Election 2024

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Washington Post Subscription Cancellations Hit 250K

According to sources with insider knowledge

(Newser) - A full 10% of the Washington Post's subscribers, which numbered 2.5 million prior to the newspaper's announcement that it would not endorse a presidential candidate, have canceled their subscriptions in the wake of the announcement. Sources on Tuesday told NPR more than 250,000 people have ended...

Harris Delivers 'Closing Argument' at DC Rally

She says fear and division sowed by Trump is 'not who we are'

(Newser) - Kamala Harris told Americans on Tuesday that Donald Trump's efforts to sow division and fear are "not who we are" as she reinforced her campaign's closing argument by delivering it from the same site where the Republican former president spoke before the Capitol riot in 2021. One...

SCOTUS Rejects RFK Jr.'s Emergency Appeal

He will remain on Michigan, Wisconsin ballots

(Newser) - The Supreme Court has rejected Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s last-ditch bid to have himself removed from ballots in two swing states. In the emergency appeal, Kennedy, who suspended his campaign and endorsed Donald Trump in August, argued that leaving his name on ballots in Michigan and Wisconsin would...

Daughter of George W. Bush Picks Her Candidate

Barbara Pierce Bush is endorsing—and campaigning for—Kamala Harris

(Newser) - Former Republican President George W. Bush's daughter isn't just endorsing the Democratic candidate for president, she's campaigning on her behalf. Barbara Pierce Bush, 42, backed Vice President Kamala Harris in an exclusive statement to People on Tuesday, adding she spent time over the weekend campaigning for the...

Harris Readies 'Closing Argument' at Key Locale

She speaks Tuesday night from the Ellipse, where Trump spoke before Capitol riot

(Newser) - Vice President Kamala Harris is making the "closing argument" for her presidential campaign Tuesday from the same site where Donald Trump spoke before the Capitol riot in 2021, and the choice is no accident. "It's a place that certainly we believe helps crystallize the choice in this...

Puerto Rico Joke Reverberates in Crucial Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico Joke Reverberates
in Crucial Pennsylvania
the rundown
Oct 29, 2024 10:35 AM CDT

Puerto Rico Joke Reverberates in Crucial Pennsylvania

State has a large population of Puerto Ricans, and the issue is big topic of discussion

(Newser) - Comedian Tony Hinchcliffe's joke comparing Puerto Rico to an "island of garbage" has given Donald Trump roughly a half-million problems in the swing state of Pennsylvania. That, reports Politico , is the number of Puerto Ricans who live in the state, where the election is expected to be decided...

Anita Hill: Facing Disrespect, Harris Chooses Dignity

With unwavering respect for others, Kamala Harris 'creates chances for more dignity for everyone'

(Newser) - No matter what happens next Tuesday, Kamala Harris can pat herself on the back for having kept her dignity through an election campaign in which she faced "various and sundry racist, misogynist and sexist insults" as well as efforts to deny her "integrity, competence and accomplishments," Anita...

Weird Reality of 2024: Both Sides Confident of Victory

Allies of both Trump and Harris optimistic about next Tuesday's vote

(Newser) - Well, somebody's wrong. The coin-toss nature of the 2024 election is demonstrated in two competing narratives in major news outlets on Tuesday.
  • For Trump: Axios reports that Donald Trump allies in the world of MAGA "appear supremely confident" that he will win re-election. The piece includes a tweeted
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Trump Gets a Key Ally Back From Prison

Steve Bannon is released after serving 4 months for contempt of Congress

(Newser) - Steve Bannon is a free man again, just in time to help with a final election push. The Donald Trump ally was released from prison early Tuesday after serving four months for contempt of Congress amid its investigation of the Capitol riot, reports CNN . "I'm not broken, I'...

Bezos Pens 909-Word Defense of WaPo Decision

Meanwhile, newspaper loses 200K subscribers after stopping endorsements, per report

(Newser) - Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos defended his decision to block the newspaper from endorsing a presidential candidate, via a 909-word op-ed published in the Post . In Bezos' view, most people today believe the media to be biased, and endorsements aren't helping. He says polls show the public now trusts...

GOP Loses on Mail Ballots Before Nevada Supreme Court

Votes without visible postmark can be counted until Nov. 8

(Newser) - The Nevada Supreme Court ruled Monday that mail-in ballots with smudged, indecipherable, or missing postmarks can be counted for up to three days after polls close on Election Day. The state's highest court rejected a bid by state and national Republicans, Donald Trump's presidential campaign, and a voter,...

Washington Post Columnist Quits Over 'Terrible Mistake'

Michele Norris speaks out against decision not to endorse candidate

(Newser) - Michele Norris, calling the Washington Post's decision not to endorse a candidate a "terrible mistake," has become the latest columnist to quit the paper. In a post on X Sunday, Norris said she was resigning from the newspaper she loves because the "decision to withhold an...

Minnesota Woman Charged With Voting-Related Felonies

Authorities say she tried to submit a ballot for her dead mother, an 'ardent' Trump supporter

(Newser) - A northern Minnesota woman accused of trying to submit a mail ballot for her recently deceased mother has been charged with three felonies. Authorities say the case shows how routine election safeguards thwart the rare instances of attempted voter fraud.
  • Officials in Itasca County, about 200 miles north of Minneapolis,
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Drop Box Fires in 2 States Destroy Hundreds of Ballots

Fires were set in Portland, Oregon, and across the river in Vancouver, Washington

(Newser) - The FBI and other agencies were investigating Monday after early morning fires were set in ballot drop boxes in Portland, Oregon, and in nearby Vancouver, Washington, where hundreds of ballots were destroyed. The Portland Police Bureau reported that officers and firefighters responded to a fire in one ballot drop box...

Philadelphia DA Sues Musk Over $1M Giveaways

Progressive Larry Krasner calls it an 'illegal lottery scheme' to sway voters for Trump

(Newser) - The district attorney in Philadelphia has sued Elon Musk to stop his $1 million daily giveaway to registered voters, reports ABC News . DA Larry Krasner says Musk and his America PAC are running what is "indisputably an unlawful lottery," reports NBC News . Musk has given away at least...

Kamala Harris Challenges Trump to Cognitive Test

Vice president is making his age a larger part of her closing message

(Newser) - Donald Trump has been taking shots at Kamala Harris' intelligence on the campaign trail, and the vice president tells CBS News she'd be happy to take a cognitive test—and "would challenge him to take the same one." In the interview, Harris says Trump is "increasingly...

This Election Is Really Stressing Everyone Out
This Election Is Really
Stressing Everyone Out
THE RUNDOWN
Oct 28, 2024 7:01 AM CDT

This Election Is Really Stressing Everyone Out

77% of respondents to APA survey say future of US is a source of significant stress this election cycle

(Newser) - If the looming election has given you a perpetual knot in your stomach, you might be glad to know you're not alone. Per the American Psychological Association's "Stress in America" report for 2024, 77% of adults surveyed say the future of the United States is a significant...

Trump Campaign: We Didn't Like the Puerto Rico Joke

And more from Sunday's Madison Square Garden event

(Newser) - A comedian's speech at Donald Trump's Sunday night rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City was being widely described as racist by media outlets. As the Hill reports, Tony Hinchcliffe, whose stage name is Kill Tony, at one point said:
  • "I don't know if
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Melania Trump Surprises Attendees at Trump's NYC Rally

Former first lady makes her first speech of this election cycle

(Newser) - Melania Trump made her first rally speech of this election cycle Sunday night at her husband's Madison Square Garden event. The Hill calls it an "exceedingly rare" appearance by the former first lady, and notes that Donald Trump's campaign did not list his wife among the speakers...

Other Newspapers Have Made Presidential Endorsements

Boston Globe goes with Harris, New York Post picks Trump

(Newser) - While the Los Angeles Times and the Washington Post have decided to sit this one out , other major publications have made endorsements in the presidential election. Here's a sampling, per the Hill . Donald Trump has been endorsed by:
  • The Washington Times : "There will be single-issue activists who bemoan
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