President Joe Biden on Thursday criticized the assassination of Hamas political leader Ismail Haniyeh for setting back ceasefire talks between Israel and the terrorist group amid growing concerns of the war spilling over into a wider regional conflict. The Wednesday assassination of Haniyeh in the Iranian capital of Tehran “doesn’t help” negotiations on a hostage-ceasefire
Former President Donald Trump is promising to eliminate taxes on Social Security, a vow aimed squarely at the 67 million Americans who receive monthly benefit checks from the retirement and disability program. “Seniors should not pay taxes on Social Security and they won’t,” Trump said at a Wednesday campaign rally in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Such a
‘Seniors should not pay tax on Social Security,’ the former president said, debuting the policy proposal for the first time. Former President Donald Trump this week debuted the idea of seniors not having to pay taxes on their Social Security benefits, as he seeks to secure more voters with fewer than 100 days left before
Biden ‘understands the strength that rests in understanding the significance of diplomacy,’ veep says Kamala Harris’s campaign took a page out of the Biden White House playbook on Friday, issuing an edited transcript that cleaned up a bizarre comment in which Harris lauded Joe Biden as “a president who understands the power of diplomacy and
NEW YORK (Reuters)—U.S. job growth slowed more than expected in July, while the unemployment rate increased to 4.3%, stoking fears that the labor market is deteriorating and making the economy vulnerable to a recession. Employers added 114,000 jobs, below expectations for an 175,000 increase. The unemployment rate rose to 4.3%, above economists expectations that it
Washington — Vice President Kamala Harris brought in $310 million in July, her presidential campaign said Friday, more than doubling the amount former President Donald Trump says he raised last month. Harris’ campaign officially launched July 21, just after President Biden announced his decision to forego his bid for reelection. In the seven days that
As Harris’s national security adviser, Phil Gordon brings a ton of experience to the job—and none of it good. L: (Montinique Monroe/Getty Images) R: Philip H. Gordon (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for HBO) Just after meeting with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu last week, Vice President Kamala Harris lamented “the images of dead children and desperate, hungry