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The United States on Friday said it had agreed to sell hundreds of U.S.-made Patriot interceptors to Ukraine, after the country’s president pleaded with Washington to boost his depleted weapons supply. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has long pressed the Trump administration to sell Patriot interceptors, which are a valuable component of Kyiv’s air defense against […]
The system that has driven life-altering discoveries and helped make the United States a superpower is now under intense strain.
Many Los Angeles voters criticized the effectiveness of Mayor Karen Bass' homelessness and policing policies when presented with her proposals, without being told which mayoral candidate supports them.
Rest in power, Dolores Huerta. She faced down growers, organized the fields, won farmworkers protections most states still deny them, and gave the whole Left a rallying cry we’ll be shouting for generations: “Sí, se puede.”
The Trump administration is proceeding with plans to effectively deport some Afghan refugees to Afghanistan, despite concerns they could become targets of the Taliban there, according to several reports. Dozens of Afghan immigrants have been detained in Louisiana and over 150 people are expected to be deported, making this among the largest single deportations of…
Democrat Abdul El-Sayed told Rep. Haley Stevens to stay away from his campaign after she demanded an apology over his comments on Israel.
Former Democrat turned Independent Joe Manchin (WV) is encouraging voters to back Michigan Republican U.S. Senate nominee Mike Rogers who is running against radical leftist Abdulrahman Mohamed El-Sayed (D-MI). The post WATCH — Michigan: Ex-Democrat Joe Manchin Encourages Voters to Back Republican Mike Rogers appeared first on Breitbart .
France prepared Saturday for a third consecutive weekend of violent demonstrations and unrest, deploying 70,000 police and gendarmes. The post France Prepares For Third Weekend of Youth Unrest, 70,000 Police Officers Deployed appeared first on Breitbart .
Interest groups tied to cryptocurrency are spending millions to tilt the midterm elections. They had mixed success in 2024
With control of Congress on the line, next week’s midterms amount to a referendum on Trump, who has urged voters to pretend he is on the ballot Sign up for the Breaking News US email Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Donald Trump is tele-rallying from Mar-a-Lago with just three days to go before the midterm elections. On Sunday, he will make appearances at rallies in Iowa in Kansas in a reversal after he initially backed out . The top federal prosecutor in Alaska confirmed on Friday the existence of a criminal and a civil investigation into an alleged scheme by Mary Peltola’s campaign and national Democrats to confuse voters in the closely watched Senate race by recruiting a spoiler candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, Dan Sullivan . Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed resisted a demand from his defeated primary rival, congresswoman Haley Stevens , that he apologize for criticism of US military aid to Israel on Friday – two days before they were scheduled to campaign together in Detroit. Early voting this cycle has set a record. More than 49 million Americans have already cast ballots, either in person or by mail, the Associated Press reported. Continue reading...
‘Gavin Newsom proud’
Guardian readers share their concerns and disillusionment with the political climate under Trump as elections loom Millions of Americans will head to the polls on 3 November in elections that will determine control of the Republican-held House of Representatives and Senate, as well as the governorships of 36 states. The midterms come amid mounting public frustration over issues ranging from the rising cost of living and immigration to the climate crisis, artificial intelligence, big tech and the US’s overseas wars. Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen to 36% , according to a New York Times/Siena poll conducted this month. Continue reading...
Environmental Defense Fund analysis shows administration handed out $950m and Clean Air Act exemptions It’s a good time to be a coal plant in the US. The Trump administration has given support to almost half of the nation’s coal plants, helping them to continue operating despite economic and regulatory headwinds, according to a new analysis by the Environmental Defense Fund. The analysis, which looked at the 184 operating coal plants that are connected to the grid, found that 90 received support from the Trump administration through “cash handouts, free passes to pollute, and requirements to stay online past their retirement dates”. Continue reading...
Election 2026 midterms coverage includes interactive maps, Decision Desk race calls and live results for House, Senate and governor's races.
Families writing checks this fall are paying dearly for a transcript on which the top grade has become the ordinary one.
President Trump is slated to speak at telerallies across the country Saturday, marking his last scheduled campaign appearance in several key battlegrounds before Election Day next week. Trump is set to appear in virtual events in at least 19 states — Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico,…
In the four months leading up to the deaths of her three children, Lindsay Clancy was prescribed 13 different psychiatric medications through more than 30 prescriptions. Of those 13 medications, only four fell within Massachusetts’s prescription monitoring program, while the remaining nine, including antidepressants, an antipsychotic, and a mood stabilizer, were outside its routine reporting […]
The December 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be sent to recipients in 31 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of each month. If the first day falls on a weekend or federal holiday, the payment is sent on the last business day of the previous month […]
Days until the midterm elections, plus an octogenarian trains for the New York City Marathon. All this and more.
