Sep 07 Harris meets Blake family, Trump goes on attack in Labor Day blitz By Noreen Nasir and Alexandra Jaffe, Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press The 2020 presidential campaign has entered its final phase in a blur of motion and rhetoric. Wisconsin is a potentially pivotal state, and that's where Labor Day found Vice President Mike Pence, too. Continue reading
Sep 07 WATCH: Trump attacks Biden over plans for coronavirus, economy By Associated Press President Donald Trump used a Labor Day news conference from the White House to criticise his presidential election opponent, Joe Biden, over his plans for handling the coronavirus pandemic. Continue reading
Sep 07 In battlegrounds, absentee ballot rejections could triple By Christina A. Cassidy, Frank Bajak, Associated Press With the coronavirus creating a surge in mail-in balloting and postal delays reported across the country, the number of rejected ballots in November is projected to be significantly higher than previous elections. Continue reading
Sep 07 WATCH: Pence speaks about American workforce at campaign stop in Wisconsin By Associated Press Wisconsin is one of a few swing states that Trump won by less than a percentage point in 2016. Continue reading
Sep 07 Labor Day brings Biden to Pennsylvania, Harris and Pence to Wisconsin By Alexandra Jaffe, Kathleen Ronayne, Associated Press Democratic candidate Joe Biden is collecting a trio of Labor Day endorsements from organized labor while running mate Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence are set to campaign in Wisconsin as the 2020 presidential race, disrupted for months by… Continue reading
Sep 06 States plan for cuts as Congress deadlocks on more virus aid By Associated Press Spending cuts to schools, childhood vaccinations and job-training programs. New taxes on millionaires, cigarettes and legalized marijuana. Borrowing, drawing from rainy day funds and reducing government workers’ pay. Continue reading
Sep 05 Trump out to build ‘permission structure’ to win back voters By Jonathan Lemire, Associated Press Inside the Trump campaign’s effort to construct a “permission structure” — a clunky catchphrase for creating an emotional and psychological gateway to help disenchanted voters feel comfortable voting for the president again despite their reservations about him personally. Continue reading
Sep 05 Watch 6:41 The threat of disinformation looms over the elections By PBS NewsHour Disinformation, especially on social media, is threatening the upcoming election just like it did in 2016, social media and tech giants Facebook and Twitter announced this week. Deen Freelon, an associate professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill… Continue watching
Sep 05 AP FACT CHECK: Trump on McCain; Biden’s stretch on virus By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press President Donald Trump said he never called John McCain a loser — he did — and denigrated the record of the late Republican senator on veterans affairs despite routinely appropriating one of McCain’s crowning achievements on that front as his… Continue reading
Sep 04 U.S. wildlife agency seeks to carve out areas from protections By Matthew Brown, Associated Press Friday's announcement by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service would place greater weight on the economic benefits of developments when deciding if land or water should be protected. Continue reading