In the days since JD Vance was named the Republican vice-presidential nominee, he’s been under fire for previously calling Democrats such as Vice President Harris “a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable” — including from some conservatives who ...

In every presidential election, Democrats and Republicans lob charges and claims about the venerable old-age programs Social Security and Medicare. Older Americans are more reliable voters, and these types of attacks — which at The Fact Checker we call “Mediscare” ...

After Black Women for Harris and White Women for Harris, it was the turn of “White Dudes for Harris” — where almost 200,000 people, including the actor who plays “The Dude” himself, helped raise over $4 million during a fundraising ...

Thomas Matthew Crooks paused shooting at former president Donald Trump after a local law enforcement officer assigned to a SWAT team returned fire, and Crooks did not shoot again before he was killed by a Secret Service countersniper, according to ...

Protests broke out in several Venezuelan cities on Monday after authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro was formally declared a winner by the county’s electoral authority in a presidential race marred by accusations of electoral fraud. In the capital of Caracas, protesters ...

The video is as triumphant as it is gruesome. Rebel fighters, rifles slung over their shoulders, step among more than a dozen bodies strewn across the sand and rocks. Off camera, the pop of gunshots can be heard. The scene is ...

According to a statement from the Haitian National Police and the Multinational Security Support (MSS), a Kenyan-led security force, those final shots were troops firing their weapons as the prime minister was leaving to “provide cover.” Afterward, the national police ...

At least 43 people have died following major landslides in the southern Indian state of Kerala, officials said Tuesday. “We don’t know if people have been washed away in the river but we are doing our best to rescue people. ...

Venezuelans across the country took to the streets on Monday to protest a disputed election, clashing with police as uncertainty swirls around the results amid allegations of election fraud. The election on Sunday was the most consequential one in years, ...

Taylor Swift has said she is “completely in shock” after a stabbing attack at a dance class celebrating the US singer’s music in Southport, England left two children dead and others injured. The singer wrote on Instagram that “the horror ...