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KYIV, Ukraine — North Korean troops recently deployed to help Russia in its war with Ukraine have come under Ukrainian fire, a Kyiv official said Tuesday. It is the first time a Ukrainian official has said that Pyongyang’s units were struck, following a deployment that has given the war a new complexion as it approaches its 1,000-day milestone. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] “The first North Korean troops have already been shelled, in the Kursk region,” Andrii Kovalenko, the head of the counter-disinformation branch of Ukraine’s Security Council, wrote on Telegram.

Americans will head to the polls today to cast their ballots for the next President—along with candidates for a wide range of other federal, state, and local offices. Tens of millions of ballots have already been cast. The polling averages have been steady, showing the presidential race between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump locked in a near tie. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] The outcome hinges on seven battleground states: Michigan, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, and North Carolina.

My grandmother used to live in an all-brown house in upstate New York. The living room was brown, the bathroom was brown, the bedroom was brown. It was brown because my grandfather decided things, and brown paint was on sale. My grandmother remembers wearing gloves to go to the bank to write a check in the 1950s, and being asked if she was married before she could access the account.

THULASENDRAPURAM, India — The temple reverberated with rhythmic Sanskrit and Tamil hymns, as a Hindu priest held a flame before the god. As this tiny South Indian village gathered to pray for Kamala Harris, a gaggle of reporters jostled for space and camera angles. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] There’s little to distinguish the village of Thulasendrapuram from any other rural community in Tamil Nadu, except its connection to a woman who could become America’s first leader with South Asian roots. As millions of Americans vote, Harris has people rooting for her from thousands of miles away in a village surrounded by rice paddies and coconut trees, where her mother’s family has ancestral ties.

On January 20, 2025, the President-elect is expected to follow a tradition: to have coffee at the White House with the outgoing President before riding in a motorcade down Pennsylvania Avenue for the inaugural ceremony at noon. If that person is Donald Trump, there will be a mass of MAGA diehards assembled on the National Mall with their own expectations: that he deliver on his campaign pledge to smash our system of government and upend Official Washington. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] This scenario was hardly conceivable four years ago, when Trump refused to attend Joe Biden’s inauguration after inciting a mob to attack the U.

Whether Democratic candidate Vice President Kamala Harris or her Republican challenger former President Donald Trump is elected the 47th President of the United States is widely expected to come down to seven key swing states—Pennsylvania, Georgia, North Carolina, Michigan, Arizona, Wisconsin, and Nevada—as Harris and Trump race to the magic number of 270 electoral votes (a simple majority) in the Electoral College. Read More: Your Vote Is Safe As polls close across the country on Tuesday, Nov.