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Walz attends Michigan-Minnesota college football game before final prep for Tuesday's debate
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz has traveled to Ann Arbor, Michigan, to attend a football game between the University of Michigan and University of Minnesota.
Jimmy Carter at 100: A century of changes for a president, the US and the world since 1924
Already the longest-lived of the 45 men to serve as U.S. president, Jimmy Carter is about to reach the century mark.
Trump lays into Harris on immigration during a rally in Wisconsin
Former President Donald Trump has sought again to link Vice President Kamala Harris to illegal border crossings, speaking in a western river town where he said she could never be forgiven for “erasing our border.”.
Walz has experience on a debate stage pinning down an abortion opponent's shifting positions
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz knows how to lean into abortion rights on the debate stage.
Vance exuded calm during a tense debate stage moment. Can he keep it up when he faces Walz?
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance has a reputation for being informed, articulate and all but unflappable.
Indicted New York City mayor adopts familiar defense: He was targeted for his politics
For months, New York City Mayor Eric Adams refused to criticize the federal authorities investigating his administration.
Sharpton and Central Park Five members get out the vote in battleground Pennsylvania
With less than 40 days until Election Day, the Rev. Al Sharpton's choice of a battleground state for a get-out-the-vote bus tour made sense.
Where Trump and Harris stand on immigration and border security
Immigration is one of the key issues of the November election, with many voters concerned over the number of migrants who have entered the U.S. during the Biden administration.
CBS News says it will be up to Vance and Walz to fact-check each other in veep debate
When JD Vance and Tim Walz take the stage for next week's vice presidential debate, CBS News says it will be up to the candidates, not the moderators, to fact-check each other.
Top election official in Nevada county that is key to the presidential race takes stress leave
The top election official in a northern Nevada county that is key to winning the presidential battleground state is taking a stress-related leave of absence with just over a month to go before Election Day.
Iranian operatives charged in the US with hacking Donald Trump's presidential campaign
The Justice Department has announced criminal charges against Iranian operatives suspected of hacking Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and disseminating stolen information to media organizations.
Fed's favored inflation gauge shows cooling price pressures, clearing way for more rate cuts
The Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation measure provided the latest sign that price pressures are easing, a trend that is expected to fuel further Fed interest rate cuts.
Harris walks fence at US-Mexico border as she works to project tougher stance on migration
Vice President Kamala Harris has used her first visit to the U.S.-Mexico border since becoming the Democratic presidential nominee to try to project a tougher stance on illegal migration.
Stock market today: Dow ekes out a record while weakness in tech pulls other indexes lower
The Dow Jones Industrial Average edged up to another record high while declines in tech stocks pulled other indexes lower.
Trump and Zelenskyy meet in New York as election holds high stakes for US support for Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has met face-to-face with Donald Trump with public tensions rising between the two over Ukraine’s defense against Russia’s invasion.
Jews and Catholics warn against Trump's latest loyalty test for religious voters
Former President Donald Trump recently reissued his loyalty test to religious Americans, declaring that he can best protect their freedoms while preemptively blaming some if he loses the presidential election in November.
Trump favors huge new tariffs. What are they, and how do they work?
Former President Donald Trump has proposed a 60% tariff on goods from China and a 20% tariff on everything else the United States imports.
Prosecutors file sealed brief detailing allegations against Trump in election interference case
Special counsel Jack Smith has filed, under seal, a legal brief that prosecutors have said would contain sensitive and previously unseen evidence in the case charging former President Donald Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 election he lost.
Groups work to engage young voters in democracy as election processes come under scrutiny
The League of Women Voters of Ohio brought its statewide roadshow to Ohio State University Thursday in an effort to register and excite student voters.
Biden signs temporary funding bill that avoids a shutdown before the election
President Joe Biden has signed a temporary government spending bill that keeps agencies operating into December, after Congress punted key spending decisions until after the November election.
Republican-led group sues to block Georgia rule requiring hand count of ballots
A Republican-led group is challenging Georgia’s new requirement that poll workers count the total number of ballots by hand.
Top Haitian official denounces false claim, repeated by Trump, that immigrants are eating pets
A strange moment in American politics surfaced at the U.N. General Assembly, brought up by a top Haitian official.
Melania Trump calls her husband's survival of assassination attempts 'miracles'
In the first interview with Melania Trump in more than two years, the former first lady says she saw her husband's survival in two attempts on his life as “miracles."
Rudy Giuliani disbarred in DC after pushing Trump's false 2020 election claims
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani has been disbarred in Washington, months after he lost his law license in New York for pursuing false claims that then-President Donald Trump made about his 2020 presidential election loss.
Orbán aide faces backlash for saying Hungary wouldn’t have fought a Russian invasion
One of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán’s closest aides is facing backlash over statements he made suggesting that Hungary, unlike Ukraine, would not have defended itself against a Russian invasion.
Appeals court signals it might be open to altering Donald Trump's $489 million civil fraud penalty
A New York appeals court panel appeared receptive Thursday to potentially overturning or reducing a civil fraud judgment that stands to cost Donald Trump nearly $500 million.
Harris makes scandal-plagued Republican the star of her campaign to win North Carolina
There’s an unlikely star in Kamala Harris’ fight to make history in North Carolina: Mark Robinson, the state’s scandal-plagued candidate for governor.
Hearing on Trump assassination attempts says Pennsylvania failure was by Secret Service
Members of a bipartisan House task force investigating the Trump assassination attempts emphasized during their first hearing that the Secret Service, not local authorities, was responsible for failures in planning and communications that led to a gunman being able to open fire on former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
Harris blasts proposals for Ukraine to cede territory to Russia during Zelenskyy meeting
Vice President Kamala Harris says calls for Ukraine to cede territory to Russia are “dangerous and unacceptable.”.
Americans are more likely to see Harris' gender as a hurdle than they were for Clinton: AP-NORC poll
Americans are more likely to believe that being a woman will hurt Kamala Harris’ chances in the November election, compared to eight years ago when Hillary Clinton was running.
Democrats try to censure Rep. Clay Higgins for slandering Haitians in social media post
A Republican congressman who slandered Haitian immigrants in a social media post is facing a censure push from Democrats.
Concerns linger after gunfire damages Arizona Democratic campaign office
Authorities are analyzing evidence collected from a Democratic campaign office in a suburban strip mall in Arizona that has twice been shot at over the last week.
House approves GOP resolution condemning Biden and Harris over Afghanistan withdrawal
House Republicans have voted to condemn President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
Speaker Johnson demands Zelenskyy remove Ukraine's ambassador to US after Pennsylvania visit
House Speaker Mike Johnson is calling on Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy to fire his country’s ambassador to the U.S. The Republican speaker is criticizing Zelenskyy's visit to an ammunition plant in Pennsylvania, a swing-state, as a political stunt.
Senate confirms commander of US Army forces in the Pacific after Tuberville drops objections
The Senate has confirmed a new commander of U.S. Army forces in the Pacific after Alabama Sen. Tommy Tuberville dropped his objections and allowed a quick vote on the nomination.
Trump says Ukraine is 'demolished' and dismisses its defense against Russia's invasion
Former President Donald Trump says Ukraine should have made concessions to Russian President Vladimir Putin instead of going to war with its invading neighbor.
The Secret Service is investigating a report that an agent groped a Harris staff member
A U.S. Secret Service agent has been accused of groping and sexually harassing a vice presidential staff member during a trip last week.
Overseas voters are the latest target in Trump's false narrative on election fraud
Donald Trump this week falsely accused Democrats of cheating their way to a win in November, using a bipartisan 1986 act to claim without evidence that anyone overseas can get a ballot emailed to them, even if they’re not eligible to vote.
Trump warns he'll expel migrants under key Biden immigration programs
Former President Donald Trump is warning that he would kick out hundreds of thousands of people who entered the country under two key Biden administration programs if he’s reelected.
Harris competing for a single electoral vote in Nebraska as Trump fails to get rules changed
The battle for the White House could come down to a single Electoral College vote from a single congressional district in Nebraska.
Steelworkers lose arbitration case against US Steel in their bid to derail sale to Nippon
An arbitration board has ruled that U.S. Steel may proceed with its proposed acquisition by Nippon Steel.
Harris will campaign on Arizona's border with Mexico in attempted show of strength on immigration
Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the U.S.-Mexico border in Arizona on Friday as her campaign tries to turn the larger issue of immigration from a liability into a strength and hopes to counter a line of frequent political attacks from former President Donald Trump.
Takeaways from the Texas Tribune-Associated Press report on 24 hours along the Texas-Mexico border
Reporters from both organizations spent a day documenting the reality on the border. Here’s a summary of what they found.
Intelligence officials have briefed the Trump campaign on Iranian threats. A look at what's known
U.S. officials briefed Donald Trump’s campaign this week on Iranian threats against the Republican presidential nominee, but the briefing centered on previously reported threats and not a new plot.
A Pennsylvania bakery known for its election cookie poll is swamped with orders
A suburban Philadelphia bakery’s cookie “poll” that started during the 2008 presidential campaign as a joke between the owners and their customers has grown into much more.
New York court is set to hear Donald Trump's appeal of his $489 million civil fraud verdict
A New York appeals court is set to hear arguments in former President Donald Trump’s fight to overturn a civil fraud judgment that could cost him close to half a billion dollars.
POLL: Kamala Harris leads Donald Trump among Bexar County registered voters, 10% remain undecided
The UTSA survey found that Harris has increased support for the Democratic ticket by double digits over Joe Biden
Last original member of Kool & the Gang to represent group at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
After fueling so many other people’s parties, it will be time for Kool & the Gang to themselves finally celebrate when they are inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame next month in Cleveland.
Top Muslim-voter organization endorses Harris as Middle East conflict escalates
One of the nation's largest Muslim voter-mobilization groups is endorsing Vice President Kamala Harris' presidential bid.
A tale of crushing security lapses and missed chances to stop the man who shot Trump
Investigations into the attempted assassination of Donald Trump in July have revealed striking security lapses.
Many Americans say immigration is out of control, but 24 hours on the Texas-Mexico border showed a new reality. Will it last?
The Texas Tribune and The Associated Press visited five locations along the 1,254-mile span to separate the facts from the political narrative during a heated election year.
Harris is making a 'capitalist' pitch to boost the economy as Trump pushes deeper into populism
Vice President Kamala Harris is pledging to build an economy that is both pro-business and helps the middle class as she pushes back against Republican nominee Donald Trump’s claims that she’s advancing “communist” ideas.
Secret Service failures before Trump rally shooting were 'preventable,' Senate panel finds
Multiple Secret Service failures ahead of the July rally for former President Donald Trump where a gunman opened fire were “foreseeable, preventable, and directly related to the events resulting in the assassination attempt that day."
Congress passes temporary bill to avoid shutdown as lawmakers punt spending decisions to December
Congress has avoided a government shutdown just weeks before the Nov. 5 election.
Trump tells women he 'will be your protector' as GOP struggles with outreach to female voters
From former President Donald Trump to Ohio Senate candidate Bernie Moreno, male Republican candidates are struggling to speak to female voters, using language criticized as tone-deaf and patronizing as they try to win support from women and speak to issues important to them.
What polls show about Tim Walz and JD Vance before Tuesday's VP debate
This year’s vice presidential candidates both entered the spotlight this summer as relative political unknowns — but as they prepare to address their biggest audience yet in next week’s debate, Republican Ohio Sen. JD Vance is less popular among voters than his Democratic rival, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz.
Iran's president tells the UN that his country wants to play a 'constructive role' in world affairs
Iran’s new president is signaling to world leaders that he wants to open what he's calling a “constructive” chapter in his country’s international relations.
Man who staked out Trump at Florida golf course charged with attempting an assassination
A man who authorities say staked out Donald Trump for 12 hours on his golf course in Florida and wrote of his desire to kill him has been indicted on charges that he attempted to assassinate the former president.
Trump praises Russia's military record in argument to stop funding Ukraine's fight
Donald Trump is again criticizing the Biden administration’s financial support for Ukraine in its war against Russia.
In effort to refute porn-site message report, Mark Robinson campaign hires a law firm
North Carolina Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson says his campaign has hired a law firm to help investigate a CNN report stating he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a pornography website’s message board — something he denies.
Judge lets over 8,000 Catholic employers deny worker protections for abortion and fertility care
A federal judge is allowing more than 8,000 Catholic employers nationwide to reject government regulations that protect workers seeking abortions and fertility care.
A year ago Kevin McCarthy was booted as House speaker. Mike Johnson is trying to avoid that fate
One year since House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was booted from office after Congress voted to fund the federal government, the new House Speaker Mike Johnson finds himself courting, but so far avoiding, a similar fate.
GOP governor halts push to prevent Trump from losing one of Nebraska's electoral votes
An effort to prevent Donald Trump from losing a potentially crucial electoral vote from Nebraska appears dead.
Capitol rioter mistakenly released from prison after appeals court ruling, prosecutors say
Prosecutors say the federal Bureau of Prisons mistakenly released an Iowa man from custody before he finished serving his 30-month sentence for storming the U.S. Capitol.
Trump mixes up the name of Charlottesville, Virginia, during his speech in Georgia
Donald Trump has flubbed the name of Charlottesville, Virginia, while going off script during a speech otherwise focused on economic policy, slamming Vice President Kamala Harris for lying about “Charlottestown.”.
Haitian group in Springfield, Ohio, files citizen criminal charges against Trump and Vance
The leader of a nonprofit representing the Haitian community has invoked a private-citizen right to file charges against former President Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance.
Georgia court could reject counting presidential votes for Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz
Georgia Supreme Court justices are expressing skepticism that votes for presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz should count.
Tren de Aragua gang started in Venezuela's prisons and now spreads fear in the US
Law enforcement authorities across the U.S. are increasingly focused on a Venezuelan gang behind a spate of violent crimes.
Election 2024 Latest: Trump makes first campaign stop in Georgia since feud with Kemp ended
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is making his first campaign visit to battleground Georgia since a feud between the former president and Republican Gov. Brian Kemp ended last month with Kemp endorsing Trump.
FBI: Son of suspect in Trump assassination attempt arrested on child sexual abuse images charges
The son of the man suspected in the assassination attempt in Florida of former President Donald Trump has been arrested on charges of possessing child sexual abuse images.
Trump calls for 100% tariffs on cars made in Mexico as part of US manufacturing plan
Donald Trump has pledged to stop U.S. businesses from shipping jobs overseas and to take other countries’ jobs and factories by relying heavily on sweeping tariffs.
Harris is more popular than Trump among AAPI voters, a new APIA Vote/AAPI Data survey finds
Vice President Kamala Harris is viewed more favorably by Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander voters than former President Donald Trump.
US-China research has given Beijing's military technology a boost, House GOP says
A new report by congressional Republicans asserts that partnerships between the U.S. and China at universities over the past decade have allowed hundreds of millions of dollars in federal funding to aid Beijing in developing critical technology that could be used for military purposes.
Texas jury clears most 'Trump Train’ drivers in civil trial over 2020 Biden-Harris bus encounter
A federal jury in Texas has cleared a group of former President Donald Trump supporters and found one person liable in a civil trial over a so-called “Trump Train” that surrounded a Biden-Harris campaign bus in 2020.
A state senator has thwarted a GOP effort to lock down all of Nebraska's electoral votes for Trump
A Republican effort to lock down all of Nebraska’s electoral votes for former President Donald Trump appears doomed because one state lawmaker won't give backers his crucial support.
Trump will attend Al Smith charity dinner that Harris is skipping to campaign in battleground state
Donald Trump has confirmed he'll be the sole featured speaker at this year’s Al Smith charity dinner in New York.
Election 2024 Latest: Trump and Harris work to expand their coalitions in final weeks of election
The lines that have long defined each party’s policy priorities are blurring as Kamala Harris and Donald Trump seek to expand their coalitions in the final weeks of a fiercely competitive presidential election.
FBI finds violent crime declined in 2023. Here's what to know about the report
Violent crime in the US dropped again in 2023, according to FBI statistics that show a continued trend downward after a coronavirus pandemic-era crime spike.
Harris reaches agreement on transition planning with Biden administration, no word on Trump yet
Vice President Kamala Harris’ transition team has reached an agreement with the government to accept federal support to prepare for her potential presidency.
Trump listens during a farming event in rural Pennsylvania, then threatens John Deere with tariffs
Donald Trump sat in a large barn in rural Pennsylvania as farmers expressed concerns about losing their way of life, asking questions and offering jokes but mostly just listening.
US to seek attempted assassination charge against man accused of staking out Trump at golf course
The man accused in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump wrote a note months earlier saying that he intended to kill the former president.
Harris owns a gun? Trump wants to cap credit card rates? Party lines blur in campaign's last stretch
One presidential candidate is talking up gun ownership and promising tough new border security measures.
Trump allies make another push to change Nebraska's Electoral College law
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 would potentially help return Trump to the White House.
Spending deal averts a possible federal shutdown and funds the government into December
Congressional leaders have a deal on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months.
Several Mark Robinson campaign staffers quit as fallout over online posts continues
Several top staffers working on North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson's campaign for governor have quit their posts.
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.