Vice President Kamala Harris hopes her new ad targeting former President Trump will help net undecided Latino voters as it spotlights former Capitol Police Sgt. Aquilino Gonell, who was injured defending the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6.
Why it matters: A record 36.2 million U.S. Latinos are eligible to vote this year, and many live in key swing states, making them a crucial part of the electorate.
The U.S. confirmed Wednesday that North Korea has deployed troops to Russia, a significant development that could aid the Kremlin's forces in the war in Ukraine.
Why it matters: The deployment is the latest sign of a strengthening alliance between Moscow and Pyongyang, two of the U.S.'s staunchest foes.
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin confirmed Wednesday that the U.S. has evidence that North Korean troops are in Russia.
Why it matters: Austin's comments are the first official acknowledgment from the U.S. about the recent deployments to Russia, a significant development that Ukraine and South Korea previously warned about.
Vice President Kamala Harris is trying to retain the White House for the Democrats at a time when voters all over the world are throwing out their incumbents.
Why it matters: Harris could be swept out in the same tide of inflation-fueled economic angst that has doomed incumbents elsewhere. Or she could be saved by the relative buoyancy of the Biden-era U.S. economy — the envy of the world.
Fernando Valenzuela, a Mexican-born lefthanded pitcher who led the Dodgers to a World Series win over the New York Yankees and forever transformed the team's fanbase, died Tuesday. He was 63.
Driving the news: The Los Angeles Dodgers announced his death online, days after he stepped away from his duties as a Spanish-language broadcaster for the team with an undisclosed illness.
The Trump campaign accused the U.K.'s ruling Labour Party in a complaint to the Federal Elections Commission of "blatant foreign interference" in the U.S. presidential election.
The big picture: There's no evidence that the party has donated to the Harris campaign, but the complaint says those "searching for foreign interference in our elections need to look no further" than a Labour aide's social media post saying "nearly 100" current and former staffers were heading to battleground states.
The big picture: In a series of audio interviews with the NYT, Kelly raised concerns that Trump would rule like a dictator if elected next month, said he believes the GOP presidential nominee meets the definition of a fascist and claimed that he does not have an understanding of history or the Constitution.
Israel Defense Forces on Tuesday said it confirmed that the head of Hezbollah's executive committee Hashim Safi al-Din and chief of intelligence Hussein Hazimah were killed in an airstrike in Beirut three weeks ago.
Why it matters: Safi al-Din was the leading figure to succeed Hassan Nasrallah as Hezbollah's leader.
The Department of Justice on Tuesday charged an Iranian Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) official and several others over an alleged plot to assassinate Iranian American journalist and activist Masih Alinejad.
Why it matters: The charges are prosecutors' first attempt toimplicate a high-ranking Iranian official in the Revolutionary Guard in the murder-for-hire plot, the New York Times reported.
Child welfare advocates are pressuring New Mexico, which has the largest proportion of Latino residents nationwide, to create state-funded saving accounts for children born into poverty.
Why it matters: Roughly28% of New Mexico children under age 5, and a quarter of those under 18, live in poverty — while the official poverty level nationally is 11.1%.
State of play: Abouta quarter of U.S. states are debating or showing interest in a program to endow U.S. citizens with a grant worth thousands of dollars when they turn 18, according to the Harvard Kennedy School.
Proposals for so-called baby bonds have passed in Washington, D.C., Connecticut, and California and been introduced at the federal level and eight additional states.
1. Guatemalan journalist José Ruben Zamora has been released after more than 800 days behind bars on charges that international organizations say were trumped up.
Zamora had been in jail since 2022, accused of laundering money as publisher of elPeriódico, a newspaper that ran investigative stories about corruption in the former government. Zamora says the whole case is a reprisal for that work.
The new president, Bernardo Arévalo, was among those who'd been asking the courts to grant Zamora leniency given the irregularities of the 2023 trial, and a court finally ordered his release to house arrest this weekend and a retrial next year.
Rubén Romero showing his workshop and with a lookbook of jewelry he's made. Source: via Telemundo
A self-taughtjeweler, originally from Honduras, has made it big making pieces for reggaeton and rap stars.
State of play: Rubén Romero is behind items like rapper Lil' Wayne's grill teeth made of platinum, and necklaces made for Latino artists like Farruko.
Romero says he learned the trade by himself through books and through trial and error.
What they're saying: "Sometimes I'll see someone on TV wearing a piece from me, and it's awesome, even if they don't always know my handiwork was behind it," Romero tells Telemundo.
Cuban authorities are warning that people who protest due to a massive blackout will be prosecuted to "the full extent of the law."
Why it matters: President Miguel Díaz-Canel is trying to discourage mass protests like those seen in 2021, which were the largest in decades and resulted in hundreds of arrests, mostly on charges of disorderly conduct.
Child welfare advocates are pressuring New Mexico, which has the largest proportion of Latino residents nationwide, to create state-funded saving accounts for children born into poverty.
Why it matters: Roughly28% of New Mexico children under age 5, and a quarter of those under 18, live in poverty — while the official poverty level nationally is 11.1%.
A policy proposed by former President Trump to round up and deport undocumented immigrants — even if it requires using military-guarded encampments — has Americans divided, per a new survey.
Why it matters: The survey results comeas Trump is promising to carry out mass deportations using a 226-year-old law that allows the federal government to detain "enemy aliens" in times of war.
