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An election observer watches as workers count mail-in and in-person absentee ballots at the Wisconsin Center on Nov. 08, 2022, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After months of candidates campaigning, Americans are voting in the midterm elections to decide close races across the nation.

In a close election, here are 3 legal disputes that could reach the Supreme Court

An election observer watches as workers count mail-in and in-person absentee ballots at the Wisconsin Center on Nov. 08, 2022, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. After months of candidates campaigning, Americans are voting in the midterm elections to decide close races across the nation.

October 21, 2024, 6:00am Politics

In a nail-biter election Nov. 5, expect the losing side to challenge the results in court. Read story

Former housing Secretary Ben Carson, center, and his wife, Candy Carson, right center, pose for a photo with Tiffany King, second from left, and her son Nehemiah King, right, following Carson&rsquo;s address to supporters of former President Donald Trump on Oct. 5 in Livonia, Mich.

GOP mixes hard-right politics with theology

Former housing Secretary Ben Carson, center, and his wife, Candy Carson, right center, pose for a photo with Tiffany King, second from left, and her son Nehemiah King, right, following Carson&rsquo;s address to supporters of former President Donald Trump on Oct. 5 in Livonia, Mich.

October 21, 2024, 5:50am Election

Standing before hundreds of people in a suburban Detroit chapel, at an event organized by Donald Trump’s campaign, Marlin J. Reed declared that God had called on them to vote for the former president. Read story

Trump works fry station and holds drive-thru news conference at Pennsylvania McDonald’s

October 20, 2024, 2:35pm Nation & World

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump manned the fry station at a McDonald's in Pennsylvania on Sunday before staging an impromptu news conference, answering questions through the drive-thru window. Read story

Harris says Trump is ‘cruel’ as she spotlights abortion restrictions in Georgia during early voting

October 20, 2024, 2:25pm Nation & World

Vice President Kamala Harris said Saturday that Republican former President Donald Trump was “cruel” for how he talked about the grieving family of a Georgia mother who died after waiting 20 hours for a hospital to treat her complications from an abortion pill, as she put combating restrictions on reproductive… Read story

College students fight barriers to casting ballots as early voting begins

October 20, 2024, 2:16pm Nation & World

In the final weeks of the presidential campaign, each side is scouring swing states to get as many voters as possible, including on college campuses. But in some of those crucial states, students face new barriers to casting their ballots. Read story

Judges punishing Jan. 6 rioters say they fear more political violence as Nov. 5 nears

October 20, 2024, 2:08pm Nation & World

Over the past four years, judges at Washington’s federal courthouse have punished hundreds of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an unprecedented assault on the nation's democracy. On the cusp of the next presidential election, some of those judges fear another burst of political violence could be coming. Read story

House introduces 10,000th measure

October 20, 2024, 1:40pm Politics

The House achieved a milestone Friday not seen since 1977 when HR 10000 was introduced, surpassing the usual four-digit bill number. The last time the chamber reached this figure was during the first session of the 95th Congress, which in all saw 14,414 House bills introduced. Read story

This image from security video of Michael Daniele, a retired New Jersey State Police trooper, seen in the Crypt in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was contained in the Justice Department affidavit and complaint in support of the arrest of Daniele.

Judge unseals heavily redacted trove of evidence in Trump’s 2020 election-interference case

This image from security video of Michael Daniele, a retired New Jersey State Police trooper, seen in the Crypt in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was contained in the Justice Department affidavit and complaint in support of the arrest of Daniele.

October 20, 2024, 12:11pm Nation & World

The judge overseeing Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case made public Friday a heavily redacted trove of documents that provide a small glimpse into the evidence prosecutors will present if the case ever goes to trial. Read story