U.S. Justice Department stresses protection of voters’ rights • Colorado Newsline
The U.S. Justice Department Wednesday reiterated its efforts to protect voters’ access to the ballot box ahead of Election Day.| Colorado Newsline
The U.S. Justice Department Wednesday reiterated its efforts to protect voters’ access to the ballot box ahead of Election Day.| Colorado Newsline
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday morning was projected by The Associated Press to have captured enough votes in the Electoral College to win the presidency. The first-ever convicted felon elected to the Oval Office, Trump by 8 a.m. Eastern had won four of the vital seven swing states in which he and the Democratic nominee, […]| Minnesota Reformer
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump remain locked in a tight race according to public polling,.| Georgia Recorder
States Newsroom reported on positions taken by Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump.| Georgia Recorder
Final days of 2024 presidential campaign dominated by "garbage" insults, swing state rallies and doubts about election fairness.| Georgia Recorder
Before the polls close on Nov. 5, the U.S. Justice Department Wednesday reiterated its efforts to protect voters’ access to the ballot box.| Georgia Recorder
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, with the White House as her backdrop, gave what she called her closing argument Tuesday.| Georgia Recorder
Kamala Harris campaigned at a Puerto Rican restaurant in Pennsylvania at nearly the same time Hinchcliffe said “floating island of garbage.”| Georgia Recorder
Vice President Kamala Harris is slated to deliver what the campaign her “closing argument” Tuesday night at the Ellipse in Washington.| Georgia Recorder
The former president continued promoting his uncompromising position on immigration, employing racist language to describe the issue.| Source New Mexico
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy testified before Congress that voters can “absolutely” trust their mail-in ballots will be prioritized| Wisconsin Examiner
The former president made multiple false claims throughout the town hall hosted by Fox News’ Harris Faulkner and often responded with long-winded answers to questions surrounding the economy, immigration and abortion.| Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Erie County, at the northwestern tip of Pennsylvania, with just under 270,000 residents, has been a “pivot” county in the battleground state for the last several presidential elections.| Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Kamala Harris unveiled a plan Tuesday that would strengthen Medicare coverage to include long-term care for seniors in their homes.| New Jersey Monitor
Biden said he didn’t know how much he would request Congress provide for the recovery, but didn’t rule out asking lawmakers to return to D.C.| New Jersey Monitor
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump touted policy proposals and traded barbs Tuesday during a presidential debate.| Louisiana Illuminator
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump called on his party to force a shutdown if Democrats don’t accept a GOP bill to require an ID to register to vote.| Louisiana Illuminator
Donald Trump’s statement that he would vote to legalize recreational marijuana in Florida has unexpectedly elevated the issue in the presidential battle.| Louisiana Illuminator
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz Saturday night touted his and Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris’ advocacy for LGBTQ rights.| Tennessee Lookout
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s early Monday statement that he would vote to legalize recreational marijuana use in Florida sent a strong signal that both major parties are moving to adopt popular marijuana reform efforts, unexpectedly elevating the issue in the presidential battle. But the campaign for the Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, expressed […]| Florida Phoenix
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet in a highly anticipated and potentially consequential debate Tuesday night in Philadelphia — just over two months after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance precipitated his exit from the race. The debate, to be hosted by ABC News, is set for 9 p.m. Eastern […]| Florida Phoenix
WASHINGTON — As Congress returned from a five-week recess Monday, House Republicans attached a provision to bar noncitizens from voting in federal elections — which is already unlawful — to a stopgap funding bill that is already teeing up a battle with the Senate and White House. The GOP drive in Congress echoes state lawmakers’ […]| Florida Phoenix
ormer President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet in a highly anticipated and potentially consequential debate Tuesday night in Philadelphia – just over two months after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance precipitated his exit from the race.| New Hampshire Bulletin
WASHINGTON — Exactly two months out from the presidential election, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan plans to move ahead with the case accusing former President Donald Trump of subverting the 2020 presidential election results, telling Trump’s attorneys that she is “not concerned with the electoral schedule.” Chutkan released a timeline for the case late Thursday […]| Missouri Independent
Latino voters are concerned with the high cost of living, the minimum wage and rising housing costs heading into the November elections, according to a comprehensive survey released Wednesday by UnidosUS, the largest Hispanic civil rights and advocacy center in the nation.| New Hampshire Bulletin
Trump promises mass deportations if elected. His plan includes an 18th-century law; reshuffling law enforcement; transferring funds within programs in the Department of Homeland Security; and forcing greater enforcement of immigration laws.| New Hampshire Bulletin
U.S. Education Department outlines testing period for phased rollout of new FAFSA form| New Hampshire Bulletin
U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith asks federal appeals court to reverse the dismissal of case alleging former President Donald Trump mishandled classified documents after he left the Oval Office| New Hampshire Bulletin
Texas federal judge sided with 16-Republican led states to temporarily block a Biden administration program that grants deportation protections for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens and a potential pathway to citizenship.| New Hampshire Bulletin
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suspending his campaign and supporting former President Donald Trump — the GOP presidential nominee.| New Hampshire Bulletin
FDA greenlights new COVID0-19 vaccine after a summer of rising numbers of cases| New Hampshire Bulletin
As he did in his first speech to a Democratic National Convention 20 years ago, former President Barack Obama emphasized the connections binding Americans together and called for a more positive national atmosphere on the second night of this year’s convention Tuesday, while rallying Democrats to campaign for Vice President Kamala Harris.| New Hampshire Bulletin
As Vice President Kamala Harris prepares to give the keynote address at the Democratic National Convention Thursday, making her the first Black and South Asian woman to lead a major party ticket, her nomination has energized a strong and loyal voting bloc in the Democratic Party – Black women.| New Hampshire Bulletin
Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris released her first detailed economic policy proposal Friday, laying out how she’d like to ease rent increases, boost first-time home buyers, end grocery price gouging, and bolster the child tax credit.| New Hampshire Bulletin
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz made his first solo campaign appearance as the Democratic vice presidential candidate Tuesday, telling a union audience in Los Angeles that the Democratic ticket led by Vice President Kamala Harris would prioritize worker-friendly policies.| New Hampshire Bulletin
WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump will not face criminal sentencing in New York for his state felony convictions ahead of the November election, according to a decision released Friday by New York Judge Juan Merchan. The New York judge said the new sentencing date will be Nov. 26, according to a letter he issued. […]| Florida Phoenix
A U.S. Department of Agriculture initiative to feed hungry kids during the long summer months is mostly winding down, with advocates calling it a success despite some hiccups — and the federal government and many states are already working to bring the permanent program back in 2025. The Summer Electronic Benefit Transfer Program — or Summer EBT — has popped […]| Florida Phoenix
Former President Donald Trump said Thursday he would protect American industries if he is reelected by increasing tariffs on imports while cutting other taxes and regulations, in a speech to the Economic Club of New York. The GOP presidential candidate’s remarks came as the economy has taken center stage in the run-up to the 2024 […]| Florida Phoenix
WASHINGTON — Exactly two months out from the presidential election, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan plans to move ahead with the case accusing former President Donald Trump of subverting the 2020 presidential election results, telling Trump’s attorneys that she is “not concerned with the electoral schedule.” Chutkan released a timeline for the case late Thursday […]| Florida Phoenix
Former President Donald Trump questioned polls showing a close race against Vice President Kamala Harris and complained about the conditions of a coming debate during a Fox News interview Wednesday in Pennsylvania. Under questioning from a friendly interviewer, Sean Hannity of Fox News, in front of an arena of cheering supporters in Harrisburg, the Republican […]| Florida Phoenix
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris is expected to announce economic policy proposals aimed at helping small businesses during a campaign speech Wednesday in New Hampshire. The Democratic presidential candidate will stump in Portsmouth for expanding the tax deduction to $50,000 on business start-up costs, up from $5,000, a campaign official said on background Tuesday. […]| Florida Phoenix
WASHINGTON — A Texas federal judge late Monday sided with 16-Republican led states to temporarily block a Biden administration program that grants deportation protections for undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens and a potential pathway to citizenship. The ruling by Judge J. Campbell Barker of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of […]| Florida Phoenix
WASHINGTON — Texas and 15 states including Florida Friday filed a suit in federal court to block the Biden administration’s program that protects long-term undocumented people married to U.S. citizens from deportation and grants them a pathway to citizenship. States in the suit, which was filed in United States District Court for the Eastern District of […]| Florida Phoenix
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine intended to address severe symptoms of the virus ahead of the cold and flu season. The new booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer follow a summer of increasing COVID-19 cases and are designed to better address the variants that are […]| Florida Phoenix
CHICAGO — Latino lawmakers and organizers Wednesday stressed their voting bloc as key to delivering battleground states to Democrats in November, as the Harris campaign launched a bilingual WhatsApp channel to target Latino voters. “The Latino vote will be the deciding factor in this election,” actress and Democratic surrogate Eva Longoria said during a Hispanic […]| Florida Phoenix
CHICAGO — Democrats should focus on pocketbook issues to win back rural voters, speakers including Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said at a Rural Council meeting at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday. Beshear urged the group of rural Democrats to reject social issues and a left-right ideological framing. Most voters, he said, were not worried about […]| Florida Phoenix
Adjusting for the U.S. Supreme Court’s sweeping presidential immunity decision last month, U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a fresh federal indictment alleging former President Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election in his favor.| South Dakota Searchlight
Special Counsel Jack Smith has asked a federal appeals court to reverse the dismissal of a case alleging former President Donald Trump mishandled classified documents.| South Dakota Searchlight
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved an updated COVID-19 vaccine intended to address severe symptoms of the virus ahead of the cold and flu season.| South Dakota Searchlight
Leading Democrats demanded answers on Tuesday from Acting Labor Secretary Julie Su regarding allegations that certain state OSHA agencies possibly misused federal funds and gave advance notice to employers of workplace safety inspections.| South Dakota Searchlight
Former President Donald Trump asked a New York court to delay until after November’s presidential election his sentencing for the 34 state felonies the court convicted him of in May.| South Dakota Searchlight
The U.S. Department of Agriculture plans to embark on a year-long study beginning next month that will test samples for evidence of highly pathogenic avian influenza from former dairy cattle moved into meat production.| South Dakota Searchlight
Adjusting for the U.S. Supreme Court’s sweeping presidential immunity decision last month, U.S. Special Counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday filed a fresh federal indictment alleging former President Donald Trump attempted to overturn the 2020 election in his favor.| Source New Mexico
CHICAGO — United Auto Workers President Shawn Fain told reporters Tuesday that working-class people can see themselves in the new Democratic presidential ticket. “There’s a very distinct difference in these two people and where they stand with working-class people,” Fain said of Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris and her running mate, Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz. […]| Pennsylvania Capital-Star
The Harris campaign’s announcement said the proposals would “address some of the sharpest pain points American families are confronting and bolster their financial security.”| Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Walz was seen as the preferred vice presidential pick of the party’s progressive wing, especially as an alternative to Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro. Harris interviewed both governors, and U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona, in Washington Sunday as she whittled down her shortlist.| Pennsylvania Capital-Star
If Harris wins the Electoral College vote, she will be the country’s first female president, the first president of South Asian descent and the second Black president.| Pennsylvania Capital-Star
Actress and climate activist Julia Louis-Dreyfus asked eight Democratic women governors Wednesday if she would be ready for public office after playing a vice president and president on the hit cable TV show “Veep.”| Arizona Mirror
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said Thursday he sees no need to switch the tactics or tone of his bid for the White House.| Tennessee Lookout
The USDA plans to embark on a year-long study testing samples for bird flu from former dairy cattle moved into meat production.| Missouri Independent
Vice President Kamala Harris is the only candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, the Democratic National Committee said late Tuesday. Harris was the only person to reach the threshold of 300 delegates petitioning for her to become the party’s nominee after President Joe Biden dropped his bid for reelection, setting her up to officially become the […]| Missouri Independent
WASHINGTON — When acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe Jr. visited the site of the campaign rally where a gunman attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump, he went up to the roof, lying flat on his stomach, to evaluate the shooter’s line of sight that mid-July day. “What I saw made me ashamed,” Rowe […]| Missouri Independent
WASHINGTON — Legislation aimed at protecting children online sailed through the U.S. Senate Tuesday, marking what could be the first update since the late 1990s for companies who interact with minors on the internet. Senators approved the package of two bills in a 91-3 vote, a rare bipartisan landslide in the tightly divided body, despite loud […]| Missouri Independent
WASHINGTON — U.S. Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle resigned Tuesday, following widespread outrage that her agency failed to prevent the assassination attempt on former President Donald J. Trump during a July 13 campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. Cheatle’s resignation follows an intense congressional hearing where Democrats and Republicans demanded she step down after they grew dissatisfied with […]| Missouri Independent
President Joe Biden celebrated the number of veterans enrolled in VA health care and benefits as part of a law he signed two years ago.| Tennessee Lookout
Donald Trump claimed Vice President Kamala Harris — whose father is Jamaican — “happened to turn Black.”| New Jersey Monitor
Donald Trump in an unusual speech accepting the GOP presidential nomination Thursday at the fourth and final night of the Republican National Convention gave a detailed account about the attempt on his life last weekend when a gunman shot at him during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.| Source New Mexico
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump pitched to undecided voters Thursday night during the first debate of the presidential campaign.| Louisiana Illuminator
Biden will formally make the announcement during an afternoon White House event to celebrate the 12th anniversary of the DACA program.| New Jersey Monitor
