U.S. Elections highlights

Trump is using election lies to lay the groundwork for challenging 2024 results if he loses

NOV. 2, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump has spent months laying the groundwork to challenge the results of the 2024 election if he loses — just as he did four years ago. At rally after rally, he urges his supporters to deliver a victory “too big to rig,” telling them the only way he can lose is if […]

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Pennsylvania on Election Day

OCT. 31, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — Pennsylvania voters are almost sure to play a pivotal role in the Nov. 5 general election, with control of the White House and both chambers of Congress and the state Legislature in the balance. With its 19 electoral votes, the commonwealth is the largest prize among the battleground states and an important […]

Biden goes off script — again — causing a distraction for Harris in campaign’s home stretch

OCT. 30, 2024

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was very publicly trying to rein himself in. “Don’t get going, Joe. Slow up,” he advised himself during a speech where he was criticizing Republican Donald Trump. That was Tuesday afternoon. But by evening, Biden didn’t take his own advice, and now his off-the-cuff remark on a Zoom campaign […]

Trump’s Madison Square Garden event features crude and racist insults

OCT. 28, 2024

NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump hosted a rally featuring crude and racist insults at New York’s Madison Square Garden, turning what his campaign had dubbed as the event where he would deliver his closing message into an illustration of what turns off his critics. With just over a week before Election Day, speakers at the rally […]

‘Take our lives seriously,’ Michelle Obama pleads as she rallies for Kamala Harris in Michigan

OCT. 27, 2024

KALAMAZOO, Mich. (AP) — Michelle Obama challenged men to support Kamala Harris ‘ bid to be America’s first female president, warning at a rally in Michigan on Saturday that women’s lives would be at risk if Donald Trump returned to the White House. The former first lady described the assault on abortion rights as the harbinger of dangerous limitations on healthcare […]