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Vice President Kamala Harris is leading former President Donald Trump by eight percentage points among likely voters in Virginia, a state the Trump campaign has been looking to flip red after losing in 2016 and 2020.The latest Washington Post-Schar School poll, released Tuesday, before the two candidates debated in Philadelphia, showed Harris leading Trump by 50% to 42% in the Old Dominion State with a margin of error of plus or minus 3.5 percentage points.The poll underscores a significant turnaround to the top of the Democratic ticket in Virginia since Harris dramatically replaced President Biden as her party’s nominee. FOX NEWS POLL:

Former President Donald Trump’s top allies are rushing to declare victory after his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris on Tuesday night.GOP lawmakers are touting a Trump win even as they criticize ABC News moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis for their handling of the debate, accusing them of acting with bias against the ex-president."President Trump delivered a powerful America First message directly to the American people focusing on reining in inflation and strengthening our economy, securing our border, and peace through strength foreign policy," House GOP Conference Chairwoman Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., said in a statement at the tail end

A federal judge on Tuesday ruled that a lawsuit calling for changes to how police in Washington, D.C., handle mental health crises can move forward, rejecting the district's efforts to dismiss the case.Bread For The City, a nonprofit that provides food, legal help, and resources for people in D.C., sued the district over claims that its police response to mental health crises often worsens situations.The American Civil Liberties Union filed the lawsuit on behalf of the nonprofit in July 2023, accusing D.C. of violating the federal Americans with Disabilities Act. The ACLU said on social media that the ruling is

The pandemic’s negative effects on kids and teens — academically, socially and otherwise — have been shown in numerous studies, and now the latest long-term effect appears to be accelerated aging of young brains.A team of researchers at the University of Washington studied 160 teens between the ages of 9 and 17. They had gathered data in 2018 for a different study on changes in brain structure during adolescence, but the COVID pandemic interrupted that research."Once the pandemic was underway, we started to think about which brain measures would allow us to estimate what the pandemic lockdown had done to

A group of demonstrators held a protest in Washington, D.C., Tuesday night over a recent fatal police shooting of a man in the southeast part of the district.This comes after 26-year-old Justin Robinson, a member of the D.C. violence interruption program called Cure the Streets, was shot and killed by police officers earlier this month at a McDonald's on Marion Barry Avenue.Cure the Streets is a pilot public safety program launched by the Office of the Attorney General of D.C. that seeks to reduce gun violence.5 SUSPECTS DETAINED IN WASHINGTON, DC AFTER RAMPANT BURGLARIES THROUGHOUT THE DISTRICT OVERNIGHTThe Metropolitan Police

The biggest loser in the first (and likely only) presidential debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump was ABC News, which hosted the face-off. The moderators, David Muir and Linsey Davis, embarrassed themselves and their network by, among other things, fact-checking Trump in real time on more than one occasion – sometimes incorrectly – while allowing Harris to spout serial lies and distortions. Social media blew up early on in the debate with commentators on the right, in particular, calling Tuesday night’s face-off the worst and most one-sided debate in history. IN THE TRUMP-HARRIS FACE-OFF THERE WAS A

Democratic elected officials and political operatives heaped praise on Vice President Kamala Harris for her debate performance against former President Donald Trump on Tuesday evening. "America got to see tonight the leader I’ve been proud to work alongside for three and a half years. Wasn’t even close. VP Harris proved she’s the best choice to lead our nation forward. We’re not going back," President Biden posted on X early Wednesday morning after the debate wrapped up. "Well, that was a knockout. I'm looking forward to seeing how Republicans try to spin this one," Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer posted to X in

Former President Trump reacted to his performance at the ABC News Presidential Debate late Tuesday night on "Hannity," saying he believes it was his "best debate ever.""I thought it was really good. We had three against one, but I anticipated it," he said, referring to debate moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis, who at times fact-checked and pressed the former president on his answers.ABC DEBATE MODERATORS SPARK FURY FOR AGGRESSIVE FACT-CHECKING OF TRUMP, EASY TREATMENT OF HARRISDavis asked Trump a question about his stance on abortion, and he claimed some states allow abortion in the ninth month of a pregnancy."They

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to defy the Biden administration after a federal agency instructed him to remove what was built on an island local officials said has become a hot spot for Mexican drug cartels. In a letter Monday to President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, Abbott said the U.S. Section of the International Boundary and Water Commission (USIBWC) told the Texas General Land Office (GLO) to restore Fronton Island to "pre-construction conditions." Fronton Island sits on the border between the U.S. and Mexico on the Rio Grande. The 170-acre island has seen an assortment of cartel activity, including