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News Articles: 2024 elections

Jay Graber is the CEO of Bluesky, a social media site that originally started as a side project of Twitter.

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  • Technology

Traffic on Bluesky, an X competitor, is up 500% since the election. How will it handle the surge?

Unlike other social media sites, Bluesky allows users to create their own algorithm. The site does not have ads, nor harvest data for artificial intelligence training. But it is still very small, and it does not make money.

November 20, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address in January 2024. Republicans won control of the Michigan House this year, ending the Democratic trifecta that ushered in a wave of progressive policies.

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  • Politics

Outspent 4-to-1, Republicans still made gains in state legislative elections

Despite outspending Republicans, Democrats didn't achieve some ambitious goals in state legislative races. The GOP continues to control more legislatures, though Democrats notched some victories.

November 15, 2024
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By:
  • Ryland Barton
Voters line up to cast their ballots on Nov. 5, 2024 in Austell, Georgia. Intelligence officials and researchers say Russia, Iran, and China tried to influence Americans in this year's election. But there's no indication so far their efforts swayed results.

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  • National

Foreign influence efforts reached a fever pitch during the 2024 elections

While some fake videos made by actors with Russian ties received millions of views, researchers say there's so far no indication that these efforts swayed U.S. election results.

November 12, 2024
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By:
  • Huo Jingnan
Philadelphia County board of elections staff processes ballots on Election Day at the ballot counting elections warehouse on the outskirts of Philadelphia, Pa.

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  • Politics

2020's debunked election fraud claims are coming back due to Trump's 2024 victory

Election deniers have spent the past four years focused on false claims that 2020 was rigged. This year, it raised similar alarms about fraud — only for those claims to evaporate as returns came in.

November 11, 2024
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By:
  • Shannon Bond
International newspapers report U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's election win, in central Rome on Thursday.

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  • World

How are world economies reacting to Trump's imminent return as U.S. president?

Economists and investors are expecting seismic and wide-ranging impacts from Donald Trump’s second presidential term. A range of financial markets have already seen significant volatility this week.


November 08, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx
Supporters of U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris react as results are displayed during a Democrats Abroad election party on Wednesday in London, England.

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  • World

What’s the world saying about Trump’s win? Here are the leaders who’ve commented

Leaders from around the world congratulated Donald Trump on his presidential election victory, as governments prepare for his return to the White House and the potential impact that will have.

November 06, 2024
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By:
  • Willem Marx
An election office worker moves bags of election supplies at the Robert L. Gilder Elections Service Center in Tampa, Florida, on November 2, 2024.

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  • Business

Stressed at work over the election? 3 ways to minimize political tension on the job

Political disagreements have sent workplace incivility to an all-time high this year, costing employers some $2 billion per day in lost productivity. Here’s how to cut down on watercooler fights over today’s election – and its aftermath. 

November 05, 2024
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  • Maria Aspan
Elon Musk speaks before Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump at a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden, Sunday, Oct. 27, 2024, in New York.

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  • Politics

Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes can proceed, a Pennsylvania judge says

Common Pleas Court Judge Angelo Foglietta in Pennsylvania — ruling after Musk’s lawyers said the winners are paid spokespeople and not chosen by chance — did not immediately explain his reasoning.

November 05, 2024
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  • The Associated Press
(Left) Kamala Harris attends a pro-union march in Los Angeles on October 2, 2019; (Right) Donald Trump visited a McDonald's restaurant in Feasterville-Trevose, Pa., on October 20, 2024.

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  • Business

Here’s where Trump and Harris stand on 5 issues affecting workers

Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have both appealed to workers in this year's election. But the candidates’ stances on many issues affecting workers remain far apart.

November 01, 2024
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By:
  • Andrea Hsu
Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Trump shake hands during their debate on Sept. 10. Whoever wins the election could shape the Supreme Court for years.

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  • Law

What could happen at the Supreme Court under Harris and Trump

Depending on who wins the presidential election and the Senate, the conservative supermajority could remain the same, be trimmed or expand to an even larger and more lopsided conservative majority.

October 31, 2024
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg
Three images posted by the group Progress 28 on Facebook claiming to be ads for Kamala Harris, but misrepresenting her current<strong> </strong>positions.

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  • Politics

An Elon Musk-backed political group is posting fake Kamala Harris ads on Facebook

Ads seemingly advocating for Vice President Harris on Facebook are really part of an effort by a dark money group to mislead voters. The messages have been viewed millions of times.

October 31, 2024
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By:
  • Bobby Allyn
President Biden's use of the word "garbage" has prompted a political controversy in the waning days of the presidential campaign.

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  • Politics

Harris urged unity in her closing argument. Biden's 'garbage' line undercut that

It sounded like the president was calling Trump supporters "garbage." But the White House said he was talking about a joke made by a comedian at a Trump rally who disparaged Puerto Rico.

October 30, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
The U.S. Supreme Court put on hold a lower court order that stopped Virginia from purging its voter rolls.

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  • Law

Supreme Court allows Virginia to purge individuals from voter rolls

The U.S. Supreme Court put on hold a lower court order that stopped Virginia from purging its voter rolls. The order comes less than a week before Election Day.

October 30, 2024
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By:
  • Nina Totenberg and
  • Ilana Dutton
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally in Allentown, Pa., on Tuesday.

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  • Politics

Facing fallout, Trump claims no president did more for Puerto Rico than he did

The Republican nominee's remarks come days after a joke about Puerto Rico as a "floating island of garbage" at his New York rally prompted backlash.

October 29, 2024
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez and
  • Ximena Bustillo
Voting booths are pictured inside the Dona Ana County Government Center during early voting for the upcoming midterm elections in Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S., October 24, 2022. REUTERS/Paul Ratje

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  • Elections

Homeless people already struggle to vote. Georgia law could make it harder

Civil rights groups say new Georgia voting rules have made it too easy to challenge the eligibility of people living in nursing homes, college dormitories and military facilities, and will make it more difficult for homeless people to register to vote.

October 28, 2024
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  • Robbie Sequeira
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