Chinese hackers are said to have targeted phones used by Trump and Vance
Chinese hackers targeted data from phones used by former President Donald Trump and his running mate, Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, as part of what appears to be a wide-ranging intelligence-collection effort, people familiar with the matter said on Friday.
Nation and World news — at a glance — for October 26
Harris and Trump deadlocked to the end, final Times/Siena national poll finds
Election officials face torrent of threats as Nov. 5 looms
WASHINGTON — With less than two weeks until Election Day, law enforcement officials are confronting a rising wave of threats to election workers and political activists in a presidential contest hurtling toward a bitterly contentious coda and a potentially unsettled aftermath.
13 ex-Trump aides back Kelly’s ‘dictator’ warning
Thirteen former Trump administration officials released an open letter Friday amplifying warnings from John Kelly, Donald Trump’s longest-serving White House chief of staff, that the former president would rule like a dictator if he returned to office.
Biden apologizes for U.S. abuse of Indian children, calling it ‘a sin on our soul’
GILA RIVER INDIAN COMMUNITY, Ariz. — President Joe Biden ventured into Native American territory Friday to offer a formal apology on behalf of the U.S. government for the mistreatment of generations of children who were taken away from their families in an effort to strip them of their culture, history and language.
Trump flirts with the ultimate tax cut
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump has spent much of the presidential campaign brainstorming new, and sometimes untested, ways to cut taxes. In the election’s final stretch, he raised the possibility of going even further: eliminating income taxes entirely.
Changing the DNA of living things to fight climate change
With the push of a red button, a milky-colored liquid sprayed onto a load of corn seed at a warehouse in central Missouri. It was a hint of a revolution underway in U.S. agriculture, driven by a desire to combat climate change while still feeding and fueling the world.
Mideast peace talks to resume, but no sign yet that Hamas will take part
Israeli and American negotiators are scheduled to return to Qatar over the weekend in an effort to revive cease-fire talks between Israel and Hamas, the Israeli prime minister’s office said Thursday.
Boeing workers resoundingly reject new contract and extend strike
SEATTLE — Boeing’s largest union rejected a tentative labor contract Wednesday by a wide margin, extending a damaging strike and adding to the mounting financial problems facing the company, which hours earlier had reported a $6.1 billion loss.
Biden to apologize for Indian boarding schools where hundreds of children died
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will formally apologize Friday for the role of the federal government in running boarding schools where thousands of Native American children faced abuse, neglect and the erasure of their tribal identities.
Israel Bombs Lebanese City as Blinken Hints at New Ideas for Gaza Cease-Fire
BEIRUT — Israel attacked the ancient port city of Tyre in Lebanon on Wednesday after issuing its broadest evacuation order there so far, pressing on with its bombing campaign against Hezbollah even as Secretary of State Antony Blinken toured the region in pursuit of a diplomatic solution to the escalating conflict.
As election looms, disinformation has ‘never been worse’
The Democratic Party’s vice presidential nominee has been falsely accused of sexually molesting students. The claims have been spread by a former deputy sheriff from Florida, now openly working in Moscow for Russia’s propaganda apparatus, on dozens of social media platforms and fake news outlets.
Why Gender May Be the Defining Issue of the Election
With less than two weeks left before Election Day, a big question is looming over the campaign for the White House, and it has nothing to do with the economy or the barrage of attacks between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris over judgment, character and mental fitness.
Man charged in attempted Trump assassination seeks judge’s recusal
Defense lawyers for the Hawaii man charged with trying to assassinate former President Donald Trump at his golf course in Florida renewed their efforts Wednesday to get the Trump-appointed judge who is handling the case to step down, citing a recent news article saying she is under consideration for a top legal position if Trump wins the election.
More Republicans appear to be voting early, despite Trump’s mixed messages
PHOENIX — Republicans have spent months and millions of dollars on an effort to push former President Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters to change their minds about voting early.
What Lincoln can tell us about MAGA
Something is clearly happening with Donald Trump. Even a year ago, I don’t think he would have begun a rally with 12 minutes of rambling remarks about late golfer Arnold Palmer, concluding with a discussion of the size of Palmer’s penis.
‘You are not our king’: Charles III heckled in Australia’s Parliament
LONDON — Shortly after King Charles III had finished making remarks in Australia’s Parliament on Monday, a voice rang out from the back of the hall. “You are not our king,” shouted Lidia Thorpe, an Indigenous senator and activist for Aboriginal rights. “Give us our land back. Give us what you stole from us.”
Austin condemns Kremlin ‘apologists’ in pledging support for Ukraine
KYIV, Ukraine — Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Monday offered full-throated support for Ukraine’s fight against Russia and delivered biting criticism of naysayers who might seek to end the conflict on Moscow’s terms.
Republican official in Arizona pleads guilty in election certification case
A Republican county official in Arizona who delayed certification of the 2022 election pleaded guilty Monday to a misdemeanor charge of failing or refusing to perform her duty as an election officer.
Trump took a turn at the fryer. McDonald’s workers have thoughts
Inside a McDonald’s in Lower Manhattan, David Ye, who has worked at the fast-food outpost for three years, knew in just a few seconds that something was off.
