Tesla on Tuesday recalled 1.8 million vehicles over a software issue that could fail to detect an unlatched hood. According to the recall notice filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Tesla has already begun issuing an over-the-air software update to fix the issue. The recall affects Tesla Models 3, S and X from 2021-2024 and Model Y vehicles made from 2020-2024. If left untreated, the issue could lead to unprompted hood openings while a Tesla is in motion, increasing...

Donald Trump doesn't seem concerned with the reemergence of running mate J.D. Vance's 'childless cat lady' comments and the slew of ensuing criticism. Rather, the former president and 2024 Republican candidate claims the remarks prove Vance is a family man as he defended picking the Ohio Senator to join his ticket. 'He loves family. It's very important to him,' Trump told Fox News host Laura Ingraham during an interview aired Monday evening. 'He grew up in a very interesting family situation....

A “White Dudes for Harris” online fundraising and organizing rally raised more than $4 million for the presidential campaign of Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday night, with speakers who included would-be running mates, Hollywood actors, and labor leaders. More than 150,000 joined the online stream for the event, which was broadcast on YouTube, blowing past the original target of 10,000 RSVPs set by organizers several days ago.

Europe’s economy saw modest growth in the April-June quarter even as the U.S. outperformed expectations, highlighting a persistent transatlantic growth gap. Germany, the leading European economy, remained in the dumps while hesitant consumers saved more rather than spending on new houses or cars. Gross domestic product, the total output of goods and services, rose 0.3% in the second quarter in the 20 countries that use the euro currency, according to official figures released Tuesday by...

During a sit-down interview with Fox News’s Laura Ingraham, former President Donald Trump said he is leaning toward debating Vice President Kamala Harris but “can also make a case for not doing it.” When President Joe Biden stepped out of the presidential race, and Harris immediately received the support of the majority of the delegates, Trump began to question having the next debate scheduled for Sept. 10 being hosted by “fake news” ABC News. Trump said he wouldn’t commit to a debate with...

On a “White Dudes for Harris” virtual call, it was probably fitting that “The Dude” dropped in. Actor Jeff Bridges addressed a fundraising event geared toward white men supporting Vice President Kamala Harris and sang her praises on Monday night, before channeling his iconic role as “The Dude” in 1998’s “The Big Lebowski,” declaring, “As the Dude might say, ‘That’s just my opinion, man.’” (The original line was “That’s just, like, your opinion, man.”)

France has shifted its decades-long position on the status of Western Sahara. The Polisario Front, which claims to represent the Saharawi people, has vowed to push back against Morocco and France. France has backed Morocco's controversial autonomy plan for the disputed territory of Western Sahara. In a letter addressed to Morocco's King Mohammed VI, French President Emmanuel Macron said a proposal to make Western Sahara an autonomous region of Morocco is the "only basis" to solve the long-...

It is very likely that polio has infected people in the Gaza Strip, in what would be a setback for global efforts to eradicate the disease, a World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday. Gaza's health ministry declared a polio epidemic across the Palestinian enclave late on Monday after samples of the virus were found in sewage. It has not announced any human cases. According to the WHO, polio is now endemic only in Pakistan and Afghanistan, but more than 30 countries...

Word of Megan Thee Stallion’s performance quickly went viral on Monday night, and her younger fans lit up social media in search of tickets to the Georgia State University venue in downtown Atlanta. It all serves a savvy political purpose. Former Gov. Roy Barnes was asked on Monday’s “Politically Georgia” his counsel to Harris’ strategists on winning Georgia. “Quit worrying about angry old white men,” Barnes advised, and focus on younger voters. She seems to be doing exactly that. THE SCHEDULE...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is reportedly under serious consideration to become vice president and presidential candidate Kamala Harris’ running mate. And, in a certain sense, there are good reasons for this: Democrats badly want (some would argue need) to win Pennsylvania. Shapiro is, by all accounts, quite popular in the state he runs. He won the governorship handily in 2022 against Pennsylvania state Sen. Doug Mastriano, proponent of Christian nationalist ideas—which Shapiro proved...