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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.
Russian hackers brazenly seek to embarrass U.S. this election season
In February 2014, the Obama administration was embarrassed when a secretly recorded phone conversation between the U.S. ambassador in Ukraine and Victoria Nuland, a senior State Department official, was posted on YouTube.
Trump, adviser barred by judge from intimidating Ohio voters
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and one of his advisers was ordered by a federal judge in Ohio not to engage in voter intimidation on Election Day.
Oregon voters casting record number of ballots
The Oregon agency in charge of elections in the state says more than 1 million voters have cast their ballot so far, with almost a quarter-million more ballots returned than the same time-frame before the 2012 general elections.
Fox News’ Baier says his stories on Clinton were wrong
Fox News anchor Bret Baier apologized on Friday for reporting that federal investigators had determined that Hillary Clinton’s private email server had been hacked and that an investigation would lead to an indictment of Clinton after the election.
Sue Lani Madsen: We’ve survived crappy presidents before; we’ll survive this election
History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes. Just keep that in mind in this presidential election season, says Sue Lani Madsen.
Trump rally speaker rebukes calls to ‘execute’ Clinton
An introductory speaker at a Donald Trump rally is pushing back against an audience member who shouted “Execute her” about Hillary Clinton.
100 years ago in Spokane: allegations of voter fraud arose ahead of 1916 election
A familiar brand of pre-election frenzy filled the paper, just a few days before the 1916 presidential election.
Trump tells backers to ‘watch the polls’– but signups slow
WASHINGTON – Donald Trump regularly warns his crowds to closely watch polling places to prevent Democrats from stealing the election. But his campaign has failed to enlist many to serve as official poll watchers in major population centers, according to spot checks by the Associated Press. In some key regions, Democratic monitors will far outnumber Republicans on Election Day.
Poll law depresses North Carolina black vote even after suit
Mazie Butler Ferguson, 72, remembers picking cotton for neighbors in 1964 so they could take time to study for a reading test they needed to pass before they could register to vote. This year, the Greensboro, North Carolina, resident found herself on a new front in the battle for ballot access.
Melania Trump vows to take on cyberbullying as first lady
Donald Trump’s wife, Melania, made a rare appearance on the campaign trail on Thursday, pledging to focus on combating online bullying and serve as an advocate for women and children if her husband is elected to the White House.
Donald Trump perfect candidate for preschoolers, study says
A study published in Developmental Psychology shows how Donald Trump’s aggressive and domineering behavior is perfectly suited for empathy void preschool children, according to an article published Wednesday in the Atlantic.
GOP call for statewide Pennsylvania poll watchers is denied
PHILADELPHIA – In a scathing rebuke, a federal judge on Thursday denied the Pennsylvania Republican Party’s effort to allow poll watchers from anywhere in the state monitor precincts on Election Day. Eastern District of Pennsylvania Judge Gerald J. Pappert said the state GOP’s request was “unreasonably delayed,” is not in the public interest and does not meet the standard for a last-minute intervention from the court.
Mike Pence won’t say whether Paul Ryan should be House speaker
Republican vice presidential nominee Mike Pence declined to say whether Paul Ryan should be re-elected as speaker of the House, withholding support from a close friend and ally in the heated final days of the presidential campaign.
Polls show Clinton with narrow edge five days before election
Five days from the U.S. presidential election, polls released Thursday showed the race narrowing, with Democrat Hillary Clinton holding on to a slim lead over Republican Donald Trump.
WikiLeaks founder denies Russia behind Podesta email hacking
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange denied Thursday that the Russian government or any other “state parties” were his group’s source for more than 50,000 hacked emails from the files of Hillary Clinton’s campaign chairman, John Podesta.
Early voting indicates Clinton may be behind where Obama stood four years ago in some key states
WASHINGTON – Hillary Clinton may not be accumulating the type of early-vote advantage her campaign wanted, but she continues to maintain an apparent edge over Donald Trump, with roughly one-fourth of all expected ballots cast in the 2016 election. The Democrat’s campaign once hoped to bank substantial votes from Democrats in North Carolina and Florida before Election Day. Both are must-win states for Trump.
Will this be the election that finally kills off the Democratic and Republican parties?
Andrew Riffel pondered the looming choice of Democrat Hillary Clinton and Republican Donald Trump and asked a simple question.
Evan McMullin supporters pursue ‘Hail Mary’ Electoral College gambit
Filing to name people who’d vote for independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin at the Electoral College gives supporters a chance to talk about “what if.”
Doug Clark: Time to round up a Presidential Press Posse
Doug Clark is looking for members of his 2016 Presidential Press Posse; do you think you have the right stuff?