They charged Donald J. Trump and JD Vance, who spread baseless rumors that Haitians in an Ohio city were eating pets, with imperiling their community for political gain.
“It may seem like just politics,” said Karl Racine, who served two terms as attorney general for the District of Columbia and immigrated to the United States from Haiti when he was 6. “But it’s serious business, with the real possibility of violence.”
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?
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed two new laws that will require social media companies to moderate the spread of election-related impersonations powered by A.I., known as “deepfakes.”
Readers discuss the harm from the lies about immigrants eating dogs and cats. Also: The guns; Americans in exile; the pope and the election; the debates.
“We must take every threat seriously, but children deserve to be in school, and parents deserve to know that their kids are safe,” Gov. Mike DeWine said.
Violent attacks on foreigners have prompted a debate about extreme nationalism online in a country that heavily censors information the government bans.
A covert campaign to target a writer critical of the country’s Communist Party has extended to sexually suggestive threats against his 16-year-old daughter.
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