We all know the medal winners for the competitions that have taken place so far in the 2024 Paris Olympics (or, rather, they’re all a single click away). The US women’s gymnastics team reclaimed gold for the team all-around after a second-place finish in Tokyo, while the men’s team won its first medal in the team event since 2008. Some of China’s swimming successes are being scrutinized, given recent doping scandals. The triathlon finish line was incredibly impressive — and a...

Republican vice presidential nominee J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, told Newsmax on Thursday that it's not necessary to guess why Democrats want an open border — just listen to what they say and believe them the first time. In an interview with Newsmax host Bianca de la Garza at the southern border in Arizona, disrupted twice by a drone being flown by illegal migrants just two miles from their shooting location, Vance said Democrats give Americans "the why." "You don't have to...

Republicans are accusing Vice President Harris of “hiding” from the press by not doing sit-down interviews and press conferences since becoming the likely Democratic presidential nominee.   And while Harris is in the middle of a political honeymoon after unifying a Democratic Party that had been badly divided over President Biden’s future, some Democrats fear the vice president could fall into the same trap as Biden, who was also under strict controls with the press...

The United States and Russia exchanged 24 prisoners Thursday at a moment of terrible tension between the two rivals. After months of ongoing talks, with more than six countries involved in the negotiations, three American citizens and one American green-card holder have been freed in Turkey in the largest prisoner swap since the end of the Cold War. Freeing the four residents, including cause célèbres such as Pulitzer Prize winner Vladimir Kara-Murza, Wall Street...

The U.S. economy added 114,000 jobs in July, while the unemployment rate rose to 4.3%, the Labor Department said on Friday. Why it matters: The jobless rate kept moving higher in July, adding to fears that the labor market—the bedrock of the economy—is slowing down and the economy is at risk of a recession. The unemployment rate, which was 4.1% in June, is the highest since 2021. Between the lines: Hiring slowed in July from the prior month's downwardly revised...

Six months from retirement and in desperate need of a foreign policy win, President Joe Biden just got one with the release of Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich, U.S. citizen Paul Whelan, Washington Post columnist Vladimir Kara-Murza, and 13 other prisoners from Russia. The Americans, working with Germany, Poland, Slovenia, and Norway, agreed to send eight convicted prisoners back to Russia, the most infamous being Vadim...

Job growth slowed sharply in July and the unemployment rate rose to its highest level since 2021, adding to evidence that a labor market whose strength is fading could actually be on its way to weakness. America is still adding jobs, but no longer at a red-hot pace. The Labor Department reported on Friday that hiring slowed to 114,000 jobs last month, missing expectations. The unemployment rate rose to 4.3%.

Vice President Kamala Harris was within feet of a “viable” pipe bomb that had been planted outside the Democratic National Committee’s headquarters on Jan. 6, 2021, a new report claims. The pipe bomb was planted in a bush right outside the office, according to a new report from the Department of Homeland Security’s internal watchdog, that was obtained by ABC News. “The pipe bomb had been placed near the building the night before, but … [a]dvance security sweeps by the Secret Service at...

Advancements in technology can play a defining role in how an election cycle plays out. Think of John F. Kennedy in 1960: Tanned and wearing makeup, he used the first-ever TV presidential debate to overcome a 6-point polling deficit against the pale and tired-looking Richard Nixon. If you want a more modern example, consider Barack Obama’s harnessing of social media as a grassroots engine room to solicit millions of dollars in small donations. (Eight years later, Donald...

When helping others, volunteers also help themselves. They might even live longer. Jacquelyn Stephens is a psychologist at the nonprofit Mather Institute who researches how to age well. Source: Volunteering would feel good even if it didn’t have health benefits. But it does Indeed. Can confirm.