The presidential election is coming down to the wire with polls showing a historically close race. Never before have so many states been so close in the polls. As of Friday evening, neither candidate had a margin greater than two points in any of the seven battleground states, according to the polling averages maintained by The Hill and Decision Desk HQ (DDHQ). |
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BY REBECCA BEITSCH AND BRETT SAMUELS |
Former President Trump's campaign for the White House has been marked by several vows to go after his critics and perceived "enemies" if he wins in November. Trump has in many ways ratcheted up that rhetoric as Election Day approaches, prompting figures on both sides of the aisle to sound the alarm about how the former president might use power to target his opponents. |
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TAIPEI — Taiwan is bracing for the results of the U.S. election, with some officials worried about what a new Trump administration could mean given the former president's isolationist views. On the presidential trail, Taiwan has not been a major campaign question, though a key foreign policy topic has centered on how to take on China. |
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BY CAROLINE VAKIL AND JULIA MUELLER |
A pro-Harris campaign ad encouraging women to break with their Trump-supporting partners at the ballot box is striking a nerve amid signs of a growing national gender gap in the high-stakes presidential race. Vote Common Good, which encourages evangelical and Catholic voters to break from the GOP, aired an ad voiced by actress Julia Roberts reminding women "you can vote any way you want and no one will ever know" — prompting pushback from several prominent conservatives who criticized it for calling on wives to lie to their husbands. |
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The Supreme Court on Friday said it won't block Pennsylvanians whose mail votes are voided for technical reasons from voting provisionally at their polling place on Election Day, rejecting a challenge from the Republican National Committee. The emergency order keeps in place a 4-3 ruling from Pennsylvania's top court giving voters the additional option to still participate when they return their mail ballot without an inner, secrecy envelope or other issues. |
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Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) quickly backtracked after saying at a campaign event on Friday that he would "probably" move to try to repeal the CHIPS and Science Act, marking the second time in a week that the Speaker had to clean up a campaign trail comment. Syracuse University student journalist Luke Radel asked Johnson at a campaign event with Rep. Brandon Williams (R-N.Y.) if he would move to repeal the CHIPS Act — a $280 billion measure intended to boost domestic CHIPS manufacturing and fund scientific research — if Republicans win total control of Washington, noting that Johnson voted against the bill himself. |
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Vice President Harris made her final push for Wisconsin before Election Day, joined by Sen. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.) on a three-stop swing through the key battleground state. "Wisconsin, truly, we need everyone to vote here. You, Wisconsin, are going to make the difference in this election. You will make the difference," Harris said at a Friday evening rally in Little Chute. |
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The Arizona attorney general's office said it is investigating former President Trump's comments about former Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) as a death threat under state laws, in a statement to The Hill. "I have already asked my criminal division chief to start looking at that statement, analyzing it for whether it qualifies as a death threat under Arizona's laws," Attorney General Kris Mayes told 12NEWS in Phoenix on Friday. |
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The Pennsylvania Supreme Court on Friday accepted Republicans' request to again declare that mail ballots returned with a missing or incorrect date cannot be counted this election.
The Republican National Committee (RNC) filed an emergency appeal to ensure that election officials do not leverage a lower court's ruling handed down Wednesday finding such disqualification violates the state constitution.
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BY RAVI DHAR, JENNIE LIU AND NATHAN NOVEMSKY |
OPINION | This year's presidential election is incredibly close, with a recent report describing the margins as "razor thin" in key swing states, with a fraction of a point separating former President Donald Trump and Vice President Harris in the polling averages. Despite the fact that the last nine presidential elections have been close and voter turnout continues to grow, around one-third of the voting-eligible population still did not vote in the 2020 presidential election. More than 50 percent did not vote in the 2022 midterm election. |
OPINION | When North Korea detonated a nuclear weapon in October of 2006, the world reacted with shock. In retrospect, it's hard to understand why. They had been pursuing nuclear weapons for at least two decades. Over that time, multiple U.S. administrations and allies tried convincing Pyongyang to abandon its goals with a variety of economic incentives. Ultimately, they only succeeded in deluding themselves into thinking they were making progress. If all of this sounds familiar, it's because history is repeating itself with Iran. The similarities go beyond gullible American leaders desperate to believe in the good intentions of hostile despots. |
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BY WILLIAM B. DAVIS, BORA ERDEN, TIM WALLACE, JOSH WILLIAMS AND KAREN YOURISH |
Former President Trump's penchant for criticism extends to a topic that's usually sacrosanct for candidates — the cities and states in the nation he aims to lead.
When talking about the United States and places in it, most presidential candidates stick to positives and platitudes. Not so for Trump in this election cycle. He is quick to denigrate American cities, often those home to large immigrant populations. He does so both individually and collectively, sometimes in crude terms. |
BY DANTE CHINNI, STEPHANIE STAMM AND ANTHONY DEBARROS |
We might not know the results of the 2024 presidential race for some time, but zeroing in on specific locales can offer clues as to who may win—and suggest whether Vice President Harris and former President Trump are doing well with the voter segments they need. Each campaign has targets for groups such as young voters, Black voters and voters in rural areas.
Here are a set of counties that can provide hints about how the presidential vote is shaping up on election night with key voter groups in key places. |
BY KAREEM CHEHAYEB, JULIA FRANKEL AND BASSEM MROUE |
Perched on a hilltop a short walk from the Israeli border, the tiny southern Lebanese village of Ramyah has almost been wiped off the map. In a neighboring village, satellite photos show a similar scene: a hill once covered with houses, now reduced to a gray smear of rubble.
Israeli warplanes and ground forces have blasted a trail of destruction through southern Lebanon the past month. The aim, Israel says, is to debilitate the Hezbollah militant group, push it away from the border and end more than a year of Hezbollah fire into northern Israel. |
In a matter of days, it will be over. Americans have been counting down for months and are eager to get to the finish. Many are consumed by fear and trepidation about the outcome of what they see as the most trying and consequential presidential election in memory. Former President Trump is fully known, through his record in office and the promises he has made for a second term: retribution, revenge, across-the-board tariffs and mass deportation of undocumented immigrants. As he closes out his campaign, he is as dark as ever: unapologetic, threatening and profane. |
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