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Judge Rejects Suit Over Opening Election Offices Over Weekend

GOP had sued to block plan allowing voters to hand-deliver absentee ballots

(Newser) - A Georgia judge on Saturday rejected a Republican lawsuit trying to block counties from opening election offices this weekend to let voters hand in their mail ballots in person. The lawsuit named only Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold that includes most of the city of Atlanta and is home to...

'Appalling' Halloween Float Mars Pennsylvania Parade

Critics say float showing shackled Kamala Harris evoked racist Jim Crow-era lynchings, slavery

(Newser) - A Halloween parade in Pennsylvania this week was meant to inject a little bit of fun into a tense election season—but instead, one float that got political has now sparked an outcry over its "racist and offensive" content, per the Hill . Videos and photos from the event Wednesday...

In Biggest Battleground State, 2 Back-to-Back Rulings

SCOTUS OKs counting certain provisional ballots in Pennsylvania; GOP sees win in state's high court

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania as the presidential campaigns vie in the final days before the election in the nation's biggest battleground state. The justices left in place a...

Who Is Tony Hinchcliffe? Joke Puts Comedian in the Spotlight
Comedian Unapologetic
About Puerto Rico Joke
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Nov 2, 2024 6:00 AM CDT

Comedian Unapologetic About Puerto Rico Joke

Tony Hinchcliffe says critics have no sense of humor after controversial line at Trump event

(Newser) - Have you heard the one about Puerto Rico? Anyone paying even slight attention to the news over the last 24 hours has probably caught wind of comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's joke Sunday at Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally:
  • The joke: "I don't know if you guys
...

Vote Could Overturn Abortion Ban in a Deep-Red State

Organizers are 'cautiously optimistic' that Amendment 3 will pass in Missouri

(Newser) - Constitutional amendments to protect abortion rights will be on the ballot in 10 states on Tuesday, and the vote in Missouri could overturn one of the country's strictest abortion bans. The ballot measure would give Missourians the right to make decisions on "matters relating to reproductive health care"...

Vance: I'm Against Prosecuting Out-of-State Abortions

And more highlights from his interview with Joe Rogan

(Newser) - JD Vance followed former President Trump's lead in sitting for a three-hour interview with Joe Rogan, which aired Thursday. Several clips quickly went viral, "but they were being shared by the Harris-Walz campaign and its allies, not Vance or his running mate," per the Independent . The wide-ranging...

Trump Sues CBS for $10B
Trump Sues CBS for $10B
Nov 1, 2024 6:30 AM CDT

Trump Sues CBS for $10B

First Amendment professor calls lawsuit over Harris interview 'ridiculous junk'

(Newser) - Former President Trump is suing CBS for $10 billion over the network's interview with Kamala Harris earlier this month. Trump's lawsuit claims that "deceitful" editing of the 60 Minutes interview "amounts to a brazen attempt to interfere in the 2024 US Presidential Election," the Washington ...

Stenographers Upset Over Handling of Biden's 'Garbage' Comment

Stenographers' office doesn't agree with how White House altered transcript

(Newser) - White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Biden appeared to take a swipe at supporters of former President Trump , drawing objections from the federal workers who document such remarks for posterity, according to two US government officials and an internal email obtained Thursday...

Harris Answers Trump's 'Like It or Not' Promise

GOP campaign defends comment about protecting women, while Democratic nominee attacks it

(Newser) - Donald Trump often has described himself as a protector of women , but he took his guarantee a step further at a rally in Wisconsin. "I'm going to do it, whether the women like it or not,'" Trump said on Wednesday, per the Guardian . "I'm...

Trump Takes Detour From Battleground States

He claims he could win New Mexico if election is fair

(Newser) - Donald Trump is traveling to New Mexico and Virginia in the campaign's final days, taking a detour from the seven battleground states to spend time in places where Republican presidential candidates have not won in decades. The former president campaigned in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Thursday and is scheduled...

Musk Is a No-Show at Hearing on $1M-a-Day Offer

Pennsylvania case is being moved to federal court

(Newser) - A Pennsylvania prosecutor's effort to shut down Elon Musk's $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes moved to federal court on Thursday after a state judge let both sides debate their grievances in a hearing skipped by the world's richest man. The move to federal court allows Musk to continue...

It's the Nation's 'Ultimate Swing County'

All eyes will once again be on Arizona's Maricopa County

(Newser) - Inside a squat building ringed with a chainlink fence and concrete barriers in downtown Phoenix, election workers on Nov. 5 will begin a grindingly slow tally of every ballot cast in the vast expanse of stucco and saguaro that is Maricopa County, Arizona. In what has become the nation's...

Musk: &#39;Temporary Hardship&#39; Under Trump Spending Plans
Musk: 'Temporary Hardship'
Under Trump Spending Plans
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 31, 2024 12:00 PM CDT

Musk: 'Temporary Hardship' Under Trump Spending Plans

He says he'll find $2 trillion to cut from federal spending

(Newser) - Elon Musk is set to lead a " government efficiency commission " if Donald Trump wins the election—and the world's richest man admits that there will be some "temporary hardship" under Trump's plans. Asked about cutting the nation's debt at a telephone town hall Friday,...

Mike Johnson Causes a Stir With ObamaCare Comments
House Speaker on
Defense After
'No ObamaCare'
Remark
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 31, 2024 10:45 AM CDT

House Speaker on Defense After 'No ObamaCare' Remark

Mike Johnson's comments on ACA sets off Dems, though Johnson says reaction is off the mark

(Newser) - President Biden isn't the only big name in DC who's catching flak for remarks made in the final stretch of Election 2024. Appearing at a GOP campaign rally on Monday in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, House Speaker Mike Johnson broached the subject of 2010's Affordable Care Act, aka ObamaCare,...

In Response to 'Garbage' Comment, Trump Rides in Garbage Truck

He claims Biden's remark 'blows deplorables out of the water'

(Newser) - Donald Trump made the most of President Biden's controversial "garbage" comment , going so far as to don an orange safety vest and ride in an actual garbage truck Wednesday during a campaign appearance in Green Bay, Wisconsin. "How do you like my garbage truck? This truck is...

Reporter Injured at Campaign Shooting Event Won't Press Charges

GOP Sen. Josh Hawley says Missouri Democratic rival Lucas Kunce 'can't shoot straight'

(Newser) - A Democratic US Senate candidate from Missouri will not be charged after a reporter was slightly injured from flyaway metal during a campaign event at a shooting range. Clinton County Sheriff Larry Fish said there was no "ill intent" by Democrat Lucas Kunce or other shooters at the Oct....

In One State, Election Duty Is Mandatory

Nebraska's draft system is similar to jury duty

(Newser) - Americans are encouraged to do their duty and vote on Election Day. But in Nebraska, some residents must go a step further: They are required to help run the elections. Nebraska is the only state in the US that employs compulsory election duty to recruit precinct poll workers, election office...

Police: Ballot Box Fires Show Metalworking Experience

Election officials try to figure out who cast the votes

(Newser) - The man suspected of setting fires in ballot drop boxes in Oregon and Washington state is an experienced metalworker and may be planning additional attacks, authorities said Wednesday. Investigators believe the man who set the incendiary devices at ballot boxes in Portland, Oregon, and nearby Vancouver, Washington, had a "...

Police Chief 'Extremely Angry' About Polling Place Incident

Caleb James Williams of Neptune Beach allegedly brandished a machete

(Newser) - "This is a safe location to vote," a Florida police chief assured voters following the arrest of what he says was a machete-wielding 18-year-old outside a Neptune Beach polling location. Neptune Beach Police Chief Michael J. Key said Caleb James Williams "brandished a machete in an aggressive,...

Completed Ballots Fall Off Truck in Florida

The ballots were recovered, but an election worker ended up getting fired

(Newser) - An election worker in Florida has been fired after early-voting ballots fell off a truck during transport. The worker had forgotten to lock the back of the truck before leaving a library serving as an early-voting center, according to election officials. "As they drove off, one sealed bin and...

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