Oct 27 WATCH: Biden speaks on economic issues as midterms quickly approach By Associated Press President Joe Biden zeroed in Thursday on economic issues as he fine-tuned his closing argument in upstate New York for voters trying to cope with raging inflation and fears of a recession heading into the Nov. 8 election. Continue reading
Oct 25 Brazilian voters bombarded with misinformation days before vote By Diane Jeantet, Associated Press People on social media say, wrongly, that the leftist candidate in Brazil's presidential election plans to close down churches if elected. Continue reading
Oct 25 Herschel Walker’s chicken firm tied to benefits from unpaid prison labor By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Walker, through a major chicken processor that he touts as a principal partner to one of his primary businesses, has benefited from years of unpaid labor by drug offenders routed to the facility by Oklahoma state courts. Continue reading
Oct 21 WATCH: Biden predicts Democrats will see success in midterms By Zeke Miller, Associated Press President Joe Biden is predicting that the momentum will shift back to Democrats in the final days of the midterm elections and that the party would do “just fine."… Continue reading
Oct 20 How election fraud conspiracies could make deep changes to Arizona voting By Jonathan J. Cooper, Bob Christie, Associated Press The Republicans running for Arizona's three top statewide offices have said they would not have signed off on the presidential results if they had held office in 2020. Continue reading
Oct 20 WATCH: Biden touts Pittsburgh bridge project as infrastructure win By Chris Megerian, Associated Press President Joe Biden has checked out the repair work underway at a Pennsylvania bridge that became a symbol of the nation’s troubled infrastructure when it collapsed nine months ago. Continue reading
Oct 20 Jair Bolsonaro struggles to sway Brazil’s poor voters with welfare boost By Mauricio Savarese, Associated Press Even if it was an obvious election-year gambit, needy Brazilians are grateful for the extra 200 reais ($38) per month -- but perhaps not enough to switch their political allegiance to the far-right leader in large numbers. Continue reading
Oct 20 Louisiana uses a ‘jungle primary’ for its elections. What does that mean? By Meg Kinnard, Associated Press When they go to the polls on the general election date of Nov. 8, Louisiana voters will technically be voting in a primary that includes candidates from all corners, in a unique system unofficially called a “jungle primary.”… Continue reading
Oct 19 Illinois vote takes center stage in battle over union rights By Don Babwin, Associated Press With U.S. union ranks swelling as everyone from coffee shop baristas to warehouse workers seeks to organize, Illinois voters will decide next month whether to amend their state constitution to guarantee the right to bargain collectively. Continue reading
Oct 18 Biden looks to increase oil supplies ahead of midterms By Josh Boak, Zeke Miller, Associated Press Administration officials have teased that additional oil can be released from the U.S. strategic reserve as part of a response to recent production cuts announced by nations in OPEC+. Continue reading