Current:Home > FinanceThe Latest: Trio of crises loom over final the campaign’s final stretch -ProfitQuest Academy
The Latest: Trio of crises loom over final the campaign’s final stretch
View
Date:2025-04-18 16:49:21
In a debate that evoked a calmer era in American politics, Tim Walz and JD Vance went after each other’s running mates Tuesday and sought to shore up their campaigns’ vulnerabilities at a time of renewed fears of a regional war in the Middle East and sadness over devastation from Hurricane Helene.
Meanwhile, those new trials — along with a dockworkers strike that threatens the U.S. economy — are looming over the final weeks of the presidential campaign and could help shape the public mood as voters decide between Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump.
Follow the AP’s Election 2024 coverage at: https://apnews.com/hub/election-2024.
Here’s the latest:
Harris and Biden are fanning out across the Southeast amid Helene’s devastation
Over the past four years, President Joe Biden has jetted off to survey damage and console victims after tornadoes, wildfires and tropical storms. It’s not a role Kamala Harris has played as vice president.
But on Wednesday, they’ll both fan out across the Southeast to grapple with the damage from Hurricane Helene, seeking to demonstrate commitment and competence in helping devastated communities after Donald Trump’s false claims about their administration’s response. Biden is heading to North and South Carolina, while Harris is going to Georgia.
Harris’ stop will also serve as a political test in the midst of a humanitarian crisis. She’s trying to step into the role for which Biden is best known — showing the empathy Americans expect in times of tragedy — in the closing stretch of her campaign for president.
Pennsylvania town grapples with Trump assassination attempt ahead of his return
Former President Donald Trump is going back to Butler, Pennsylvania, where the world saw him pump his fist and beseech followers to “fight,” even as blood streaked his face from a would-be assassin’s bullet.
In announcing his return, the current Republican nominee said he planned to “celebrate a unifying vision for America’s future in an event like the world has never seen before.”
The question is: Is Butler ready?
While many are predicting a large crowd to hear Trump speak back at the very Farm Show property where a bullet grazed his right ear on July 13, there’s also apprehension in town, along with a sense that Butler is still healing.
veryGood! (516)
Related
- Why members of two of EPA's influential science advisory committees were let go
- Michigan newlyweds are charged after groomsman is struck and killed by SUV
- Divorce rates are trickier to pin down than you may think. Here's why.
- Human remains believed to be hundreds of years old found on shores of Minnesota lake
- Jorge Ramos reveals his final day with 'Noticiero Univision': 'It's been quite a ride'
- A Legionnaire’s disease outbreak has killed 3 at an assisted living facility
- Chiefs hold off Ravens 27-20 when review overturns a TD on final play of NFL’s season opener
- A woman pleads guilty to trying to bribe a juror in a major COVID-related fraud case
- Mets have visions of grandeur, and a dynasty, with Juan Soto as major catalyst
- Rare but deadly mosquito disease has New England hotspots warning against going out at night
Ranking
- DeepSeek: Did a little known Chinese startup cause a 'Sputnik moment' for AI?
- Federal judge asked to give preliminary OK to $2.78 billion settlement of NCAA antitrust claims
- JD Vance says school shootings are a ‘fact of life,’ calls for better security
- 'Bachelorette' Jenn Tran addresses finale debacle: 'My heart is heavy grieving'
- From family road trips to travel woes: Americans are navigating skyrocketing holiday costs
- Caity Simmers, an 18-year-old surfing phenom, could pry record from all-time great
- California schools release a blizzard of data, and that’s why parents can’t make sense of it
- A Christian school appeals its ban on competing after it objected to a transgender player
Recommendation
Trump suggestion that Egypt, Jordan absorb Palestinians from Gaza draws rejections, confusion
FBI received tips about online threats involving suspected Georgia shooter | The Excerpt
Rapper Rich Homie Quan Dead at 34
No charges for Nebraska officer who killed a man while serving a no-knock warrant
Jamie Foxx reps say actor was hit in face by a glass at birthday dinner, needed stitches
Kylie Jenner Gives Nod to Her “King Kylie” Era With Blue Hair Transformation
Inside Katy Perry's Dramatic Path to Forever With Orlando Bloom
Will Taylor Swift show up for Chiefs’ season opener against the Ravens on Thursday night?