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Supreme Court taking the bench with ghost guns, a capital case and transgender rights on the docket

Oct. 07, 2024 00:30 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court is taking the bench again on Monday, ready to hear cases on ghost guns, a death sentence and transgender rights. The docket doesn’t have quite as many blockbuster cases on its docket as it did last term, when its rulings included an opinion...

Tips, overtime, Social Security: A look at Donald Trump's no-tax pledges and what they might cost

Oct. 07, 2024 00:23 AM EDT

Donald Trump has pledged to end taxes on everything from tips to Social Security and overtime pay if he's elected to the White House again. But he hasn't detailed how he would fund those ideas and avoid creating a huge budget shortfall, beyond arguing he will usher in an economic boom. ...

Turning Point wants to revolutionize how Republicans turn out voters. Some are skeptical

Oct. 07, 2024 00:12 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Turning Point’s representatives have made two things clear in meetings with state and local Republican leaders — Donald Trump has blessed their conservative organization to help lead his get-out-the-vote effort, and local party officials ought to use the group's new voter...

New analysis suggests national debt could increase under Harris, but it would surge under Trump

Oct. 07, 2024 00:07 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — No one is likely to be happy with the projected higher deficits laid out in a new analysis of Kamala Harris' and Donald Trump's economic plans. The analysis released Monday by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget suggests a Harris presidency...

Harris talks abortion and more on 'Call Her Daddy' podcast as Democratic ticket steps up interviews

Oct. 06, 2024 23:13 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris opened a media blitz by the Democratic ticket on Sunday by appearing on the popular “Call Her Daddy” podcast about abortion, sexual abuse and other issues that resonate with women, working in some digs at her GOP opponent along the way. ...

Andy Kim and Curtis Bashaw clash over abortion and immigration in New Jersey Senate debate

Oct. 06, 2024 22:53 PM EDT

NUTLEY, N.J. (AP) — Democratic Rep. Andy Kim and Republican Curtis Bashaw clashed over abortion and immigration Sunday in their first debate for New Jersey’s Senate seat, open this year after Bob Menendez’s conviction on bribery charges and resignation. Kim, a three-term...

How important is Wisconsin? Trump's now visited 4 times in 8 days

Oct. 06, 2024 17:43 PM EDT

JUNEAU, Wis. (AP) — Donald Trump on Sunday visited Wisconsin for the fourth time in eight days as his campaign showers attention on a pivotal state where Republicans fret about his ability to match Democrats’ enthusiasm and turnout machine. “They say that Wisconsin is probably...

US disaster relief chief blasts false claims about Helene response as a 'truly dangerous narrative'

Oct. 06, 2024 15:37 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government’s top disaster relief official said Sunday that false claims and conspiracy theories about the federal response to Hurricane Helene — spread most prominently by Donald Trump — are “demoralizing” aid workers and creating fear in people who need...

Voters in North Carolina and Georgia have bigger problems than politics. Helene changed everything

Oct. 06, 2024 13:41 PM EDT

VILAS, N.C. (AP) — Brad Farrington pulls over to grab a case of water bottles being passed out in Vilas, a small rural community tucked away in the Blue Ridge Mountains. He’s on his way to help a friend who lost much of what he owned when Hurricane Helene blew through last weekend. ...

Elon Musk makes his first appearance at a Trump rally and casts the election in dire terms

Oct. 06, 2024 09:58 AM EDT

Billionaire tech executive Elon Musk cast the upcoming presidential election in dire terms during an appearance with Donald Trump, calling the Republican presidential nominee the only candidate “to preserve democracy in America.” The CEO of SpaceX and Tesla who also purchased X,...