Biden appears to accept he may have to leave the race
WASHINGTON — Several people close to President Joe Biden said Thursday that they believe he has begun to accept the idea that he may not be able to win in November and may have to drop out of the race, bowing to the growing demands of many anxious members of his party.
Fearful or cheerful? World leaders mull a potential Trump foreign policy
BERLIN — They promised a harder line against China.
Long holes look intimidating, but it’s the short ones that often befuddle golfers
The British Open at Royal Troon in Scotland this week might help answer a question vexing professional golf. Is the antidote to golfers hitting increasingly long drives creating holes that are even longer? Or is it the opposite: incredible shortness?
New polling shows a large and growing majority want Biden to step aside
Nearly two-thirds of Democrats said President Joe Biden should step aside and allow the party to select a different nominee, according to a new poll from the AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research.
‘Our nation is not well’: Voters fear what could happen next
Before Saturday, when Butler, Pennsylvania, became the latest stunned backdrop for the nation’s political fury, Mayor Bob Dandoy thought of his town as a place that had learned to work around party lines. A Democrat in a Republican stronghold, he had campaigned on consensus.
US detected Iranian plot to kill Trump separate from Saturday’s shooting
U.S. intelligence agencies were tracking a potential Iranian assassination plot against former President Donald Trump in the weeks before a gunman opened fire last weekend, several officials said Tuesday, but they added that they did not consider the threat related to the shooting that wounded Trump.
Biden to announce support for major Supreme Court reforms, Washington Post reports
President Joe Biden is seriously considering legislative proposals that would dramatically alter the Supreme Court, including imposing term limits and an enforceable code of ethics on the justices, according to a person familiar with the ongoing discussions.
At Trump rally, local police and gunman were in same warehouse complex
While a gunman was climbing onto the roof of a warehouse less than 500 feet from where former President Donald Trump was speaking Saturday, three law enforcement snipers were positioned inside the same complex of buildings, looking for anything amiss in the crowd.
What parents should know about cord blood banking
Pregnant women are bombarded with advertisements — on social media, in childbirth classes, even in their doctors’ offices — urging them to bank the blood in their baby’s umbilical cord and gain “peace of mind.”
In Vance, Trump picks an ambitious ideologue and first millennial
MILWAUKEE — Former President Donald Trump has chosen Sen. JD Vance of Ohio to be his running mate, wagering that the young senator will bring fresh energy to the Republican ticket and ensure that the movement Trump began nearly a decade ago can live on after him.
The gunshots rang out. Then the conspiracy theories erupted online
Four minutes after the first report of a shooting at a rally for Donald Trump on Saturday, an anonymous account on the social platform X posted, “Joe Biden’s antifa shot President Trump.”
Elon Musk allies help start pro-Trump super PAC
Some of Elon Musk’s closest friends have helped start a new super political action committee meant to help former President Donald Trump, creating an avenue for Musk and his $250 billion fortune to potentially play a significant role in the 2024 presidential race.
Trump rally gunman ‘didn’t want attention’ in school, classmates said
BETHEL PARK, Pa. — Before he climbed onto a rooftop and added his name to America’s bloody history of would-be presidential assassins, Thomas Crooks, 20, seemed to try to shrink from view.
Judge dismisses classified documents case against Trump
The federal judge overseeing former President Donald Trump’s classified documents case threw out all of the charges against him Monday, ruling that Jack Smith, the special counsel who filed the indictment, had been given his job in violation of the Constitution.
Is there a future in the doomsday economy?
When it comes to surviving the apocalypse, you could do a lot worse than the West Virginia branch of Fortitude Ranch, a constellation of five survivalist compounds across the United States and one of a growing number of businesses aiming to seize on Americans’ deepening anxieties about the future.
Catherine, Princess of Wales, attends Wimbledon men’s final
LONDON — Catherine, Princess of Wales, appeared on Sunday afternoon at the Wimbledon tennis championship in London, a further step in her cautious return to public appearances after her cancer diagnosis.
Ohio mother killed trying to stop a carjacking with her son inside
Detectives in Columbus, Ohio, this weekend were searching for two men as they investigated the death of a woman who was fatally struck by her own vehicle while trying to stop a carjacking that occurred with her 6-year-old son in the car.
A new prince leads Spain as it rules European soccer again
BERLIN — First, Spain’s players had to perform the rituals of celebration. They communed with their fans. They draped themselves with a selection of flags, national and regional. They commiserated with their bereft English opponents. Once those were completed, they gathered by the podium hastily constructed on the field at Berlin’s Olympic Stadium.
Gunman’s motive sought as Trump vows to go to RNC
Investigators on Sunday searched for a motive that would explain why a 20-year-old armed with an AR-15-style semi-automatic rifle shot at former President Donald Trump, just days before he was to accept the Republican nomination for president.
Secret Service under scrutiny after assassination attempt on Trump
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Sunday called for an “independent review” of security measures before and after the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump the previous day, while directing the Secret Service to review all of its security measures for the Republican National Convention this week.
