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In a fresh broadside against one of the world’s most popular technology companies, the Justice Department has accused TikTok of harnessing the capability to gather bulk information on users based on views on divisive social issues like gun control, abo...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, called on Oakland officials Friday to amend an "extreme" policy that generally only allows police to chase suspected criminals in cases of "violent forcible crimes."

The governor sent a letter to Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao, the Oakland City Council and the Oakland Police Commission urging them to reconsider the Oakland Police Department (OPD) policy that limits officers' ability to pursue suspects.

"Although some California jurisdictions allow vehicle pursuits for only certain crimes (e.g., felonies), Oakland...

Former President Donald J. Trump sharpened his attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday, accusing her of wanting to impose left-wing values on the nation, painting her as overly liberal on immigration and abortion and calling her a “bum” in a speech to a gathering of religious conservatives.

Speaking at the Believers Summit, a faith-focused conference hosted by the conservative advocacy group Turning Point Action in West Palm Beach, Fla., Mr. Trump invoked the specter of San Francisco — a liberal city long used as shorthand by...

A missing piece of Democratic support: Mr. Obama, who has positioned himself as an impartial Democratic elder since he left office, had been in touch with Ms. Harris in the days since she emerged as the top Democrat to replace President Biden as the party’s presidential nominee. In a video of a phone call released by the Harris campaign on Friday, Mr. Obama and his wife, Michelle, sounded like parents in a Lifetime movie talking to their child at summer camp.

Childless cat ladies: Kerstin Emhoff, the mother of Ms. Harris’s stepchildren, joined the...

Thousands more passengers could face delays or cancellations after an arson attack on France's train network on Friday.

South Korea said it would request a meeting with International Olympic Committee Chairman Thomas Bach.

A plane crash in northeastern Wyoming has caused an unspecified number of fatalities and sparked a wildfire

Utah officials have denied clemency to a man who is set to be executed for the 1998 killing of his girlfriend’s mother

Two U.S. senators are calling on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate automakers selling customers’ driving data to brokers who package it and then sell it to insurance companies

Former President Donald Trump announced to a crowd Friday night he "just took off the last bandage" on his ear after his assassination attempt nearly two weeks prior.The "Believer's Summit," hosted by Turning Point Action in West Palm Beach, focused on reaching voters of faith. Dr. Ben Carson, former HUD Secretary, preceded the former president.TOP DEMOCRATIC SUPER PAC LAUNCHES MASSIVE $50M AD SPEND FOR HARRIS LEADING UP TO DNC"And we want to thank each and every one of the believers in this room for your prayers and your incredible support. I really...

Vice President Kamala Harris no longer supports a fracking ban, in a change in her stance during the last presidential election, her campaign said on Friday, according to a report.

Before she dropped her bid for president in 2019 and joined President Biden’s ticket, she said in a CNN town hall "there’s no question I’m in favor of banning fracking."

"And starting with what we can do on day one around public lands, right?" she continued. "And then there has to be legislation, but, yes, that’s something I’ve taken on in California. I have a history of working on this issue and to your point we have to just acknowledge that the residual impact of fracking is enormous in terms of the health and safety of communities."

Harris also cosponsored the

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An assassination attempt against a former president and an incumbent drops out - the last few weeks have been unprecedented.

The FBI said Friday that a bullet struck Donald Trump's ear during an assassination attempt on the former president this month at a campaign rally after the bureau’s director suggested to Congress that it could have been shrapnel.

“What struck former President Trump in the ear was a bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces, fired from the deceased subject’s rifle," the FBI said in a statement.

The statement comes two days after FBI Director Christopher Wray, whom Trump nominated to his post in 2017, told House lawmakers that "there’s...

The F.B.I. said on Friday that Donald J. Trump had been struck by a “bullet, whether whole or fragmented into smaller pieces,” providing the most definitive explanation to date about what injured the former president’s ear during an assassination attempt this month.

Ambiguity about Mr. Trump’s injury turned into a political firestorm as the former president and his political allies attacked the F.B.I. director, Christopher A. Wray, for comments he made on Wednesday before Congress.

“With respect to former President Trump, there’s some question...