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Trump escalates false claims of fraud, setting stage to cry foul if he loses
Donald Trump, who blamed his 2020 defeat on false claims of vast election malfeasance, has spent much of the final week of his third presidential campaign trying to discredit the legitimacy of this year’s election.
Investors from stocks to crypto brace for U.S. election swings
Just before a hotly contested US election considered a toss-up, options traders across markets appear to be reducing risk and bracing for more volatility.
For 40 years, this Washington county has picked the winning candidate for president, the longest streak in the nation
The last time Clallam County voters picked a losing presidential candidate by popular vote was in 1976, when they chose Republican Gerald Ford who narrowly lost the national election to Democrat Jimmy Carter. Since then, the county’s voters have picked the winners in every presidential race.
Panic buttons, drones, snipers among plans to guard a high-risk election
Eager to reassure nervous Americans that their votes will be protected, authorities are touting unprecedented security plans designed to withstand violence and other nightmare scenarios on Election Day and in a potentially uncertain aftermath.
Trump says he doesn’t mind someone shooting at journalists at rally
Donald Trump told a crowd on Sunday that he wouldn’t mind if someone shot at the news media present at his rally here, escalating his violent rhetoric at one of his closing campaign events where he repeatedly veered off-message.
In a bathroom stall, a simple message: Vote Harris, no one will know
In swing states and Republican strongholds, on college campuses and in sports arenas, sticky notes have appeared reminding women that their votes are confidential - kept private even and especially from the men in their lives.
Analysis: 13 ways Democrats will steal the election (according to Trump)
“It’s the only thing they do well, they cheat. Their policies are no good. Their government is no good. Their management is no good, but they cheat like nobody can cheat.” - Former president Donald Trump, remarks about Democrats in Wilmington, North Carolina, on Sept. 21
Harris joins ‘Saturday Night Live’ in last-minute campaign surprise
Vice President Kamala Harris appeared on NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” in New York, making a surprise last-minute appearance that culminates a string of events designed to showcase Harris before voters who do not typically engage with traditional political media.
Spin Control: With Election Day almost here, we offer help and answers for waiting voters
About half of Washington’s registered voters – and at least half of the voters who are going to cast ballots – had turned them in by Friday.
Women’s March draws thousands to D.C. to support Harris, abortion rights
In speeches, signs and chants, thousands of women gathered in Washington on Saturday to drive home one message days before the election: “We won’t go back.”
Trump renews vow to ‘protect women’ as he clashes with Harris in North Carolina
Donald Trump spent his last Saturday of the presidential race making a trio of meandering, profane speeches in which he spoke repeatedly about women - saying they have to be protected “at home in suburbia,” complaining he is not allowed to call women beautiful and calling himself the “father of fertilization.”
Women’s March protesters gather to support Harris in run-up to Election Day
In speeches, signs and chants, thousands of women gathered in Washington, D.C., on Saturday to drive home one message days before the election: “We won’t go back.”
Harris camp grapples with anger over Gaza up to race’s final days
Events of the last week highlight how divisions within the Democratic Party over the war in Gaza continue to hang over a bitterly contested presidential election into its final days.
Donald Trump will again hold his final campaign rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan
For the third straight presidential election, Republican nominee Donald Trump will hold his final rally before polls open on Election Day in Grand Rapids, according to a spokesperson for his campaign.
Walz, Vance fanning out across Michigan in new campaign blitz
Vice presidential rivals Tim Walz and JD Vance are fanning out across Michigan on Friday with hopes of turning out voters ahead of Tuesday’s election.
Stevie Nicks doesn’t have many regrets, but waiting until 70 to vote is one of them
Stevie Nicks was on the edge of 71 when she cast her first ballot. Waiting that long, the Fleetwood Mac alum said Wednesday on MSNBC, is one of her only regrets in life. It’s also one she’s spoken openly about at her solo concerts over the last two years, she said.
Trump vs. Harris: Where the 2024 presidential candidates stand on the issues
Vice President Kamala Harris, a Democrat, and former President Donald Trump, a Republican, have been campaigning vigorously in the closing months of the historic 2024 presidential election. Now, it’s time for voters to have their say.
Harris’s momentum in California energizes House Democrats, rattles GOP
Democrats are increasingly confident that having Kamala Harris as their presidential nominee could bolster them in key California congressional races and help sweep Republicans out of the House.
It was a legendary suffragette’s home. This year it’s a voting site.
Kate Scholer was already excited to cast her first vote for a woman presidential nominee when her mom gave her the good news: She can do it at Susan B. Anthony’s house.
Bradley Whitford on ‘The Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘The West Wing’ and campaigning for Harris
Fans of NBC’s long-running political drama “The West Wing” know actor Bradley Whitford as White House Deputy Chief of Staff Josh Lyman. The series, which ran from 1999 to 2006, depicted Washington as a place where despite the politicking and immorality, the Constitution prevailed.