As the Nov. 3 presidential vote nears, there are fresh signs that the nation’s electoral system is again under attack from foreign adversaries.
The Trump campaign entered 2020 hoping to boost the president’s support among Black voters. But the campaign’s plans for a more robust approach than the one Trump took four years ago have been complicated by the president’s struggle to respond…
Less than five months before the election, significantly more Americans say they would vote for former Vice President Joe Biden than for President Donald Trump, according to this latest PBS NewsHour-NPR-Marist poll.
Jun 10

By Matt Loffman
The races exposed some of the challenges each party will face on Election Day, when Democrats will be defending their narrow House majority and Republicans their Senate majority and the presidency.
Jun 09

By William Brangham, Meredith Lee
The question of how to conduct elections safely during a pandemic remains timely as voters go to the polls in five states on Tuesday. With COVID-19 still present across the country, officials are trying to prepare for this fall’s election,…
May 28

By Daniel Bush
Joe Biden's promise earlier this year that he would choose a woman as his running mate narrowed the field of potential vice presidential candidates. But there is still no consensus in Democratic circles about who Biden should pick.
May 10

By PBS NewsHour
There is no bigger story than the COVID-19 epidemic, a worldwide contagion that’s taken hundreds of thousands of lives and thrown the global economy into disarray. As a result, the U.S. presidential election has been pushed into the shadows. Special…
Apr 15

By Associated Press
Elizabeth Warren endorsed Joe Biden on Wednesday.
Apr 09

By Steve Peoples, Associated Press
Barring unforeseen disaster, Joe Biden will represent the Democratic Party against President Donald Trump this fall.
NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter of the Cook Political Report join Judy Woodruff to discuss the latest political news, including how President Trump’s approval ratings have changed amid the coronavirus pandemic, the tendency of American voters to rally around…
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