The battle for the presidency is hitting the road. In several instances over the last few days, supporters of President Trump have disrupted traffic. In Texas on Friday, Trump supporters surrounded a Biden campaign bus, and in New York and New Jersey on Sunday, Trump supporters halted traffic on two major highways. On Sunday, the […]
WASHINGTON (NYTIMES) – As part of a diplomatic tour through Europe in late October, the Department of State’s director of policy planning briefed journalists in London about the Trump administration’s strategy toward China. A video of the virtual event showed him coughing at least six times during the hour-long discussion. The senior department official, Mr […]
President Trump began the fall campaign rooting for, and trying to orchestrate, a last-minute surprise that would vault him ahead of Joseph R. Biden Jr. A coronavirus vaccine. A dramatic economic rebound. A blockbuster Justice Department investigation. A grievous misstep by a rival he portrayed as faltering. A scandal involving Mr. Biden and his son […]
The US “could not possibly be positioned more poorly” in its fight against coronavirus as winter approaches – that’s the warning from one of Donald Trump’s top advisers. Dr Anthony Fauci, head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said the government’s strategy for tackling COVID-19 needed an “abrupt change”. Dr Fauci told […]
Hoping to make voting easier during the pandemic, officials opened several polling sites in Harris County, Texas, for overnight balloting last week. Thousands showed up. Credit… Supported by By Manny Fernandez and Tamir Kalifa Photographs by Tamir Kalifa HOUSTON — Felix Sylvester drove straight to the polling site after work and cast his ballot in […]
The makeshift memorial of hockey sticks, jerseys, flowers and crosses is weathered and worn by time. The only thing vivid are the memories and the pain. It was April 2018 when the driver of a semi-trailer truck blew through a stop sign and into the path of a bus carrying the Humboldt Broncos junior hockey […]
There’s a pride to the politics here. It’s loud, it’s noisy and it has a new sort of confidence. Perhaps only in America would a “get out the vote” effort involve dancers, a traditional mariachi band and fully attired Mexican wrestlers. A canvassing caravan if you like, this is how LUCHA, a Latino support and […]
Seeing a $450 to $600 electricity bill no longer fazes Patricia Young of Itta Bena, Miss., a city of about 1,800 people in the Mississippi Delta. Some months, the bill for Ms. Young’s home and the day care center she owns can total almost $1,000. “It’s just got to the point where light bills are […]
Many law enforcement officials have attempted to inject calm while warning of dire consequences for those who try to disrupt voting. By Neil MacFarquhar and Shaila Dewan The Las Vegas Police had a quandary. They were on high alert for election-related threats, but when long lines of voters began snaking down streets and around parking […]
READING (AFP) – US President Donald Trump, challenger Joe Biden and their top surrogates barrelled through crucial states in the industrial Midwest and coastal southeast on Saturday (Oct 31), pressing closing arguments in a frantic sprint days ahead of the US presidential election. Using some of his most urgent language yet, Mr Trump warned of […]