Sep 14 In defiance of Nevada governor, Trump holds indoor rally By Associated Press Eager to project a sense of normalcy in imagery, President Donald Trump soaked up the raucous cheers inside a warehouse Sunday night. Continue reading
Sep 11 Watch 6:06 Trump, Biden make 9/11 trip to Pennsylvania, where battle over mail-in ballots continues The 2020 presidential race struck a somber note Friday, as President Trump and former Vice President Joe Biden observed the 19th anniversary of the September 11th attacks. Both candidates visited the Pennsylvania memorial to Flight 93 but did not cross… Continue watching
Sep 11 Judges rules Florida felons can’t vote until they pay fines, fees By Curt Anderson, Associated Press Florida voter passed overwhelmingly in 2018 for felons who have completed their sentences to have voting rights restored. But the legal dispute arose after lawmakers the next year moved to define what it means to complete a sentence. Continue reading
Sep 10 U.S. Attorney General Barr attacks voting by mail while in Arizona By Bob Christie, Associated Press The Republican also said that mail-in ballots impinge on the historic American tradition of the secret ballot, an attack refuted by states that allow widespread mail-in voting. Continue reading
Sep 10 Watch 5:13 News Wrap: Fire erupts at Beirut port a month after blast In our news wrap Thursday, a huge fire erupted at the port in Beirut, Lebanon, a month after a catastrophic explosion there that killed 190 people and injured 6,500. Black smoke billowed over the port’s ruins. The military said the… Continue watching
Sep 10 Watch 5:42 Amid new reports of foreign election interference, whistleblower claim roils DHS U.S. elections continue to be a target of foreign interference. Microsoft announced Thursday that Russia, China and Iran are all trying to hack campaigns and officials. The news comes one day after a whistleblower from the Department of Homeland Security… Continue watching
Sep 10 States take lessons from chaotic primary season to prepare for an unprecedented election By Candice Norwood As voting rights organizations push for changes, filing dozens of lawsuits since March aimed at removing restrictions on who is eligible to vote by mail, election officials are making changes to avoid a repeat of the primary season. Continue reading
Sep 10 WATCH: Kamala Harris hosts conversation on challenges Black communities in South Florida face By Casey Kuhn Kamala Harris spoke with members of the community in Miami at Florida Memorial University. Continue reading
Sep 09 Watch 2:52 Trump, Biden respond to report the president knowingly misled the public on pandemic By John Yang A new political firestorm has engulfed the White House -- this time over what President Trump knew about the pandemic vs. what he said publicly on the topic. The Washington Post’s Bob Woodward reports Trump privately acknowledged the seriousness of… Continue watching
Sep 09 Watch 7:18 How will Woodward’s Trump revelations affect American voters? With Election Day now less than two months away, how will revelations that President Trump intentionally misled Americans about coronavirus risk affect voter intent? The Washington Post’s Gary Abernathy and Kansas-based journalist Sarah Smarsh, author of “Heartland,” join Judy Woodruff… Continue watching