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Ever since the assassination attempt at his rally in Pennsylvania, Donald Trump has professed a unique fondness for a bar chart he credits for saving his life. Trump was addressing the crowd in Butler about illegal immigration and reviewing a chart that detailed U. S.-Mexico border crossings during his administration and President Joe Biden’s term.

The nuclear threats from Russia have come hard and fast in recent days. In a Telegram post last month, one member of the Kremlin’s security council even named a specific target in the heart of Europe, along with the time it would take a Russian missile to deliver a warhead to that spot.

The early 20th century was constipation’s belle époque. Sales of purgatives, tonics, syrups and patent medicines like Carter’s Little Liver Pills went through the roof as ordinary people were encouraged to closely monitor the frequency and quality of their bowel movements. In Britain, the campaign against costiveness was spearheaded by a man named William Arbuthnot Lane, who spent much of his medical career popularising the idea that bodily health depended on the regular elimination of its waste.

The 2024 U. S. general election will give voters the chance to decide on not just the next President, but also members of Congress, ballot measures, state representatives, governors, and more. While Election Day is Nov. 5, some early voting has already started. Some states have enacted laws that could make voting more difficult in the 2024 election, according to the Brennan Center for Justice.

Vice President Kamala Harris will be joined on the campaign trail by former Republican Congresswoman Liz Cheney on Thursday, according to a senior Harris campaign official. The event in Ripon, Wis.—the town in which the Republican Party was formed in 1854—will be aimed at increasing support for Harris among disenchanted Republicans.

When Sajeeb Wazed Joy’s mom got into hot water, he did what many of us do these days: he messaged the family WhatsApp group. But the trouble in question wasn’t a parking fine or mystery ailment. Joy’s mother, Bangladesh’s Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina Wazed, was facing a popular uprising intent on forcing her ouster.