Vice President Harris on Wednesday sparred at length with Fox News anchor Bret Baier over immigration in a rare sit down with the network. Baier opened the interview by asking Harris how many immigrants had crossed the southern border during the Biden administration. As Harris acknowledged immigration was “a topic of discussion that people want to rightly have,” Baier interjected to note it was roughly 6 million people. Baier then pressed Harris on the Biden administration’s decision to end a...

Vice President Kamala Harris weighed in on why her economic plan is stronger than Donald Trump's – despite the public's trust in the former president's record – during her first exclusive Fox News interview since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee. "I'm offering a plan to deal with what we need to do to strengthen small businesses, which are the backbone of America's economy. I am offering a plan that is about taking care of young parents and giving them the support they need," Harris...

Donald Trump—who has a long, documented history of bigotry—told Black and Hispanic people on Tuesday that they should have their heads “examined” for supporting Kamala Harris. Speaking at a rally in Atlanta, the ex-president told the crowd: “Any African American or Hispanic…that votes for Kamala, you got to have your head examined. Because they are really screwing you.” It’s a line that Trump has previously used against Jewish people, having declared in April that “any Jewish person that votes...

Vice President Kamala Harris, who is registered to vote in California, said Wednesday that she still needs to take a look at Proposition 36, a tough-on-crime measure on California’s Nov. 5 ballot that would reverse some progressive criminal justice reforms voters approved a decade ago. “I’ve not voted yet and I’ve actually not read it yet,” Harris told reporters ahead of a flight from Detroit to New Jersey, in response to...

Deere & Co. is laying off an additional nearly 300 people in Iowa and Illinois as demand for farm equipment slows from the peak production of recent years. It’s the latest round of layoffs this year for the world’s top agricultural machinery maker, after it slashed its annual earnings outlook in May. An expansion in crop supplies this year has pressured grain prices, leaving farmers with less to spend on new gear.

U.S. stocks rebounded Wednesday, buoyed by strong earnings from Morgan Stanley, United Airlines, and others, which helped to offset recent losses in technology shares. U.S.: Markets stabilize as corporate earnings fuel optimism The S&P 500 gained 0.47%, recovering somewhat from Tuesday’s slump, while the Dow Jones added 0.79%. Nvidia shares rose 3.1%, after a sharp decline the previous day. U.S. markets had seen a dip earlier this week due to a warning from ASML about weakness in the...

The Islamic State militant group is capitalizing on widespread unrest and flaring tensions over major conflicts, including those raging in Ukraine and the Gaza Strip, to pave the way for new, deadly attacks across the globe, an intelligence analyst told Newsweek. The once-sprawling caliphate declared over a decade ago by the Islamic State (referred to as ISIS or IS) was largely defeated in Iraq and Syria by 2019 at the hands of an array of campaigns waged by local forces and international...

Oct 16 (Reuters) - Moderna (MRNA.O) was hit with a new patent lawsuit on Wednesday in Delaware federal court from Northwestern University, which accused the company of misusing the school's innovations to develop its blockbuster COVID-19 vaccine Spikevax. The lawsuit said Moderna uses Northwestern-developed lipid nanoparticle (LNP) technology without a license in Spikevax shots to transport fragile messenger RNA into the human body. A Moderna spokesperson said the company was aware of the...

One of several Venezuelan migrants accused of participating in a street brawl with two New York City police officers earlier this year has been arrested by immigration authorities after the city honored a detainer request, a move contrary to New York's sanctuary city policies. Darwin Andres Gomez-Izquiel, 19, was arrested upon being released from local custody. The arrest was made after the New York City Department of Corrections honored a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainer...

Lebanon condemned a series of Israeli airstrikes in Nabatieh that killed the mayor and 15 others as they held a daily meeting on emergency relief over the intense bombing campaign, officials said. Lebanese caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati said Mayor Ahmad Kahil and his colleague were slain after Israel “deliberately targeted a meeting of the municipal council that was discussing the city’s services and relief situation.” “This attack follows other incidents in which civilians and civilian...