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Haitian group in Springfield, Ohio, files citizen criminal charges against Trump and Vance
The leader of a nonprofit representing the Haitian community invoked a private-citizen right to file charges against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, over the chaos and threats experienced by Springfield, Ohio, since Trump first spread false claims about legal immigrants there during a presidential debate.
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Harris campaign office damaged by gunfire in Arizona
Police are investigating what appears to be gunfire damage overnight at a Democratic Party-coordinated campaign office for Vice President Kamala Harris.
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Several states are making late changes to election rules, even as voting is set to begin
Across the U.S., including in some of the nation’s presidential swing states, new or recently altered state laws are changing how Americans will vote, tally ballots and administer and certify November’s election.
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Key Nebraska Republican opposes changing how the state awards electoral votes, blocking Trump push
A Nebraska Republican state lawmaker said Monday that he remains opposed to switching how the state allocates its electoral votes, effectively blocking a bid by President Donald Trump and his allies to change the system in a bid for an extra electoral vote this fall.
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When is the vice presidential debate? Here's what to know ahead of November election
With the presidential election just over a month away, voters will have another debate left to witness, this time between the two vice presidential candidates.
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‘Vast majority' of bomb threats targeting Springfield, Ohio are of international origin, officials say
A small Ohio city has been inundated with hoax bomb threats since last week’s presidential debate, when former President Donald Trump falsely accused members of Springfield’s Haitian community of abducting and eating cats and dogs.
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Trump allies push to eliminate Nebraska's split Electoral College vote
A top Donald Trump ally is pressuring Nebraska Republicans to award all of their state’s Electoral College votes to the statewide winner, a late-stage rule change that could potentially help return Trump to the White House.
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Trump says he won't run again in four years if he loses November election
If he is re-elected, though, he didn’t rule out the possibility of appointing former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, tech billionaire Elon Musk or Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to his Cabinet.
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Are Trump and Harris particularly Christian? That's not what most Americans would say: AP-NORC poll
Vice President Kamala Harris is a Baptist who was influenced by religious traditions in her mother’s home country of India. Former President Donald Trump grew up a mainline Presbyterian but began identifying as a nondenominational Christian near the end of his presidency. Despite that, few Americans see the presidential candidates as particularly Christian, according to a new survey conducted in...
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Alsobrooks improperly claimed tax deductions on properties, CNN review says
Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks, who is running for a U.S. Senate seat, allegedly took advantage of tax breaks she didn’t qualify for on properties in Maryland and D.C., according to a CNN review. The CNN review reportedly showed a homestead tax exemption that Alsobrooks claimed for more than a decade is meant to only apply to a...
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Arizona Supreme Court decides nearly 100,000 voters will get full ballot access after clerical error
The clerical error might have seen the roughly 98,000 Arizonans unable to participate in state legislature, county, school board, and city elections, including ballot measures.
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Georgia election board votes to require ballots be hand-counted in November
The pro-Trump majority on the battleground state’s election board approved the move, which critics from both parties warn could lead to delays in reporting results.
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AI is helping shape the 2024 presidential race. But not in the way experts feared
Generative artificial intelligence is playing a major role in the presidential campaign, even if the greatest fears about how it could threaten the U.S. presidential election haven’t materialized yet.
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2 Black women could make Senate history on Election Day
The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall. Two Black women could be elected to the chamber, a situation never seen before.
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Trump has no plan to pull his endorsement of Mark Robinson after alleged porn site scandal
Donald Trump is facing calls both from his allies and from within his own campaign to pull his endorsement from scandal-plagued North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
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Slowest mail happens to be in key swing states
It’s a recipe for disaster. In much of the country, the US Postal Service is falling far short of its own on-time delivery standards – and NBC’s Noah Pransky found the slowest mail in the country happens to be in a few key swing states. Now, both Democratic and Republican election officials tell him they’re concerned legit votes will...
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In-person voting begins for US presidential contest, kicking off the sprint to Election Day
Voters lined up to cast their ballots in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia, the states with the first early in-person voting opportunities.
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Kamala Harris to Oprah: ‘If somebody breaks into my house, they're getting shot'
Vice President Kamala Harris joined Oprah Winfrey and other celebrities for a livestream rally event in a Detroit suburb.
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Harris looks for boost from Oprah with star-filled event livestream
Vice President Kamala Harris looked for a boost with persuadable and less-motivated voters as she participated in a livestream Thursday evening with former talk show host Oprah Winfrey to focus on her plans to cut costs for the middle class, restore a national right to abortion and address gun violence.
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Maine Democrats have likely run out of time to change Electoral College laws if Nebraska GOP acts
As Republicans in Nebraska consider changing state law to give Donald Trump an extra Electoral College vote this fall, their Democratic counterparts in Maine have little recourse to even the score.