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Trump won’t participate in interview for ’60 Minutes’ election special
NEW YORK — CBS News said Tuesday that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has declined to participate in an interview with “60 Minutes” for its election special, which will go forward next Monday with Democratic opponent Kamala Harris alone. Television’s top-rated news program regularly invites the two presidential contenders for...
Walz and Vance spar on policy while attacking each other’s running mates in VP debateVideo
NEW YORK — Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday went after each other’s running mates in a vice presidential debate that opened with a discussion of burgeoning domestic and international troubles — a hurricane that ravaged much of the southeast U.S. and growing fears of a regional Middle East...
Trump heads to Wisconsin’s critical Democratic stronghold ahead of vice presidential debate
WAUNAKEE, Wis. — Former President Donald Trump plans to spend the hours ahead of Tuesday night’s vice-presidential debate campaigning in Wisconsin, stopping in a critical Democratic county that is crucial to Democrat Kamala Harris ’ hopes for winning the key battleground state. Trump is scheduled to appear at a manufacturing...
Trump makes false claims about federal response as he campaigns in area ravaged by Hurricane HeleneVideo
VALDOSTA, Ga. — Donald Trump repeatedly spread falsehoods Monday about the federal response to Hurricane Helene despite claiming not to be politicizing the disaster as he toured hard-hit areas in south Georgia. The former president and Republican nominee claimed upon landing in Valdosta that President Joe Biden was “sleeping” and...
Testing of Westmoreland’s 900 voting machines underway in prep for November election
Republican committeewoman Cindy Brown of Ligonier Township said she’s often asked about election integrity when talking with voters. On Monday, she was one of four members of the public who went to watch Westmoreland County officials test the accuracy of the county’s voting machines with the pivotal November election just...
Election HQ: A Pennsylvania voter guide to 2024 election
Election day in Pennsylvania is today. Voters head to the poll to cast their ballot for president. Their choices, if you haven’t heard, are Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump. The two rivals have made many visits to Western Pa. to make their case for why they...
2024 Pennsylvania general election voters’ guide: U.S. House District 16
Candidates participating in this year’s general election were invited to submit information to the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, which partnered with PennLive to create this voters’ guide. The candidates below are in contested races to represent Pennsylvania in Congress and are in the order provided by the League...
2024 Pennsylvania general election voters’ guide: U.S. House District 17
Candidates participating in this year’s general election were invited to submit information to the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, which partnered with PennLive to create this voters’ guide. The candidates below are in contested races to represent Pennsylvania in Congress and are in the order provided by the League...
2024 Pennsylvania general election voters’ guide: U.S. House District 14
Candidates participating in this year’s general election were invited to submit information to the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, which partnered with PennLive to create this voters’ guide. The candidates below are in contested races to represent Pennsylvania in Congress and are in the order provided by the League...
2024 Pennsylvania general election voters’ guide: U.S. House District 12
Candidates participating in this year’s general election were invited to submit information to the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, which partnered with PennLive to create this voters’ guide. The candidates below are in contested races to represent Pennsylvania in Congress and are in the order provided by the League...
2024 Pennsylvania general election voters’ guide: Treasurer
Candidates participating in this year’s general election were invited to submit information to the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, which partnered with PennLive to create this voters’ guide. The candidates below are in a contested race for Pennsylvania Treasurer and are in the order provided by the League of...
2024 Pennsylvania general election voters’ guide: Auditor General
Candidates participating in this year’s general election were invited to submit information to the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, which partnered with PennLive to create this voters’ guide. The candidates below are in a contested race for Pennsylvania Auditor General and are in the order provided by the League...
2024 Pennsylvania general election voters’ guide: Attorney General
Candidates participating in this year’s general election were invited to submit information to the League of Women Voters of Pennsylvania, which partnered with PennLive to create this voters’ guide. The candidates below are in a contested race for Pennsylvania Attorney General and are in the order provided by the League...
Harris and Trump change their campaign plans after Hurricane Helene’s destruction
WASHINGTON — Hurricane Helene’s deadly devastation has scrambled the presidential candidates’ campaign plans, with Kamala Harris returning early from a campaign visit to Las Vegas to attend briefings and Donald Trump heading to Georgia to see the storm’s impact. The death toll surpassed 100 people, with some of the worst...
Harris trolls Trump at Vegas rally and LA fundraiser, says her crowds are ‘pretty big’
LAS VEGAS — Vice President Kamala Harris poked at Donald Trump over crowd sizes, his refusal to debate again and his privileged background on Sunday as she hauled in campaign cash in California and held a raucous rally at the same Nevada venue where the Republican nominee had appeared just...
Trump escalates attacks on Harris’ mental fitness and suggests she should be prosecuted
ERIE, Pa. — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump escalated his personal attacks on his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, on Sunday by repeating an insult that she was “mentally impaired” while also saying she should be “impeached and prosecuted.” Trump’s rally in Erie, Pennsylvania, took on similar themes as an event...
Mail-in ballots mean many will have voted long before election day
After a flurry of visits to Western Pennsylvania, presidential candidates are running out of time to sway many voters. Pennsylvania election offices already are taking applications and preparing to send out mail-in ballots. Abigail Gardner, Allegheny County spokeswoman, said the county already has processed 160,000 mail-in applications. She said the...
Some Republicans distance themselves from Trump’s latest attack on Harris’ mental fitnessVideo
WASHINGTON — Republicans on Sunday sought to distance themselves from Donald Trump’s latest insults of Democratic nominee Kamala Harris during a rambling weekend rally in Wisconsin in which he called her “mentally disabled.” Trump escalated his personal attacks on the vice president during what was billed as a speech on...
JD Vance initially turned away from Primanti Bros. in North Versailles
Sen. JD Vance, the Republican pick for vice president, may have missed out on a Pittsburgh staple Saturday after he was initially turned away from the Primanti Bros. in North Versailles, but it seems there’s no hard feelings. Photos and videos posted to social media, including by a reporter from...
Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance speaks at Christian, revival-style event in Monroeville
Bookended in the schedule by pastors, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance played the hits at a tightly regulated town hall Saturday afternoon in Monroeville, addressing inflation, the opioid epidemic and what he called socialism in public schools. Hundreds of rally goers, some clad in gear with variations of the...
After a chaotic Congress, lawmakers head home to ask voters: How about another term?
WASHINGTON — Congress is off for the campaign season, as lawmakers from one of the most chaotic and unproductive legislative sessions in modern times try to persuade voters to keep them on the job. The House Republicans led the tumult — painstakingly electing their speaker in a bitter public feud...
Abortion a top election issue for nearly half of state voters, Spotlight PA poll shows
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan, and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. HARRISBURG — Abortion is a top issue for nearly 50% of Pennsylvania voters when considering who to pick for president this November, a new Spotlight...
Jews and Catholics warn against Trump’s latest loyalty test for religious voters
Former President Donald Trump recently reissued his loyalty test to religious Americans, declaring that he can best protect their freedoms while preemptively blaming members of certain faiths should he lose the presidential election in November. Jews and Catholics can vote for him and ace the test, but those who don’t,...
Harris inspects fence at U.S.-Mexico border as she works to project tougher stance on migration
DOUGLAS, Ariz. — Vice President Kamala Harris walked a scrubby stretch of fence line along Arizona’s border with Mexico on Friday, seeking to project an image of strength against illegal migration as she confronts one of her biggest vulnerabilities in the November election. In her first trip to the international...
Pa. Lt. Gov. Austin Davis stumps in Greensburg, touts Dems’ health care measures
Pennsylvania Lt. Governor Austin Davis touted health care policies pursued by the Biden-Harris administration and Democratic members of Congress during a Friday stop in Greensburg Davis met with local officials and patients at the Westmoreland County Labor Council headquarters at One Northgate Square as patients Diana Steck and Lisa Gephart...
