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News Articles: Elections

Melinda French Gates, billionaire philanthropist and founder of Pivotal, in Paris in 2021. Since leaving the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation earlier this year, French Gates has committed $1 billion towards women and girls.

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  • Business

Only 2% of charitable giving goes to women. Can Melinda French Gates change that?

The philanthropist is spending $1 billion — and leveraging her ever-growing celebrity — to call more attention to the systemic problems facing women and girls. Now she's focusing even more on women's health.

October 09, 2024
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By:
  • Maria Aspan
Volunteers for the Walworth County Democrats fold pamphlets for canvassers ahead of this year's presidential election.

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  • Elections

In battleground states, it's not just about winning — but also losing by less

In a state where every vote matters, both Democratic and Republican campaigns are not only trying to win in counties where they’re strongest, they’re also trying to lose by less.

October 09, 2024
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro,
  • Mia Venkat,
  • and 2 more
An FBI seal is seen on a wall on Aug. 10, 2022, in Omaha, Neb.

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  • National Security

The FBI arrested an Afghan man who officials say was planning an Election Day attack

The Justice Department said the man was inspired by the Islamic State militant organization and was plotting an Election Day attack targeting large crowds in the U.S.

October 08, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Russian President Vladimir Putin and then President Donald Trump shake hands before a meeting in Helsinki, on July 16, 2018. A new book by the journalist Bob Woodward reports that Trump secretly shared COVID-19 tests with Putin in 2020.

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  • Politics

Trump secretly sent Putin COVID-19 tests during pandemic shortage, a new book reports

Vice President Harris is criticizing Trump over the reported shipment, which is detailed in a new book by the journalist Bob Woodward. The president's campaign has denied the reporting.

October 08, 2024
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By:
  • Jason Breslow
Debris seen in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene on September 30, in Asheville, N.C.

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  • Politics

Fact-checking falsehoods about FEMA funding and Hurricane Helene

Rumors, misinformation and lies about the federal government’s response to Hurricane Helene have run rampant since the storm made landfall, especially around FEMA funding.

October 08, 2024
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By:
  • Stephen Fowler
Fulton County Superior Court Judge Robert McBurney instructs potential jurors during proceedings to seat a special purpose grand jury in Fulton County, Georgia, on Monday, May 2, 2022, to look into the actions of former President Donald Trump and his supporters who tried to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

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  • Politics

Election skeptics are running some county election boards in Georgia. A new rule could allow them to exclude decisive votes

An examination of a new election rule in Georgia suggests that local officials in just a handful of rural counties could exclude enough votes to affect the outcome of the 2024 presidential race.

October 08, 2024
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By:
  • Doug Bock Clark ,
  • Heather Vogell ,
  • and 1 more
Vice President Harris talks to hosts of ABC's <em>The View</em> during a commercial break on Oct. 8.

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  • Politics

Harris proposes Medicare cover home care costs to help the 'sandwich generation'

Harris used ABC’s The View — a popular daytime television talk show — to unveil a new pledge squarely aimed at women who take care of aging parents as well as their own kids.

October 08, 2024
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By:
  • Deepa Shivaram
The Packing House in Milwaukee caters to diners of all political persuasions.

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  • Politics

I went to a classic Wisconsin supper club to talk politics. This is what I learned

When we started planning a trip to swing state Wisconsin, locals told us we had to include a visit to a supper club to experience the culture. My first question was, "What on earth is a supper club?"

October 08, 2024
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By:
  • Ari Shapiro
Vice President Harris speaks to media members before departing for New York at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland on Monday. Harris appeared on the CBS news magazine <em>60 Minutes </em>on Monday, where she answered questions about her economic plans, the war in Ukraine and the U.S.-Mexico border.

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  • Politics

Harris is pressed for more specifics in a wide-ranging interview with '60 Minutes'

The interview followed criticism from former President Donald Trump that Harris has been unwilling to sit for hard interviews. She was pressed on everything from her economic proposals to immigration.

October 08, 2024
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By:
  • NPR Washington Desk
Vice President Harris appears on screen during a taping with Oprah Winfrey on Sept. 19. Harris is on a media blitz this week that includes stops on <em>The View </em>on ABC<em>,</em> <em>The Howard Stern Show</em> and <em>The Late Show With Stephen Colbert</em> on CBS.

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  • Politics

Harris is trying to reach new voters with a media blitz both traditional — and not

Harris has already appeared on 60 Minutes and the popular podcast Call Her Daddy. Next up, appearances on The View, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Howard Stern Show.

October 08, 2024
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By:
  • Elena Moore
Tunisian president and candidate for re-election Kais Saied joins his supporters after the announcement of the provisional results for the presidential elections, in the capital Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday.

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  • Africa

Tunisia's President Saied wins reelection after cracking down on the opposition

Opposition parties boycotted the election, calling it a sham amid a deteriorating political climate and authoritarian drift in the birthplace of the Arab Spring more than a decade ago.

October 08, 2024
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By:
  • The Associated Press
Vice President Harris speaks at the vice president's residence at the U.S. Naval Observatory on Oct. 7, in Washington, D.C. Harris and second gentleman Doug Emhoff marked the one-year anniversary of the Oct. 7 attacks in Israel by planting a memorial tree.

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  • Politics

Harris and Trump marked 1 year since the Oct. 7 attacks with tributes to the victims

Vice President Harris remembered the victims of the attack by planting a memorial tree at her residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., while former President Trump visited a sacred site for Hasidic Jews in Queens, N.Y.

October 08, 2024
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By:
  • Sarah McCammon
A sign supporting Kamala Harris in the Boston Edison neighborhood on Oct. 5, 2024 in Detroit, Mich.

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  • Politics

It’s a close race for Michigan. These factors could decide it for Harris or Trump

Vice President Harris needs to win back Michigan voters President Biden looked poised to lose. Donald Trump’s appeal remains strong here, but he’s not without his own struggles.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • Majd Al-Waheidi
Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump addresses a campaign rally at the Butler Farm Show grounds on Sunday in Butler, Pa. This was the first time that Trump has returned to Butler since he was injured during an attempted assassination on July 13.

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  • Politics

Trump and his faithful followers return to Butler, Pa., to energize the flock

Former President Donald Trump credited the "grace of God" for his survival of the assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania on July 13 in his return to the site for a rally on Saturday.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • Danielle Kurtzleben
 Georgia Election Board member Janice Johnston voted Sept. 23 in favor of the board opening an investigation into eight county boards that review mass voter eligibility challenges filed predominantly by conservative residents. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Elections

After months of rewriting rules, Georgia election board meets once more before November

A probe into allegations that several county election boards are failing to properly investigate challenges disputing voter eligibility is on the agenda of the controversial Georgia State Election Board on Tuesday.

October 07, 2024
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By:
  • Stanley Dunlap
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