Elections

WASHINGTON (AP) — Tuesday’s special elections will fill two vacancies in Pennsylvania’s General Assembly. Democrats are defending a state House seat on friendly turf with control of the deadlocked chamber on the line, while Republicans look to maintain their comfortable advantage in... Read More

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Voters in a Minnesota House district at the center of post-election drama over chamber control decisively chose Democrat David Gottfried on Tuesday, tying the House and ending a short-lived Republican majority. The Democratic victory will force the... Read More

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump -endorsed candidates Jimmy Patronis and Randy Fine won their Republican primaries in the special elections to replace former Florida Reps. Matt Gaetz and Mike Waltz, notching wins in reliably conservative districts. Republicans are expected to hold the seats... Read More

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Just weeks after former Rep. Abigail Spanberger left the U.S. House for good, she strolled onto the floor of a different political chamber: the Virginia House of Delegates. The three-term congresswoman, now vying to be the state’s next... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned back an election law case out of Montana that relied on a controversial legal theory with the potential to change the way elections are run across the country. The high court declined to... Read More

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Republican-controlled Supreme Court of North Carolina on Tuesday blocked the certification of a Democratic candidate’s slim-margin victory for a seat on the state’s highest court. Instead, by a 5-1 vote, the court said it would hear... Read More

WASHINGTON —Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg made something of a spiritual homecoming on Thursday, delivering what could be interpreted as valedictory remarks to a group that played a critical role in his rise in American politics. “The moments I remember best... Read More

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — JD Vance's election as vice president has opened up one of Ohio's U.S. Senate seats for the third time in as many years, setting off a scramble for the appointment among the state's ruling Republicans. GOP Gov. Mike... Read More

LOS ANGELES — Social media company X is suing in federal court to block a new California law intended to prevent deepfakes from interfering with elections. The law that takes effect Jan. 1 requires online platforms to remove deepfakes or... Read More

WASHINGTON — After a long season of twists, turns, rallies, and polls, tomorrow marks the final day of the 2024 general election. Whichever candidate you prefer, this time likely creates stress and anxiety. Waiting for the election results (historically, it... Read More

WASHINGTON — Steve Bannon resumed his “War Room” conservative podcast Tuesday hours after being released from prison. He was convicted two years ago of contempt of Congress for refusing to comply with a subpoena from the House Select Committee that... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen is telling world financial leaders that the U.S. economy has grown stronger because the Biden administration rejected isolationism, offering a barely veiled criticism of former President Donald Trump’s policies two weeks before the U.S. election. Yellen... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris is announcing a plan to give Black men more economic opportunities and other chances to thrive as she works to energize a key voting bloc that has Democrats concerned about a lack of enthusiasm. Harris'... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — The devastation wrought by Hurricane Helene has brought climate change to the forefront of the presidential campaign after the issue lingered on the margins for months. Vice President Kamala Harris traveled to Georgia Wednesday to see hard-hit areas, two... Read More

WASHINGTON — The November election is still more than 50 days away, but that didn’t stop lawmakers, voting rights leaders and advocates from vowing on Tuesday that they’ll pass federal election voting rights reforms in the next Senate. During a... Read More

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled that an abortion-rights amendment, Amendment 3, will remain on the ballot, summarily ending a few anxious days for supporters of the measure. “Today’s … decision is a victory for both... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — It could be a well-rehearsed zinger, a too-loud sigh — or a full performance befuddled enough to shockingly end a sitting president's reelection bid. Notable moments from past presidential debates demonstrate how the candidates’ words and body language can make... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden plans to travel to southwest Wisconsin on Sept. 5, using a visit focused on small towns and rural areas to highlight his policies to lower costs and encourage renewable energy and advanced manufacturing. That's according to a White... Read More

WASHINGTON — The American Bar Association said Wednesday that it is once again joining a nationwide effort to recruit lawyers to assist as poll workers for the upcoming election. This is the third consecutive election cycle that the ABA has... Read More

When Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz strolled onstage to welcome a conference of clean power advocates to Minneapolis in May, he was quick to note that his state is now getting a little over half of its power from renewables. In the next... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Thursday rejected a Republican push that could have blocked more than 41,000 Arizona voters from casting ballots for president in the closely contested swing state, but allowed some parts of a law requiring proof... Read More

CHICAGO (AP) — In 1948, the Republican and Democratic parties did something unthinkable in today's climate of ferocious political animosity: They not only held their national conventions in the same city but also shared some of the props. Both gathered... Read More

ROMULUS, Mich. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris declared herself and her new running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, “joyful warriors" against Donald Trump on Wednesday as they spent their first full day campaigning together across the Midwest. They got an... Read More

WASHINGTON — The Federal Election Commission is revisiting the use of campaign funds for security measures, sparking a reexamination of the commission's guidance.  Following the assassination attempt on former President Trump and other recent violent acts during the 2024 election... Read More

CLEVELAND (AP) — A federal judge has struck down part of Ohio’s sweeping 2023 election law, which voting rights groups said restricted people from helping voters with disabilities cast absentee ballots. Voting advocates argued that the Republican-backed law went too far by prohibiting... Read More

WASHINGTON — Hours after word that Vice President Kamala Harris has agreed to three possible dates for a debate against Sen. J.D. Vance, R-Ohio, former President Donald Trump’s running mate, the Trump campaign threw shade on the whole affair. “We... Read More

WASHINGTON — While this year’s presidential contest may be dominating the headlines, Democrats are urging voters not to forget significant state legislative races appearing further down the ballot. Last month, the Democratic Legislative Campaign Committee, the party’s campaign arm for... Read More

WASHINGTON (AP) — The online advertisement to Donald Trump supporters was clear enough: Click here, and receive a free Trump 2024 flag and a commemorative coin. All in exchange for taking a quick survey and providing a credit card number for the... Read More

LONDON (AP) — At first glance, elections in France and Britain were a triumph for leftists and reformers over authoritarians and the right. Even Iran — where Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has the final say on all matters of... Read More

NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks are drifting Monday after the French market roared higher as elections continue to drive swings in financial markets worldwide. The S&P 500 was 0.1% higher in morning trading as it kicked off a short, four-day week... Read More