Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 10/07/2024 - 5:00am
OMAHA — Nonprofit executive Jasmine Harris, who has spent years helping Nebraskans re-enter society after serving their criminal sentence, is trying a second time to become Omaha’s mayor.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 10/07/2024 - 4:00am
Few people expected the campaign to elect the first woman president to spark a referendum on masculinity, but what it means to be a man has become “arguably the most dominant theme of this year’s elections,” according to MSNBC’s Ja'han Jones.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 10/07/2024 - 3:00am
WASHINGTON (AP) — The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign after the issue lingered on the margins for months.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 09/30/2024 - 7:00am
LINCOLN — Former President Donald Trump spoke by phone Wednesday with at least one of the two dozen Republican state senators who attended Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen’s winner-take-all meeting at the Governor’s Mansion.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 09/30/2024 - 6:00am
Ahead of Election Day, a new national survey shows most voters know little about the personal impacts of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which is set to expire at the end of 2025.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 09/30/2024 - 5:00am
Every campaign season brings renewed attention to the amount of money influencing American politics, and who is spending it, and for what purposes. In particular, people are concerned about what is called “dark money.” For instance, recent media coverage has pointed to escalating dark money spending on both the Democratic and Republican sides.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 09/30/2024 - 4:00am
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — President Joe Biden declared in his final address to the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday that the U.S. must not retreat from the world, as Israel and Hezbollah militants in Lebanon edged toward all-out war and Israel’s bloody operation against Hamas in Gaza neared the one-year mark.
Published by maggie@omahadai... on Mon, 09/30/2024 - 3:00am
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged to stop U.S. businesses from shipping jobs overseas and to take other countries’ jobs and factories by relying heavily on sweeping tariffs to boost auto manufacturing — despite warnings that domestic consumers would pay more and a lack of specifics about how his plans would work.