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Carter Reaches the Milestone He Was Waiting For

He casts presidential vote in Georgia

(Newser) - In August Jimmy Carter told son Chip Carter that he was more interested in holding on long enough to vote for Kamala Harris than in reaching his 100th birthday. He has now reached both milestones. The former president, who turned 100 on Oct. 1 and has been in hospice care...

Harris Is Repeating Hillary Clinton&#39;s Mistake
Harris Is Repeating
Hillary Clinton's
Mistake
OPINION
Oct 16, 2024 3:50 PM CDT

Harris Is Repeating Hillary Clinton's Mistake

She must focus on economic populism, stop trying to woo 'Never Trump' Republicans

(Newser) - Kamala Harris' decision to mention Alberto Gonzales being added to the list of Republicans who've thrown their support behind her rubbed Jeet Heer the wrong way. In a piece for the Nation , Heer writes that the reference to the former US attorney general at a Thursday town hall sponsored...

Nebraska Supreme Court: Former Felons Can Vote

Court rules that secretary of state can't strip voting rights from people with convictions

(Newser) - Nebraska's top court has made a decision that could affect some tight election races in the state. In a split decision issued Wednesday, the Nebraska Supreme Court ruled that people with felony convictions who have completed their sentences can register to vote, the Omaha World-Herald reports. The court ruled...

GOP Will 'Absolutely Love' These Voter Registration Stats

Big gains in party registration, identification could hint at what's to come

(Newser) - Republicans are eating away at the Democrats' voter registration advantage, which could be enough to put their candidate in the White House, according to CNN 's Harry Enten. "If you want a stat that Republicans absolutely love, it's this one," the senior data reporter said Sunday...

Harris' Latest Interview: Charlamagne Tha God

She addresses the Black community, and calls Trump's policies fascist

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris' media blitz continued Tuesday with an interview with Charlamagne Tha God that the New York Times calls "free-flowing," and which "often spoke to the concerns of Black Americans." Some takeaways:
  • On the F-word: Not that F-word. Charlamagne framed former President Trump's
...

Finally, a First Look at Musk&#39;s Donations to Trump
Finally, a First Look at
Musk's Donations to Trump
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 16, 2024 10:20 AM CDT

Finally, a First Look at Musk's Donations to Trump

X owner gave $75M over last 3 months, per new FEC filing

(Newser) - Elon Musk remains the world's richest man, with a net worth of $241 billion at last peek. But he's pumped tens of millions from that pot into reelection efforts for Donald Trump, showing that Musk "has vaulted into the top ranks of Republican donors," per NBC...

To Highlight Harris 'Lie,' Trump to Work at a McDonald's

Planned move follows his claims that Harris has lied about a 1980s job there

(Newser) - While on the campaign trail, Kamala Harris has made repeated references to a summer job she once had at McDonald's in the 1980s. Donald Trump has repeatedly accused her of lying about the gig—and plans to "work the fry cooker" himself in Pennsylvania this weekend to highlight...

Judge: Georgia Hand-Count Rule Is 'Too Much, Too Late'

Robert McBurney blocks rule requiring hand-counting of paper ballots, says it will cause 'chaos'

(Newser) - A judge has blocked a new rule requiring Election Day ballots in Georgia to be counted by hand after the close of voting. The ruling came a day after the same judge ruled that county election officials must certify election results by the deadline set in law. The State Election...

Pelosi on Her Role in Biden's Exit: 'You Decide to Win'

Former House speaker also says she barely says Trump's name: a 'grotesque word'

(Newser) - Nancy Pelosi's book, The Art of Power , dropped over the summer, not long after President Biden dropped his reelection run. Now, the former speaker of the house is making the rounds to talk about her role in pressuring Biden to step aside, as well as her thoughts on former...

One Thing Harris, Trump May Agree on: Joe Rogan

Both candidates may appear on his podcast, which is hugely popular with young men

(Newser) - Donald Trump and Kamala Harris appear to have common ground on one aspect of the 2024 race: They'd both like to make headway with Joe Rogan's huge podcast audience, which skews young and male.
  • Harris' camp is in talks with Rogan's show to book an appearance by
...

Trump Turns Into a DJ After Medical Scares Interrupt Event

The final 40 minutes of Pennsylvania town hall were filled with music

(Newser) - Donald Trump 's town hall in the Philadelphia suburbs turned into an impromptu concert Monday after the former president was twice interrupted by medical emergencies in the room, the AP reports. The Republican presidential nominee paused during a question-and-answer session as a doctor in the room attended to the...

Indigenous Peoples Day Looks to the Election
Indigenous Peoples Day
Looks to the Election
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Oct 14, 2024 5:08 PM CDT

Indigenous Peoples Day Looks to the Election

Event organizers vote on voter participation

(Newser) - As Native Americans come together on Monday for Indigenous Peoples Day to celebrate their history and culture and acknowledge the ongoing challenges they face, many are doing so with a focus on the election. From a voting rally in Minneapolis featuring food, games, and raffles to a public talk about...

Bill Clinton Hits Campaign Trail for Kamala Harris

Clinton joins another former president, Barack Obama, in rallying for Harris

(Newser) - Former President Bill Clinton urged churchgoers in Albany, Georgia, on Sunday to rally behind Vice President Kamala Harris' campaign for the office he once held, the AP reports. "Uniting people and building, being repairers of the breach, as Isaiah says, those are the things that work," Clinton said....

Man With Loaded Gun Arrested at Trump Rally Checkpoint

Secret Service says Trump was never in any danger

(Newser) - A Nevada man with a shotgun, loaded handgun, ammunition, and several fake passports in his vehicle was arrested at a security checkpoint outside Donald Trump's rally Saturday night in the Southern California desert , authorities said. He was released the same day on $5,000 bail, the AP reports. The...

Polls Aren&#39;t Going to Tell Us the Winner
Ignore the Polls.
They Don't Know
opinion
Oct 13, 2024 1:30 PM CDT

Ignore the Polls. They Don't Know

Ezra Klein writes that it's almost equally likely that Harris or Trump would sweep the swing states

(Newser) - The commercials seem wall-to-wall, the media coverage is intense, and the pressure—not just on the presidential candidates—is building. And the nation has more than three weeks of this left. Ezra Klein suggests one way Americans can ease their stress is by ignoring the polls. They're not going...

Doctor: Harris Is in 'Excellent Health'

VP, 59, 'possesses the physical and mental resiliency' to be president, per Dr. Joshua Simmons

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris is in "excellent health" and "possesses the physical and mental resiliency" required to serve as president, her doctor said in a letter released Saturda y that summarizes her medical history and status. Dr. Joshua Simmons, a US Army colonel and physician to the vice...

Trump: I'll Use 1798 Law to Carry Out 'Operation Aurora'

GOP nominee uses dehumanizing language for migrants to describe mass deportation plans

(Newser) - Donald Trump detoured from the battleground states on Friday to visit a Colorado suburb that's been in the news over illegal immigration as he drives a message, often using false or misleading claims and dehumanizing language, that migrants are causing chaos in smaller American cities and towns. Trump's...

Election Day Could Cost Delta $150M
Election Day Could
Cost Delta $150M
Oct 11, 2024 9:21 AM CDT

Election Day Could Cost Delta $150M

Airline says there's a big dip in demand around election time

(Newser) - Delta Air Lines said Thursday that the fourth quarter of this year is likely to be one of the most profitable in its history—despite one turbulent spot on the schedule. The company said demand for travel is low in the two weeks around the Nov. 5 election, reports Reuters...

Obama Had Some Words for 'the Brothers'

He addresses what he sees as hesitancy on the part of some Black men to support Harris

(Newser) - Former President Obama minced no words Thursday in Pittsburgh during an unannounced stop at a campaign field office for Vice President Kamala Harris hours before Obama appeared at one of Harris' rallies for the first time. Declaring his intention to "speak some truths" to voters, but especially Black male...

Asked to List 3 Trump Virtues, Harris Struggled to Come Up With 1

But she's heard he loves his family

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris was asked to name three virtues that her opponent in next month's election, Donald Trump, possesses—but was barely able to come up with even one, the AP reports. At the end of her town hall for Spanish-language network Univision in Las Vegas on Thursday,...

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