Election 2024 Latest: Trump and Harris resume campaigning after apparent assassination attempt

The presidential campaign is moving forward after a second apparent attempt on Donald Trump ’s life over the weekend. Trump was heading to Michigan on Tuesday for a town hall while Vice President Kamala Harris answered questions at a forum for Black journalists in Pennsylvania. ...

Election officials prepare for threats with panic buttons, bulletproof glass

MARIETTA, Ga. (AP) — The election director in Cobb County, an Atlanta suburb where votes will be fiercely contested in this year's presidential race, recently organized a five-hour training session. The focus wasn't solely on the nuts and bolts of running this year's election. Instead, it brought...

Physician sentenced to 9 months in prison for punching police officer during Capitol riot

WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts medical doctor who punched a police officer during a mob's attack on the U.S. Capitol was sentenced Thursday to nine months of imprisonment followed by nine months of home confinement. Jacquelyn Starer was in a crowd of rioters inside the Capitol...

Nancy Pelosi thanked Biden for his wins, as she said Harris will take US to new heights

CHICAGO (AP) — Nancy Pelosi opened her convention speech with a sense of gratitude for President Joe Biden, even after her doubts about his campaign fed into the pressures that led him to end his reelection effort. “Thank you, Joe,” Pelosi said after going through Biden's...

Here's the schedule for the DNC's third night in Chicago featuring Walz, Clinton and Amanda Gorman

CHICAGO (AP) — Democratic National Convention organizers have released the schedule for the event's third day. Headliners include Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Vice President Kamala Harris' running mate, and former President Bill Clinton. Other speakers include former House Speaker...

Pelosi says it's her life goal to ensure 'that man' Trump never steps in the White House again

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi's influence can be seen all across the Democratic Party shakeup that in a few short, agonizing weeks has reengineered the 2024 presidential ticket and the race for the White House. It was Pelosi who publicly encouraged President Joe Biden to make a...

Pelosi warns in her new book that political threats and violence 'must stop'

WASHINGTON (AP) — Nancy Pelosi thought briefly she might have died on Jan. 6, 2021. Not quite two years later, the threat of political violence would come for her husband at their home. “Where’s Nancy? Where’s Nancy?” That was the chilling...

Biden passed that torch slowly, hanging on until the wheels finally came off

WASHINGTON (AP) — As the formulaic “pass the torch” drumbeat thumped on from lawmakers wanting him to quit the race, President Joe Biden maintained a brave face. Publicly, he vowed he was all in, until the day he got out. But there were telling indications he was listening to...

Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi endorses Vice President Kamala Harris for president with 'enthusiastic support'

Takeaways from a day that fundamentally changed the presidential race

President Joe Biden’s abrupt decision to bow out of the presidential race and endorse Vice President Kamala Harris to be the Democratic candidate against former President Donald Trump caused a political earthquake on Sunday. It also changes the contours of a presidential race — which most...