• WATCH: Trump holds rally in Gastonia, North Carolina on state's last day of early voting

    WATCH: Trump holds rally in Gastonia, North Carolina on state's last day of early voting

    Nov 02, 2024 04:38 PM EDT

    ... and displaced residents in several counties, including the liberal city of Asheville and the conservative rural areas surrounding it. WATCH: North Carolina election workers battle misinformation and conspiracies after Helene Trump's team has said it is confident about his chances in North Carolina. Democrats see Trump's attention on ...

  • Republicans more skeptical than Democrats of nationwide election vote counts, AP-NORC poll finds

    Republicans more skeptical than Democrats of nationwide election vote counts, AP-NORC poll finds

    Nov 01, 2024 04:20 PM EDT

    ... them more time to build trust. "Younger voters have less experience voting and have spent a lot of their lives surrounded by this kind of misinformation that we're seeing more and more of," Sanchez said. "... It just sets the base for younger voters to be more distrustful." About 6 ...

  • Why the American abortion debate is affecting access in Kenya

    Why the American abortion debate is affecting access in Kenya

    Oct 31, 2024 10:25 PM EDT

    ... long ago. This type of denial is commonplace among black market actors offering illegal abortion-related services, both in person and on social media, where misinformation thrives. If the herbs don't work, a woman might turn to a quack doctor for help. This is a room in a back ...

  • Why Oklahoma has an ‘only citizens’ measure on the ballot

    Why Oklahoma has an ‘only citizens’ measure on the ballot

    Oct 31, 2024 08:14 PM EDT

    ... constitution perfectly clear,” he added. Oklahoma Democratic Sen. Michael Brooks, chair of the Latino Caucus, said this is just another political ploy designed to sow misinformation. “I think as much as some of these political stunts are there to heighten the rancor and the rhetoric, a lot of it is ...

  • Prosecutors seek 17-year prison sentence for Pentagon documents leaker Jack Teixeira

    Prosecutors seek 17-year prison sentence for Pentagon documents leaker Jack Teixeira

    Oct 30, 2024 06:51 PM EDT

    ... also had no prior criminal record. "Instead, his intent was to educate his friends about world events to make certain they were not misled by misinformation," the attorneys wrote. “To Jack, the Ukraine war was his generation’s World War II or Iraq, and he needed someone to share the ...

  • Why the last jobs report before the election will be one of the most distorted in years

    Why the last jobs report before the election will be one of the most distorted in years

    Oct 30, 2024 02:10 PM EDT

    ... Hurricane Milton hit. And in some states, people will be hired as part of the cleanup and rebuilding efforts. WATCH: North Carolina election workers battle misinformation and conspiracies after Helene Friday's jobs report will be the last major snapshot of the economy before the Fed's next meeting Nov ...

  • The first presidential election since the Jan. 6 attack will stress test new Congressional guardrails

    The first presidential election since the Jan. 6 attack will stress test new Congressional guardrails

    Oct 29, 2024 04:38 PM EDT

    ... game-like scenarios for what could happen after the election, at a time when state election officials are facing a resurgence in conspiracy theories and misinformation about voting. A series of deadlines between Election Day on Nov. 5 and Inauguration Day on Jan. 20 are built into the process, once ...

  • Nearly 4 years after far-right extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol, election threats persist

    Nearly 4 years after far-right extremists stormed the U.S. Capitol, election threats persist

    Oct 29, 2024 03:44 PM EDT

    ... t vanished with them. Political violence remains a persistent threat heading into the Nov. 5 election, experts warn. Election officials have been inundated with threats, misinformation and the prospect of " election denialist " organizations wreaking havoc. The FBI was investigating on Monday after fires destroyed hundreds of ballots inside drop boxes ...

  • Tamara Keith and Jasmine Wright on the closing messages from Harris and Trump

    Tamara Keith and Jasmine Wright on the closing messages from Harris and Trump

    Oct 28, 2024 10:30 PM EDT

    ... very day deny that he lost the election. He is talking about, oh, this could be rigged. He is -- in particular, a lot of the misinformation that he was spreading about the hurricane recovery also had tinges of -- as we saw in this previous report, had tinges of, well, and ...

  • Republic of Georgia's president accuses Russia of election meddling, urges the West to back protests

    Republic of Georgia's president accuses Russia of election meddling, urges the West to back protests

    Oct 28, 2024 04:23 PM EDT

    ... by intimidation and instances of vote-buying, double voting and physical violence. During the campaign, Georgian Dream used "anti-Western and hostile rhetoric ... promoted Russian misinformation, manipulations, and conspiracy theories," said Antonio López-Istúriz White, head of the European Parliament monitoring delegation. Election observers said instances of intimidation and other ...