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The Los Angeles Times newspaper headquarters in El Segundo, California.
WORLD
Oct 25, 2024
LA Times editorial chief quits after Harris column quashed
A spokesperson for the Times said the newspaper wouldn’t comment on internal discussions
Kamala Harris speaks during a CNN Town Hall in Pennsylvania on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 24, 2024
Harris calls Trump a fascist in bid to sharpen 2024 contrast
The town hall comes amid a frenzied media and campaign blitz less than two weeks before Election Day.
Trump has threatened blanket 60% tariffs on China, forcing some companies to consider shifting their supply chains to Southeast Asia.
BUSINESS
Oct 23, 2024
China's exporters run for cover as U.S. election nears
A Trump trade war 2.0 would be a moment of reckoning for many Chinese exporters, whose profits are dwindling under heavy deflationary pressure.
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the Detroit Economic Club in Detroit, Michigan, on Oct. 10.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 23, 2024
U.S. Republicans press ahead in bid to block some overseas ballots
As many as 1.6 million Americans living overseas, including U.S. military members and their families, are eligible to cast ballots in the seven swing states.
Democratic presidential nominee and U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris and Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump are seen in a combination of file photographs taken in Chandler, Arizona, on Oct. 10 and in Evans, Georgia, on Oct. 4.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2024
Harris and Trump pick up the pace two weeks before Election Day
The frenzied campaign schedules of both candidates underlining the importance of small pockets of voters in the U.S. who could put either over the top.
An attendee walks past a picture of Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump holding a gun and the words "Merry MAGA you filthy animal!" at the Rod of Iron Freedom Festival, which the organizers call "the largest open carry rally in America," in Greeley, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 12.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2024
New cases of political violence roil U.S. before contentious election
There have been at least 300 cases of political violence since Donald Trump’s supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk speaks during a town hall event hosted by America PAC in support of former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Oaks, Pennsylvania, on Friday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 22, 2024
Elon Musk's $1 million election giveaway tests limits of election law
Musk's America PAC seeks to play a major role in helping mobilize and register voters in battleground states that could decide the election.
Having learned from the experience of losing in the last election and from actions taken by similar movements elsewhere, another Trump administration would be far more effective at wielding — and maintaining — power.
COMMENTARY / World
Oct 21, 2024
Why another Trump term would be worse than the first
A political movement with autocratic tendencies often becomes more ruthless and effective after experiencing electoral defeat.
Tesla CEO and X owner Elon Musk, who supports Republican presidential nominee former U.S. President Donald Trump, speaks about voting during an America PAC Town Hall in Folsom, Pennsylvania, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 21, 2024
Elon Musk's daily $1 million payouts at Trump rally draw legal scrutiny
Musk has supplied at least $75 million to America PAC so far, according to federal disclosures, making him a crucial part of Trump's bid to regain the White House.
Feminist Women's Health Center employees Sincere Porter, Naomi Desta-Bell, Habeebah Yasin and Kwajelyn Jackson following a vigil and rally for abortion rights and in response to the deaths of Amber Nicole Thurman and Candi Miller, who died of complications during pregnancy, in Atlanta on Sept. 28.
WORLD / Society
Oct 20, 2024
Advocates hope U.S. election will mark turning point for Black maternal health
Such concerns go beyond abortion rights, an issue that has galvanized women since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the constitutional right to an abortion in 2022.
People load a bus heading to the Manzanar War Relocation Center in California, in this 1943 handout photo.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 19, 2024
Trump compares jailed Capitol rioters to WWII Japanese internment
The former U.S. president's comments were met with widespread criticism from Japanese American groups and others.
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Huntington Place in Detroit on Friday.
WORLD / Politics / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2024
U.S. cities seek to 'Trump-proof' inequality action ahead of election
After the pandemic and protests following the death of George Floyd in 2020, racial and economic inequality moved to the center of federal policymaking.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with U.S. President Joe Biden at the White House in Washington on July 25.
WORLD / FOCUS
Oct 19, 2024
With Sinwar dead, Israel aims to lock in strategic gains before U.S. election
Goals include reshaping the regional landscape in Israel's favor and shielding its borders from any future attacks, according to sources.
Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump attends a roundtable in Auburn Hills, Michigan, on Friday.
ASIA PACIFIC / Politics
Oct 19, 2024
Trump says he would impose tariffs on China if it were to 'go into Taiwan'
Asked if he would use military force against a blockade on Taiwan by China, Trump said it would not come to that because Xi Jinping respected him.
U.S. Vice President and Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaks during a campaign event at the Resch Expo Center in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Thursday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 18, 2024
Harris campaign shifts strategy as anxiety rises over Trump's gains
The Democratic nominee is in a statistical dead heat in crucial states with Donald Trump.
People prepare to vote at a polling station as Georgians turned out, a day after the battleground state opened early voting, in Atlanta, Georgia, on Wednesday.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 17, 2024
Georgia judge overturns changes to election rules by pro-Trump Republicans
The state is one of seven set to be closely contested and expected to determine the winner of the Nov. 5 presidential race.
Erika Worobec successfully sued to compel Washington County, Pennsylvania, officials to notify voters if their mail-in or absentee ballot had a clerical error.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 17, 2024
Ahead of U.S. election, Americans sue to ensure their votes count
Both the Democratic and Republican parties are fighting for every vote ahead of the Nov. 5 election.
Republican U.S. vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance speaks at Tucson Speedway in Tucson, Arizona, on Oct. 9
WORLD / Politics
Oct 17, 2024
JD Vance says Trump did not lose the 2020 U.S. election
In Pennsylvania, Vance said he was not espousing "some crazy conspiracy theory” in arguing Trump won.
Donald Trump (left) greets billionaire Elon Musk at a campaign rally for the former president, who is the Republican presidential nominee, in Butler, Pennsylvania, on Oct. 5.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2024
Elon Musk’s $75 million gift cements role as a top Trump donor
The Tesla and SpaceX chief executive officer made seven contributions between July 3 and Sept. 5, according to the Federal Election Commission.
Election workers oversee early voting at a polling station in Marietta, Georgia, on Oct. 15.
WORLD / Politics
Oct 16, 2024
Judge blocks Georgia rule to hand count 2024 election ballots
The judge sided with challengers who argued the election board risked introducing confusion and delays into the process.

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