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News Articles: Elections

Republican presidential candidates (from left) former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Vivek Ramaswamy participate in the NewsNation Republican Presidential Primary Debate at the University of Alabama on Dec. 6 in Tuscaloosa.

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  • Politics

Poll: Where Republican candidates align with most Americans — and where they don't

A new NPR/PBS NewsHour/Marist poll tested policy positions on some of the most hot-button political issues facing the country — from abortion rights and gender identity, to immigration and spending.

December 13, 2023
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Donald Trump speaks to members of the media in November 2018.

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  • Elections

How should the media cover Trump and Biden in 2024? One man has an answer

What have journalists learned from covering the 2016 and 2020 elections? How can we do better? We asked the man who led The Washington Post through the Trump presidency.

December 12, 2023
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By:
  • Mary Louise Kelly,
  • Courtney Dorning,
  • and 1 more
People carrying signs in support of the Voting Rights Act line up outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., in 2013.

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  • Elections

Civil rights groups appeal court ruling that threatens Voting Rights Act enforcement

Civil rights groups are appealing a federal court ruling that could make it harder to enforce key voting protections for people of color under the Voting Rights Act.

December 11, 2023
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By:
  • Hansi Lo Wang
A jury was seated Monday to decide what kind of punitive damages Rudy Giuliani, left, the former lawyer for former President Donald Trump, should pay in a civil case brought by two Georgia election workers who accused him of defamation.

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  • Politics

Jury will decide amount Giuliani will pay to 2 Georgia election workers for defamation

How much should it cost to defame two innocent citizens in the service of a dangerous fallacy that sought to undermine a U.S. presidential election?

December 11, 2023
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By:
  • Bill Chappell
Former President Donald Trump sits in the courtroom with his attorneys Joe Tacopina and Boris Epshteyn (right) during his arraignment at the Manhattan Criminal Court on April 4 in New York City.

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  • Politics

Trump says he won't testify as planned in his civil fraud trial

In a post on his social media site, former President Donald Trump said he had no more to say about the case, and lashed out at New York's attorney general and the judge presiding over his case.

December 11, 2023
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By:
  • Ximena Bustillo and
  • D. Parvaz
John Whitmire gives his victory speech at his watch night party for the runoff election.

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  • Politics

John Whitmire elected Houston's next mayor

Democratic Texas State Senator John Whitmire defeated Democratic Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee to win the nonpartisan election for Houston's mayor.

December 10, 2023
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By:
  • Andrew Schneider / Houston Public Media
President Biden speaks during an event in Washington in October arguing for his administration's "Bidenomics" agenda. But Biden has struggled to convince voters his agenda is helping.

Tagged as: 

  • Analysis

The economy is a trouble spot for Biden despite strong signs. Here's why

Despite job growth, low unemployment and record spending, Americans are in a sour mood about the economy — and that could spell trouble for President Biden's reelection chances.

December 09, 2023
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
The Lesser-Known Candidate Forum featured 20 of the people who will be on the New Hampshire primary ballot, including (l to r) Donald Picard, Paperboy Love Prince, Richard Rist and Vermin Supreme.

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  • Elections

A postcard from the Lesser-Known Candidate Forum, a New Hampshire primary tradition

In New Hampshire, it's relatively easy to get your name on the presidential primary ballot — so there's a slew of lesser-known candidates seeking a spotlight for ideas and, well, performance art.

December 08, 2023
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By:
  • Tamara Keith
Republican presidential candidates from left, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, and businessman Vivek Ramaswamy during a Republican presidential primary debate hosted by NewsNation on Wednesday at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Ala.

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  • Elections

5 major takeaways — and one thing missing — from the fourth Republican debate

As four candidates hotly debated issues ranging from foreign policy to gender identity to immigration, it's clear Nikki Haley is seen as a threat and Trump still looms large even when he's not there.

December 07, 2023
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By:
  • Domenico Montanaro
Pro-Trump supporters storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.

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  • Elections

How the Republican presidential candidates view Jan. 6, democracy and voting issues

Here's where the current notable GOP hopefuls, including Donald Trump, stand on issues of democracy and election integrity.

December 07, 2023
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By:
  • Miles Parks,
  • Ashley Lopez,
  • and 2 more
Then presidential candidate Joe Biden waves to supporters as he finishes speaking during a drive-in campaign rally in Georgia in 2020.

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  • Politics

'Rebuild the base': How the Biden campaign will tackle a possible Trump rematch

A campaign manager for President Biden outlines the strategy if there's a repeat of the 2020 election against Donald Trump, and how Democrats plan to win over voters once again.

December 07, 2023
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By:
  • Tyler Bartlam,
  • Justine Kenin,
  • and 1 more
GPB News NPR

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  • Elections

Senior official from President Biden's campaign weighs in on possible Trump rematch

NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with Quentin Fulks from the Biden Campaign about campaign strategy ahead of the Republican debate in Alabama.

December 06, 2023
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By:
  • Tyler Bartlam,
  • Justine Kenin,
  • and 1 more
Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event in Ankeny, Iowa.

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  • Politics

Trump allies craft plans to give him unprecedented power if he wins the White House

Trump insiders are working behind the scenes on detailed plans to amass his power so that he can carry out an unprecedented restructuring of the U.S. government and expand executive authority.

December 06, 2023
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By:
  • Franco Ordoñez
Nevada Republican Party Chair Michael McDonald announces then-President Donald Trump before he speaks at the party's convention on June 23, 2018, in Las Vegas.

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  • Law

6 'fake electors' for Trump are indicted in Nevada

A Nevada grand jury indicted six individuals who submitted documents falsely attesting that they were the state's official presidential electors, and that Donald Trump won Nevada in the 2020 election.

December 06, 2023
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By:
  • NPR's Washington Desk
Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds and influential Iowa evangelical Christian leader Bob Vander Plaats speak ahead of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's speech upon completing his 99 county tour of Iowa in Newton, Iowa.

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  • Elections

Trump and DeSantis display different campaign styles in competing visits to Iowa

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has visited all of Iowa's 99 counties, over a weekend that former President Donald Trump returned to the state as Trump maintains a significant lead in the polls.

December 06, 2023
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By:
  • Clay Masters
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