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Fear and loathing as local Democrats watch Trump take battleground states
As a sea of red states blipped onto three giant projector screens, the crowded ballroom of Spokane’s Lincoln Center became a sea of grimacing faces.
Shawn Vestal: Presidential politics won’t break my family ties, but what about the nation?
She’s voting for him. I voted for her. But on Wednesday morning, whichever one of us is celebrating and whichever one is mourning, we’ll still be family.
Everything you need to know about the Electoral College (then can forget for four more years)
Your vote for president doesn’t directly elect the president. It’s a bit more complicated than that.
FBI Director Comey’s start-and-stop Clinton investigation turns up heat on himself
FBI Director James Comey tried to put the Hillary Clinton email saga behind him on Sunday, but both Democratic and Republican lawmakers made clear he’ll face tough questioning about whether he’s fit to lead the agency after Election Day.
Forget the TV: How to follow Election Day online
NEW YORK – TVs are so last century. News outlets are using Facebook Live, Snapchat, YouTube and other tools to offer live coverage of Election Day in ways not possible four years ago. It’s a fitting close to an election season that has played out on Twitter and Facebook as much as it has on the nightly news, with debates live-streamed online and candidates barbing on social media.
Hour-by-hour TV guide to election results Tuesday night
The outcome of the 2016 election between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton will begin to unfold Tuesday night in Georgia and Virginia. And then quickly move into North Carolina, Florida, Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Justice Dept. to dispatch more than 500 staffers to polls
The Justice Department said Monday it will send more than 500 staffers to 28 states on Election Day to monitor the polls, a 35 percent reduction from the number four years ago.
Clinton wins (in national high school mock election)
High school students participating in a nationwide mock poll gave Hillary Clinton a land-slide victory, Sunday.
Presidential election unusually stressful
This presidential election is unusually stressful for both Democrats and Republicans, according to a survey published by the American Psychological Association. Eli Francovich/SR talks to local people about the election, including Kurt Wilson of Survival Enterprises in Coeur d’Alene. How stressed are you?
Poll: Election stands at 47-43 Clinton over Trump; nearly 8 in 10 are prepared to accept result
Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton holds an edge of 47 percent to 43 percent over GOP nominee Donald Trump in a the latest Washington Post-ABC News tracking poll, with Clinton regaining a slight advantage in personal popularity and matching President Obama’s 2012 lead among racial and ethnic minorities.
Christie sticks to denial after allies convicted in bridge plot
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, in his first interview after last week’s conviction of two former aides in a revenge plot to create a massive traffic jam, contradicted their testimony and insisted he had “no recollection” of being informed about the events as they happened.
Stocks sharply higher in morning trading after FBI clears Clinton
Financial companies led a broad rally in U.S. stocks in morning trading Monday as investors focused on the latest turns ahead of Election Day. The FBI announced late Sunday that its review of newly discovered Hillary Clinton emails found no evidence warranting charges against the presidential candidate. Traders have been anxious in recent weeks over signs that the presidential race was tightening.
Election Day hours extended for Susan B. Anthony’s gravesite
The New York cemetery where women’s suffragist leader Susan B. Anthony is buried will extend its hours on Election Day to give people more time to visit her grave.
Clinton goes for uplift, Trump goes after her as election nears
Furiously campaigning to the last, Hillary Clinton tried Monday to emerge from the cloud of suspicion that has followed her campaign and close her historic bid with a call for unity and hope. Donald Trump vowed not to make it easy.
Knowledge of how government works is declining, prompting talk of civics education, voter tests
When George Nethercutt ran for Congress in 1994, he pulled off the ultimate upset and beat Tom Foley, the sitting U.S. speaker of the House. The win was the most significant in a year when Nethercutt and other Republicans wrested control of the House from Democrats. But some Eastern Washington voters were in for a surprise when they realized their new congressman didn’t automatically become speaker.
FBI clears Clinton in renewed probe of private email server
Nine days after throwing the presidential race into turmoil, FBI Director James Comey once more cleared Hillary Clinton of criminal wrongdoing Sunday for using a private email server as secretary of state.
Election stress sending people to Spokane therapists’ couches
This presidential election is unusually stressful for both Democrats and Republicans, according to a survey published by the American Psychological Association. Michelle Estelle, a licensed clinical psychologist, has never seen an election affect people like the 2016 presidential race, she said.
Spin Control: Here’s some help for Washington voters still studying their ballots
For voters still studying candidates or ballot measures, we have some help.
More states appear in play in presidential election
With hours until Election Day, the wildest U.S. presidential race in memory has grown more competitive in most of the battleground states, although Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton continues to hold a broader path to victory than Republican Donald Trump.
Bro culture emboldened as Wall Street women endure Trump effect
The snickering and the “nasty woman” jokes that echo across trading floors when Hillary Clinton appears on TV. The mansplaining from the boss on how locker-room talk really is just locker-room talk, so get over it.