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How to track your ballot and what to do if it’s been damaged
Gary Hershorn/ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Election officials in Vancouver, Washington, are encouraging voters to check the status of their absentee ballots after an arsonist lit a ballot drop box on fire on Monday morning, damaging [Read More…]
Fight intensifies over Florida ballot measure that would guarantee abortion rights up until fetal viability
Octavio Jones via Getty Images (TALLAHASSEE, F.L.) — In just one week, voters in Florida will head to the polls to decide whether to enshrine abortion rights in the Florida constitution, through a ballot measure [Read More…]
Harris to deliver ‘closing argument’ for 2024 election in remarks on DC’s Ellipse
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris is set to make her final case for her bid for the presidency on Washington, D.C.’s Ellipse on Tuesday where she is expected to give an [Read More…]
Trump proposes eliminating personal income taxes. How would that work?
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In recent campaign speeches, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly floated an eye-catching idea: the elimination of individual income taxes. The proposal follows a string of other tax cuts [Read More…]
Racist, crude comments at Trump’s Madison Square Garden rally overshadow his ‘closing argument’
Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former president Donald Trump’s rally at Madison Square Garden on Sunday was framed as his “closing argument” in his bid for the White House and as a [Read More…]
In upended Senate race, Nebraska independent Dan Osborn seeks to ‘challenge the system’
Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (LINCOLN, N.E.) — Over the past few weeks, independent Senate candidate Dan Osborn has shaken up what many thought was a predictable race in Nebraska. Partisan polls show [Read More…]
Mark Cuban says Trump ‘absolutely’ has ‘fascist tendencies’
Heidi Gutman/ABC (NEW YORK) — Billionaire entrepreneur and television personality Mark Cuban said former President Donald Trump “absolutely” has “fascist tendencies.” “Do I think that Donald Trump has fascist tendencies? Absolutely. Positively,” Cuban said. “I [Read More…]
Graham hits former generals’ criticism of Trump: ‘Trying to replace joy with fear’
ABC News (WASHINGTON) — Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., tore into a handful of retired military generals and ex-Trump administration officials for their increasingly visceral criticism of former President Donald Trump. Graham told ABC’s “This Week” [Read More…]
American Catholic voters present complex opportunities for Trump, Harris: Academics
Craig Hudson for The Washington Post via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Catholic voters have always been a key voting bloc in every presidential election, with candidates vying hard for their support. And this year, the [Read More…]
Trump pushes false election claims, ‘weaves’ from topics during Joe Rogan interview
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Former President Donald Trump used his appearance on “The Joe Rogan Experience” to push false claims about the 2020 election, bash his opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, and attack [Read More…]
Voter van makes casting a ballot easy for some Pennsylvania residents
ABCNews.com (MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Pa.) — With less than two weeks to Election Day, one Pennsylvania county has unveiled a new mobile voter services van that aims to make voting more accessible for residents. The van, [Read More…]
2024 election updates: Harris rips Trump over ‘garbage can’ comment on migrants
Photo Credit: Prince Williams/WireImage/James Devaney/GC Images (WASHINGTON) — The race for the White House remained essentially a dead heat on Friday — with 11 days to go until Election Day. Kamala Harris was headed to [Read More…]
Harris taps Beyoncé for Houston rally on reproductive rights
Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images (HOUSTON) –With only a little more than a week until Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris is stopping in Houston on Friday where she will give a speech on abortion rights with [Read More…]
Trump calls US ‘garbage can for the world’ in latest anti-immigrant rhetoric
Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images (ARIZONA) — Former President Donald Trump escalated his anti-immigrant rhetoric at a rally in battleground Arizona on Thursday, calling the United States a “garbage can for the world.” “We’re a [Read More…]
Biden apologizes for Native American children forced into federal boarding schools
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua (PHOENIX) — President Joe Biden in Arizona on Friday apologized to Native Americans for the federal government forcing their children into boarding schools where he said they were abused and deprived of their [Read More…]
2024 election updates: McConnell, Johnson rebuke Harris for calling Trump ‘fascist’
Photo Credit: Prince Williams/WireImage/James Devaney/GC Images (WASHINGTON) — The race for the White House remained essentially a dead heat on Friday — with 11 days to go until Election Day. Kamala Harris was headed to [Read More…]
Trump denies making positive comments about Hitler
ABC NEWS/MICHAEL LE BRECHT II (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is denying he praised Adolf Hitler as having done “some good things,” as his former chief of staff and retired Marine general John Kelly was reported [Read More…]
Biden to apologize for government forcing Indian children into boarding schools
ABC/Lorenzo Bevilaqua (PHOENIX) — President Joe Biden was in Arizona on Friday to apologize to Native Americans for the federal government forcing Indian children into boarding schools where the White House said they were abused and deprived of their [Read More…]
2024 election updates: Va. judge strikes down voter purge that impacted 1,600 people
Photo Credit: Prince Williams/WireImage/James Devaney/GC Images (WASHINGTON) — The race for the White House remained essentially a dead heat on Friday — with 11 days to go until Election Day. Kamala Harris was headed to [Read More…]
‘It’s a lie’: Georgia election official forcefully pushes back on false claims of voting machine fraud
Megan Varner/Getty Images (GEORGIA) — With early voting underway in the key battleground state of Georgia, a top election official in the state forcefully pushed back Wednesday on false claims of voting machine fraud — [Read More…]