WASHINGTON – Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump followed a night of tense debate with a day of solemn tribute on Wednesday, briefly shaking hands before a 9/11 memorial services in at Ground Zero in New York City. Harris and Trump, who had a more awkward handshake just before Tuesday’s contentious debate, also visited Shanksville, Pa., one of the sites of terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001. “We will never forget,” Harris said in a statement; Trump, who also visited a New York firehouse to mark the 23rd anniversary of 9/11, told Fox News that it was “just a horrible day.” The morning after their high-stakes political…
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Project 2025, which seeks to set the agenda for the next Republican president, is filled with proposals to radically change the federal government. Here’s what Harris and Trump said about it. During Tuesday night’s presidential debate, Vice President Kamala Harris once again sought to tie former President Donald Trump to a controversial conservative policy plan known as Project 2025. With the general election looming in November, Democrats have repeatedly attempted to cast Project 2025 as Trump’s policy agenda. And Trump, for his part, has repeatedly attempted to distance himself from it. Project 2025, which is an effort to set the agenda for the next Republican presidential administration,…
Jon Stewart didn’t pull any punches in his presidential debate reaction. “The Daily Show” returned live for the second debate, the first with Democratic nominee Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican nominee former President Donald Trump head-to-head, with Stewart starting off by calling Tuesday night’s debate “refreshing” for its return to question-dodging. “I just want to say, after surviving the PTSD of the last presidential debate, how unbelievably refreshing it is to go back to the same old, nobody’s going to answer any (expletive) questions!” Stewart yelled after watching clips from the first question on the United States economy. “We’re back!” After airing Trump’s comment calling Harris (via…
Donald Trump missed several opportunities in the debate to pin down Kamala Harris on the issues. Will he for once just make a compelling statement about something of substance? If a presidential debate is an opportunity to showcase the best man or woman the United States has to offer for the most important job in the world, Tuesday night’s debate between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris made me want to start the job application process all over again. Americans deserve better. We’re 55 days out from an election, folks. The candidates have been polling neck and neck. And what we saw and…
“This young man and his family, they need our prayers.” Pastor Frank Bernat’s church in Bethlehem, Georgia, sits just outside of Winder, the site of the school shooting last week that left four people dead and nine injured. Bernat has been the senior pastor of Bethlehem First United Methodist Church for a decade and leads a congregation of roughly 1,000 people. Many of his congregants come from Winder, as the town of Bethlehem only has a population of 715. Some church members are students at Apalachee High School, located just five miles away, where the shooting took place. Speaking with USA TODAY after…
The male Bengal tiger named Tony has been captured in Los Longoria, Mexico, after it escaped from Quinta La Fauna Zoo in Reynosa, a stone’s throw from McAllen, Texas. A tiger has been found alive and well a week after the feline escaped from a Mexico zoo near the Texas border and put residents in the area on edge. Reynosa Department of Public Safety took to Facebook on Tuesday to confirm that the male Bengal tiger named Tony has been captured in Los Longoria, Mexico, after it escaped from Quinta La Fauna Zoo in the Mexican border city of Reynosa, Tamaulipas. Tony, who was posing a threat…
“It’s critical that residents in the impacted areas remain vigilant and prepare to evacuate immediately if called for by local authorities,” said California Gov. Gavin Newsom in a statement. California’s massive Line Fire continues to burn thousands of acres in San Bernardino County. As of Tuesday morning, the blaze reached 26,426 acres and was 5% contained, according to the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection. The wildfire was discovered last Thursday, according to InciWeb’s data. It’s located in San Bernardino County, around 121 miles northeast of Los Angeles. The fire is spreading towards the northeast direction, according to Daily Press, a part of the USA…
A Michigan inmate has been granted $100 million in a default civil suit judgment filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs for an alleged 1997 sexual assault. Derrick Lee Cardello-Smith, who filed the civil suit against Diddy, 54, in June, was granted the award at a hearing on Monday in a Lenawee County Circuit Court in Michigan, according to documents obtained by USA TODAY Tuesday. A default judgment is made when either party in a case fails to take action, either by not responding to a summons or failure to appear in court. According to the court documents, neither appearances nor answers have been filed…
A Kansas City Chiefs fan got lucky twice Thursday night when his team won by a toe and he walked away with a $1.6 million jackpot win. Scott A., an Omaha, Nebraska resident, was visiting the Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, a part of Caesars Entertainment, to watch Thursday Night Football as his team kicked off their season against the Baltimore Ravens. As the Chiefs won 27-20, Scott A. was intrigued to try his luck at a table game, a press release from the hotel and casino giant said. While playing Pai Gow Poker for over an hour and half, the Nebraska resident and Caesars Rewards…
Taylor Swift is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming presidential election, the pop star revealed Tuesday night following the presidential debate between Harris and former President Donald Trump. In an Instagram post shared after the debate, Swift wrote in a caption of a photo of her with her cat that she “will be casting my vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz.” “I’m voting for @kamalaharris because she fights for the rights and causes I believe need a warrior to champion them. I think she is a steady-handed, gifted leader and I believe we can accomplish so much more in this country if we are…
WASHINGTON – Swing state voters gathered in living rooms, in bars, local party headquarters, even at a neighborhood wine shop Tuesday night for what may be the only debate between Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris. Carlos T. Carter, a Harris supporter from the Pittsburgh area, said the vice president displayed her prosecutorial skills and that she came across as prepared and presidential. Heather Solesky, a Republican who lives in solidly red central Pennsylvania, said she was disappointed that former President Trump seemed to lose his cool during parts of the debate. Much was at stake for both Trump and Harris.…
Trump ranted like he was reading from a Facebook screed posted by a conspiracy-addled lunatic. His face twisted in contortions of frustration and rage. And now, a brief message to Republicans in the wake of Tuesday night’s presidential debate: HAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAAA! Are you freakin’ kidding me? That babbling goon is your standard-bearer? Nice work! With one smart comment early in the debate, Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris shattered any veneer of sanity around Donald Trump, sending him spiraling into his true, babbling, unhinged form. He was often incomprehensible, all anger and grievance, a dunderhead for the ages and a tragic figure the GOP is…
Donald Trump knocked Joe Biden out of the 2024 presidential race in the last debate, but the Republican found himself repeatedly knocked on his heels Tuesday night when squaring off against his new Democratic opponent: Kamala Harris. Then came Taylor Swift, who delivered her own version of a knock out. Inside the debate hall in Philadelphia, Trump was on the defensive over his legal problems, election denialism, opposition from former allies and incitement of an attack on the U.S. Capitol. Even his beloved rallies become debate fodder, with Harris mocking them as full of odd digressions and so boring his supporters often leave early. Harris came in…
WASHINGTON – The final matchups in the 2024 general election for control of the U.S. House and Senate are now complete after months of primaries concluded on Tuesday, laying the groundwork for a contentious battle between Democrats and Republicans who hope to give the next president room to advance their agenda. In the Senate, Democrats over the next eight weeks will be playing defense. Sen. Joe Manchin’s retirement in West Virginia practically guarantees Republicans will pick up an additional seat there, meaning the GOP only needs one more win in November to retake control of the chamber as long as they don’t suffer an upset anywhere…
Former President Donald Trump responded to Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday after the “Tortured Poets Department” singer backed the Democratic nominee. Trump was asked about Swift’s statement in the spin room, an area where reporters are able to ask candidates and their surrogates questions after a debate. He replied, “I have no idea.” Shortly after the presidential debate ended Tuesday night, Swift shared a photo of her with her cat, Benjamin Button, to Instagram and wrote in the caption that she will be supporting Harris and Tim Walz. Swift also acknowledged Trump’s use of AI-generated images depicting her endorsing him and said it made her realize…
More than one in four Republicans and nearly one in three Republicans with a favorable view of former President Donald Trump say political violence is acceptable, a new study found. The study from Public Religion Research Institute, a nonprofit research organization, found that while only one in six Americans supports political violence, the numbers are much higher among Republicans than Democrats. The survey comes during the first presidential election since violent rioters attacked the U.S. Capitol in a failed attempt to overturn the election that Trump lost to President Joe Biden — and two months after Trump was shot in the ear in an assassination attempt. “This is…
Dak Prescott’s detractors will typically point to his lack of signature wins in the NFL. If only they handed out rings for taking your boss to the woodshed. On Sunday morning, for the second time in little more than three years, the Dallas Cowboys’ veteran quarterback – after protracted negotiations – extracted a top-of-market contract extension from team owner Jerry Jones. Prescott became the NFL’s first $60 million-per-year man (over four seasons), a significant jump from his closest peers, while pulling down a record $231 million in guarantees … and proving anew that he’s among the finest businessmen – think Kirk Cousins, Darrelle Revis,…
Miami Dolphins wide receiver Tyreek Hill fears what could have happened during a confrontation with police on Sunday morning if not for his status as a famous football player. In an interview with NBC Nightly News on Monday night, Hill insisted he was cooperative with officers when he was pulled over on his way to Hard Rock Stadium. “If I wasn’t Tyreek Hill, Lord knows,” the All-Pro wide receiver said. “I probably would have been, like, worst-case scenario, I would have been shot or would have been locked up” and “put behind bars, you know, for a simple speeding ticket.” Newly released body-camera footage shows a chaotic three-minute sequence…
Former President Donald Trump and Democratic opponent Vice President Kamala Harris are set to face each other Tuesday during the second presidential debate in what polls show is a close race. The first debate between the two candidates will take place at the historic National Constitutional Center in Philadelphia, ABC News announced last month, and will not have a live audience in the room. The previous debate in June also did not have a studio audience. Additionally, there will be no opening statements from the two candidates, who will be introduced by moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis. The debate was formally announced on Aug. 16 after the two campaigns agreed after weeks of back-and-forth…
WASHINGTON — Republicans in Congress slammed the Biden administration in a Monday report on the U.S. exit from Afghanistan, faulting president for the chaotic withdrawal of American troops and the collapse of the country’s government nearly three years ago. A special representative for former President Donald Trump’s administration negotiated the withdrawal agreement with the Taliban, excluding the Afghan government, the report states, which undermined a longstanding U.S. position that it does not negotiate with terrorist organizations. But the 353-page report by the House Foreign Affairs Committee argues that President Joe Biden would have pulled U.S. troops anyway, as shown by his adherence to the Trump deal, and…