and a handful in the Senate likely to determine the majority this November and whether a single party sweeps to power with the White House. Lawmakers are returning to Washington for...
House Republicans unveil bill to avoid shutdown; Senate Dems say they’re wasting time
WASHINGTON — House Republicans unveiled Friday their legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month and fund the government into late March, when a new president and Congress would make the final decision on agency spending and priorities for fiscal year 2025. Republicans also are...
Donald Trump renews crime, immigration complaints while in N.C. to accept Fraternal Order of Police endorsement
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump alleged rising crime and unchecked illegal immigration while in Charlotte Friday to formally accept the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police. The Republican presidential nominee, speaking at the Hilton Charlotte University Place hotel, accused Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee,...
Gov. Josh Shapiro joins ‘The View’ to discuss gun violence, antisemitism, fracking
Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said he believes the parents of school shooters should be held liable for their child’s actions during an appearance on “The View” on Friday. Shapiro’s response came after cohost Sara Haines asked a question about whether or not the parents of the 14-year-old Apalachee High School...
Biden signs ‘common sense’ order prioritizing federal grants for projects with higher worker wages
ANN ARBOR, Mich. — President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order for federal grants that will prioritize projects with labor agreements, wage standards and benefits such as access to child care and apprenticeship programs. Biden said the ideas in his order “are common sense.” “Economists have long believed...
Trump pledged to block U.S. Steel merger with Nippon, but his inner circle is pushing for the deal
Former President Donald Trump was quick to announce his opposition earlier this year to a proposed $14.9 billion sale of U.S. Steel to the Japanese corporation Nippon Steel, but influential people close to Trump have been working to push the sale through behind the scenes ever since. Trump, who is...
Dick Cheney says he will back Kamala Harris
CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, will vote for Kamala Harris for president, he announced Friday. Liz Cheney, who endorsed Harris on Wednesday, first announced her father’s endorsement when asked by Mark Leibovich of the Atlantic magazine during an onstage interview at the Texas Tribune...
RFK Jr. notches wins in North Carolina, Michigan in effort to get off ballots
RALEIGH, N.C. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scored a pair of legal victories Friday in the battleground states of North Carolina and Michigan, and a setback in Wisconsin, in his quest to get his name off of the ballots in some states after he suspended his campaign and endorsed former...
