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A 'demure' Colin Allred vs. Ted Cruz '3.0': What to expect from the Texas Senate debate
FORT WORTH, Texas — On Tuesday, Republican Sen. Ted Cruz and Democrat U.S. Rep. Colin Allred will debate for the first — and possibly last — time this election cycle.
For months Texans have seen the candidates on social media and in commercials, but for many potential voters, the face-off will be the only time they hear from Cruz and ...Read more
A crazier path to 270: Can Harris wrest Alaska away from Trump?
Under a cold drizzle that hints at the region’s long winter, Beverly Hoffman is busy putting up campaign signs in Bethel, a city 400 miles west of Anchorage, Alaska, only accessible by boat or plane and perhaps best known for its dog race that winds along the Kuskokwim River.
Bethel's streets are already dotted with placards for Democrat Mary...Read more
Trump returns to California for a rally in the Coachella Valley
LOS ANGELES — With just 23 days left until election day and voters already casting ballots, former President Donald Trump rallied supporters in the California desert while railing against the state’s Democratic leadership, notably his presidential rival, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump blasted California for having “the highest ...Read more
In their sole TV debate, Alaska US House candidates differ on resources, abortion and grocery chain merger
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — The two front-runners for Alaska's sole U.S. House seat met in a televised debate Thursday evening and discussed topics ranging from resource development to abortion access and whether President Joe Biden fairly won the 2020 election.
The hourlong debate featured Democratic U.S. Rep. Mary Peltola and Republican businessman...Read more
NYC Mayor Adams fundraiser called out in federal indictment drew cash from 'Turkish Trump'
NEW YORK — A real estate developer who calls himself “Turkish Trump” was among a group of businessmen who gave money to Mayor Eric Adams’ reelection campaign as part of a 2023 fundraiser that’s emerging as a focus in the federal corruption case against the mayor, the New York Daily News has learned.
Mukemmel Sarimsakci, a Turkish-born...Read more
Trump returns to California for a rally in the Coachella Valley
LOS ANGELES — With just 23 days left until election day and voters already casting ballots, former President Donald Trump is returning to California on Saturday for a rally in the Coachella Valley.
The event is scheduled to take place at 5 p.m. on a polo field at Calhoun Ranch, located just outside the desert city of Coachella.
Trump’s ...Read more
Harris narrowly leads Trump in Pennsylvania's closest presidential contest
PHILADELPHIA — Vice President Kamala Harris has maintained a narrow lead against former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania, a state whose importance continues to loom large and where the margin of victory looks like it will be razor thin.
A Philadelphia Inquirer/New York Times/Siena College poll released Saturday shows Harris with a ...Read more
All politics are local? Not in this election
WASHINGTON — Asked at a candidate debate this week about President Joe Biden’s border policies, Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez didn’t hesitate.
“My seriousness in taking on the Biden administration’s failed border security policies” has been key to congressional action on the subject, she said. “It’s not racist to want...Read more
Mike Pence's story is crucial to the Jan. 6 case against Trump. Can Jack Smith still use it?
Even before special counsel Jack Smith submitted his extensive and revealing recent brief in the Jan. 6 case, it was evident that Donald Trump’s statements to then-Vice President Mike Pence would become a crucial legal battleground.
The brief plows through every snippet of the evidence Smith proposes to use to prosecute Trump for his efforts ...Read more
Bucks County, the last purple part of Philly's suburbs, could swing the race for Trump or Harris -- and they know it
PHILADELPHIA — Emily Moskaitis voted for Hillary Clinton in 2016. But eight years later, she’s voting for former President Donald Trump, and she’s spent dozens of hours each week over the last 10 months working to convince her Bucks County neighbors to do the same.
Moskaitis, 37, said she’s encountered a “tremendous amount of support�...Read more
Donald Trump rails against migrants at Aurora rally, vowing to 'hunt down' gang members
AURORA, Colo. — Addressing thousands of supporters in a cavernous Aurora ballroom, former President Donald Trump on Friday described the migrant challenges faced by his host city in near-apocalyptic terms.
His solutions to what he portrayed as lawlessness amid a national crime wave by undocumented immigrants — by exaggerating the “limited...Read more
Elon Musk is obsessed with delivering Pennsylvania for Donald Trump. Here's what he's doing
PHILADELPHIA — In what was said to be Elon Musk’s very first time at a Trump rally, the X CEO jumped for joy on stage in Butler wearing his “dark MAGA” hat before delivering a tactical message to the Pennsylvania audience:
“Register to vote,” he said to cheers on Oct. 5.
But that was just the tip of Musk’s involvement in 2024 ...Read more
As Florida recovers from Hurricane Milton, Trump keeps his focus elsewhere
MIAMI — As Floridians braced for Hurricane Milton this week, Donald Trump was focused on other things.
At a rally in Pennsylvania, he railed against Vice President Kamala Harris and Sunny Hostin, the co-host of ABC’s “The View.” In a string of posts on his social media site Truth Social, he claimed that Harris’ interview on “60 ...Read more
Man settles suit against ex's friends accused of helping her get abortion pills in Texas
A Texas man’s first-of-its kind lawsuit against three women who he alleged helped his ex-wife obtain pills to induce an abortion in 2022 has been settled, according to court documents.
A notice to dismiss the lawsuit was filed on Oct. 10 by Jonathan Mitchell, a notable anti-abortion attorney, on behalf of the plaintiff Marcus Silvia. There ...Read more
Donald Trump hasn't done any campaign events in the Philly 'burbs but he's headed to Montgomery County on Monday
PHILADELPHIA — Donald Trump is headed to Montgomery County on Monday.
The visit to Oaks for a town hall is the first public campaign event Trump has held in the Philadelphia suburbs of his 2024 campaign. It also marks the fourth event he’ll have done in Pennsylvania since going to Butler, the site of his assassination attempt, on Oct. 5.
...Read more
NYPD releases video of pro-Palestinian vandals defacing US Rep. Adriano Espaillat's office
NEW YORK — Police released video Friday of two people sought in connection with an act of vandalism on Rep. Adriano Espaillat’s Washington Heights office that cops are calling hate crime criminal mischief.
The video shows two individuals, their faces covered by masks, who walk under the metal roll-down gate outside the office on W. 181st St...Read more
After years on Miami's school board culture-war frontlines, Báez-Geller runs for Congress
MIAMI — Lucia Báez-Geller isn’t afraid to make her opinion known.
In her four years on the Miami-Dade School Board, she has sparred with her colleagues over whether to celebrate LGBTQ History Month, whether to explore the idea of having volunteer religious chaplains in schools and whether it made sense to offer classical education ...Read more
Donald Trump to tackle gender gap in Fox News town hall in Georgia's Forsyth County next week
ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump will take part in a Fox News town hall Tuesday in Forsyth County that will focus on women’s issues as he tries to narrow a gender gap in the race against Vice President Kamala Harris.
The town hall, which coincides with the start of early in-person voting in Georgia, will be before an audience made up...Read more
Harris campaign spotlights Trump's jab at Detroit in new ad
DETROIT — Democratic Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign plans to air TV commercials this weekend, spotlighting a negative remark Republican former President Donald Trump made about Detroit while speaking in the city on Thursday.
The Harris campaign crafted the ad, which features the voice of Detroit native and actor Courtney B. Vance, ...Read more
'Very much a pragmatist.' Maria Elvira Salazar threads a needle as she seeks reelection
MIAMI — As the Republican Party’s rank and file have embraced increasingly conservative positions on issues like immigration, government spending and abortion access, Maria Elvira Salazar is performing a high-wire balancing act as she seeks another term in Congress.
The Miami congresswoman has boasted about federal funding for her district ...Read more
Popular Stories
- Mike Pence's story is crucial to the Jan. 6 case against Trump. Can Jack Smith still use it?
- Bucks County, the last purple part of Philly's suburbs, could swing the race for Trump or Harris -- and they know it
- In their sole TV debate, Alaska US House candidates differ on resources, abortion and grocery chain merger
- As Florida recovers from Hurricane Milton, Trump keeps his focus elsewhere
- All politics are local? Not in this election