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Karoline Leavitt Invites Content Creators to the White House Press Briefing
In the delicate journalistic ecosystem of the White House’s James S. Brady Press Briefing Room, the seating chart is the be-all, end-all of status. Where a reporter sits says...
What war? For some in Beirut, blocking out the Israel-Hezbollah conflict is just survival
BEIRUT — Down a quiet street in one of Beirut’s fancier neighborhoods, couples huddle over designer cocktails. The music of jazz trumpeter Enrico Rava washes over the dining room as...
‘Wild and crazy ride’: The stunning, exhausting presidential race we all just witnessed
Less than six months ago, the oldest sitting president in U.S. history appeared so befuddled during a debate that his barely younger, twice impeached, convicted felon predecessor — a...
Why has North Korea sent troops to help Russia fight Ukraine?
WASHINGTON — Nearly three years into Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the war has brought no shortage of complicated twists and turns. But one bizarre new element particularly stands out:...
Early voting is surging across the country. It’s unclear who benefits
HENDERSON, Nev. — After Katie Kern and her father, Robert Kern, cast their ballots for former President Trump in this suburb of Las Vegas, they said they wanted to make...
Beyoncé to appear with Kamala Harris in Houston on Friday
Beyoncé will appear at a Kamala Harris rally on Friday in Houston, the latest in a series of A-list musicians hitting the campaign trail with the Democratic nominee, the...
$1.80 dinners and budget clothes? The spread of frugality is hurting China’s economy
TAIPEI, Taiwan — China’s 1.4 billion consumers once spent with enough abandon to help drive the global economy. Now one of the hottest topics on Chinese social media is how...
I spent 3 days in the ‘blue wall’ states. Here’s what voters told me
RACINE, Wis. — It’s hard to believe after the Fox News interviews, the daily barrage of screaming ads and all the history on these two candidates that anyone would be...
Mexican journalists are dying. A new documentary tells the story
MEXICO CITY — A Mexican journalist exiled in Southern California receives a threatening message from an organized-crime boss. A reporter investigating clandestine timber-harvesting in a Mexican forest encounters a masked...
Hurricane Milton cuts a path of destruction as Florida braces for a grim aftermath
OCALA, Fla. — Hurricane Milton roared into Florida, leaving a path of destruction and fears of major damage and loss of life.Milton hit the west Florida coast Wednesday night...
