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Trump more than ever mixes anger, fear and insults to stir supporters, say researchers
WASHINGTON 鈥 Before a capacity crowd at Madison Square Garden late last month, former President Donald Trump bellowed that the United States is 鈥渙ccupied鈥 by illegal immigrants and that he will 鈥渞escue every city and town that has been invaded and conquered.鈥 Day one, if he鈥檚 elected, will be the 鈥渓argest deportation program in American […]
Rallying on the Ellipse, Harris calls on voters to reject Trump鈥檚 鈥榗haos and division鈥
WASHINGTON 鈥 Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, with the White House as her backdrop, gave what she called her closing argument Tuesday evening, pressing voters to support her bid over that of 鈥渦nstable鈥 Republican candidate Donald Trump. The 30-minute speech on the Ellipse was the same location where Trump, then president, held a rally nearly […]
Speakers at six-hour Trump rally in NYC insult Puerto Ricans, mock Harris鈥 race
NEW YORK聽 鈥 Former President Donald Trump promised 鈥淎merica鈥檚 new golden age鈥 of closed borders and world peace as he rallied a capacity crowd at Madison Square Garden in his home city in the final stretch of the 2024 presidential contest against Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump headlined the over six-hour rally that featured nearly […]
Final results may lag in deadlocked presidential contest, anxious election officials warn
WASHINGTON 鈥 As an exceedingly bitter, tight and dark campaign for the presidency moves into its last moments, apprehensive election officials and experts warn Election Day is only the first step. The closing of the polls and end of mail-in voting kick off a nearly three-month process before the next president of the United States […]
Early voting now underway, Trump and Harris crisscross the battleground states
WASHINGTON 鈥 With less than two weeks now until Election Day, millions of Americans have already cast their ballots via the mail or in person as Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump pursue voters through the battleground states. Early聽in-person absentee voting聽kicked off Tuesday in Wisconsin, adding to the list of swing states […]
Reforms at the U.S. Supreme Court: Where do Harris and Trump stand?
WASHINGTON 鈥 Democrats have increasingly cried out for new rules for the nation鈥檚 highest court, and the 2024 presidential election reflects a clear party divide over how Supreme Court justices should behave and whether they should remain on the bench for life. The erasure of a nearly 50-year-old national right to abortion, the granting of […]
The presidential race is consuming battleground Pennsylvania. What do voters have to say?
PITTSBURGH 鈥 The 2024 presidential contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump could come down to Pennsylvania, and nobody knows that more than the Pennsylvanians inundated by the campaigns. The commonwealth, with its nearly 13 million residents and聽19 Electoral College votes, carries the biggest prize for the winner among the seven […]
Walz rallies with Steelers fans in Pittsburgh, questions Trump鈥檚 mental fitness
PITTSBURGH 鈥 Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz urged a crowd of Pittsburgh Steelers fans to vote early as he rallied a few hundred of them Tuesday night at the professional football team鈥檚 home at Acrisure Stadium. Vice President Kamala Harris鈥 Democratic presidential running mate campaigned in the southwestern Pennsylvania city as the campaign continues its blitz […]
鈥榊ou pick the next president鈥: Pivotal Erie County, Pennsylvania, rallies for Harris
ERIE, Pa. 鈥 Vice President Kamala Harris packed an arena Monday night in Erie, Pennsylvania, a swing corner of the key swing state in the 2024 presidential election. Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, told thousands of spectators, 鈥淵ou are a pivot county.鈥 鈥淗ow you all vote in presidential elections often ends up predicting the […]
Vance in Pennsylvania says there was a 鈥榩eaceful transfer of power鈥 in January 2021
JOHNSTOWN, Pa. 鈥 Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance campaigned Saturday in the key battleground of Pennsylvania, where early mail-in voting is already underway as just 25 days remain in the heated 2024 race that will be decided by a handful of states. Former President Donald Trump鈥檚 running mate rallied a crowd of a few […]
Foreign policy: Where do Harris and Trump stand?
WASHINGTON 鈥 The next U.S. president must steer the nation through crises across the globe, including worsening violence in the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin鈥檚 refusal to retreat from Ukraine and U.S-China trade relations. The Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, largely built her career as a prosecutor, but once in Washington she sat […]
One year since Oct. 7 attack on Israel, U.S. leaders honor victims and protesters march
WASHINGTON 鈥 U.S. leaders marked one year Monday since Hamas militants launched a shocking attack on Israel, murdering more than 1,000 civilians, taking hundreds prisoner and igniting an all-but-declared regional war and a deadly Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip that the U.S. has failed to halt despite months of cease-fire negotiations. Demonstrations against Israel鈥檚 […]