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Biden’s withdrawal injects uncertainty into wars, trade disputes and other foreign policy challenges

Biden’s withdrawal injects uncertainty into wars, trade disputes and other foreign policy challenges

Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the U.S. presidential race injects greater uncertainty into the world at a time when Western leaders are grappling with wars in Ukraine and Gaza, a more assertive China in Asia and the rise of the far right in Europe. During a five-decade career in politics, Biden developed extensive personal relationships with multiple foreign…Read more

Trump’s vice presidential choice takes on an additional significance in shooting’s aftermath

Trump’s vice presidential choice takes on an additional significance in shooting’s aftermath

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A defiant Donald Trump, having just survived an attempted assassination, enters the Republican National Convention having not yet announced his vice presidential pick. It remains unclear whether the shooting Saturday at his Pennsylvania rally has changed the former president’s thinking about his potential second-in-command. But his choice now carries…Read more

What to know about Trump assassination attempt and the investigation into the shooting

What to know about Trump assassination attempt and the investigation into the shooting

WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities want to know how a shooter was able to get on top of a roof so close to where former President Donald Trump was speaking and open fire. That is one of the focuses of the investigation into Saturday’s assassination attempt on Trump as Republicans gather in Milwaukee for their national convention and President Joe Biden…Read more

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Biden’s withdrawal injects uncertainty into wars, trade disputes and other foreign policy challenges

Biden’s withdrawal injects uncertainty into wars, trade disputes and other foreign policy challenges

Joe Biden’s withdrawal from the U.S. presidential race injects greater uncertainty into the world at a time when Western leaders are grappling with wars in Ukraine and Gaza, a more assertive China in Asia and the rise of the far right in Europe. During a five-decade career in politics, Biden developed extensive personal relationships with multiple foreign…Continue Reading

Federal appeals court blocks remainder of Biden’s student debt relief plan

Federal appeals court blocks remainder of Biden’s student debt relief plan

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal appeals court blocked the implementation of the Biden administration’s student debt relief plan, which would have lowered monthly payments for millions of borrowers. In a ruling Thursday, the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals granted a motion…Continue Reading

Homeland Security inspector general investigates Secret Service handling of security at Trump rally

Homeland Security inspector general investigates Secret Service handling of security at Trump rally

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Department of Homeland Security’s inspector general said Wednesday it has opened an investigation into the Secret Service’s handling of security for former President Donald Trump on the day a gunman tried to assassinate him at a Pennsylvania rally…Continue Reading

‘Hillbilly Elegy’: JD Vance’s rise to vice presidential candidate began with a bestselling memoir

‘Hillbilly Elegy’: JD Vance’s rise to vice presidential candidate began with a bestselling memoir

NEW YORK (AP) — At the heart of JD Vance’s swift journey from venture capitalist to vice presidential candidate is a memoir he first thought of in law school, “Hillbilly Elegy.” Vance’s bestseller about his roots in rural Kentucky and blue-collar Ohio…Continue Reading

Trump’s vice presidential choice takes on an additional significance in shooting’s aftermath

Trump’s vice presidential choice takes on an additional significance in shooting’s aftermath

MILWAUKEE (AP) — A defiant Donald Trump, having just survived an attempted assassination, enters the Republican National Convention having not yet announced his vice presidential pick. It remains unclear whether the shooting Saturday at his Pennsylvania rally has changed the former president’s thinking about his potential second-in-command. But his choice now carries…Continue Reading

What to know about Trump assassination attempt and the investigation into the shooting

What to know about Trump assassination attempt and the investigation into the shooting

WASHINGTON (AP) — Authorities want to know how a shooter was able to get on top of a roof so close to where former President Donald Trump was speaking and open fire. That is one of the focuses of the investigation into Saturday’s assassination attempt on Trump as Republicans gather in Milwaukee for their national convention and President Joe Biden…Continue Reading

Gov. Whitmer shuts down 2024 presidential talk but doesn’t hide her ambitions in timely book launch

Gov. Whitmer shuts down 2024 presidential talk but doesn’t hide her ambitions in timely book launch

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is releasing a new memoir at a particularly fraught moment, both for herself and for the Democratic Party. Set for release Tuesday amid the frenzy over President Joe Biden’s recent debate performance, “True Gretch” won’t do much to dispel questions about her national ambitions…Continue Reading

The US housing slump deepened this spring. Where does that leave home shoppers and sellers?

The US housing slump deepened this spring. Where does that leave home shoppers and sellers?

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The housing market shows few signs of busting out of its three-year funk after a disappointing spring season and amid a gloomy outlook for the summer and fall. Home shoppers came into 2024 with optimism that mortgage rates would ease further after a decline late last year. But those hopes faded as stronger-than-expected data on inflation…Continue Reading

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