Former President Donald Trump’s speech Wednesday speech in Asheville, North Carolina, was billed as being about the economy, but this year’s Republican nominee spent much of his address on other topics.

Trump repeated familiar attacks on his opponents, immigration talking points and, when sticking to the script, pledged to generate an “...Read more

For the second time in as many weeks, Donald Trump is summoning the political press corps to his property for a media event, an attempt to grasp at the attention Vice President Kamala Harris has amassed since entering the race less than a month ago.

Trump will take questions Thursday afternoon at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. The ...Read more

Donald Trump wants to sell more high-end condos in the U.S., this time using a famously difficult Florida golf course as a draw.

The former president’s family business is seeking to build residences and retail inside the Trump National Doral Miami resort, according to documents posted on a City of Doral website. The property covers more than ...Read more

A Harvard University study examining the influence of stars such as Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish, Trevor Noah and Kerry Washington found that celebrities can impact American elections and strengthen democracy without hurting their own brand.

“While some polling shows that people claim they aren’t influenced by celebrity voices when it comes ...Read more

Central Valley Democrats in very close California congressional races won’t be at the party’s national convention next week.

Their GOP counterparts skipped the Republican National Convention last month.

Their elections, in California’s 13th and 22nd Congressional Districts, are important to whether Democrats or Republicans have the U.S. ...Read more

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Up until now, Darryl E. Kelson had never donated to or participated in a presidential election campaign. He never saw the need.

“I am not a knock-on-the-doors type of person,” said Kelson, a retired delivery service dispatcher, who now spends his time deejaying in Charlotte.

“I love that the Democrats moved Kamala ...Read more

Tim Walz has agreed to an Oct. 1 vice presidential debate on CBS against his Republican rival, JD Vance, who has not yet responded to the invitation.

CBS News announced Wednesday that it had invited both Walz and Vance to a debate in New York City, and offered four date options.

Within minutes of the invitation, Walz posted on the social media...Read more

ORLANDO, Fla. — Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign is highlighting women who say their health was harmed because of restrictive abortion bans, hoping to build momentum in Florida where a new poll shows her narrowing the gap with former President Donald Trump.

Harris supporters gathered Wednesday at Orlando City Hall in opposition to ...Read more

ATLANTA — Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are both battling to win Georgia, a key state for their path to the presidency.

That fight has candidates in a handful of competitive state legislative seats in metro Atlanta tailoring their message on the precarious politics of how much to attach themselves to the top ...Read more

Republican U.S. Senate candidate Hung Cao agreed to debate Democratic incumbent Tim Kaine in Hampton Roads after declining an earlier opportunity.

“Our campaign has accepted an invitation by Nexstar Media Group to debate on October 2nd,” Cao wrote Wednesday on social media. “The debate will take place at Norfolk State University in ...Read more

In an online conversation with Elon Musk on Monday, former President Donald Trump said he'd swiftly reopen the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling if he's elected again.

Trump also suggested that the refuge in northeast Alaska could become one of the world's top oil producers, even rivaling Saudi Arabia.

But the oil potential in ...Read more

The Kamala Harris-Tim Walz ticket grabbed the lead in a new poll of swing states on Wednesday and unveiled plans for a weekend bus tour of battleground Pennsylvania heading into next week’s Democratic National Convention.

The surging presumptive Democratic nominee narrowly leads former President Donald Trump in six of the seven swing states ...Read more

NEW YORK — The New York judge who presided over Donald Trump’s hush-money trial once again refused to step down from the case in court filings made public Wednesday as the News obtained new information about death threats targeting the judge’s family.

State Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan categorically rejected Trump’s repeated ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Vice President Kamala Harris has erased half of former President Donald Trump’s lead in Florida, a statewide poll released Wednesday found.

The Florida Atlantic University poll shows Trump leading Harris 50% to 47% among likely voters in the state. Just 2% said they were undecided and 1% said they’d vote for ...Read more

ATLANTA — Republican presidential candidates have been running against the U.S. Department of Education since it was created, so when former President Donald Trump proposed the idea in a recent talk with Elon Musk, he was traveling a hardened path.

During a live discussion on Musk’s X platform Monday night, the candidate told the ...Read more

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Majorities of Florida voters support referendums to restore abortion rights and legalize recreational marijuana — but not necessarily enough to win passage of the proposals.

A Florida Atlantic University poll released Wednesday found both falling short of the 60% required for passage. A Suffolk University poll also ...Read more

Former President Donald Trump cast his ballot in the August primary elections on Wednesday in Palm Beach County, Florida.

Palm Beach County Supervisor of Elections Wendy Sartory Link welcomed Trump at the main office in West Palm Beach. Supervisor of elections spokeswoman Alison Novoa said the visit went smoothly.

Trump, the Republican ...Read more

Nikki Haley is warning former President Trump to “quit whining” about Kamala Harris and focus on the issues as Republican fear his once-potent campaign is flailing.

After weeks of Trump scattershot and ineffective attacks on Harris’s identity and intelligence, Haley chided her onetime bitter primary rival to get back on message before it�...Read more

ATLANTA — One year ago today, Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis announced to the world that a grand jury had handed up criminal charges against former President Donald Trump and 18 others for their alleged participation in a conspiracy to interfere with Georgia’s 2020 election.

Surrounded by her team, in a conservative black suit ...Read more

SACRAMENTO, CALIF. — California’s Latino population no longer looks the same as it did two decades ago, and a study highlights the untapped potential for a community who routinely has low voter turnout numbers.

The change in the community is featured in a report published Wednesday by the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute. ...Read more