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Representative Adam Schiff (D-CA) claimed Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that special counsel Jack Smith’s new court filing was so close to the presidential election because of former President Donald Trump’s legal delays. Kristen Welker said, “I want to ask you about the timing of all of this, Congressman, which you know has been in focus. The former federal prosecutor referred to this brief as Jack Smith’s, quote, October cheap shot. Donald Trump has accused the Justice Department of election interference essentially by violating its longstanding practice not to take public steps in politically related cases close to an...

Harris: "The people of Lebanon are facing an increasingly dire humanitarian situation. I am concerned about the security and well-being of civilians suffering in Lebanon and will continue working to help meet the needs of all civilians there.

Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week” that Democrats’ political rhetoric against former President Donald Trump had “incited dangerous people to do dangerous things.” Johnson said, “I just saw the clip so I didn’t watch all the remarks from Pennsylvania. I will tell you I talked to President Trump right after it. He was pleased. They had a massive crowd and a lot of enthusiasm and energy. I didn’t hear all the comments. I don’t know the context. The clip that I just heard that you just played there, George, I don’t think they’re saying that the...

Ne’man Abu Jarad sat on a tarp on the ground. Around him, canvas sheets hung from cords, forming the walls of his tent. For the past year, Ne’man; his wife, Majida; and their six daughters have trekked the length of the Gaza Strip, trying to survive as Israeli forces wreaked destruction around them. It’s a far cry from their house in northern Gaza — a place of comforting routine, of love, affection and safety. A place where loved ones gathered around the kitchen table or on the roof on summer evenings amid the scent of roses and jasmine flowers. “Your...

Voters will get the chance to hear from Vice President Kamala Harris on Monday as she presents her case for why she should be president in a "60 Minutes" election special. For decades, "60 Minutes" has featured both Republican and Democratic nominees for presidents, but this year, former President Donald Trump backed out after previously indicating he would be on the show. Correspondent Scott Pelley, who'd been set to interview Trump, will instead travel to Arizona's Maricopa County, home to more than 60% of Arizona's voters and a critical battleground in a key swing state.

Where’s Kam? It’s a question a growing number of Democrats are asking as the vice president is increasingly MIA on the campaign trail as the 2024 presidential contest enters its final month. “There’s a time at which you just have to barnstorm these battlegrounds,” Obama campaign guru David Axelrod told Politico. “These races are decathlons, and there are a lot of events, and you have to do all of them because people want to test you.” Axelrod said Harris needed to be doing more interviews, including with tougher audiences, and that voters were expecting to see more of her. While...

Two potential futures, neither clear.It’s Schrodinger’s election.Some people are predicting a Trump landslide, based both on the various predictors and on the haplessness of Kamala’s part-time campaign and fourth-rate running mate. It’s plausible. The nation isn’t in great shape, despite the finagling of interest rates and unemployment figures (expect a bigger-than-usual downward revision of the employment numbers for this month after the election), the Biden Administration, after running on a “return to normalcy” after the “chaos” of the Trump years, has delivered chaos in spades, and there’s a pervasive sense, everywhere from NASA to FEMA to the U.S. Navy, that...

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President Joe Biden remains mentally fit to serve as commander-in-chief, spokesman for Vice President Kamala Harris, Ian Sams, told Axios on Sunday. The octogenarian stepped aside from the 2024 presidential race in July due to pressure from Democrats following his disastrous debate performance in which he appeared to slur his words and deliver unclear thoughts. “Of course,” Sams told Axios’ Alex Thompson when questioned whether Harris could “fully assure” voters about Biden’s “hour-by-hour performance.” Harris has continually defended Biden’s fitness, causing critics to argue Harris covered up Biden’s health leading up to the debate.

6 October 2024 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time St. Bruno Catholic Church, Whittier, CA Readings at MassLiturgical Colour: Green. Year: B(II).First readingGenesis 2:18-24A man and his wife become one bodyThe Lord God said, ‘It is not good that the man should be alone. I will make him a helpmate.’ So from the soil the Lord God fashioned all the wild beasts and all the birds of heaven. These he brought to the man to see what he would call them; each one was to bear the name the man would give it. The man gave names to all the...

A New Zealand navy ship carrying 75 crew members and passengers caught fire and sank off Samoa, but all on board are safe, the New Zealand Defence Force said on Sunday.The Royal New Zealand Navy vessel HMNZS Manawanui ran aground near the southern coast of Upolu Island in Samoa while conducting a reef survey.Videos shared on social media show thick plumes of grey smoke rising after the vessel, which cost the New Zealand government over NZ$100m (US$63m), ran aground.

Israel is bracing for possible terror attacks, including the firing of long-range rockets from Gaza, as the anniversary of October 7 looms on Monday. On Sunday, a gunman burst into the central bus station in the southern city of Be’er Sheva, wounding at least seven people before being killed. (Update: One person was reported killed and ten wounded.) The country will remain on high alert for similar attacks. Meanwhile, Israelis are preparing for a variety of commemorations of the Hamas terror attack of October 7, 2023, which launched a war that has lasted a year.

Elon Musk expressed outrage over the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) spending over $1 billion on housing support for illegal migrants while leaving thousands of American hurricane victims without assistance. One X user asked: “What kind of government lets FEMA spend $640,000,000.00 on criminal illegal aliens in 2024 and now has no money to help Americans who lost everything from Hurricane Helene?” Musk replied: “Good question.”

VIDEOAttorney General Merrick Garland takes very seriously the warnings by federal whistleblowers about FBI agents monitoring polling stations this election season. As a result he has announced that he will prosecute and punish anyone who interferes with FBI election interference.

Hurricane Helene demolished the notion there are places on Earth immune from climate change — an already shaky premise that was further discredited by widespread damage to Asheville, North Carolina, a so-called climate haven. Even so, experts say climate is a growing factor in many people’s relocation decisions. And some places do have lower comparative risks depending on the type of disaster. That can — and should — influence their decisions on where to move, they say. “There's no such thing as a climate haven,” said Jesse Keenan, a professor of sustainable real estate and urban planning at Tulane University....

Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) said Sunday on CNN’s “State of the Union” that former President Donald Trump and his family “lie” to Americans. Host Danan Bash said, “Lara Trump, we just spoke about but her campaign is doing the trump campaign and also what’s happening in her home state of north Carolina with that devastating devastating hurricane she says that she continues to say that the money is maybe going to be diverted, that they’re not going to get enough fema is pushing back on that as somebody who has a vote on where federal disaster aid goes what’s your...

A New Zealand Navy vessel has run aground in Samoa while surveying a reef. Passengers and crew aboard a New Zealand navy ship have been dramatically rescued after their vessel ran aground off the coast of Samoa in the South Pacific, caught fire and sunk. According to the NZ defence force, HMNZS Manawanui first got into trouble at about 6:45pm on Saturday while it was conducting a hydrographic survey just one nautical mile from the shore of the island country. The exact cause of the grounding remains unknown, but it is understood the ship collided with the reef. The 75...

Usually, I don’t waste much time watching the presidential or vice-presidential debates; but on Tuesday I watched most of the vice-presidential debate between J.D. Vance and Tim Walz. I applaud Vance on a skilled performance. But I particularly want to comment today on the overt hostility that Vance faced from the moderators, which is unfortunately typical of the hostility of the corporate media toward all Republican candidates. If you watched some or all of the debate, you probably came away with a general impression of the moderators attempting to help Walz; but without a transcript it is difficult to remember...

In the aftermath of Iran’s attack on Israel on Tuesday night, Israeli officials claimed their defences had stood firm. The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said Iran had launched more than 180 missiles, but few details about the damage were released and the US’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, said the attack “appears to have been defeated and ineffective”. But as Israel prepares its retaliation, analysts believe those initial reports could have been misleading – and could change the calculus of Israel’s response if it fears getting into a bout of protracted “missile ping-pong” with Iran, especially should Tehran choose softer...

Once again, Wisconsinites will be asked to vote on whether or not to approve an amendment to the state constitution. And this time, it all comes down to one word. "It is consequential," Republican state Sen. Julian Bradley told News 3 Now at a conservative poll observer training. "There's a huge difference between every and only." Right now, section one of article III of the Wisconsin state constitution reads like this: "Every United States citizen age 18 or older who is a resident of an election district in this state is a qualified elector of that district." If passed, the...