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Ticket-splitters hold the key to majorities in both chambers of Congress
Photo by Mike Kline (notkalvin)/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Every election cycle, political observers speculate about the power and prevalence of ticket-splitters: voters who support one party for president and another on down-ballot races. This year, [Read More…]
Harris-Walz campaign stages Labor Day blitz, courting union votes alongside Biden
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, disembark from their campaign bus in Savannah, Georgia, Aug. 28, 2024, as they travel across Georgia for a 2-day campaign [Read More…]
Biden says Netanyahu not doing enough to secure deal after 6 hostages killed
Nathan Howard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden, as he returned to the White House on Monday to meet with the U.S. hostage deal negotiating team, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was not doing [Read More…]
Harris-Walz campaign readies Labor Day blitz, courting union votes alongside Biden
Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, disembark from their campaign bus in Savannah, Georgia, Aug. 28, 2024, as they travel across Georgia for a 2-day campaign [Read More…]
Jared Polis defends Harris’ shifts on policy
Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Democratic Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado defended Vice President Kamala Harris’ shifts on policy between her 2020 presidential campaign and her White House bid this year [Read More…]
Columbia antisemitism task force finds school failed to stop hate against Jewish students
Spencer Platt/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — In a new report released as students return to campus, a Columbia University antisemitism task force has found the school failed to stop hate on campus and has not [Read More…]
US holds firm against Ukraine using American weapons to strike deep inside Russia
by Marc Guitard/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The White House is expected to keep in place its restrictions on Ukraine’s use of American long-range weapons deep inside Russia, despite pressure from a delegation of Ukrainian officials [Read More…]
Trump adds new campaign pledge to get IVF paid for by government or covered by insurance
Former U.S. President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaks during a town hall meeting at La Crosse Center in La Crosse, Wisconsin, on August 29, 2024. — Kamil Krzaczynski/AFP via Getty Images (LA CROSSE, [Read More…]
Two-thirds of Americans say Trump unprepared to accept the election outcome: POLL
Henrik5000/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — Most Americans say they and Kamala Harris alike are prepared to accept the outcome of the 2024 presidential election as legitimate. Donald Trump, not so much. Eighty-one percent of Americans [Read More…]
Harris, pressed on changing policy positions, says ‘my values have not changed’
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — In her first in-depth interview since becoming the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris told CNN, when asked about her changing policy positions, that her “values have not changed.” ‘My [Read More…]
‘Unfairly attacked’: Army defends Arlington National Cemetery employee involved in Trump incident
Andrew Leyden/NurPhoto via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Arlington National Cemetery staffer who tried to stop the Trump campaign from filming a video among the graves of recently fallen service members has declined to press [Read More…]
Harris and Walz embark on Georgia bus tour
Kamala Harris,Douglas Emhoff, Tim Walz and Gwen Walz pose on on Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center on Aug. 22, 2024 in Chicago. (Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — [Read More…]
How the Trump election subversion indictment changed after Supreme Court ruling
Special Counsel Jack Smith (L); former President Donald Trump (R) (MANDEL NGANJEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — The special counsel’s new indictment charging former President Donald Trump for his efforts to overturn the 2020 [Read More…]
Arlington National Cemetery reports ‘incident’ at remembrance event organized by Trump team
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, at Arlington National Cemetery on August 26, 2024 in Arlington, Virginia. (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Arlington National Cemetery has confirmed to ABC News that during former [Read More…]
2024 election updates: Vance responds to new Trump indictment
U.S. Sen. and Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance arrives to speaks about the economy at Majestic Friesians Horse Farms in Big Rapids, Michigan, on Aug. 27, 2024. (JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — [Read More…]
Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp to fundraise for Trump in Atlanta on Thursday: Sources
Gov. Brian Kemp, of Georgia, speaks at Republican National Convention Jul. 15, 2024. (Bloomberg via Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — Republican Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp is expected to headline a fundraiser for former President Donald Trump’s [Read More…]
As she hits campaign trail, Harris expected to face tough questions in first promised sit-down interview
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to soon face her first post-convention test when she sits for a formal interview airing in primetime Thursday. CNN announced Tuesday that Harris and [Read More…]
The GOP has transitioned from climate denial to climate misrepresentation, experts say
John Moore/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Climate change may not be a top concern for voters for the 2024 presidential election, but that hasn’t stopped many Republicans from making misrepresentations about environmental and energy policy – [Read More…]
Trump charged in superseding indictment in election interference case following SCOTUS ruling
Jason Marz/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Special counsel Jack Smith has charged former President Donald Trump in a superseding indictment in his federal election interference case. “Today, a federal grand jury in the District of Columbia [Read More…]
Vance campaigns behind bulletproof glass at Michigan outdoor remarks, hits Harris for DNC comments
Andy Manis/Getty Images (BIG RAPIDS, Mich.) — Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance stepped on stage in Big Rapids, Michigan, on Tuesday and spoke behind a bulletproof glass during his remarks outside — the [Read More…]