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The ballots for the upcoming Nov. 5 general election will either enter the mailstream Wednesday or Thursday, Spokane County Auditor Vicki Dalton said in a phone interview. Voters should expect to see ballots arrive in their mailboxes between Tuesday and Thursday next week.

Former president Donald Trump on Monday suggested that Democrats have embraced antisemitism in a way Republicans have not, even as he has a long history of trafficking in antisemitic tropes and criticizing Jewish Democrats.

The core of Kamala Harris’s housing platform is a simple idea: America needs more houses. But the vice president’s pitch - to help build 3 million homes and incentivize local governments and builders to join in - stands apart from how major political candidates typically talk about housing, if they do at all.

I’m an old learner and hope to keep it going for a while, to wrinkle my brain at the rate of my skin. It’s not a bad hobby if you can get into it; there’s always something to learn about. The trick is to not confuse knowledge with wisdom. I call it the Curse of Socrates, who said, “The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” The humility of humanity is right here.

Sen. Maria Cantwell and Dr Raul Garcia debate in a forum sponsored by The Spokesman-Review in partnership with KSPS, Gonzaga University, The Black Lens and the Washington Debate Coalition. After that (arround the 2-hour-22-minute mark), candidates for Washington's 5th Congressional District, Michael Baumgartner and Carmela Conroy, take the stage.

Former president Donald Trump’s campaign proposals would add more than twice as much to the national debt as Vice President Kamala Harris’s would, according to new research released Monday - though both candidates’ policies would lead to trillions of dollars in new borrowing if implemented.

The 2024 elections are right around the corner, and it’s been one of the most contentious campaign seasons in recent memory. For retirees, the outcome of the election has some ramifications, especially with a looming Social Security shortfall, which could lead to drastic cuts in benefits. Whoever is elected this year could help shape how the program is funded and whether benefits are cut and by how much. But Social Security is only one of several issues impacting retirement planning.

They do things a little differently on the prairie.

When Washington voters go to the polls this November, they will make their voices heard on four ballot initiatives. Millions of dollars have poured in for and against these measures regarding state taxation and climate policy.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) wouldn’t acknowledge Sunday that Joe Biden won the 2020 election when asked directly about the election denialism that former president Donald Trump continues to promote on the campaign trail.

After two more years of chaos since the last election, North Idaho College is about to find out if it has made enough progress on board governance to retain accreditation.

Returning to Butler, Pennsylvania, the site where an attempted assassin’s bullet grazed his ear, former President Donald Trump got to finish what he started in July. “As I was saying,” Trump joked early in his speech to the crowd of thousands.

As Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump begin the final 30-day push for the White House, they are locked in a neck-and-neck race from the Rust Belt to the Sun Belt.

Months after leadership of the Spokane County Democrats said it would imminently release an investigation into a heated exchange between Natasha Hill, a candidate for state House, and county party chair Naida Spencer, the party has clarified that it will not do so before the November election, if at all.

After Hurricane Helene battered several Southeastern states last week, former President Donald Trump wasted no time in criticizing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris for the federal government’s response — often making false accusations.

Vice President Kamala Harris leaned into the political battle over the future of the automotive industry during a campaign speech in one of Michigan's auto towns, accusing Republican nominee Donald Trump and his running mate, JD Vance, of putting hundreds of auto jobs at risk.

In the final stretch before Election Day, Republicans are ramping up efforts to distance themselves from the restrictive abortion positions that have defined their party since the 2022 overturning of Roe v. Wade - scrambling to soften, or appear to soften, their hard line positions.

Donald Trump has been trying to weaponize the Hurricane Helene relief efforts, accusing the Biden administration of failing to provide adequate assistance. As part of his critique, he claims that there is no money available for hurricane relief because it was spent already to handle the surge of migrants at the southern border.

Barack Obama will spend the final four weeks before Election Day stumping for Kamala Harris and other Democrats in a bid to protect his legacy from Republican Donald Trump.