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Watch: Kamala Harris, Donald Trump debate in PhiladelphiaVideo
Kamala Harris and Donald Trump take the stage for a debate Tuesday night in Philadelphia, where they’ll fight to sway 2024 election voters on the biggest stage in U.S. politics....
Trump, Harris barnstorm Western Pa. Here’s where they have stopped
Pennsylvania is a prime battleground state in the 2024 presidential race. And Western Pennsylvania has become a must-stop campaign swing for Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. July included major turning points in the campaigns — a gunman attempted to assassinate Trump on July 13 in Butler...
AP-NORC/USAFacts poll: Republicans are more likely to trust Trump than official election results
CHICAGO — For Christopher Pugh, the 2020 election was a turning point. He already distrusted the government. But as he watched Fox News coverage in the immediate aftermath of the election and read posts on Twitter, the social media platform now known as X, that distrust grew. He now believes...
Harris-Trump debate becomes the 2024 election’s latest landmark event
WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will meet for the first time face-to-face Tuesday night for perhaps their only debate, a high-pressure opportunity to showcase their starkly different visions for the country after a tumultuous campaign summer. The event, at 9 p.m. Eastern in Philadelphia, will offer Americans their...
Trump’s rhetoric on elections turns ominous as voting nears in the presidential raceVideo
With early voting fast approaching, the rhetoric by Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has turned more ominous with a pledge to prosecute anyone who “cheats” in the election in the same way he believes they did in 2020, when he falsely claimed he won and attacked those who stood by...
Allegheny County to offer ballot-return sites and satellite voting for election
The Allegheny County Board of Elections on Monday approved 10 ballot-return sites and five satellite voting centers for November’s election. The board, which includes Allegheny County Executive Sara Innamorato and council members Sam DeMarco, R-North Fayette, and Bethany Hallam, D-North Side, unanimously approved the ballot return sites. DeMarco voted against...
Trial begins over Texas ‘Trump Train’ highway confrontation
AUSTIN, Texas — A federal trial began Monday over claims that supporters of former President Donald Trump threatened and harassed a Biden-Harris bus in Texas four years ago, disrupting the campaign on the last day of early voting. In opening statements, the plaintiffs’ lawyer argued that the six “Trump Train”...
Oakmont Bakery adds 3rd ‘candidate’ to election-themed sweets
Care to crunch on your favorite presidential candidate? It’s happening at Oakmont Bakery with a recent rollout of the traditional election candidate cookies, embossed with iced edible images of Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. The cookies are made with edible rice paper embossed on an iced...
Harris’ past debates: A prosecutor’s style with narrative flair but risks in a matchup with Trump
ATLANTA — From her earliest campaigns in California to her serving as President Joe Biden’s running mate, Kamala Harris has honed an aggressive but calibrated approach to debates. She tries to blend punch lines with details that build toward a broader narrative. She might shake her head to signal her...
What the Trump-Clinton debates might tell us about Tuesday’s match with Harris
NEW YORK — He claimed she would raise taxes and accused her of supporting open border policies that would allow an influx of unvetted migrants into the country. He blamed her for a litany of the current administration’s failures and cast her potential presidency as four more years of the...
Kamala Harris to depart Pittsburgh, head to Philadelphia for high-profile debate
Vice President Kamala Harris will bid the Steel City farewell Monday after spending the past five days in Pittsburgh preparing for her upcoming high-profile debate. Harris is scheduled to depart the city late Monday afternoon from the Pittsburgh International Airport heading to Philadelphia for an upcoming debate against rival former...
Kamala Harris breaks from debate prep in Pittsburgh to make campaign stop
After spending several days in Pittsburgh this week, Vice President Kamala Harris ventured out Saturday afternoon for a quick campaign stop in the Strip District. She was greeted by emotional supporters. Harris departed the Omni William Penn Hotel in Downtown around 1 p.m. Security was high around and inside the...
Tight race for control of Congress could be decided by just a handful of campaigns
WASHINGTON — The race for control of Congress is as close as ever, with barely two dozen House seats and a handful in the Senate likely to determine the majority this November and whether a single party sweeps to power with the White House. Lawmakers are returning to Washington for...
Judge delays Donald Trump’s sentencing in hush money case until after November election
NEW YORK — A judge agreed Friday to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election, granting him a hard-won reprieve as he navigates the aftermath of his criminal conviction and the homestretch of his presidential campaign. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan, who is...
Gov. Shapiro to appear on ‘The View’ to discuss the latest in the presidential race
Gov. Josh Shapiro will appear on ABC’s The View Friday morning in his role as one of the most vocal supporters of the Democratic Party ticket of Vice President Kamala Harris and Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Shapiro will find himself in a comfortable setting on the show with the panel...
Trump suggests tariffs can help solve rising child care costs in a major economic speechVideo
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump suggested to business leaders Thursday that his plans to increase tariffs on foreign imports would solve seemingly unrelated challenges such as the rising cost of child care in the U.S. The GOP presidential nominee promised to lead what he called a “national economic...
JD Vance says school shootings are a ‘fact of life,’ calls for better security
PHOENIX — School shootings are a “fact of life,” so the United States needs to harden security to prevent more carnage like the shooting this week that left four dead in Georgia, Republican vice presidential nominee JD Vance said Thursday. “If these psychos are going to go after our kids...
North Carolina judge rejects RFK Jr.’s request to remove his name from state ballots
RALEIGH — A North Carolina judge refused to take Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s name off presidential ballots in the battleground state on Thursday, a day before the first batches of November absentee ballots are slated to be sent to registered voters who requested them. Wake County Superior Court Judge Rebecca...
Pennsylvania voters can cast a provisional ballot if their mail ballot is rejected, court says
HARRISBURG — A court decided Thursday that voters in the presidential battleground of Pennsylvania can cast provisional ballots in place of mail-in ballots that are rejected for a garden-variety mistake they made when they returned it. Democrats typically outvote Republicans by mail by about 3-to-1 in Pennsylvania, and the decision...
Neighbors divided: Highland Park duplex showcases political differences
Along a thoroughfare in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park neighborhood, there sits a house divided — and not just because it’s a duplex. One side of the duplex features yard signs in support of Vice President Kamala Harris, and the other other side features yard signs in support of former President Donald...
Biden, Harris will visit Flight 93 memorial on Sept. 11
President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris will visit the Flight 93 National Memorial in Stonycreek Township on the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks, White House officials announced. Harris is expected to arrive in Pittsburgh today, according to the White House Press Office. She and Biden were also...
How to watch the presidential debate between Trump and Harris
WASHINGTON — The second general election debate of the 2024 campaign season is here, but it’s the first matchup for the current nominees. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are taking part in Tuesday night’s debate in Philadelphia. After a disastrous performance in the first general election...
Can Harris prosecute the political case against Trump? Key questions ahead of their debate
NEW YORK — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will debate for the first — and perhaps, last — time on Tuesday night as the presidential candidates fight to sway voters on the biggest stage in U.S. politics. The meeting comes just 75 days after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance...
Kamala Harris visits New Hampshire to tout her small business tax plan
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris used a campaign stop in New Hampshire on Wednesday to propose an expansion of tax incentives for small businesses, a pro-entrepreneur plan that may soften her previous calls for wealthy Americans and large corporations to pay higher taxes. Describing small businesses as “an essential...
Harris accepts rules for Sept. 10 debate with Trump on ABC, including microphone muting
WASHINGTON — Vice President Kamala Harris has accepted the rules set forth for next week’s debate with former President Donald Trump, although the Democratic nominee says the decision not to keep both candidates’ microphones live throughout the matchup will be to her disadvantage. The development, which came Wednesday by way...
