Articles filed under Misc Elections
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Here’s what to watch in the final full week of the presidential campaignOct 28, 2024 8:07 am - Uncertainty reigns entering the final full week of the 2024 campaign with Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a fiercely competitive presidential contest. What happens in the coming days will be pivotal in deciding the winner.
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Trump rally speakers lob racist insults, call Puerto Rico ‘island of garbage’Oct 28, 2024 8:02 am - A comedian who warmed up the crowd at Donald Trump’s rally here Sunday described Puerto Rico as an “island of garbage,” attracting widespread criticism and triggering a Trump campaign statement disavowing the remark.
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GOP hopeful Evans gets cash boost from U.S. House Speaker Johnson — but total lags behind Foster’sOct 27, 2024 1:01 pm - Republican congressional candidate Jerry Evans’ financial backers include House Speaker Mike Johnson’s political action committee, new records show.
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Trump denigrates Detroit while appealing for votes in a suburb of Michigan's largest cityOct 26, 2024 6:07 pm - Donald Trump further denigrated Detroit while appealing for votes Saturday in a suburb of the largest city in swing state Michigan."I think Detroit and some of our areas makes us a developing nation," the former president told supporters in Novi. He said people want him to say Detroit is "great," but he thinks it "needs help."
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'Take our lives seriously,' Michelle Obama pleads as she rallies for Kamala Harris in MichiganOct 26, 2024 5:54 pm - Michelle Obama delivered a searing speech in support of Kamala Harris during a rally in Kalamazoo, Michigan. It was her first appearance on the campaign trail since the Democratic National Convention over the summer. Obama's speech focused on abortion rights and challenged men to vote for Harris to be the country's first female president.
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Foreign threats to US election on rise, but officials are moving faster to expose themOct 26, 2024 5:27 pm - Foreign threats to the upcoming U.S. election are on the rise as Nov. 5 approaches, and U.S. officials are moving more aggressively to call them out. Russia, Iran and China have all launched campaigns designed to support or oppose certain candidates, while also stoking division and distrust in elections. But lessons learned from past election cycles have led U.S. officials to adopt a more aggressive stance
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Biden visits Indian Country and apologizes for the ‘sin’ of a 150-year-old boarding school policyOct 25, 2024 2:32 pm - President Joe Biden on Friday formally apologized to Native Americans for the “sin” of a government-run boarding school system that for decades forcibly separated children from their parents, calling it a “blot on American history” in his first presidential visit to Indian Country.
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6 key moments from the Kamala Harris town hall with CNNOct 24, 2024 9:14 am - Vice President Kamala Harris spoke to undecided voters at a town hall event hosted by CNN on Wednesday in Pennsylvania. Here are six key moments from Harris’s appearance ...
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Efforts by Russia, Iran and China to sway US voters might escalate, new Microsoft report saysOct 23, 2024 2:13 pm - Foreign adversaries have shown continued determination to influence the U.S. election – and there are signs their activity will intensify as Election Day nears, Microsoft said in a report Wednesday.
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Harris decries Trump after John Kelly says he wanted generals like Hitler’sOct 23, 2024 12:18 pm - Kamala Harris said Wednesday that recently reported comments Donald Trump made to his longest-serving chief of staff offer a window into who the former president “really is" and the kind of commander in chief he would be.