Biden Approved Secret Nuclear Strategy Refocusing on Chinese Threat
President Joe Biden approved in March a highly classified nuclear strategic plan for the United States that, for the first time, reorients America’s deterrent strategy to focus on China’s rapid expansion in its nuclear arsenal.
Harris, needling Trump, holds a rally at his convention site
Vice President Kamala Harris will hold a rally in Milwaukee on Tuesday night at the same basketball arena where former President Donald Trump accepted the Republican nomination just a month ago, at a time when his party believed he was coasting to victory against a hapless President Joe Biden.
Obama night at the DNC: Barack, Michelle rouse crowd for Harris
CHICAGO — Former U.S. President Barack Obama returned to the national stage on Tuesday night to boost his longtime Democratic ally Kamala Harris in her 11th-hour presidential bid against Republican Donald Trump.
A tearful Biden takes center stage on DNC opening night
CHICAGO — President Joe Biden, forced by his allies to abandon his reelection bid a month ago, took center stage on opening night of the Democratic National Convention, aware that his party has swiftly moved on without him.
Texas jury finds school shooter’s parents not liable for violence
A Galveston, Texas, jury on Monday found the parents of a teenager who shot and killed 10 classmates at Santa Fe High School in 2018 not liable for the violence, ending an unusual civil trial.
Phil Donahue, pioneer of the daytime talk show, dies at age 88
(Reuters) — Phil Donahue, who changed the face of U.S. daytime television with a long-running syndicated talk show that highlighted topical and often provocative social and political issues, has died at age 88, NBC’s “Today” show reported on Monday, citing a statement from his family.
Former congressman Santos pleads guilty, faces at least 2 years in prison
CENTRAL ISLIP, New York — Former U.S. Representative George Santos pleaded guilty on Monday to fabricating fundraising figures, cementing the downfall of a novice politician who was expelled from Congress last year after a brief, scandal-plagued tenure.
Blinken says Israel accepts Gaza proposal, urges Hamas to do same
TEL AVIV/CAIRO — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had accepted a “bridging proposal” presented by Washington to tackle disagreements blocking a ceasefire deal in Gaza, and urged Hamas to do the same.
US House Republicans say Biden committed impeachable offenses
WASHINGTON (Reuters) — U.S. House of Representatives Republicans issued a report on Monday alleging Democratic President Joe Biden committed impeachable offenses, but it was unclear whether they would push for a vote following a probe the White House has long dismissed as politically motivated.
SpaceX’s Polaris crew set for first private spacewalking mission next week
WASHINGTON — A four-person crew for SpaceX’s Polaris Dawn mission arrived in Florida on Monday ahead of their Aug. 26 launch to space for a mission that includes the first privately managed spacewalk, a risky endeavor only government astronauts have done in the past.
Nation and world news in brief for August 20
Prosecutors defer to judge on Trump bid to delay hush money sentencing
Republican-controlled Georgia election board passes rule that may delay vote certification
Georgia’s Republican-controlled state election board approved a new rule on Monday that voting rights advocates say could permit local election officials to delay certification of November’s presidential election results, potentially throwing the outcome of the battleground state’s vote into uncertainty.
NASA scientists team with artists for sprawling ‘PST Art’ liftoff
PASADENA, Calif. — Surveying the convoluted amalgamation of equipment in his windowless lab at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory the other day, Kevin Hand, a planetary scientist and astrobiologist, said he sees “a massive experiment to simulate Jupiter’s moon Europa.” But visual artists looking at the same tangle, he noted, might “see this as some sort of bizarre sculpture.”
Blinken arrives in Middle East seeking Gaza ceasefire, Hamas says Israel thwarts efforts
TEL AVIV — U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Tel Aviv on Sunday on another Middle East tour to push for a ceasefire in Gaza but Hamas raised doubts about the mission just hours after he landed by accusing Israel of undermining his efforts.
Malnutrition worsening in Yemen’s government-controlled areas, UN says
ADEN — Acute malnutrition is rapidly increasing in areas of Yemen controlled by the government, with the most critical cases along areas of the Red Sea coast, U.N. food security experts said in a report issued on Sunday.
A family flees and a mother mourns after Israeli settlers attack a Palestinian village
JIT, West Bank — They came into the village just past sundown, dozens of Israeli settlers wearing masks, dressed in dark clothes and armed with rocks, Kalashnikovs and M16s, witnesses said.
To undecided voters, Harris is famous, but unknown. They want to learn more
Teri York-Singleton is certain about one thing as she considers the November election: She will not vote for Donald Trump.
Vance defends unsubstantiated claims about immigration and crime
WASHINGTON — Sen. JD Vance of Ohio, the Republican vice presidential nominee, on Friday defended his past unsubstantiated claims about immigration in which he suggested that early waves of Italian, Irish and German immigration led to higher crime and interethnic conflict, by citing the movie “Gangs of New York.”
Trump says Harris easier than Biden to beat as race for Pennsylvania heats up
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Saturday he believed Democrat Kamala Harris will be easier to beat than President Joe Biden even as some polls showed her edging ahead in the race for the Nov. 5 presidential election.
Lille’s Gomes doing well in hospital after serious head injury, club says
(Reuters) — Lille midfielder Angel Gomes is doing well after he was hospitalised with a serious head injury that knocked him unconscious during Saturday’s Ligue 1 fixture at Stade Reims, club President Olivier Letang said.
