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DOJ warns Musk his $1 million petition contest could violate election laws

The Justice Department sent a letter to tech billionaire Elon Musk’s political group, warning that its contest offering registered voters in swing states a chance to win $1 million for signing a petition could run afoul of federal election laws, according to a person familiar with the matter.

Beyoncé will join Kamala Harris at Houston rally Friday

Queen Bey is taking sides. The recording artist Beyoncé has agreed to appear at a Friday rally in Houston with Democratic nominee Kamala Harris, along with her mother, Tina Knowles, and country music icon Willie Nelson, according to people familiar with the planning who spoke on the condition of anonymity to preview an appearance that hasn’t been publicly announced.

Ex-model says Donald Trump groped her after Jeffrey Epstein introduced them

A former model said Donald Trump sexually harassed her after Jeffrey Epstein introduced the two of them in 1993. Stacey Williams, a professional model at the time, said she met the former president in Trump Tower, where he grabbed her and put his hands “all over my breasts,” waist and butt, the Guardian reported. 

Democratic House hopes hinge on heartland

Dozens of Democrats crammed into a side room at a restaurant here last week and, over burgers, fries and cauliflower cakes, laid out their plan to retake the deep-purple 3rd District.

Trump has notched a list of once-unthinkable ‘firsts.’ Will they prevent him from winning?

Former President Donald Trump stands on the verge of a series of firsts that once would have seemed unthinkable. Winning a second term as president would make the Republican nominee the first occupant of the White House to be: a convicted felon, an adjudicated sexual offender, a twice-impeached federal office holder and a serial denier of election results that have been certified by the courts and Congress.

Spokane County’s voter turnout so far double the statewide average, two weeks until Election Day

Statewide, an average of 10% of Washington’s registered voters had cast their ballots as of Tuesday night, according to new data released by the Secretary of State’s office. Spokane County showed the third-highest voter turnout In the state according to the data, following Mason County’s 28% turnout and Thurston County who held a slim 0.10% lead over Spokane County’s turnout.

As Trump threatens mass deportations, some rural areas that back him rely heavily on immigrant labor

Dozens of calves groaned as Hermenegildo, a young Mexican farmworker, wheeled out a cart with bottles of milk. He attached the bottles to the wood pen of each calf, walking up and down the row as the animals guzzled the milk in minutes. The 600 cows on the dairy farm produce 5,000 gallons a day, which are trucked for processing into cheese at a plant owned by a Minnesota cooperative.

5 times when Donald Trump changed his stance on an issue

President Donald Trump has a record of saying outrageous, contradictory and untrue things. Fact-checkers have found thousands of falsehoods he has asserted about many issues, including the state of the economy, the threats posed by immigrants and his achievements as president.