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Control of House Could Rest on NY, California Races

Virginia could provide some early signs as to which party will control the chamber

(Newser) - Control of the House, as well as the Senate and the White House, is at stake in Tuesday's election and almost two dozen of the 435 races are too close to call, according to the Cook Political Report . Some of the 22 races Cook rates a "toss-up,"...

Kristol: We're Underestimating Abortion in This Election

Surprise Iowa poll showing Harris in lead is the latest evidence of that, he writes

(Newser) - Political commentator William Kristol thinks most of his peers are overlooking a fundamental truth of the 2024 election: "Abortion rights is the issue that could decide this presidential contest," he writes at the Bulwark . And by that he means it could decide it in favor of Kamala Harris....

Races to Watch as GOP Tries to Flip the Senate
Races to Watch as GOP
Tries to Flip the Senate
the rundown
Nov 4, 2024 9:52 AM CST

Races to Watch as GOP Tries to Flip the Senate

Republicans have a strong chance of regaining control

(Newser) - Heading into Tuesday, Democrats control the Senate by the slimmest of margins at 51-49. Republicans, however, have a strong chance—somewhere around 70%—of retaking control after Election Day, reports the Hill . A look:
  • Overall: A total of 34 Senate races are on the ballot, but control of the chamber
...

Roughly Half the Electorate Has Already Voted

More than 75M people have cast their ballots

(Newser) - Voting stations will surely be packed on Tuesday, but not nearly as packed as they might have been: Almost half the amount of people who voted in 2020 already have cast their ballots, reports Axios .
  • Big number: 75 million had voted as of Sunday, or 48% of the 154.6
...

On Eve of Election, Nikki Haley Makes Her Case for Trump

Former rival calls him 'clearly the better choice' over Kamala Harris in Wall Street Journal op-ed

(Newser) - Nikki Haley didn't endorse Donald Trump when she exited the 2024 race, but on the eve of the election she's out with an op-ed making clear her support for him. In the Wall Street Journal piece, the former UN ambassador under Trump writes that while millions love the...

Maryland AG Decries 'Creepy' Voting 'Report Cards'

The nonprofits sending the letters say they're doing nothing wrong

(Newser) - People who have been receiving so-called "Voting Report Cards" in the mail are not happy about them, and now Maryland's attorney general is warning the letters may violate state law. The "report cards," millions of which were sent out according to CBS News , tell the addressee...

NBC Gives Trump 'Equal Time' After Harris' Appearance on SNL

Republican FCC commissioner had complained about what he saw as a rules violation

(Newser) - After a commissioner claimed Kamala Harris' surprise appearance on Saturday Night Live violated the Federal Communications Commission's "equal time" rules, NBC offered Donald Trump equal time. Brendan Carr, a Republican appointed to the FCC by Donald Trump, posted on X Saturday that Harris' SNL appearance seemed to be...

A Tie? It's a Longshot Possibility on Tuesday

Harris and Trump could end up deadlocked at 269, sending the decision to Congress

(Newser) - The race is so tight, including in battleground states, that it's possible either Donald Trump or Kamala Harris could win a squeaker or win decisively. But in assessing the most likely outcomes, the Washington Post notes that another plausible, if unlikely, outcome is that the two end up in...

She Tried to Opt Out of Election Texts, Got a 'Text-Pocalypse'

WSJ columnist replied 'Stop' to the political texts on her phone, but the messages kept coming

(Newser) - Joanna Stern figured that, to stop all the political text messages she's been getting lately as Election 2024 heads into its final days, she simply had to reply "Stop" to those texts, as is standard protocol. But "in the game of political texts, 'Stop' apparently means...

Harris, Trump Have to Share as Campaigns Flood South
Harris, Trump Have to Share
as Campaigns Flood South
the rundown
Nov 2, 2024 5:41 PM CDT

Harris, Trump Have to Share as Campaigns Flood South

Supporters turn out in Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia

(Newser) - The presidential candidates are nearly tripping over each other on the final weekend of their campaign as Vice President Kamala Harris and Donald Trump compete for votes in the South. After being parked near each other overnight at a Milwaukee airport, their planes again shared tarmac space Saturday at Charlotte...

Judge Rejects Suit Over Opening Election Offices Over Weekend

GOP had sued to block plan allowing voters to hand-deliver absentee ballots

(Newser) - A Georgia judge on Saturday rejected a Republican lawsuit trying to block counties from opening election offices this weekend to let voters hand in their mail ballots in person. The lawsuit named only Fulton County, a Democratic stronghold that includes most of the city of Atlanta and is home to...

'Appalling' Halloween Float Mars Pennsylvania Parade

Critics say float showing shackled Kamala Harris evoked racist Jim Crow-era lynchings, slavery

(Newser) - A Halloween parade in Pennsylvania this week was meant to inject a little bit of fun into a tense election season—but instead, one float that got political has now sparked an outcry over its "racist and offensive" content, per the Hill . Videos and photos from the event Wednesday...

In Biggest Battleground State, 2 Back-to-Back Rulings

SCOTUS OKs counting certain provisional ballots in Pennsylvania; GOP sees win in state's high court

(Newser) - The Supreme Court on Friday rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania as the presidential campaigns vie in the final days before the election in the nation's biggest battleground state. The justices left in place a...

Who Is Tony Hinchcliffe? Joke Puts Comedian in the Spotlight
Comedian Unapologetic
About Puerto Rico Joke
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Nov 2, 2024 6:00 AM CDT

Comedian Unapologetic About Puerto Rico Joke

Tony Hinchcliffe says critics have no sense of humor after controversial line at Trump event

(Newser) - Have you heard the one about Puerto Rico? Anyone paying even slight attention to the news over the last 24 hours has probably caught wind of comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's joke Sunday at Donald Trump's Madison Square Garden rally:
  • The joke: "I don't know if you guys
...

Vote Could Overturn Abortion Ban in a Deep-Red State

Organizers are 'cautiously optimistic' that Amendment 3 will pass in Missouri

(Newser) - Constitutional amendments to protect abortion rights will be on the ballot in 10 states on Tuesday, and the vote in Missouri could overturn one of the country's strictest abortion bans. The ballot measure would give Missourians the right to make decisions on "matters relating to reproductive health care"...

Vance: I'm Against Prosecuting Out-of-State Abortions

And more highlights from his interview with Joe Rogan

(Newser) - JD Vance followed former President Trump's lead in sitting for a three-hour interview with Joe Rogan, which aired Thursday. Several clips quickly went viral, "but they were being shared by the Harris-Walz campaign and its allies, not Vance or his running mate," per the Independent . The wide-ranging...

Trump Sues CBS for $10B
Trump Sues CBS for $10B
Nov 1, 2024 6:30 AM CDT

Trump Sues CBS for $10B

First Amendment professor calls lawsuit over Harris interview 'ridiculous junk'

(Newser) - Former President Trump is suing CBS for $10 billion over the network's interview with Kamala Harris earlier this month. Trump's lawsuit claims that "deceitful" editing of the 60 Minutes interview "amounts to a brazen attempt to interfere in the 2024 US Presidential Election," the Washington ...

Stenographers Upset Over Handling of Biden's 'Garbage' Comment

Stenographers' office doesn't agree with how White House altered transcript

(Newser) - White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Biden appeared to take a swipe at supporters of former President Trump , drawing objections from the federal workers who document such remarks for posterity, according to two US government officials and an internal email obtained Thursday...

Harris Answers Trump's 'Like It or Not' Promise

GOP campaign defends comment about protecting women, while Democratic nominee attacks it

(Newser) - Donald Trump often has described himself as a protector of women , but he took his guarantee a step further at a rally in Wisconsin. "I'm going to do it, whether the women like it or not,'" Trump said on Wednesday, per the Guardian . "I'm...

Trump Takes Detour From Battleground States

He claims he could win New Mexico if election is fair

(Newser) - Donald Trump is traveling to New Mexico and Virginia in the campaign's final days, taking a detour from the seven battleground states to spend time in places where Republican presidential candidates have not won in decades. The former president campaigned in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on Thursday and is scheduled...

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