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Key Nebraska Republican opposes changing how the state awards electoral votes, blocking Trump push
A Nebraska Republican state lawmaker said Monday that he remains opposed to switching how the state allocates its electoral votes, effectively blocking a bid by President Donald Trump and his allies to change the system in a bid for an extra electoral vote this fall.
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Trump allies push to eliminate Nebraska's split Electoral College vote
A top Donald Trump ally is pressuring Nebraska Republicans to award all of their state’s Electoral College votes to the statewide winner, a late-stage rule change that could potentially help return Trump to the White House.
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House Speaker Johnson axes Trump voting restrictions in new government funding bill
Congressional Democrats and Republicans have eight days to strike a funding deal before the government goes into a partial shutdown.
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Are Trump and Harris particularly Christian? That's not what most Americans would say: AP-NORC poll
Vice President Kamala Harris is a Baptist who was influenced by religious traditions in her mother’s home country of India. Former President Donald Trump grew up a mainline Presbyterian but began identifying as a nondenominational Christian near the end of his presidency. Despite that, few Americans see the presidential candidates as particularly C... -
AI is helping shape the 2024 presidential race. But not in the way experts feared
Generative artificial intelligence is playing a major role in the presidential campaign, even if the greatest fears about how it could threaten the U.S. presidential election haven’t materialized yet.
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Georgia State Election Board requiring hand count of ballots for November election
Georgia election officials are requiring poll workers to tally the number of ballots by hand.
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2 Black women could make Senate history on Election Day
The Senate has the potential for history-making this fall. Two Black women could be elected to the chamber, a situation never seen before.
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Trump has no plan to pull his endorsement of Mark Robinson after alleged porn site scandal
Donald Trump is facing calls both from his allies and from within his own campaign to pull his endorsement from scandal-plagued North Carolina gubernatorial candidate Mark Robinson, according to four people familiar with the discussions.
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House backs measure to overturn Biden auto emissions rule that Republicans say would force EV sales
The GOP-controlled House approved a resolution Friday that would overturn a new Biden administration rule on automobile emissions.
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House unanimously votes to boost Trump security as Congress scrambles to ensure candidate safety
Days after a gunman was arrested on former President Donald Trump’s golf course, the House on Friday overwhelmingly passed bipartisan legislation to require the agency to use the same standards when assigning agents to major presidential candidates as they do presidents and vice presidents.
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In-person voting begins for US presidential contest, kicking off the sprint to Election Day
Voters lined up to cast their ballots in Minnesota, South Dakota and Virginia, the states with the first early in-person voting opportunities.
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New York Magazine reporter on leave over relationship with RFK Jr.
A star reporter who covered Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s presidential campaign has been placed on leave after admitting a relationship with a former reporting subject.
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Harris looks for boost from Oprah with star-filled event livestream
Vice President Kamala Harris looked for a boost with persuadable and less-motivated voters as she participated in a livestream Thursday evening with former talk show host Oprah Winfrey to focus on her plans to cut costs for the middle class, restore a national right to abortion and address gun violence.
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Maine Democrats have likely run out of time to change Electoral College laws if Nebraska GOP acts
As Republicans in Nebraska consider changing state law to give Donald Trump an extra Electoral College vote this fall, their Democratic counterparts in Maine have little recourse to even the score.
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Springfield children ‘fearful' amid dozens of bomb threats after false migrant rumors
The dozens of bomb threats and the onslaught of public attention that has befallen a small Ohio city since President Donald Trump and others pushed the false claim that Haitian migrants were stealing and eating pets has children living in fear, worried parents said Thursday.
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Mark Robinson vows to stay in NC governor race following report he made inflammatory comments on porn site
Robinson denied the CNN report, which stated that he referred to himself as a “black NAZI” and expressed support for bringing back slavery.
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These evangelicals are voting their values — by backing Kamala Harris
Grassroots groups like Evangelicals for Harris are running ads and targeting voters in swing states while offering an alternate vision of their faith.