Most Americans plan to watch the Biden-Trump debate, and many see high stakes, an AP-NORC poll finds

WASHINGTON (AP) — Most U.S. adults plan to watch some element of Thursday's presidential debate and many think the event will be important for the campaigns of both President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump, according to a new poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public...

Biden and Trump are set to debate. Here's what their past performances looked like

WASHINGTON (AP) — What people remember from Joe Biden and Donald Trump’s first debate four years ago are likely the interruptions, the shouting and the “will you shut up, man?” Then-President Trump arrived at that first matchup in Cleveland seemingly determined to steamroll...

A co-founder of the embattled venture capital firm Fearless Fund has stepped down as operating chief

NEW YORK (AP) — One of the co-founders of an Atlanta-based venture capital firm that supports women of color has stepped down as chief operating officer as the company battles a lawsuit that has become emblematic of a conservative backlash against corporate diversity programs. ...

US health officials are warning doctors to be alert for dengue cases as the virus surges in other countries

Former Georgia officials say they're teaming up to defend the legitimacy of elections

ATLANTA (AP) — Four prominent former officials in Georgia, which has been a major front in disinformation over the democratic process, are joining a group that says it will try to counteract efforts to make people distrust elections. Those joining the Democracy Defense Project,...

Federal lawsuit challenges Georgia law that limits many people or groups to posting 3 bonds a year

A new federal lawsuit challenges a Georgia law that expands cash bail and restricts organizations that help people pay bail so they can be released while their criminal cases are pending. Senate Bill 63, which was signed into law last month by Gov. Brian Kemp and which takes effect...

Trump has spent months painting Biden as incompetent. Now he's changing his tone before the debate

NEW YORK (AP) — After months of casting President Joe Biden as a shell of a man incapable of putting two sentences together, Donald Trump has changed his tune days before their first debate. “I assume he’s going to be somebody that will be a worthy debater,” the former...

Supreme Court won't hear case claiming discrimination in Georgia Public Service Commission elections

ATLANTA (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear a case challenging Georgia's system of electing utility regulators statewide, a decision likely to clear the way for resuming elections to the Georgia Public Service Commission. The high court on Monday rejected claims that the power...

In one affluent Atlanta suburb, Biden and Trump work to win over wary Georgia voters

FAYETTEVILLE, Ga. (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will meet for their first general election debate Thursday in Georgia, the battleground that yielded the closest 2020 margin of any state and became the epicenter of Trump’s efforts to overturn Biden’s election. ...

Here's what's at stake for Biden and Trump in this week's presidential debate

NEW YORK (AP) — Rarely, if ever, has one candidate in a presidential debate had so much material to use against the other. Republican Donald Trump has been convicted of 34 felony counts with serious charges in three other indictments still pending. As president, Trump nominated...