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Abortion, voting rights, other key issues on the ballot in states this election
Bloomberg Creative/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While the presidential race may be getting the spotlight this election season, key regulations, laws and policies are on the ballot in several states. And those ballot measures could have [Read More…]
DOJ sues Virginia for allegedly purging voters too close to election
Thinkstock/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — The Justice Department filed suit against Virginia on Friday over a statewide program aimed at removing voters from its election rolls in the lead-up to the 2024 election if DMV records [Read More…]
Donald Trump visits Aurora, Colorado, pushing misleading narratives about migrants
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump visited Aurora, Colorado, for a campaign rally on Friday where he continued to push misleading narratives about the city’s migrant population. “My message today is very [Read More…]
As Kamala Harris and Donald Trump reach out to male voters, here’s what polls show about ‘gender gaps’
Win McNamee/Getty Images (NEW YORK) — With just about three weeks until Election Day, the two major party candidates are working hard to reach voters around the country — with a key focus on male [Read More…]
Biden to visit Florida after Hurricane Milton, calls on Johnson to ‘step up’ on disaster aid
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Friday said he believes his administration is “breaking through with the truth” when it comes to misinformation surrounding the federal response to Hurricane Helene and Hurricane [Read More…]
Harris campaign deploying Walz in new push for male voters in swing states
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz on Friday kicks off new push to reach male voters in swing states, Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign confirmed to ABC News. As part of the [Read More…]
Donald Trump to visit Aurora, Colorado, after pushing misleading narratives about migrants
Alex Wong/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump is set to visit Aurora, Colorado, for a campaign rally on Friday after weeks of pushing misleading narratives about the city’s migrant population. In the final [Read More…]
Biden joins growing calls for Congress to return to pass certain hurricane relief
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday joined growing calls from Democrats and even one Republican to bring Congress back to pass certain additional disaster aid funding in the wake of the [Read More…]
Biden tells Trump ‘get a life’ over hurricane misinformation
Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images) (WASHINGTON) — President Joe Biden on Thursday delivered a sharp rebuke of Donald Trump for spreading misinformation about the federal government’s hurricane response. Speaking on Hurricane Milton at the White House on [Read More…]
Harris campaign office in Arizona shot at for third time in a month, police say
Jim Vondruska/Getty Images (TEMPE, Ariz.) — The campaign office shared by Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign and the Democratic Party in Tempe, Arizona, was damaged by gunfire for the third time in less than a [Read More…]
Chicago mayor on the defensive following mass school board resignation
Justin Sullivan/Getty Images (CHICAGO) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson is on the defensive after all seven members of the Chicago Board of Education announced their resignations Friday, an unprecedented moment in the city’s history, in [Read More…]
Vance and Walz visiting Arizona as early voting begins in the battleground state
Michael Blackshire / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice presidential nominees Sen. JD Vance and Gov. Tim Walz will campaign in Arizona on Wednesday as early voting begins in a state that [Read More…]
How Trump is laying the groundwork to possibly challenge the 2024 election results
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — There is roughly a month left to go in the 2024 presidential race, yet Donald Trump has been ramping up his rhetoric to possibly challenge the outcome. For months, he’s [Read More…]
Harris goes after Trump’s false claims about FEMA’s storm response
ABC (NEW YORK) — Vice President Kamala Harris went after Donald Trump for his false claims about FEMA in the wake of devastating storms in the Southeast during an appearance on ABC’s “The View” on [Read More…]
Trump falsely claims Biden used FEMA funds for migrants — something Trump did himself
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Former President Donald Trump has been spreading false claims about the Biden-Harris administration’s response to Hurricane Helene, including the baseless claim that the administration is using Federal Emergency Management Agency [Read More…]
Officials in North Carolina, Georgia say Helene will not derail voting in presidential election
SimpleImages/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Election officials in Georgia and North Carolina said Monday that voting from their states in the presidential election in November will not be derailed by the damage left by Hurricane Helene [Read More…]
Trump, Harris mark anniversary of Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel
Kent Nishimura/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As the conflict in the Middle East escalates, Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are both taking a break from campaigning in battleground states on Monday to [Read More…]
Harris, pressed on how she’d get economic plan through Congress, suggests there might be a path
Win McNamee/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris indicated in a “60 Minutes” interview out Monday that she could get her economic policies through a Republican-controlled Congress, despite the potential for opposition from Republican [Read More…]
Kamala Harris slams Sarah Huckabee Sanders comments on Call Her Daddy podcast: ‘This is not the 1950’s’
Andrew Harnik/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Vice President Kamala Harris, in an appearance on the “Call Her Daddy” podcast, slammed Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders recently suggesting the presidential candidate isn’t humble because she doesn’t have [Read More…]
Walz tries to do cleanup on falsehoods in Fox News interview
Stephen Maturen/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — Gov. Tim Walz, in his first Sunday show appearance and only fourth national media interview that’s aired since he was selected to be Vice President Kamala Harris’ running mate, addressed [Read More…]