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Walz Calls Himself a ‘Knucklehead’ for Past Misstatements

new video loaded: Walz Calls Himself a ‘Knucklehead’ for Past Misstatements transcript Back transcript Walz Calls Himself a ‘Knucklehead’ for Past Misstatements Gov. Tim Walz said he “misspoke” about where he was during the Tiananmen Square massacre in June of…

‘We’re Still Living in Fear’: Escaping the Attacks in Lebanon

new video loaded: ‘We’re Still Living in Fear’: Escaping the Attacks in Lebanon transcript Back transcript ‘We’re Still Living in Fear’: Escaping the Attacks in Lebanon Tens of thousands of people have been displaced in Lebanon. Khaled Hussein, 20, fled…

Where Trump and Harris Stand on Democracy

Kamala Harris’s campaign has framed the election in part as a fight to preserve American democracy. Donald Trump is the only U.S. president who has refused to accept his loss, in the 2020 election. Maggie Astor, a politics reporter at…

France Rape Trial Renews Push to Revise Legal Definition of Rape

Gisèle Pelicot waived anonymity to make public the trial of her former husband and the 50 men accused of joining him in raping her. The trial has revived the question of consent within French law and turned Ms. Pelicot into…

Kamala Harris Talks About ‘Joy.’ But Are Undecided Voters Feeling It?

Approximately three million undecided voters in seven battleground states will most likely decide the outcome of the 2024 presidential election, and surveys show that these voters are pessimistic about the country’s future. Jonathan Swan, a reporter covering the presidential campaign…

Arizona’s Mormon Voters Are Divided on Trump

American Mormon voters have traditionally voted Republican. But members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Arizona have become increasingly disillusioned by former President Donald Trump. Kellen Browning, a New York Times reporter who is on assignment…

Secret Tapes Reveal Nixon’s Views on Marijuana

Two years after launching the war on drugs, President Richard Nixon made a startling admission during a meeting in the Oval Office. He said that marijuana was “not particularly dangerous.” The remarks, captured by the former president’s secret recording system,…

Where Trump and Harris Stand on the Issues, From Abortion to Immigration

Ms. Harris wants to enshrine the protections of Roe v. Wade in federal law now that the Supreme Court has overturned it. “When I am president of the United States, I will sign a law restoring and protecting reproductive freedom…

Battling Mpox in the Outbreak’s Epicenter in Congo

“It’s a huge challenge,” said Pierre-Olivier Ngadjole, a doctor with the Swiss humanitarian organization Medair, which runs the Munigi treatment center. At the hospital in South Kivu, Nathalie’s mother, Ms. Binja, said she was aware that she could be infected…

Read the New Trump Indictment in the Federal Jan. 6 Case

Case 1:23-cr-00257-TSC Document 226 Filed 08/27/24 Page 14 of 36 34. b. c. d. e. f. Defendant responded, “I don’t care about a link, I don’t need it. I have a much, [Georgia Secretary of State], I have…