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New Hampshire candidates for governor question and criticize each other in final debate

Oct. 30, 2024 22:19 PM EDT

Republican Kelly Ayotte’s support for former President Donald Trump was a flash point Wednesday in her final debate with Democrat Joyce Craig in the race to become New Hampshire’s next governor. As a U.S. senator in 2016, Ayotte initially said she supported Trump as the GOP...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Pennsylvania on Election Day

Oct. 29, 2024 15:40 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania voters are almost sure to play a pivotal role in the Nov. 5 general election, with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress and the state Legislature in the balance. With its 19 electoral votes, the commonwealth is the largest prize...

Wisconsin's GOP Senate candidate Hovde defends not knowing much about the farm bill in a dairy state

Oct. 25, 2024 11:23 AM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde has repeatedly defended his self-professed lack of knowledge about the U.S. farm bill in the campaign's closing days, after first saying in a debate that he is “not an expert” on the legislation that is vital to farmers in...

By moving to podcasts, Harris and Trump are turning away from legacy media to spread their messages

Oct. 24, 2024 16:49 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Among the legacy news outlets that have come up empty in their efforts to interview Kamala Harris and Donald Trump during the general election campaign: NPR, The New York Times, PBS and The Washington Post. Yet Harris chose to meet with Alex Cooper for her “Call...

Harris says Trump 'is a fascist' after his ex-chief of staff says he wanted generals like Hitler's

Oct. 24, 2024 08:52 AM EDT

ASTON, Pa. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris said that she believes that Donald Trump "is a fascist” after his longest-serving chief of staff said the former president praised Adolf Hitler while in office and put personal loyalty above the Constitution. Harris seized on...

Kentucky school choice ballot measure pits competing messages from Gov. Andy Beshear, Sen. Rand Paul

Oct. 23, 2024 13:51 PM EDT

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — As Kentucky voters ponder whether to allow some of their tax dollars to support students attending private schools, the high-stakes debate has turned into a test of influence between popular political heavyweights — Democratic Gov. Andy Beshear and Republican U.S. Sen....

Trump hurls a string of insults at Harris including 'lazy,' a racist trope against Black people

Oct. 23, 2024 08:42 AM EDT

GREENSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump unleashed a series of personal attacks at Vice President Kamala Harris, calling her “lazy” — a word long used to demean Black people in racist terms — and repeatedly questioning her intelligence and stamina. ...

Trump targets hardcore partisans, Harris goes after moderates: Inside the campaign's final sprint

Oct. 23, 2024 00:03 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — In battleground Pennsylvania, Kamala Harris warned that democracy and reproductive rights were at stake as she campaigned alongside a former Republican congresswoman. Going to the same state the day before, Donald Trump served French fries at a closed McDonald's....

Central Park Five sue Donald Trump for jogger case remarks made at presidential debate

Oct. 21, 2024 17:27 PM EDT

The men formerly known as the Central Park Five before they were exonerated filed a defamation lawsuit on Monday against Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump. With Election Day two weeks away, the group accused the former president of making “false and defamatory...

Today in History: October 19, ‘Black Monday’ on Wall Street

Oct. 19, 2024 00:10 AM EDT

Today is Saturday, Oct. 19, the 293rd day of 2024. There are 73 days left in the year. Today in history: On Oct. 19, 1987, the stock market crashed as the Dow Jones Industrial Average plunged 508 points, or 22.6% in value (its largest daily percentage loss ever), to...