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The Latest: Trump and Harris are set to debate in Philadelphia

Sep. 10, 2024 19:10 PM EDT

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are gearing up to take the stage for Tuesday night’s debate in Philadelphia, where they’ll fight to sway 2024 election voters on the biggest stage in U.S. politics. The event, at 9 p.m. Eastern, will offer Americans their most detailed look at a...

Harris and Trump get ready for a landmark debate

Sep. 10, 2024 19:03 PM EDT

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will meet for the first time face-to-face Tuesday night for perhaps their only debate, a high-pressure opportunity to showcase their starkly different visions for the country after a tumultuous campaign summer. The event, at 9 p.m....

AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: Republicans are more likely to trust Trump than official election results

Sep. 10, 2024 18:30 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — For Christopher Pugh, the 2020 election was a turning point. He already distrusted the government. But as he watched Fox News coverage in the immediate aftermath of the election and read posts on Twitter, the social media platform now known as X, that distrust grew....

Grief over Gaza and qualms over US election add up to anguish for many Palestinian Americans

Sep. 10, 2024 16:56 PM EDT

Demoralized by the Biden administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war, Palestinian American Samia Assed found in Vice President Kamala Harris’ ascension — and her running mate pick — “a little ray of hope.” That hope, she said, shattered during last month’s...

Congress bestows its highest honor on the 13 troops killed during Afghanistan withdrawal

Sep. 10, 2024 15:42 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday presented Congress' highest honor — the Congressional Gold Medal — to 13 U.S. service members who were killed during the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, even as the politics of a presidential election swirled around the event. ...

FACT FOCUS: A look at false and misleading claims as Trump and Harris meet for their first debate

Sep. 10, 2024 10:56 AM EDT

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will meet face-to-face for the first time in a highly-anticipated debate Tuesday night. The two presidential candidates describe the state of the country in starkly different terms. Trump often paints a dark picture centered around...

Harris and Trump offer worlds-apart contrasts on top issues in presidential race

Sep. 10, 2024 00:32 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s presidential race is a genuine contest of ideas between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump — with clear differences on taxes, abortion, immigration, global alliances, climate change and democracy itself. Since replacing...

RFK Jr. wins effort to leave ballot in North Carolina, but stays on in Michigan

Sep. 09, 2024 23:31 PM EDT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The highest courts in two states ruled differently Monday on efforts by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to be removed from their presidential ballots, with a divided North Carolina Supreme Court affirming he should be omitted and the Michigan Supreme Court reversing a lower court...

Trump said fixing child care would not be very expensive. Here are price tags for other proposals

Sep. 09, 2024 19:04 PM EDT

Asked recently how he would bring down the high cost of child care, former President Donald Trump said doing so would be relatively “not very expensive” — at least, not compared with revenue from tax hikes he would impose on foreign goods. Economists are skeptical tariffs would...

The Latest: Harris and Trump are prepping for the debate but their strategies are vastly different

Sep. 09, 2024 18:34 PM EDT

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are veering sharply in how they gear up for Tuesday’s presidential debate, setting up a showdown that reflects not just two separate visions for the country but two politicians who approach big moments very differently. Harris spent the weekend...