Jul 05 Wisconsin Supreme Court will allow expanded use of ballot drop boxes this fall, reversing 2022 decision By Todd Richmond, Associated Press The court ruled in 2022 that absentee ballot drop boxes could be used only in election offices and no one other than the voter could return a ballot in-person. Continue reading
Jul 05 WATCH: Biden holds campaign rally in Wisconsin as he fights to save his endangered reelection effort By Colleen Long, Seung Min Kim, Associated Press President Joe Biden, fighting to save his endangered reelection effort Friday, defiantly declared that “I’m staying in the race” during a campaign rally in a critical battleground state as he prepares to sit down for a network television interview where… Continue reading
Jul 05 U.S. employers add 206,000 jobs in June, sign of economic stability despite interest rates By Paul Wiseman, Associated Press Friday's report from the Labor Department also showed that the unemployment rate ticked up from 4% to a still-low 4.1%. And the department sharply revised down its estimate of job growth for April and May by a combined 111,000. Continue reading
Jul 04 Watch 5:40 How some Democratic lawmakers and voters feel about Biden staying in the race By Lisa Desjardins, Matt Loffman It’s been one week since President Biden’s poor performance in the first debate of the 2024 campaign caused a political shockwave. The president says he’s staying in the race. But even on this Fourth of July holiday, concerns continue to… Continue watching
Jul 04 Watch 6:14 Advocates in Missouri work to put abortion access on the ballot this election cycle By Gabrielle Hays, Shrai Popat In Missouri, abortion was banned almost immediately after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Two years later, there's an effort to enshrine abortion access in the state's constitution by putting it on the ballot this election cycle. This comes as clinics… Continue watching
Jul 04 Biden faces make-or-break stretch for his imperiled presidential campaign By Colleen Long, Zeke Miller, Associated Press There's a growing sense that Biden may have just days to make a persuasive case that he's fit for office before Democratic support for him completely evaporates in the aftermath of his disastrous debate performance last week against Trump. Continue reading
Jul 04 Questions about Biden’s age echo similar concerns that Reagan faced in 1984 By Laurie Kellman, Associated Press Today, Democratic President Joe Biden, 81, is struggling for a redemptive moment after a disastrous debate performance against Republican former president Donald Trump, 78. Continue reading
Jul 03 Incumbents who fought uphill to win over their parties struggled to get reelected, history warns By Bill Barrow, Associated Press There’s plenty of worry among Democrats about whether 81-year-old President Joe Biden is up to the job itself or the task of defeating Donald Trump. Previous presidential campaigns offer lessons. None convey reasons for optimism. Continue reading
Jul 03 Watch 7:03 ‘Look at the numbers’: Democratic Rep. Doggett calls for Biden to drop out of race By Amna Nawaz, Stephanie Kotuby, Ali Schmitz In the days following President Biden’s poor performance on the debate stage, Democrats have pondered how to approach the future of his reelection campaign. Congressman Lloyd Doggett of Texas was the first sitting Democratic lawmaker to call on Biden to… Continue watching
Jul 03 Arizona and Nebraska could join growing number of states with abortion measures on ballots By Walter Berry, Anita Snow, Associated Press Organizers in Arizona and Nebraska said Wednesday that they turned in far more signatures than required to get ballot measures on abortion rights before voters in November’s election. In both states, it’s now up to election officials to certify the… Continue reading