Vice President Kamala Harris plans to carve her own niche when it comes to a variety of policies, per Axios. Part of her logic is to be less affiliated with President Joe Biden’s economic policies, which are considered unpopular. Instead, she plans to focus on the middle class. “Harris won’t say it this bluntly in public, but her advisers do so privately: She wants to break with Biden on issues on which he’s unpopular,” Axios reported. Harris will start to unroll her strategy Friday in North...

China is still struggling with a hangover from the problems in its property sector. Its economy did well last year, at least that's what the official numbers say, but today there are new signs that things are slowing down. The latest data point to a rocky start to the second half. On Tuesday, central bank data showed July new bank loans plunged to a 15-year low, while other key gauges showed export growth slowed and factory activity slumped as manufacturers grapple with tepid domestic demand...

A Republican congressman appointed to the House bipartisan task force investigating the assassination attempt on Donald Trump has slammed the FBI’s handling of the crime scene following the shooting. Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) says he is especially troubled by the FBI’s decision to release the body of 20-year-old gunman Thomas Matthew Crooks to his family for cremation with so many questions remaining about his motive for the attack. He also criticized the feds for releasing the crime scene “so...

President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris finish speaking about their administration's efforts to lower prescription drug costs during an event at Prince George's Community College in Largo, Md., Thursday, Aug. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Stephanie Scarbrough) In their first joint event since Vice President Kamala Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee after he dropped out of the 2024 presidential race, Harris and Biden visited Prince George’s County Community College...

EXCLUSIVE — Under Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), the state of Minnesota awarded over $2 million to an Islamic group that fundraises for a charity linked to an al Qaeda affiliate, according to funding records reviewed by the Washington Examiner. The Islamic Association of North America, the recipient of the state grants from 2019 to 2024, is fundraising after Hamas’s Oct. 7 attack on Israel last year for Rahma Worldwide, a Michigan-based charity that says it is shipping humanitarian aid to Gaza,...

DOHA, Qatar — International mediators held a new round of talks Thursday aimed at halting the Israel-Hamas war and securing the release of scores of hostages, with a potential deal seen as the best hope of heading off an even larger regional conflict. The United States, Qatar and Egypt met with an Israeli delegation in Qatar as the Palestinian death toll from the more than 10-month-old war climbed past 40,000, according to Gaza health authorities. Hamas, which didn’t participate directly,...

TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy will name his former chief of staff George Helmy to serve as interim senator when Bob Menendez resigns later this month after his , according to a person familiar with the decision. Helmy served as Murphy’s top aide from 2019 to 2023 and is now an executive at RWJ Barnabas Health, a large health care provider in the state. He was formerly an aide to Sen. Cory Booker of New Jersey. The source spoke on condition of anonymity because the...

TALLAHASSEE — A California-based producer of lab-grown poultry filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging a new Florida ban on selling or manufacturing “cultivated” meat. Upside Foods Inc., contends, in part, that the law violates a constitutional prohibition on favoring in-state businesses over out-of-state competitors. “We’re not looking to replace conventional meat, which will always have a place on our tables,” Uma Valeti, a cardiologist who founded Upside in 2015, said during a conference...

More than $250,000 was raised for a 90-year-old New Hampshire veteran who has been struggling to make ends meet as he cares for his sick wife. Source: More than $250,000 raised for 90-year-old New Hampshire veteran Lovely.

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