Oct 09 WATCH: Trump holds rally in Biden's hometown of Scranton, Pennsylvania By Michelle L. Price, Will Weissert, Jill Colvin, Associated Press Former President Donald Trump offered his prayers to those in the path of Hurricane Milton as it began to lash Florida while continuing to insult his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, and other women — saying he had no interest in stopping even if it turned… Continue reading
Oct 09 WATCH: Vance and Walz hold campaign events as Arizona begins early in-person voting By Gabriel Sandoval, Associated Press Early in-person voting began Wednesday in Arizona, making it the first of this year's presidential battleground states where all residents can cast a ballot at a traditional polling place ahead of Election Day. Continue reading
Oct 09 Watch 3:07 Harris and Trump focus on Arizona as early voting starts there By Laura Barrón-López, Solveig Rennan As another hurricane barrels towards Florida, Kamala Harris criticized Donald Trump for spreading disinformation about Hurricane Helene. But in Pennsylvania, the former president continued to spread false information about the federal response. It comes as early voting started in Arizona… Continue watching
Oct 09 Watch 3:51 Only one county has voted for the winner of every presidential election since 1980 By Tela Moss, Lauren Gallup, Annie Warren, Northwest Public Broadcasting As Donald Trump and Kamala Harris make their case to voters, they spend most of their time in a handful of battleground states. But hundreds of miles from those campaign stops, the Pacific Northwest is where you'll find a true… Continue watching
Oct 09 Fact-checking Harris and Trump's interviews with AARP By Louis Jacobson, PolitiFact The presidential candidates spoke by phone with Robert Love, vice president and editor-in-chief of AARP Publications. Continue reading
Oct 09 3 big takeaways from this Supreme Court death penalty case By Adam Kemp Supreme Court justices weighed Wednesday whether to grant a new trial to Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man whose death row case has now come twice before the high court. Continue reading
Oct 09 Wisconsin Supreme Court questions if governor's creative use of veto power should be reined in By Scott Bauer, Associated Press Justices on the Wisconsin Supreme Court say that Gov. Tony Evers’ creative use of his expansive veto power in an attempt to lock in a school funding increase for 400 years appeared to be “extreme" and “crazy.”… Continue reading
Oct 09 Former South Dakota Sen. Tim Johnson dies at 77 By Associated Press Former Sen. Tim Johnson, a centrist who was the last Democrat to hold statewide office in South Dakota and who spent nearly three decades in Congress, has died. Continue reading
Oct 09 Thousands of Trump Bibles were printed in China as he campaigned against trade practices By Richard Lardner, Dake Kang, Associated Press Thousands of copies of Donald Trump’s “God Bless the USA” Bible were printed in China, a country that the former president has repeatedly accused of stealing American jobs and engaging in unfair trade practices. Continue reading
Oct 09 Social Security is due for another cost of living increase. It 'won't make a dent' for some retirees By Fatima Hussein, Associated Press The annual Social Security and Medicare trustees report in May that the program's trust fund will be unable to pay full benefits beginning in 2035. If the trust fund is depleted, the government will be able to pay only 83%… Continue reading