Vice President Kamala Harris has pulled slightly ahead in national polls against former President Donald Trump. Still, the race is pretty tight, and it looks like it will remain that way until Election Day. Despite polling errors that overestimated Democrats’ performance in the popular vote in 2016 and 2020, head-to-head polls are still the best signal of what the election outcome will be — though it’s important to keep in mind that no single poll will be exactly right,...

The UK and US have split over their policies in regard to Israel and its war with Hamas, after the government suspended some arms sales to the country. On Monday, Foreign Secretary David Lammy announced that 30 of 350 arms export licences to Israel would be suspended. The move marked the UK's first wholesale divergence with the US since the 7 October attacks and came as US officials were reaffirming their support for Israel.

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to propose a tax deduction of up to $50,000 for new small businesses on Wednesday, a significant increase from the current relief and part of her economic policy aimed at appealing to middle-class Americans as she campaigns for the presidency, which she announced over a month ago. Harris seeks to differentiate her economic strategy from her opponent, Republican Donald Trump, focusing on tariffs and taxes. Her progressive agenda emphasizes taxing wealthier...

Former President Donald Trump spoke with podcast host Lex Fridman for a wide-ranging conversation on topics spanning from the 2020 election and his race against Vice President Kamala Harris to plans for the presidency should he enter the White House again. The podcast interview, which aired Tuesday afternoon, is the former president’s latest interview on this type of platform as he looks to convey his message to casual voters, independents, and young...

This November, voters in rural Perry County, Mo., will face a ballot with candidates for a bevy of local offices: state senator, state representative and circuit judge; two county commissioners, sheriff and many more. What they won’t face is a choice. Each of the 17 down-ballot races in Perry County has only one candidate. Just south, Cape Girardeau County fares only slightly better: Three of 12 races have two candidates. All the candidates in the uncontested races are Republicans. And...

The U.S. House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee subpoenaed Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Tuesday, saying he had refused to appear before the panel to testify on the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in August 2021. In a letter about the subpoena, Chairman Michael McCaul said Blinken must appear before the committee on Sept. 19 or face contempt charges, the committee said. State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said Blinken was not currently available to testify on...

More than 5.4 million Medicare recipients likely have Alzheimer's or another type of dementia, according to researchers developing a first-ever national surveillance system for tracking the dreaded neurological conditions. Why it matters: The lack of a widely accepted monitoring tool has made it hard to get a fix on the prevalence of dementia and to direct spending on care, even as science makes it easier to clinically diagnose symptoms and slow cognitive...

In June, three teenage boys in France dragged a 12-year-old girl into a shed in a park not far from her home. They made death threats and antisemitic comments, called her a “dirty Jew,” beat her, and gang-raped her. While news of the hate crime circled the globe, I recognized myself in her story. One of the French girl’s attackers, her former boyfriend, confessed to have been seeking revenge because she allegedly did not tell him she was Jewish. While she was raped for hiding her Jewish...

Have the worst fears of the Berliner establishment finally come to pass? As soon as the curtain fell on Sunday’s elections in Thuringia and Saxony, the predictable reactions took centre stage. The Alternative für Deutschland’s (AfD) strong showing in the eastern states was seen as a threat to both the nation’s democracy and economy. Vladimir Putin was the real winner.