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AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Arkansas

Nov. 05, 2024 20:53 PM EST

Former President Donald Trump secured Arkansas' six electoral votes on Tuesday, winning the heavily Republican state for the third presidential election in a row. Trump had the backing of the state's top Republican figures, including Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Sanders, who had served as Trump's White House...

Trump meets with Arab Americans in Dearborn, Michigan, but top community leaders skipped the event

Nov. 01, 2024 17:14 PM EDT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump on Friday met with Arab Americans in Dearborn, Michigan — the nation’s largest Arab-majority city — as the Republican presidential nominee works to court the potentially decisive group despite his history of Islamophobic rhetoric and policy. ...

Nicky Jam withdraws endorsement of Donald Trump over comedian's 'garbage' comment about Puerto Rico

Oct. 31, 2024 13:32 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Nicky Jam has withdrawn his endorsement of Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election a month after appearing at a rally for the candidate. Tony Hinchcliffe, a comic who called Puerto Rico “garbage” before a packed Trump rally...

Washington Post report: Subscriber loss after non-endorsement reaches a quarter million

Oct. 30, 2024 18:32 PM EDT

The Washington Post has lost at least 250,000 subscribers since announcing last Friday that it would not endorse a candidate for president — roughly 10 percent of its digital following, the newspaper reported Wednesday. The Post would not officially confirm that figure, saying it...

Newspaper non-endorsements at Washington Post, LA Times fit a trend, but their readers aren't happy

Oct. 29, 2024 15:11 PM EDT

The number of newspapers endorsing a candidate for president has dwindled with the industry's financial troubles the past two decades, in part because owners reason that it makes no sense to alienate some subscribers by taking a clear stand in a politically polarizing time. Yet in...

Owner Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post's decision not to endorse as the right, 'principled' one

Oct. 28, 2024 22:10 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Monday defended the newspaper's decision not to endorse a presidential candidate as “right” and “principled” and pushed back against any notion that he ordered it up to protect his business interests. That...

Washington Post becomes second major US newspaper this week to not endorse a presidential candidate

Oct. 25, 2024 18:03 PM EDT

Less than two weeks before Election Day, The Washington Post said Friday it would not endorse a candidate for president in this year's tightly contested race and would avoid doing so in the future — a decision immediately condemned by a former executive editor but one that the current publisher...

Two more LA Times editorial board members resign after the paper withholds a Harris endorsement

Oct. 25, 2024 17:58 PM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Two more members of the Los Angeles Times editorial board have resigned after the newspaper’s owner blocked the board's plan to endorse Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president. Veteran journalists Robert Greene and Karin Klein announced their...

Los Angeles Times editorials editor resigns after newspaper withholds presidential endorsement

Oct. 24, 2024 07:10 AM EDT

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The editorials editor of the Los Angeles Times has resigned after the newspaper’s owner blocked the editorial board’s plans to endorse Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris for president, a journalism trade publication reported Wednesday. Mariel Garza told...

Town fines resident who projected Trump sign onto municipal water tower

Oct. 14, 2024 16:54 PM EDT

A town in Massachusetts has sent a cease-and-desist letter to a property owner who projected a “Trump 2024” sign onto the side of a municipal water tower. Officials said the town of Hanson does not endorse candidates, nor does it allow political signs to be displayed on...