Latest Robert F. Kennedy Jr. News

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...

RFK Jr. notches wins in North Carolina and Michigan in his effort to get off ballots

Sep. 06, 2024 20:25 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scored a pair of legal victories Friday in the battleground states of North Carolina and Michigan, and a setback in Wisconsin, in his quest to get his name off of the ballots in some states after he suspended his campaign and endorsed former President...

North Carolina judge rejects RFK Jr.'s request to remove his name from state ballots

Sep. 05, 2024 19:33 PM EDT

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina judge refused to take Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name off presidential ballots in the battleground state on Thursday, a day before the first batches of November absentee ballots are slated to be sent to registered voters who requested them. ...

Jimmy McCain, a son of the late Arizona senator, registers as a Democrat and backs Harris

Sep. 04, 2024 22:12 PM EDT

PHOENIX (AP) — Jimmy McCain, a son of former Arizona senator and 2008 Republican presidential nominee John McCain, said this week he has registered as a Democrat and will vote for Vice President Kamala Harris, a valuable nod of support for the Democratic nominee in a battleground state. ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. sues to remove himself from Wisconsin's presidential ballot

Sep. 04, 2024 13:04 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has filed a lawsuit in Wisconsin trying to get his name removed from the battleground state's presidential ballot after the state elections commission voted to keep him on it. Kennedy suspended his campaign in August and endorsed...

Election Day is about 2 months away and ready or not, the first ballots could go out within days

Sep. 04, 2024 11:25 AM EDT

It might feel like the presidential election is still a long way off. It’s not. Election Day on Nov. 5 is only about two months away, and major dates, events and political developments will make it fly by. The stretch between now and then will go as fast as summer break from school...

RFK Jr. must remain on the Michigan ballot, judge says

Sep. 03, 2024 18:05 PM EDT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — A Michigan judge ruled that Robert F. Kennedy Jr. must remain on the November presidential ballot, dealing a blow to his crusade to strategically remove his ticket from the battleground state. Kennedy suspended his campaign and endorsed former President...

FACT FOCUS: Posts falsely claim video shows Harris promising to censor X and owner Elon Musk

Sep. 03, 2024 16:23 PM EDT

After a nationwide suspension of billionaire Elon Musk's X platform in Brazil, social media users — including former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. — are misrepresenting a years-old video of Vice President Kamala Harris to falsely claim that the Democratic presidential...

RFK Jr. sues North Carolina elections board as he seeks to remove his name from ballot

Aug. 31, 2024 14:12 PM EDT

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is suing the North Carolina State Board of Elections in a last-ditch attempt to get his name removed the state’s ballot ahead of the 2024 presidential election. The lawsuit filed in Wake County Superior Court Friday says the board's denial of his request to...

AP Week in Pictures

Aug. 30, 2024 00:51 AM EDT

Aug. 23-29, 2024 Spain’s annual Tomatina street battle took place in the eastern town of Buñol, where workers on trucks tipped more tons of overripe tomatoes into the main street of the town for participants to throw. Vice President Kamala Harris and running mate...