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Election will test new guardrails from Congress

October 29, 2024, 1:50pm Politics

This presidential election, the first since the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol, will be a stress test of the new systems and guardrails that Congress put in place to ensure America’s long tradition of the peaceful transfer of presidential power. Read story

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz depart after speaking during a campaign rally at Burns Park in Ann Arbor, Mich., Monday, Oct. 28, 2024.

Harris to promise to ‘put country above party and above self’ in closing argument against Trump

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, right, and her running mate Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz depart after speaking during a campaign rally at Burns Park in Ann Arbor, Mich., Monday, Oct. 28, 2024.

October 29, 2024, 1:12pm Latest News

 Kamala Harris will promise Tuesday to “put country above party and above self” in the closing argument of her presidential campaign, to be delivered from the same site where Donald Trump fomented the Capitol insurrection, in the hopes that it offers a stark visualization of the choice voters face. Read story

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A Vancouver police cruiser sits in a parking lot Tuesday near the Fisher&rsquo;s Landing Transit Center ballot box following an attack on the box that destroyed hundreds of ballots Monday morning.

Ballot boxes in Clark County will have 24/7 observers after Monday’s arson in east Vancouver

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A Vancouver police cruiser sits in a parking lot Tuesday near the Fisher&rsquo;s Landing Transit Center ballot box following an attack on the box that destroyed hundreds of ballots Monday morning.

October 29, 2024, 12:31pm Clark County News

Ballot boxes in Clark County will be staffed with Clark County Elections Office observers 24/7 after arsons on ballot boxes in east Vancouver and Portland early Monday drew national attention. Read story

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.

Trump says his New York rally marked by crude and racist insults ‘was like a lovefest’

Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate, Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2024, in Palm Beach, Fla.

October 29, 2024, 11:49am Latest News

Donald Trump on Tuesday called his rally at New York's Madison Square Garden, an event marked by crude and racist insults by several speakers, a “lovefest.” Read story

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event in Burns Park Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Mich.

Kamala Harris to deliver closing argument at site of Trump’s pre-insurrection rally

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks at a campaign event in Burns Park Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Ann Arbor, Mich.

October 29, 2024, 8:39am Politics

Vice President Kamala Harris plans to deliver what advisors are calling a closing message Tuesday night, a week before election day, speaking from the same spot on the National Mall where former President Donald Trump spoke before his allies cited his false election claims as they stormed the Capitol on… Read story

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez debates the issues with challenger Joe Kent at KATU studios in Portland on Monday night, Oct. 7, 2024.

Tight House races make for crowded Most Vulnerable Incumbent list

U.S. Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez debates the issues with challenger Joe Kent at KATU studios in Portland on Monday night, Oct. 7, 2024.

October 29, 2024, 8:27am Election

The battle for the House is ultracompetitive one week away from Election Day, with both parties bracing for potential narrow majorities come January but seeing their own paths to victory. Read story

Voters drowning in ads from ‘obscene’ amounts of cash flooding Montana U.S. Senate race

October 29, 2024, 8:25am Politics

After 18 years working to topple Montana Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Tester, Republicans in Big Sky Country see potential victory and control of the Senate majority within their grasp in an increasingly acrimonious contest that’s shattering campaign spending records. Read story

Vancouver police are investigating after a suspicious device was found near the downtown Vancouver ballot drop box on Oct. 8.

Vancouver ballot drop box arson highlights concerns that election conspiracy theories are making them a target

Vancouver police are investigating after a suspicious device was found near the downtown Vancouver ballot drop box on Oct. 8.

October 29, 2024, 7:49am Election

Two ballot drop boxes in the Pacific Northwest were damaged in a suspected arson attack just over a week before Election Day, destroying hundreds of ballots at one location in Vancouver, Washington. Read story