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Harris slams GOP on manufacturing as she and Trump hunt for votes on the campaign's final weekend

Nov. 02, 2024 11:13 AM EDT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Kamala Harris on Saturday criticized House Speaker Mike Johnson for suggesting that Republicans might cut government subsidies for semiconductor manufacturing as she and Republican Donald Trump embarked on one last weekend quest to round up every possible vote in the battleground...

Trump will spend every day until the election in North Carolina, a swing state he won twice

Nov. 02, 2024 10:02 AM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Donald Trump will rally supporters in North Carolina every day until Tuesday's election, a flurry of late activity in the only swing state that he won in both his 2016 and 2020 campaigns. Even as Trump looks to expand the electoral map and project strength with...

It's a fight to the finish in races that will determine control of Congress

Nov. 02, 2024 09:23 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The final doors are being knocked, ads are blaring and candidates are making a last pitch to voters. Even with the high-energy final push, the races for control of Congress are at a stalemate, essentially a toss-up for the House and fight to the finish for the Senate. ...

Barrier-breaking Alaska congresswoman copes with personal tragedy as she faces tough reelection bid

Nov. 02, 2024 00:10 AM EDT

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Alannah Hurley still gets choked up recalling Democrat Mary Peltola’s election to Alaska’s only U.S. House seat in 2022. Hurley, like Peltola, is Yup’ik and called Peltola's election — in which she became the first Alaska Native in Congress — monumental for Hurley...

Trump is using election lies to lay the groundwork for challenging 2024 results if he loses

Nov. 02, 2024 00:09 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has spent months laying the groundwork to challenge the results of the 2024 election if he loses — just as he did four years ago. At rally after rally, he urges his supporters to deliver a victory “too big to rig," telling them the only way he can...

What to watch over the final weekend of the 2024 presidential campaign

Nov. 02, 2024 00:03 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — The 2024 presidential contest speeds into its final weekend with Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a razor-thin contest. At this late stage in the campaign, every day matters. And while few voters might change their minds this late in a...

Trump and Harris host dueling rallies in the Milwaukee area in a final push to win Wisconsin

Nov. 01, 2024 23:50 PM EDT

MILWAUKEE (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump hosted rallies within 7 miles of each other Friday night in the Milwaukee area as part of a fevered final push for votes in swing-state Wisconsin's largest county. Milwaukee is home to the most...

Israel pummels Lebanon and Gaza, killing dozens in fresh waves of airstrikes

Nov. 01, 2024 22:34 PM EDT

BEIRUT (AP) — Israel launched dozens of intense airstrikes across Lebanon's northeastern farming villages on Friday, killing at least 52 people and wounding scores more, the Lebanese Health Ministry reported. In central Gaza, Palestinians recovered the bodies of 25 people killed in...

House Speaker Johnson says GOP may try to repeal CHIPS Act, then walks it back

Nov. 01, 2024 21:56 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson said Friday that Republicans “probably will” try to repeal legislation that spurred U.S. production of semiconductor chips, a statement he quickly tried to walk back by saying he would like to instead “streamline” it. Johnson...

Top House Republicans seeking documents regarding Biden's 'garbage' comment

Nov. 01, 2024 20:17 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House Republicans called on the White House to produce all documents and internal communications regarding President Joe Biden's statement earlier this week in which he appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trump. White House press officials altered...