Politics

Ping! Harris and Trump are blowing up your phones with political texts in campaign's last days

WASHINGTON (AP) — For the millions of Americans on the radar of the Kamala Harris and Donald Trump campaigns and those of their allies, the apocalypse is only a text message away.

Oct 31, 2024 3:04 AM Read more >

Locked in Mideast wars and battered by sanctions, Iran is wary over US presidential election

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — America's presidential election next week comes just after Iran marks the 45th anniversary of the 1979 U.S. Embassy hostage crisis — and for many, tensions between Tehran and Washington feel just as high as they did then.

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Israel envoy seeks hostages 'at any cost,' says Canada has strained ties during war

OTTAWA — Israel's ambassador to Canada says the war that started a year ago has profoundly changed Israelis' views on peace in the Middle East — and strained his country's long-standing strong relationship with Canada.

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Opponents use parental rights and anti-trans messages to fight abortion ballot measures

CHICAGO (AP) — Billboards with the words “STOP Child Gender Surgery.” Pamphlets warning about endangering minors. “PROTECT PARENT RIGHTS” plastered on church bulletins.

Oct 30, 2024 11:30 PM Read more >

Locked in Mideast wars and battered by sanctions, Iran is wary over US presidential election

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — America's presidential election next week comes just after Iran marks the 45th anniversary of the 1979 U.S. Embassy hostage crisis — and for many, tensions between Tehran and Washington feel just as high as they did then.

Oct 30, 2024 11:05 PM Read more >

America's European allies face challenging times, whoever wins the presidential election

BERLIN (AP) — The United States' European allies are bracing for an America that's less interested in them no matter who wins the presidential election — and for old traumas and new problems if Donald Trump returns to the White House.

Oct 30, 2024 10:49 PM Read more >

The US election system is secure. But human nature is a vulnerability

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hacking a local election system in the United States wouldn't be easy, and secretly altering votes on a scale massive enough to change the outcome of the presidential race would be impossible , election officials have said, thanks t

Oct 30, 2024 10:41 PM Read more >

New law makes dueling presidential transitions possible

WASHINGTON (AP) — There will be 77 days between Election Day and inauguration , a period in which the president-elect may ready his or her administration to take over power from President Joe Biden .

Oct 30, 2024 10:33 PM Read more >

Speaker Mike Johnson is pulling closer to Trump to save the GOP's House majority

HOLLAND, Ohio (AP) — Wherever House Speaker Mike Johnson goes, Donald Trump , seemingly, is not far away.

Oct 30, 2024 10:30 PM Read more >

A knock at the door, a chat with a neighbor, a text: Campaigns make final swing-state push

CROSS PLAINS, Wis. (AP) — At this stage of the election , the arguments have been made, the airwaves flooded with ads, the inboxes and doorsteps stuffed with flyers. What’s left is to get out the vote .

Oct 30, 2024 10:21 PM Read more >