Politics

A copy of Project 2025 is held during the Democratic National Convention, Aug. 21, 2024, in Chicago. For a year, Project 2025 has endured as a persistent force in the presidential election. It’s rare for a complex 900-page policy book to figure so dominantly in a political campaign. (AP Photo/J.

How Project 2025’s rightward vision became a flashpoint in this year’s election

October 22, 2024, 1:32pm Latest News

For the past year, Project 2025 has endured as a persistent force in the presidential election, its far-right proposals deployed by Democrats as shorthand for what Donald Trump would potentially do with a second term at the White House. Read story

Paul Patu performs hip-hop music with the theme of "Drop The Vote," Monday, Nov. 2, 2020, outside a voting center in Seattle where people can drop off ballots or get help registering to vote or obtaining their ballots. Patu is the executive director of the Seattle-based organization Urban Family, who came up with the Drop The Vote campaign to encourage and educate voters from underserved communities. (AP Photo/Ted S.

WA voters worried about postelection violence, poll shows

October 22, 2024, 1:09pm Election

Nearly two-thirds of Washingtonians are concerned about politically motivated violence following this year’s elections, a new poll found. Read story

Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz speaks during a campaign event, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024, in Warren, Mich.

Russia is behind viral disinformation targeting Walz, intelligence official says

October 22, 2024, 10:48am Nation & World

Groups in Russia created and helped spread viral disinformation targeting Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz, a senior U.S. intelligence official said Tuesday. Read story

Democratic vice presidential nominee Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz reacts to supporters during a campaign rally, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Papillion, Neb.

Obama and Walz urge Democrats to vote early in battleground Wisconsin

October 22, 2024, 8:15am Nation & World

In-person early voting kicks off Tuesday across battleground Wisconsin, with former President Barack Obama and Democratic vice presidential nominee Tim Walz hosting a rally in liberal Madison and Republicans holding events to encourage casting a ballot for Donald Trump before Election Day. Read story

This combination of photos taken Monday, Oct. 21, 2024, shows Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaking during a town hall in Malvern, Pa., left, and Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump delivering remarks on Hurricane Helene in Swannanoa, N.C..

Trump and Harris seek Latino votes by touting their approach to the economy

October 22, 2024, 7:48am Politics

Both Kamala Harris and Donald Trump promoted economic policy Tuesday as their best chance to win Latino voters. But their approaches are very different. Read story

Blinken arrives in Israel as US looks to renew cease-fire efforts after the killing of Hamas leader

An aircraft carrying U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken casts a shadow on the ground as it descends in Tel Aviv, Israel Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024.

October 22, 2024, 7:44am Nation & World

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken arrived in Israel on Tuesday on his 11th visit to the region since the outbreak of the Israel-Hamas war. Washington hopes to revive cease-fire efforts after the killing of top Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar, but so far all the warring parties appear to be… Read story

Those early Zoom meetings got people fired up for Harris. Now they’re trying to get them to vote

FILE - Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, left, joins Oprah Winfrey at Oprah’s Unite for America Live Streaming event Sept. 19, 2024 in Farmington Hills, Mich.

October 22, 2024, 7:43am Politics

When Joe Biden dropped out of the presidential race and Kamala Harris jumped in, a cascade of Zoom meetings with hundreds of thousands of participants popped up seemingly out of nowhere and helped propel her to the Democratic nomination. Read story

Harris will campaign in Texas to highlight state’s abortion ban in a pitch to battleground voters

Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a town hall at Sharon Lynne Wilson Center for the Arts in Brookfield, Wisc., Monday, Oct. 21, 2024.

October 22, 2024, 7:43am Politics

Vice President Kamala Harris will head to reliably Republican Texas just 10 days before Election Day in an effort to refocus her campaign against former President Donald Trump on reproductive care, which Democrats see as a make-or-break issue this year. Read story