The pairing once would have been unthinkable.In Ripon, Wisconsin, the sentimental birthplace of the GOP, Kamala Harris hit the campaign trail with Liz Cheney on Thursday in what marked the vice president’s highest-profile attempt yet to woo non-MAGA Republicans.The California liberal and Wyoming conservative agree on little besides their view that...

A dockworkers strike that threatened the American supply chain weeks before an election is over just days after it began and before inflicting pain on consumers.The union that represents tens of thousands of East Coast dockworkers and the shipping industry reached a tentative agreement on wages and are extending an expired contract through Jan. 15,...

As the death toll from Hurricane Helene climbs across southern Appalachia, a painful truth has emerged from the devastation: The region wasn’t ready for the storm, despite being warned for years of potential catastrophic flooding.And it might not be ready for the next disaster, either.Few people in western North Carolina have flood insurance, leaving...

In the aftermath of Hurricane Helene, former President Donald Trump has blasted the Biden administration for its handling of the disaster — going so far as to accuse Democratic leaders of ignoring the needs of Republican storm victims.But a review of Trump’s record by POLITICO’s E&E News and interviews with two former Trump White House officials...

MIAMI — President Joe Biden touched down on Thursday in Florida’s state capital, less than a week after Tallahassee narrowly avoided a direct hit from Hurricane Helene that ravaged nearby coastal counties.And Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis was 300 miles away.As Biden was deboarding Air Force One in Tallahassee, DeSantis was holding a press conference at...

Vice President Kamala Harris suffered a blow Thursday as the union representing more than 300,000 career firefighters and emergency responders declined to make a presidential endorsement, two weeks after the International Brotherhood of Teamsters made a similar decision.Leaders of the International Association of Fire Fighters gathered this week and...