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Welcome to the permission-slip economy

WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris thinks U.S. Steel should not have the right to sell its business to Japan’s Nippon Steel. Previously, some Republican senators thought they too should have the ability to kill the deal between private companies. And it doesn’t stop there. During ...

Abortion, identity politics are Harris’s pathways to victory

WASHINGTON — Abortion is the Democrats’ kryptonite to the Republicans. It worked in 2022 and they feel they can do it again in 2024. Reproductive rights are not merely due to the health of the woman; they are largely due to the finances of the woman. Their target is the “Sallys” of ...

Almanac

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Monday, Sept. 9, the 253rd day of 2024. There are 113 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 9, 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the first civil rights bill to pass Congress since Reconstruction, a measure primarily ...

It’s not Bibi’s fault

WASHINGTON — President Biden says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is not doing enough to win the release of the remaining hostages held in Gaza by the terrorist group Hamas. As the saying goes “with friends like these, who needs enemies?” In his first statement since the ...

Key questions ahead of the Trump-Harris debate

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will debate for the first — and perhaps, last — time on Tuesday night as the presidential candidates fight to sway voters on the biggest stage in U.S. politics. The meeting comes just 75 days after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate ...

Almanac

By The Associated Press Today in History Today is Friday, Sept. 6, the 250th day of 2024. There are 116 days left in the year. Today in history: On Sept. 6, 1901, President William McKinley was shot and mortally wounded by anarchist Leon Czolgosz (CHAWL’-gawsh) at the Pan-American ...