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 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
Oct 09 Social media posts claim 2020 votes determined disaster aid delivery in North Carolina. Here’s why that’s false By Loreben Tuquero, PolitiFact As of Oct. 6, FEMA said the Biden administration had already provided $137 million in aid to Hurricane Helene survivors. Continue reading
Oct 09 Biden and Netanyahu hold first phone conversation in weeks By Zeke Miller, Tia Goldenberg, Aamer Madhani, Associated Press “It was direct, it was productive,” said White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, who added that the leaders discussed a long list of issues on the call, including Israel's deliberations on how it will respond to Iran. Continue reading
Oct 09 How Republicans could take the Senate By Lisa Desjardins The battle to control the Senate is now every bit as intense as the one for the White House, with several races setting multimillion-dollar records. Continue reading
Oct 08 Watch 4:17 During flurry of media appearances, Harris proposes Medicare coverage for in-home care By Lisa Desjardins, Elizabeth Summers, Winston Wilde With Election Day only 28 days away, former President Trump will campaign in Pennsylvania, Colorado and Nevada by week's end. Vice President Harris is also barnstorming, not in battleground states, but in a media blitz on radio, podcasts and television. Continue watching
Oct 08 Watch 9:40 Arizona Republicans explain why they’re considering voting Democratic this year By Laura Barrón-López, Shrai Popat Arizona’s 11 electoral college votes could be vital for both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump’s path to victory. President Biden won Arizona by just over 10,000 votes in 2020. White House Correspondent Laura Barrón-López traveled to the Phoenix suburb of… Continue watching