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How Nebraska Republicans could tip the election to TrumpNebraska Republicans are scrambling to make the state winner-take-all for the 2024 presidential election, to hand a potentially key Electoral College vote to Trump.
How Project 2025, designed to aid Trump, became a liability insteadThe Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 drew relatively little attention until the think tank’s head said America is in a second revolution, “which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be.”
Monitor BreakfastHow Democrats’ campaign chair thinks they can still win the SenateAt the Monitor Breakfast, Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan said that he believed Democrats’ personal brands would prevail in Ohio and Montana – allowing his party to overcome an unusually difficult Senate map and maintain its majority.
Monitor BreakfastDem Homeland Security chair: Details of Trump assassination attempt ‘very troubling’Sen. Gary Peters of Michigan also said at a Monitor Breakfast that former President Donald Trump’s recent comments about immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, which has been facing bomb threats, shows that “Words have power.”
Foiled Trump assassination attempt puts renewed focus on Secret ServiceAn apparent assassination attempt against Donald Trump Sunday adds impetus to probes into the Secret Service’s ability to protect political leaders.
The ExplainerWhy it’s not just billionaires raising record money for Harris-Trump raceThe Harris-Trump presidential race is on track for record fundraising that can play a pivotal role. Big donors dominate, but small gifts are a rising force.
Biden poured money into public works. But will that help Harris in Michigan?President Joe Biden won a historic surge in funding for roads, bridges, and other infrastructure. But there’s little sign of political gain for Kamala Harris and Democrats in the election campaign.
First LookFlorida voters signed a petition for abortion rights. Then the police knocked.Florida residents say police are showing up at their homes to question whether they indeed signed a petition to put abortion rights on the ballot, but the deadline to challenge signature validity has already passed. Critics called the investigation voter intimidation.
As US marks 9/11, a divided Congress unites to honor 13 fallen in AfghanistanPutting aside bipartisan acrimony, Republican and Democratic lawmakers joined to honor 13 service members who died in the 2021 Afghanistan withdrawal.
Harris baits Trump over and over at presidential debateKamala Harris successfully got Donald Trump to waste valuable time litigating things like crowd size rather than zeroing in on the economy.
The ExplainerAre noncitizens really voting in US elections?Republicans are pushing to require proof of citizenship to vote, because of concerns over voter fraud and illegal immigration. It is already illegal and rare for noncitizens to vote, Democratic critics say.
Why Harris has more at stake in Tuesday’s debate than TrumpThe Harris-Trump debate, hosted by ABC News, comes as polls show a neck-and-neck race in the states that will determine who wins in November.
Judge delays Trump’s hush-money sentencing until after November electionA New York judge agreed to postpone the sentencing of former President Donald Trump in a criminal case involving falsified records on hush money.
First Look‘I will not subject my family to more pain’: Hunter Biden pleads guilty to tax chargesHunter Biden’s winding legal saga may soon be over. On Sept. 5 he pled guilty to tax evasion charges to avoid going to trial. He now awaits sentencing with the possibility of prison time. Here’s how the story has played out so far.
First LookBiden administration cracks down on Russian fake news sites ahead of electionThe Justice Department is aiming at Russian attempts to sway US voters. It has seized 32 websites and issued sanctions. Nearly 2,000 videos posted by a Russian-funded media company have reached more than 16 million views on YouTube alone, prosecutors say.
First LookWhat is Spamouflage? How a Chinese firm uses fake accounts to confuse US voters.A network of fake online accounts, linked to a Chinese disinformation campaign, mimic Americans to spread fake or inflammatory news about US politics.
First LookNew York governor’s aide, Linda Sun, arrested on charges of ties to Chinese governmentLinda Sun, a former aide to New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, was arrested the morning of Sept. 3 along with her husband at their home on Long Island. Prosecutors say Ms. Sun pushed China’s priorities, among other infractions.
Is Kamala Harris at ease on campaign trail? My two days with the VP.Questions about Kamala Harris’ ease at mingling with the public have swirled since she became the Democratic nominee. Our reporter got to observe the candidate up close in Georgia.
Will the 2024 election results be accepted by all? Wisconsin is a key test.Republicans protested Joe Biden’s narrow win of Wisconsin in 2020. A battle over trust in elections in that key swing state hasn’t really ended.
Political conventions can be a bubble. Then it’s back to the real world.Hype and hope are perennial features of political conventions. But our longtime politics reporter sees some unusual plot twists as she recaps the DNC and RNC, with the presidential race moving toward the home stretch.
