A roaring crowd of battleground state voters greeted Vice President Kamala Harris in Wisconsin as she opened her Democratic political case against Republican former President Donald Trump. In her first rally since locking up the presidential nomination, she said Tuesday that in the November election against Trump, “it's a choice between freedom and chaos.” In Washington, congressional Democratic leaders Charles Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Vice President Harris, capping their party’s swift embrace of her 2024 candidacy. Two days after President Joe Biden dropped his reelection bid and as the Democratic Party coalesces around Harris, she traveled to Milwaukee on Tuesday. She has raised more than $100 million since Sunday afternoon. Read moreHarris tells roaring Wisconsin crowd November election is 'a choice between freedom and chaos'

U.S. airline regulators have opened an investigation into Delta Air Lines, which is still struggling to restore operations on Tuesday, more than four full days after a faulty software update caused technological havoc worldwide and disrupted global air travel. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg announced the Delta investigation on the X social media platform Tuesday morning “to ensure the airline is following the law and taking care of its passengers during continued widespread disruptions.” By midday Tuesday on the U.S. East Coast, Delta and its Delta Connection partners had canceled nearly 500 flights, or about two-thirds of all cancellations in the United States. Read moreUS is investigating Delta's flight cancellations and faltering response to global tech outage

Multiple wildfires in the Canadian Rockies’ largest national park have sent up to 25,000 visitors and residents fleeing west over the last open mountain road. They navigated through darkness and soot early Tuesday following a government alert during the area’s busiest tourist time of the year. Hundreds of wildfires are burning in western Canada, and those fleeing Jasper National Park and Jasper town in Alberta province were given the unusual order later Tuesday to make a vast U-turn east if they needed a place to stay. That's because to the west, British Columbia province already has more than 300 wildfires of its own. Read moreWildfires send about 25,000 fleeing from Canadian Rockies’ largest national park and nearby town

In her first rally as a presidential candidate, Vice President Kamala Harris Harris is framing the race with Donald Trump as a choice between “freedom” and “chaos.” Democratic leaders Charles Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries endorsed Harris on Tuesday, capping off their party’s swift embrace of her 2024 candidacy. Meanwhile, Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle stepped down from her job following the assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump. Cheatle had been facing growing calls to resign and several investigations into how the shooter was able to get so close to the Republican presidential nominee. Read more2024 Election Latest: Kamala Harris kicks off campaign for president with a rally in Wisconsin

Golden fields of wheat no longer produce the bounty they once did in Morocco. A six-year drought has imperiled the country’s entire agriculture sector, including farmers who grow cereals and grains used to feed humans and animals. The North African nation projects this year’s harvest will be smaller than last year in both volume and acreage, putting farmers out of work, requiring more imports and raising the price of flour for everyday consumers. It's one place in which climate change is wreaking havoc and presenting new political, economic and social problems. Read moreClimate change imperils drought-stricken Morocco’s cereal farmers and its food supply

Comments Donald Trump’s running mate JD Vance made in 2021 questioning Vice President Kamala Harris’ leadership because she did not have biological children have resurfaced. It's testing Vance in his early days campaigning as part of Republicans' presidential ticket. During Vance’s Senate bid, he referred to Democrats as "a bunch of childless cat ladies who are miserable at their own lives and the choices that they’ve made and so they want to make the rest of the country miserable, too.” He said that included Harris. Vance said, “How does it make any sense that we’ve turned our country over to people who don’t really have a direct stake in it?” Harris' campaign says that “every single American has a stake in this country’s future.” Read moreClip resurfaces of Vance criticizing Harris for being 'childless,' testing Trump's new running mate

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington this week is looming as a particularly fraught one between two allies. The Israeli leader is coming to address Congress on Wednesday at a moment of extreme political flux in the United States. Netanyahu also aims to speak with U.S. leaders who are wary of his record of interjecting himself in American politics. At stake in the visit are hopes for progress in U.S.-led efforts to mediate an end to the nine-month Israel-Hamas war. President Joe Biden and Netanyahu are expected to meet Thursday, according to a U.S. official who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of a White House announcement. Vice President Kamala Harris will also meet with Netanyahu separately that day. Read moreNetanyahu is in Washington at a fraught time for Israel and the US. What to know about his visit

President Joe Biden is now testing negative for COVID-19 prior to his Oval Office address to the nation. His doctor has released a statement on Tuesday saying his symptoms are resolved. The president is scheduled to return to the White House on Tuesday and address the nation from the Oval Office on Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET regarding his decision to drop his 2024 Democratic reelection bid. Biden posted on X that he’ll speak “on what lies ahead” and how he’ll “finish the job for the American people.” The president has not been seen publicly since July 17 but did call into a campaign meeting Monday to express support for Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid to replace him. Read moreBiden will address the nation Wednesday on his decision to drop his 2024 Democratic reelection bid

Southwest Airlines is under increased scrutiny by federal safety officials. The move comes after a series of recent incidents including planes flying too low over water and taking off from a closed runway. The Federal Aviation Administration said Tuesday it has increased its oversight of Dallas-based Southwest. Twice within recent weeks, Southwest jets have flown unusually low while still several miles away from airports where they intended to land. The FAA declined to provide details, but noted that it continually adjusts oversight of airlines based on risk. The FAA appears to be reacting to concern about airline safety since an unused exit blew off a Boeing 737 Max during an Alaska Airlines flight in January. Read moreFederal regulators are raising scrutiny of Southwest Airlines after a series of troubling incidents

Delegates to the Democratic National Convention are rallying behind Vice President Kamala Harris as the party's new presidential candidates. Since President Joe Biden dropped out his reelection bid Sunday, Harris already has amassed support from enough convention delegates to become her party's nominee against Republican Donald Trump. Some delegates surveyed by The Associated Press said they are now more enthusiastic about the presidential campaign. Delegates are to convene next month in Chicago for their convention. Michigan delegate David Coulter said he is fully behind Harris but still was “stunned by how quickly the party has circled around to support her.” Read moreDemocratic delegates cite new energy while rallying behind Kamala Harris for president

Major U.S. stock indexes on Wall Street are edging higher as earnings reporting season ramps up for big companies. The S&P 500 was up 0.1% Tuesday afternoon. The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 58 points, and the Nasdaq composite gained 0.1%. GE Aerospace was one of the strongest forces lifting the market after it reported stronger profit for the latest quarter than expected. Similar jumps for Danaher and others helped offset losses for UPS and Comcast. Big Tech companies Alphabet and Tesla will report their results after trading ends for the day. Treasury yields eased after a housing report showed more weakness than expected. Read moreStock market today: Major indexes on Wall Street edge higher as a torrent of earnings reports begins

Palestinian factions Hamas and Fatah have agreed to form a government together. The two groups made the announcement Tuesday in Beijing after China-sponsored talks. It was the latest attempt at resolving a longstanding rivalry that looms over any potential vision for the rule of Gaza after the war with Israel. Previous similar declarations have failed, raising doubts about whether the negotiations in China might lead to reconciliation. Hamas has ruled the Gaza Strip for 17 years. Fatah is the main force in the U.S.-backed Palestinian Authority that administers parts of the occupied West Bank. The two groups gave no details on how or when the government would be formed. Read moreRivals Hamas and Fatah sign a declaration to form a future government as war rages in Gaza

Croatian police say a suspected gunman in a mass shooting in a nursing home in Croatia is facing 11 criminal charges after he was accused of killing six people, including his own mother, and wounding as many more. The mass killing stunned Daruvar, a spa town of some 8,500 people in central Croatia and sent shock waves throughout the European Union country. Such shootings are rare despite many weapons left over from war in the 1990s. The police charges are the first step in criminal proceedings. Prosecutors are yet to open a formal investigation before filing charges that could lead to a trial. Read moreSuspected gunman in Croatia nursing home killings charged on 11 counts, including murder

Darren Walker, the outgoing president of the Ford Foundation, has had a far-reaching and profound impact on the philanthropic sector. It’s a rare feat, especially for someone who is not themselves among the wealthiest donors like Bill Gates or MacKenzie Scott. Walker will step down from the foundation by the end of 2025. Speaking to The Associated Press on Tuesday, he said he was humbled, grateful and a little tired from fielding phone calls since the announcement. During his tenure, Walker helped reconcile the foundation with members of the Ford family, whose fortune funded it, and refocused the foundation’s grantmaking on inequality. Read moreDarren Walker's Ford Foundation legacy reached far beyond its walls