A Sri Lankan leftist politician who’s pledged to fight corruption in the crisis-hit economy took a convincing early lead as votes were counted in Saturday’s presidential election.

With results of postal ballots in 18 of 22 electoral districts released so far, Anura Kumara Dissanayake was ahead with 55.9% of the vote, local media including ...Read more

President Joe Biden was caught on a hot mic saying China is “testing” the U.S. and its allies in the Indo-Pacific region during a Quad leaders’ summit — even as the bloc’s members in their public remarks sidestepped the idea that they are a counterweight to Chinese influence.

The Quad leaders, Biden and prime ministers Narendra Modi ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump said it’s “too late” to hold another debate after Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign said she had accepted an invitation for a face-off on CNN in October and challenged the Republican nominee to take the stage with her.

“The problem with another debate is that it’s too late,” the former president ...Read more

The Kamala Harris campaign has launched an ad attacking former President Donald Trump for his political relationship with Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson, following a CNN report about messages Robinson posted on a porn site surfaced earlier this week.

The messages were antisemitic, racist and sexual in nature. They glorified Hitler and supported slavery...Read more

President Joe Biden is spending the final months of his term tightening the screws on China, capping an approach that has seen him carry out a difficult juggling act in office to counter the world’s second largest economy.

That effort will be on display this weekend as Biden hosts the Quad Leaders Summit in Wilmington, Delaware, bringing ...Read more

ATLANTA — With two months to go before the presidential election, Georgia donors are sending millions in donations to the top two candidates.

Georgia supporters of Vice President Kamala Harris donated about $2.7 million during the month of August compared to roughly $1.3 million sent to former President Donald Trump’s campaign by his in-...Read more

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump returned to North Carolina for a weekend rally, telling several thousand cheering supporters the state is crucial to his presidential campaign.

“This is a very important state. We win this state, I think it’s gonna be over fast,” Trump said Saturday afternoon in Wilmington.

Trump’s ...Read more

WILMINGTON, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump returned Saturday to North Carolina, a likely must-win state for him, during a tumultuous time for Republicans in the state.

Trump took the stage in Wilmington around 2:30 p.m., two days after a nationally reverberating scandal jolted the North Carolina governor’s race, with CNN reporting ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris agree on this much: Groceries cost too much.

But despite promises from each presidential candidate that they’ll take bold steps to stop the price madness, experts say there’s probably little they can do.

“The rate of price growth has reverted back to normal, but prices will not go back down,�...Read more

The 2024 election is shaping up to be a “Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know" kind of contest.

That saying is rooted in ambiguity aversion bias. Even if a situation is bad, individuals would rather stay with what they know rather than face uncertainty.

So it goes with our presidential nominees, Vice President Kamala ...Read more

Of all Donald Trump’s rhetorical predilections, one that goes largely unmentioned is his addiction to superlatives. No one has ever seen anything like virtually everything he brings up. Why does he do this? And what does it reveal?

Much of the disinformation in Trump’s nonstop perjuries comes in the form of gross, almost comic exaggeration:...Read more

ATLANTA — The State Election Board’s Republican majority voted on Friday to require a hand count of all ballots after polls close on election night, a new requirement that could delay results of the presidential race.

County election directors universally opposed the eleventh-hour counting mandate, saying it would undermine voter confidence...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Sen. Josh Hawley kicked off the first debate in Missouri’s U.S. Senate race on Friday afternoon the way he’s spent most of his reelection bid – by attacking Democratic candidate Lucas Kunce.

“Our country is in crisis,” Hawley said. “And it’s in crisis because of the policies of Lucas Kunce and his allies in ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida health officials reiterated Thursday that state law allows abortions at any point in pregnancy to save the life of the mother, responding to concerns that Florida’s new six-week abortion ban is tying doctors’ hands and putting women in danger.

The state’s “provider alert” said abortions can be performed “to...Read more

WASHINGTON — A unanimous U.S. House voted Friday to require the same level of Secret Service protection for presidential candidates as for the president and vice president following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler.

The Enhanced Presidential Security Act passed, 405-0. It now goes to the U.S. Senate.

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ATLANTA — The Georgia Election Board’s Republican majority voted Friday to require a hand count of all ballots after polls close on election night, a new requirement that could delay results of the presidential race.

County election directors universally opposed the eleventh-hour counting mandate, saying it would undermine voter confidence ...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Florida health officials reiterated Thursday that state law allows abortions at any point in pregnancy to save the life of the mother, responding to concerns that Florida’s new six-week abortion ban is tying doctors’ hands and putting women in danger.

The state’s “provider alert” said abortions can be performed “to...Read more

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court only narrowly rejected arguments raised by anti-abortion activists who tried to keep a measure overturning the state’s abortion ban off the November ballot.

The state Supreme Court last week issued an order keeping the proposed state constitutional amendment – called Amendment 3 – on the Nov...Read more

ATLANTA — A federal judge has rejected a Democratic challenge to a Georgia law that allows Gov. Brian Kemp and a few other Georgia politicians to raise unlimited campaign cash.

The Democratic Party of Georgia had sought a preliminary injunction to prevent the state from enforcing the law that created “leadership committees” that allow the...Read more