Trump won’t participate in interview for ’60 Minutes’ election special

Trump won’t participate in interview for ’60 Minutes’ election special

NEW YORK — CBS News said Tuesday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has declined to participate in an interview with “60 Minutes” for its election special, which will go forward next Monday with Democratic opponent Kamala Harris alone. Television’s top-rated news program regularly invites the two presidential contenders for separate interviews that air back-to-back … Read more

How to prep your portfolio for a Trump or Harris 2024 election victory

How to prep your portfolio for a Trump or Harris 2024 election victory

With about a month to go until the 2024 presidential election, investors are bracing for potential volatility in the markets amid uncertainty over whether former President Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris will win in November. “It’s really important that everyone remembers that there is a lot of noise, there’s a lot of volatility … Read more

Melania Trump is telling her own story — and again breaking norms for American first ladies

Melania Trump is telling her own story — and again breaking norms for American first ladies

Melania Trump is the first lady who has seldom been there. The wife of Republican presidential candidate and former chief executive Donald Trump walked directly into the fire of public scrutiny early, when her debut speech to the 2016 Republican National Convention drew immediate charges of plagiarism. Since then, it has been clear that she … Read more

Former chairs of the Maine Republican Party endorse Harris over Trump

Former chairs of the Maine Republican Party endorse Harris over Trump

US Vice President Kamala Harris speaks about reproductive rights at a campaign event at the Cobb Energy Center in Atlanta, Georgia, on September 20, 2024.  Mandel Ngan | AFP | Getty Images Three former chairs of the Maine Republican Party “enthusiastically endorsed” Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president over GOP nominee and former President … Read more

Now a Roe advocate, woman raped by stepfather as a child tells her story in Harris campaign ad

Now a Roe advocate, woman raped by stepfather as a child tells her story in Harris campaign ad

WASHINGTON — A 22-year-old woman who became an abortion rights advocate after she was raped by her stepfather as a child tells her story in a new campaign ad for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris. Hadley Duvall says in voiceover that she’s never slept a full night in her life — her stepfather first started … Read more

‘She should be alive today’ — Harris spotlights woman’s death to blast abortion bans and Trump

‘She should be alive today’ — Harris spotlights woman’s death to blast abortion bans and Trump

ATLANTA — Kamala Harris blasted Donald Trump as a threat to women’s freedoms and their very lives, warning in a speech in the battleground state of Georgia on Friday that Republicans would continue to choke off access to abortion if he returns to the White House. The Democratic vice president’s visit came days after ProPublica … Read more

Trump’s Springfield claims ‘dilute’ GOP border message, Ohio Gov says

Trump’s Springfield claims ‘dilute’ GOP border message, Ohio Gov says

A mural is displayed in an alley downtown on September 16, 2024 in Springfield, Ohio.  Luke Sharrett | Getty Images Former President Donald Trump and running mate JD Vance’s unfounded claims about Haitian immigrants in Springfield, Ohio weaken the Republican Party’s border message, Ohio Governor Mike DeWine wrote in an op-ed published Friday. “The Biden … Read more

Harris looks for boost from Oprah as part of digital-first media strategy

Harris looks for boost from Oprah as part of digital-first media strategy

FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich. — Vice President Kamala Harris looked for a boost with persuadable and less-motivated voters as she participated in a livestream Thursday evening with former talk show host Oprah Winfrey to focus on her plans to cut costs for the middle class, restore a national right to abortion and address gun violence. The … Read more

Biden Fed Jay Powell meeting Oval Office

Biden Fed Jay Powell meeting Oval Office

Chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell (left) meets with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office on May 31, 2022. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images President Joe Biden on Thursday said he had “never once spoken” to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell while he was president. But the pair, joined by Treasury … Read more

Republicans are trying a new approach to abortion in the race for Congress

Republicans are trying a new approach to abortion in the race for Congress

WASHINGTON — In the most contested races for control of the U.S. House, many Republican candidates are speaking up about women’s rights to abortion access and reproductive care in new and surprising ways, a deliberate shift for a GOP blindsided by some political ramifications of the post-Roe v. Wade era. Looking directly into the camera … Read more