Trump Campaign Responds to Reports of Altercation at Arlington National Cemetery

Officials at the cemetery said an incident took place. Former President Donald Trump’s campaign is denying reports of an altercation between campaign staffers and an official at Arlington National Cemetery. Citing unnamed sources, several news outlets reported that after Trump participated in an Aug. 26 wreath-laying ceremony at the Virginia military cemetery, staffers pushed the

Parents’ Mental Health Is Suffering, Surgeon General Warns

Parents are more likely to report high levels of stress than other adults, research shows. Parents’ mental health and wellbeing is suffering more than that of other adults under the weight of economic and societal pressures, Surgeon General Vivek Murthy warned in an advisory published on Aug. 27. The advisory notes that age-old worries parents

US Aid Agency Advised Against US Pier for Gaza Supplies: Watchdog Report

The makeshift Gaza aid pier encountered many weather and security challenges that government officials had warned about before the mission began. President Joe Biden pushed for a maritime route to deliver humanitarian supplies to the Gaza Strip over the objections of U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) officials, a new government watchdog report concluded. The

US, China Planning for Next Leaders’ Call in ‘Coming Weeks:’ White House

The current visit by Biden’s top aide to China is meant to maintain open lines of communication, the White House said. President Joe Biden and Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping will speak in the “coming weeks,” the White House said, following two days of talks in China between national security adviser Jake Sullivan

White House to Host Families of Overdose Victims Amid Awareness Week

President Joe Biden has declared Aug. 25 through Aug. 31 as ‘Overdose Awareness Week.’ The White House said on Tuesday that it will host families of overdose victims and advocates from across the United States as part of the Biden administration’s efforts to address the overdose epidemic. The meeting, slated to be held on Aug.

Vance Taps Into Voter Frustration Over Proposed Chinese Battery Plant

BIG RAPIDS, Mich.—Vice presidential candidate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio), in a western Michigan rally on Aug. 27, criticized a controversial proposal to subsidize the construction of a Chinese-owned manufacturing plant in the region with U.S. tax dollars. Vance told approximately 1,000 attendees that the plan, supported by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation (MEDC), was a

Texas Conducts Raids on Several Democrats’ Homes in Election Fraud Investigation

Latino group accuses the state of playing politics aimed at suppressing votes. A Latino civil rights group is calling for a federal investigation into the Texas attorney general’s office for raiding the homes of several Democrats in the San Antonio area in connection with a vote harvesting investigation. Manuel Medina, chief of staff for Democrat