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News Articles: Elections

Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, speaks to reporters after the presidential debate with Vice President Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, on Sept. 10 in Philadelphia.

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  • Elections

How Trump is relying on a racist conspiracy theory to question election results

Donald Trump has echoed a new iteration of a conspiracy theory that has taken root in the GOP that falsely claims there is a plan to bring nonwhite immigrants to the U.S. to replace white voters.

September 16, 2024
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By:
  • Jude Joffe-Block and
  • Odette Yousef
Republican presidential nominee, former President Donald Trump, arrives at Harry Reid International Airport to board a plane after a campaign trip on Saturday in Las Vegas.

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  • Politics

Trump was targeted in apparent 'attempted assassination,' the FBI says

Former President Trump was the target of what the FBI said “appears to be an attempted assassination” at his West Palm Beach golf club. President Biden said he was briefed and a person has been detained.

September 16, 2024
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By:
  • Luke Garrett and
  • Juliana Kim
Vice President Harris boards Air Force Two in Pittsburgh, Pa., on Sept. 9, 2024.

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  • Politics

If Harris wins, she would make history. But she isn’t talking about that

Hillary Clinton leaned into her identity when she ran for president. Vice President Kamala Harris is decidedly not.

September 15, 2024
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
George Washington crosses the Delaware River during the American Revolutionary War in 1776.

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  • Politics

George Washington established the presidency. How much of it would he recognize now?

The presidential office was first envisioned to be more like a clerk's job, and in its earliest incarnation, it was almost unseemly to be perceived as campaigning for the office, historians tell NPR.

September 14, 2024
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By:
  • Jaclyn Diaz
Republican presidential nominee, former U.S. President Donald Trump, debates Democratic presidential nominee, U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, for the first time during the presidential election campaign at The National Constitution Center on Sept.10, 2024 in Philadelphia.

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  • Opinion

Trump’s own version of reality continues to confound political actors and observers

Far from being disqualifying, this feature of the Trump persona presents itself as part and parcel of his appeal.

September 14, 2024
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By:
  • Ron Elving
Former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Tucson, Ariz., on Thursday. Trump has used a swing through the south west to focus on economic issues but despite touting his economic policies, the candidate has continued to focus on immigration and repeating false and debunked conspiracies about immigrant communities.

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  • Elections

In Arizona, California and Nevada, Trump focuses on his favorite foil: immigrants

In a press conference Friday, former President Donald Trump repeated false conspiracy theories about immigrants eating pets in Ohio, which has been debunked several times.

September 13, 2024
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By:
  • Ben Giles
Independent candidate Cornel West appeared at a protest outside the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago. Ross Williams/Georgia Recorder

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  • Elections

Fulton judge overturns Georgia secretary of state decision in favor of third-party ballot presence

Georgians could have fewer choices for president when they go to vote this November after two Fulton County Superior Court judges reversed Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s decision and ruled independent candidate Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz with the Party for Socialism and Liberation are not eligible to run for president in the state.

September 13, 2024
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By:
  • Ross Williams
 In court papers, prosecutors described Timothy Hale-Cusanelli as a "Nazi sympathizer" who went to work at a Naval Weapons Station with a "Hitler mustache."

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  • Investigations

Trump’s Bedminster club hosted an alleged Nazi sympathizer who stormed the Capitol

At two events, Donald Trump’s New Jersey golf club hosted a convicted Jan. 6 rioter known for extreme antisemitic and racist comments, whom prosecutors described as a ‘white supremacist.’

September 12, 2024
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By:
  • Tom Dreisbach
Michael McDonald, the chair of Nevada’s Republican Party, shakes hands with former President Donald Trump at a January event for Trump’s reelection campaign in Las Vegas. McDonald is one of this year’s 14 presidential electors who are linked to efforts to reverse Trump’s 2020 defeat.

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  • Elections

14 pro-Trump electors linked to efforts to reverse his 2020 loss are back for 2024

The return of 14 Republican presidential electors linked to efforts to reverse Donald Trump’s 2020 loss raises questions about what they will do if Trump loses again in their states.

September 12, 2024
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
Tom Miller, 52, votes "On Demand" using an absentee or mail-in ballot in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, U.S. October 31, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier

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  • Elections

Republicans join legal challenge of State Election Board

A Georgia-based advocacy group headed by former Republican state Rep. Scot Turner filed suit in Fulton County Wednesday seeking to block rules changes three of the five board members approved in recent weeks allowing local election officials to delay certification of election results if they suspect fraud.

September 12, 2024
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By:
  • Dave Williams
Georgia voter Cameron Lewellen has struggled with his vote in the upcoming presidential election. He has voted for Republicans and Democrats in recent years.

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  • Elections

An undecided swing state voter watched the debate. It moved the needle

Cameron Lewellen of Georgia headed into Tuesday's debate one of the small but potentially key slice of voters who are undecided about the presidential election. After, his vote is in sharper focus.

September 12, 2024
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By:
  • Sam Gringlas
People gather outside the Florida Supreme Court in Tallahassee earlier this year. Voting rights groups challenging the state’s congressional map are counting on the court to reinstate a district that gave Black voters in the northern part of the state the opportunity to elect their candidate of choice.

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  • Elections

Protections for minority voters are at the center of a Florida redistricting case

Voting rights groups challenging the state congressional map want the Florida Supreme Court to reinstate a district that gave Black voters in one region the chance to elect their preferred candidate.

September 12, 2024
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By:
  • Valerie Crowder
The Nesbett Courthouse, where state judges in the Third Judicial District hear cases in downtown Anchorage, Alaska, is shown on Tuesday. A judge there issued a ruling in a unique ballot case for the state's high-profile U.S. House election.

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  • Elections

He's in a New York prison. Yet a judge let him stay on a U.S. House ballot — in Alaska

A fringe candidate who's never been to Alaska and is currently in federal prison in New York is set to appear on the general election ballot for Alaska’s lone U.S. House seat, after a judge’s ruling.

September 11, 2024
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By:
  • Jack Darrell / KRBD
Vice President Harris, President Joe Biden, former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, former President Donald Trump and Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, attend the 9/11 memorial ceremony in New York.

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  • Elections

Biden and Harris, Trump and Vance attend Sept. 11 memorial events

In a surprise joint appearance, President Biden and Vice President Harris joined former President Donald Trump and Ohio Sen. JD Vance at Ground Zero for a Sept. 11 memorial event.

September 11, 2024
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By:
  • Eric McDaniel
Former President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential nominee, and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, participate during ABC News' presidential debate Tuesday at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.

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  • Elections

The debate between Harris and Trump wasn’t close — and 4 other takeaways

Tuesday’s debate between the current vice president and former president was a clear contrast from the June debate that forced President Biden from the race.

September 11, 2024
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
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