❌

Normal view

There are new articles available, click to refresh the page.
Today — 17 September 2024Main stream

Demonizing Immigrants Could Ruin the Revival of Some Heartland Cities

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Paul Krugman
17 September 2024 at 04:04
Immigration to small cities creates jobs for everyone.

© Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times

A replica of the Statue of Liberty outside a group of small businesses in Springfield, Ohio.

Trump Claims Democrats’ Language Provoked Apparent Assassination Attempt

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Michael Gold and Maggie Astor
17 September 2024 at 03:13
The authorities have not provided information about the gunman’s motive in the apparent assassination attempt on Sunday, yet former President Donald J. Trump, who has his own history of using violent language, sought to blame Democrats.

© Jamie Kelter Davis for The New York Times

Former President Donald J. Trump during a campaign rally in Mosinee, Wis., earlier this month. Mr. Trump blamed Democrats’ “inflammatory language” for motivating a gunman arrested at one of his golf courses on Sunday.

Trump, Outrage and the Modern Era of Political Violence

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Peter Baker
17 September 2024 at 02:13
The latest apparent assassination attempt against the former president indicates how much the American political landscape has been shaped by anger stirred by him and against him.

© Jenna Schoenefeld for The New York Times

Former President Donald J. Trump attributed Sunday’s apparent assassination attempt to President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, arguing that the arrested suspect was acting in response to their attacks.

Elon Musk Deletes His Post Asking Why No One Has Tried to Assassinate Biden or Harris

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Matthew Mpoke Bigg
17 September 2024 at 01:05
His remark, just hours after what the authorities said was a second assassination attempt on Donald J. Trump, immediately drew outrage.

© Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters

Elon Musk, the owner of the social media platform X, appeared to ask why “no one is even trying to assassinate Biden/Kamala.”

In Nevada, Economy Tops Issues as Unemployment Remains High

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Kurtis Lee
17 September 2024 at 00:14
The state is among a handful that will decide the presidential contest, and workers have felt increased prices at the grocery store and gas station.

© Maggie Shannon for The New York Times

Las Vegas has rebounded since the pandemic shutdowns, but its employment rate was 6.7 percent in July.

Tim Walz, a ‘Snowman Melting,’ Tests His Appeal in the Sun Belt

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Kellen Browning and Jazmine Ulloa
17 September 2024 at 00:27
The Minnesota governor was picked for his appeal to the white working-class. The Harris campaign hopes he can reach other demographics, too.

© Caitlin O'Hara/Reuters

Minnesota Governor Tim Walz speaks at a presidential debate watch party in Mesa, Arizona, last week.

In 2024 Senate Races, Democrats Hope for Record in Electing Black Women

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Annie Karni
16 September 2024 at 23:02
With Vice President Kamala Harris at the top of the ticket and Senate seats open, Democrats could for the first time send two Black women to the chamber.

© Maddie McGarvey for The New York Times

Representative Lisa Blunt Rochester, a Senate candidate in Delaware, speaking at the Democratic National Convention last month. “To know that you’re going to be in a place and belong” was invaluable, she said on Friday.
Yesterday — 16 September 2024Main stream

Are Voters Feeling Better About the Economy?

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Andrew Ross Sorkin， Ravi Mattu， Bernhard Warner， Sarah Kessler， Michael J. de la Merced， Lauren Hirsch and Ephrat Livni
16 September 2024 at 19:57
After another tumultuous weekend in the presidential campaign, Americans are still largely focused on their finances, new surveys show. That could give an edge to Vice President Kamala Harris.

© Doug Mills/The New York Times

The authorities are investigating a possible second assassination attempt on Donald Trump as voters continue to focus on the economy.

Trump Shaken but Upbeat After Secret Service Stops Gunman

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Jonathan Swan and Maggie Haberman
16 September 2024 at 08:33
Former President Donald J. Trump was said to be shocked by what officials described as the second attempt on his life, but sought to reassure friends with humor.

© Saul Martinez for The New York Times

The F.B.I. examining the area around former President Donald J. Trump’s West Palm Beach golf course after the Secret Service had driven off a gunman from the fence line on Sunday.

Second Assassination Attempt Raises New Questions About Secret Service

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Glenn Thrush， Eileen Sullivan and Kate Kelly
16 September 2024 at 08:43
That a gunman got close to former President Trump for the second time in about two months intensified questions about the agency’s broader protective capabilities.

© Saul Martinez for The New York Times

The Secret Service was facing scrutiny even before the apparent assassination attempt at the former president’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday.

Trump Safe After Shooting Reported at His Golf Course in Florida

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Jonathan Swan， Maggie Haberman and Patricia Mazzei
16 September 2024 at 03:34
The Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office said there had been a shooting “on the grounds” of Mr. Trump’s course there while the former president was at the club.

© Stefani Reynolds for The New York Times

The Trump campaign put out a statement after the shooting incident at one of his golf courses on Sunday.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Says He Is Being Investigated for Whale Carcass

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Simon J. Levien
16 September 2024 at 00:59
He made the claim at a campaign event for former President Donald J. Trump, whom he endorsed after ending his troubled independent bid for the presidency.

© Ross D. Franklin/Associated Press

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. waves to the crowd before speaking at a campaign event for former President Donald J. Trump on Saturday in Glendale, Ariz.

How the Last Eight Years Made Young Women More Liberal

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Claire Cain Miller
15 September 2024 at 17:05
For a generation of girls raised to believe they could be anything, the Trump era moved their politics to the left, a new analysis shows.

© Kelsey McClellan for The New York Times

Danielle Stephenson, 25, at her apartment in Oakland, Calif. She said Donald Trump’s victory over Hillary Clinton had been disillusioning, and spurred her to political action.
Before yesterdayMain stream

Should Betting on Elections Be Legal?

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Sarah Kessler
14 September 2024 at 23:47
Election wagers have long been banned in the United States. But for a brief period on Thursday, a regulated prediction market was permitted to offer them to Americans.

© Hiroko Masuike/The New York Times

The debate this week between Donald Trump and Kamala Harris moved the odds on prediction markets for the presidential election.

JD Vance Stands By False Pet-Eating Claims Roiling Ohio City

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Maggie Astor
15 September 2024 at 22:50
After Mr. Vance and former President Donald J. Trump amplified false claims that Haitian migrants in Springfield, Ohio, were eating pets, the city received numerous bomb threats.

© Brittainy Newman for The New York Times

JD Vance in New York City last week.

How the False Story of a Gang ‘Takeover’ in Colorado Reached Trump

✇NYT | Top Stories
By: Jonathan Weisman and Michael Ciaglo
16 September 2024 at 02:34
The claim that Aurora, Colo., has been overrun by gun-toting migrants stemmed from the city’s fight with a landlord. Now it is central to one of former President Donald J. Trump’s anti-immigrant campaign promises.

Dilapidated apartment complexes in Aurora, Colo., have become a cause célèbre for right-wing media and former President Donald J. Trump, after the landlord claimed a Venezuelan street gang had taken over.
❌
❌