A senior Hamas official on Saturday dismissed optimistic talk by US President Joe Biden that a Gaza truce is nearer after negotiations in the Gulf emirate of Qatar. “To say that we are getting close to a deal is an illusion,” Hamas political bureau member Sami Abu Zuhri told AFP. “We are not facing a...
Largo, United States An electrified crowd filled a community college gymnasium outside Washington on Thursday — supposedly to cheer lower drug prices, but the Democratic voters in attendance were more excited to celebrate White House candidate Kamala Harris. “We love you,” screamed one attendee, as the vice president took the floor alongside President Joe Biden at...
Washington, United States US consumer inflation eased slightly in July, according to government data published Wednesday, its smallest 12-month increase since March 2021 and a positive sign for the Federal Reserve as it weighs cutting interest rates. The consumer price index (CPI) rose 2.9 percent last month from a year ago, the Labor Department said in...
Washington, United States US health regulators on Friday denied an application for treating post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with the drug MDMA, commonly known as ecstasy, saying more investigation needed to be done. The company that submitted the application, Lykos Therapeutics, said in a statement that the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had requested an additional Phase 3...
Washington, United States US President Joe Biden has burnished his legacy by securing a huge prisoner swap deal with Russia — and shone some reflected glory on Kamala Harris’s election hopes. In a powerful piece of political theater, Biden and Harris hugged reporter Evan Gershkovich and two other American prisoners as they arrived back on US...
Washington, United States From false claims of a “staged” assassination attempt on Donald Trump to a viral joke about his running mate having sex with a couch, American liberals have taken a page from the far-right’s playbook in pushing wild conspiracy theories ahead of US elections. The liberal and left-wing warping of reality — a trend some...
San Francisco, United States Fiercely against social media platform TikTok, cryptocurrency bitcoin and electric cars during his presidency, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has recently flip-flopped on several issues that are dear to Silicon Valley. The presidential hopeful has, however, remained steadfast in some areas that are likely to be of concern to major US tech...
Milwaukee, United States Dubbed “the Nostradamus of pollsters,” when Frank Luntz talks elections, America’s political establishment sits up and listens.He may work for Republican causes but the focus group czar has provided his prognosticating talents to a wide array of politicians, TV networks and Fortune 500 companies for decades. So his takeaways from Day One of...
The spectator killed in the shooting that targeted former president Donald Trump has been identified as Corey Comperatore, a 50-year-old firefighter and father of two who died shielding his family from the gunshots. Comperatore “died a real-life super hero,” one of his daughters, Allyson, said in a Facebook post after the attempted assassination of Trump...
Atlanta, United States Joe Biden and Donald Trump made final preparations Wednesday for the biggest moment so far in the US election — the first of two high-stakes debates that could upend the race. Thursday’s televised showdown will raise the campaigning to boiling point, with tens of millions expected to tune in and both camps escalating...