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Today — 19 September 2024Main stream

House Defeats Mike Johnson’s Spending Bill as Government Shutdown Looms

19 September 2024 at 07:07
Both Republicans and Democrats opposed the stopgap funding bill, which was tied to new rules requiring proof of U.S. citizenship to register to vote.

© Pete Kiehart for The New York Times

Speaker Mike Johnson plunged ahead with a short-term spending plan on Wednesday, despite bipartisan opposition.

Harris Warns of Mass Deportations and Detention Camps if Trump Is Elected

19 September 2024 at 05:57
Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to build support among Latino voters as polls show Americans trust former President Donald J. Trump over Democrats on the border.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

Vice President Kamala Harris at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institutes’s annual leadership conference in Washington on Wednesday. She said that former President Donald J. Trump had “pledged to carry out the largest deportation, a mass deportation, in American history.”

Melania Trump Defends Nude Modeling Work as She Promotes Book

19 September 2024 at 04:01
The former first lady called her past work a “celebration of the human form” in a video, the latest in a series promoting her memoir and appearing to reflect her deeply held beliefs.

© Haiyun Jiang for The New York Times

“Are we no longer able to appreciate the beauty of the human body?” Melania Trump asks in a video posted to her social media accounts.

‘Survivor’ Season 47 to Feature Jon Lovett, a Former Obama Speechwriter

The show’s 47th season, which features Jon Lovett, a former Obama speechwriter, premieres Wednesday. But even in heated election years, presidential politics rarely intrudes.

© Robert Voets/CBS

Electoral politics have rarely pierced the bubble surrounding “Survivor,” a reality television show that has spanned 25 years and 46 seasons.

Trump Floats an Array of Expensive Tax Cuts to Win Votes

19 September 2024 at 05:11
Whether he is speaking to retirees, corporate executives or tipped workers, former President Donald J. Trump has made a habit of promising tax cuts that could cost trillions.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Former President Donald J. Trump at a town-hall meeting in Flint, Mich., on Tuesday.

The Secret Service’s Failure to Halt a Tragedy at a Trump Rally

19 September 2024 at 01:00
Communications gaps, unguarded warehouses and a lack of written instructions opened an opportunity for a gunman at a rally in Butler, Pa., in July.

© Kristian Thacker for The New York Times

Inadequately securing the warehouses next to the rally site in Butler, Pa., was a critical misstep. But it was hardly the only problem.
Yesterday — 18 September 2024Main stream

111 Former G.O.P. Officials Back Harris, Calling Trump ‘Unfit to Serve’

18 September 2024 at 20:01
The signatories of a letter endorsing the Democratic vice president included former members of Congress, defense secretaries, C.I.A. directors and other national security officials.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

The 111 Republican signatories of a letter backing Vice President Kamala Harris included some who had not endorsed Joseph R. Biden Jr. against Donald J. Trump in the 2020 election.

Israel’s Pager Attack Was a Tactical Success Without a Strategic Goal, Analysts Say

19 September 2024 at 00:49
By targeting so many pagers at the same time, Israel demonstrated technical prowess and partly restored the aura of its intelligence agencies. But its long-term intent is unclear.

© Hussein Malla/Associated Press

Inspecting a car in which a pager exploded in Beirut on Tuesday.

What R.F.K. Jr.’s Alliance With Trump Could Mean for Public Health

18 September 2024 at 17:02
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has long voiced doubts about vaccine safety, has hopes of influencing federal health policy. Could he finally get the chance?

© Rachel Woolf for The New York Times

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaking at a rally in May. Donald Trump has said that he “probably would” appoint Mr. Kennedy to a role in his administration.

Trump, Hardly New York’s Favorite Son, Brings His Message to Long Island

18 September 2024 at 15:00
Donald J. Trump’s rally in Nassau County on Wednesday is another sign of the area’s shift to the right, but some question his choice to spend time in a non-battleground state.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

Former President Donald J. Trump says he has a “real chance” of winning New York, even as recent polls show him no closer than 14 percentage points behind Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump Tries to Close Off a Chief Line of Attack: That He’s a Danger to Democracy

18 September 2024 at 17:04
Donald Trump has tried to link Democrats’ charge that he poses a “threat to democracy” to threats on his life. Meanwhile, he has heightened his own attacks on his rivals.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

“Their rhetoric is causing me to be shot at, when I am the one who is going to save the country,” Mr. Trump said in an interview with Fox News Digital.

Kashmiris Are Voting Again. But Do They Have a Voice?

18 September 2024 at 17:44
An election that began on Wednesday will restore some of the self-rule India took away in 2019. But a lasting chill has fallen over Kashmir.

© Atul Loke for The New York Times

People in Kuglam, in southern Kashmir, lined up on Wednesday to vote in Kashmir’s first regional legislative election in a decade.

Trump Makes Big Promises, With Little Detail, for Michigan’s Auto Industry

18 September 2024 at 09:51
At his first campaign event since the apparent assassination attempt on Sunday, Donald J. Trump used dire language to insist that if he loses in November it would crush auto jobs.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

At his town-hall event on Tuesday night in Flint, Mich., former President Donald J. Trump repeatedly vowed that his tariffs would revitalize the auto industry in Michigan, a crucial battleground state.
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