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Qataris decide whether to end limited voting for legislative seats in shadow of US election
Read full article: Qataris decide whether to end limited voting for legislative seats in shadow of US electionQatar has opened a snap poll to decide whether to end its limited voting for legislative seats.
A tiny village in India where Kamala Harris has ancestral roots is praying for her victory
Read full article: A tiny village in India where Kamala Harris has ancestral roots is praying for her victoryAs millions of Americans gear up to cast ballots in U.S. elections, Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, has people rooting for her from thousands of miles away in a tiny south Indian village.
The final day of voting in the US is here, after tens of millions have already cast their ballots
Read full article: The final day of voting in the US is here, after tens of millions have already cast their ballotsThe final day of voting in the 2024 presidential election arrives with tens of millions of Americans having already cast their ballots.
Abortion is on the ballot in nine states and motivating voters across the US
Read full article: Abortion is on the ballot in nine states and motivating voters across the USVoters are getting a say on abortion policy in Tuesday's election with ballot measures and elections to offices from president to local prosecutors.
On the night before Election Day, Kamala Harris brings in celebrities. Donald Trump is unimpressed
Read full article: On the night before Election Day, Kamala Harris brings in celebrities. Donald Trump is unimpressedOn the night before Election Day, at campaign events across the country, celebrities turned out in force for Kamala Harris' presidential campaign.
Harris campaign spends final hours reminding Pennsylvania of a Trump ally's joke about Puerto Rico
Read full article: Harris campaign spends final hours reminding Pennsylvania of a Trump ally's joke about Puerto RicoKamala Harris devoted much of her final full day on the campaign trail to reaching Latino voters in Pennsylvania, a swing state that Democrats consider part of their “blue wall” in the Electoral College.
Trump called Megyn Kelly 'nasty' 9 years ago. She just helped deliver his closing message
Read full article: Trump called Megyn Kelly 'nasty' 9 years ago. She just helped deliver his closing messageConservative podcaster Megyn Kelly delivered a fiery speech supporting Donald Trump before he gave what was billed as his “closing message."
Federal agencies say Russia and Iran are ramping up influence campaigns targeting US voters
Read full article: Federal agencies say Russia and Iran are ramping up influence campaigns targeting US votersThe nation’s federal law enforcement and election security agencies are debunking two new examples of Russian election disinformation on the eve of Election Day.
TEXAS RESULTS MAP: Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump, Ted Cruz vs Colin Allred, Congress in 2024 presidential election
Read full article: TEXAS RESULTS MAP: Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump, Ted Cruz vs Colin Allred, Congress in 2024 presidential electionVoters in Bexar County and beyond headed to the polls on Tuesday to decide who they will elect as the next president of the United States.
9 million Texans voted early in 2024. Here’s how that compares to previous years.
Read full article: 9 million Texans voted early in 2024. Here’s how that compares to previous years.The turnout rate dropped more than 8 percentage points compared to four years ago — a high-water mark for the Lone Star State.
Belarus' authoritarian ruler will face only token challengers in presidential vote
Read full article: Belarus' authoritarian ruler will face only token challengers in presidential voteBelarus’ election commission has allowed seven politicians loyal to President Alexander Lukashenko to start collecting signatures to run in January’s election in an apparent bid to create a semblance of competition to the longtime authoritarian ruler.
Latest electoral college results for US President: Where the race between Donald Trump, Kamala Harris stands right now
Read full article: Latest electoral college results for US President: Where the race between Donald Trump, Kamala Harris stands right nowElection results for race that will determine the next US President.
Pennsylvania election officials weighing in on challenges to 4,300 mail ballot applications
Read full article: Pennsylvania election officials weighing in on challenges to 4,300 mail ballot applicationsMore than 4,000 mail ballot applications have been challenged across 14 Pennsylvania counties, leaving election officials to decide eligibility during hearings that will extend well past Election Day.
Election results 2024: Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump. Who is winning swing states?
Read full article: Election results 2024: Kamala Harris vs Donald Trump. Who is winning swing states?The Donald Trump and Kamala Harris campaigns believe the race is extremely close across the seven swing states that are expected to decide the election, barring a major surprise: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
Trump wants the presidential winner to be declared on election night. Why that's unlikely
Read full article: Trump wants the presidential winner to be declared on election night. Why that's unlikelyFormer President Donald Trump is stepping up calls for a winner to be declared shortly after polls close Tuesday night.
Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling places
Read full article: Some Republican-led states refuse to let Justice Department monitors into polling placesSome Republican-led states say they they will block Justice Department’s election monitors from going inside polling places on Election Day, pushing back on federal authorities’ decades-long practice of watching for violations of federal voting laws.
Election Day is Tuesday. Here’s a guide to voting in Texas
Read full article: Election Day is Tuesday. Here’s a guide to voting in TexasElection Day for the 2024 general election in Texas is on Tuesday, with Bexar County voters able to choose from over 300 polling locations from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Thousands rally again in Georgia to protest the parliamentary election they say was rigged
Read full article: Thousands rally again in Georgia to protest the parliamentary election they say was riggedThousands of opposition supporters rallied outside Georgia’s parliament for the second straight Monday to denounce the Oct. 26 election as illegitimate after the ruling party was declared the winner amid allegations of vote-rigging helped by Russia.
Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes can proceed, a Pennsylvania judge says
Read full article: Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes can proceed, a Pennsylvania judge saysA Pennsylvania judge has ruled that Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes can continue through Tuesday’s presidential election.
Moldova's diaspora tipped the scales in a pivotal election. Critics question the vote's validity
Read full article: Moldova's diaspora tipped the scales in a pivotal election. Critics question the vote's validityMoldovans living abroad voted in record numbers in a presidential runoff that secured victory for pro-Western President Maia Sandu, in a pivotal race that pitted her against a Russia-friendly opponent amid ongoing claims of Russian interference, voter fraud, and intimidation.
The Latest: All eyes on Pennsylvania as candidates spend final day campaigning there
Read full article: The Latest: All eyes on Pennsylvania as candidates spend final day campaigning thereThe presidential campaign comes down to a final push across a handful of states on the eve of Election Day.
An election about elections: A South Texas town asks itself who should run voting operations
Read full article: An election about elections: A South Texas town asks itself who should run voting operationsThe Rio Grande City mayor and two of his fellow commissioners proposed the changes, claiming the city secretary mishandled their election.
The UAE opens its annual oil-and-gas summit as industry weathers Mideast wars and awaits US election
Read full article: The UAE opens its annual oil-and-gas summit as industry weathers Mideast wars and awaits US electionThe United Arab Emirates has opened its annual oil-and-gas summit as it plans to increase energy output even as global prices have fallen.
A presidential campaign unlike any other ends on Tuesday. Here's how we got here
Read full article: A presidential campaign unlike any other ends on Tuesday. Here's how we got hereElection Day marks the final chapter in one of the most bewildering, unpredictable and consequential sagas in political history.
Harris and Trump set sights on Pennsylvania in final push before Election Day
Read full article: Harris and Trump set sights on Pennsylvania in final push before Election DayKamala Harris and Donald Trump closed out this year’s presidential race with a fierce battle for Pennsylvania on Monday, making their final pitch to voters across a state that could prove decisive in the campaign for the White House.
Texas Secretary of State, US Department of Justice on opposing sides ahead of Election Day
Read full article: Texas Secretary of State, US Department of Justice on opposing sides ahead of Election DayWith just a couple of days until Election Day, Texas and the United States Department of Justice are butting heads over who can and can not be inside a polling location legally.
Harris, Obamas and voting rights leaders work to turn out Black voters in run-up to Election Day
Read full article: Harris, Obamas and voting rights leaders work to turn out Black voters in run-up to Election DayDemocrats, Republicans and voting rights advocates launched a wide array of efforts to boost Black voter turnout over the last week of the presidential campaign.
In dash across Michigan, Harris contrasts optimism with Trump's rhetoric without uttering his name
Read full article: In dash across Michigan, Harris contrasts optimism with Trump's rhetoric without uttering his nameOn the last Sunday before Election Day, Democrat Kamala Harris did not mention Donald Trump’s name.
Harris won't say how she voted on California measure that would reverse criminal justice reforms
Read full article: Harris won't say how she voted on California measure that would reverse criminal justice reformsVice President Kamala Harris won't say how she voted on a ballot measure in her home state of California that would reverse criminal justice reforms approved in recent years.
Trump talks about reporters being shot and says he shouldn't have left White House after 2020 loss
Read full article: Trump talks about reporters being shot and says he shouldn't have left White House after 2020 lossOn the final Sunday of a rollercoaster presidential contest, Republican nominee Donald Trump is asking voters in Pennsylvania again to make him leader of a “failed nation” while also unleashing a profane, conspiracy-laden rant asserting U.S. elections are not legitimate in the first place.
North Carolina sees turnout record with more than 4.2M ballots cast at early in-person voting sites
Read full article: North Carolina sees turnout record with more than 4.2M ballots cast at early in-person voting sitesNorth Carolina elections officials say that more than 4.2 million voters cast ballots at early in-person voting sites, with turnout in western counties hit by Hurricane Helene outpacing the rest of the state.
Trump wants to narrow his deficit with women but he's not changing how he talks about them
Read full article: Trump wants to narrow his deficit with women but he's not changing how he talks about themWhen it comes to women, Donald Trump has stuck to a world view in the campaign's final days that his critics consider to be dated and paternalistic.
Who will replace Mitch McConnell as Senate GOP leader? It remains deeply uncertain
Read full article: Who will replace Mitch McConnell as Senate GOP leader? It remains deeply uncertainSenate Republicans vying to replace longtime leader Mitch McConnell have been crossing the country to campaign and fundraise for colleagues, making their final arguments before an important upcoming Senate vote.
Moldova’s pro-Western president wins 2nd term in runoff overshadowed by Russian meddling claims
Read full article: Moldova’s pro-Western president wins 2nd term in runoff overshadowed by Russian meddling claimsMoldova’s pro-Western President Maia Sandu has won a second term in office in a pivotal presidential runoff against a Russia-friendly opponent, in a race that was overshadowed by claims of Russian interference, voter fraud, and intimidation in the European Union candidate country.
Puerto Rico prepares for Election Day as a third-party candidate makes history
Read full article: Puerto Rico prepares for Election Day as a third-party candidate makes historyThe two parties that have dominated Puerto Rican politics for decades are losing their grip as they face the stiffest competition yet from a younger generation fed up with the island’s corruption, chronic power outages and mismanagement of public funds.
Federal Reserve is set to cut rates again while facing a hazy post-election outlook
Read full article: Federal Reserve is set to cut rates again while facing a hazy post-election outlookNo one knows how Tuesday’s presidential election will turn out, but the Federal Reserve’s move two days later is much easier to predict: With inflation continuing to cool, the Fed is set to cut interest rates for a second time this year.
Harris appears on 'Saturday Night Live' as mirror image of Maya Rudolph with election looming
Read full article: Harris appears on 'Saturday Night Live' as mirror image of Maya Rudolph with election loomingKamala Harris made a surprise appearance on “Saturday Night Live” as she took a brief break from the battleground states where she's been campaigning.
Nearly 200 families separated by US-Mexico border reunite briefly in annual event
Read full article: Nearly 200 families separated by US-Mexico border reunite briefly in annual eventNearly 200 families have gathered along a stretch of the United States-Mexico border for heartfelt but brief reunions with loved ones they had not seen for years because they live in opposite countries.
Biden suggests he'd like to smack 'macho guys' during final campaign stop
Read full article: Biden suggests he'd like to smack 'macho guys' during final campaign stopPresident Joe Biden has returned to his birthplace in Scranton, Pennsylvania, making a final campaign stop for Vice President Kamala Harris.
Abortion rights at forefront of Women's March rallies in runup to Election Day
Read full article: Abortion rights at forefront of Women's March rallies in runup to Election DayThousands of women have rallied in the U.S. capital and elsewhere with abortion rights at the forefront of their demonstrations.
Georgia judge rejects GOP lawsuit trying to block counties from accepting hand-returned mail ballots
Read full article: Georgia judge rejects GOP lawsuit trying to block counties from accepting hand-returned mail ballotsA Georgia judge has rejected a Republican lawsuit trying to block county election offices from opening on Saturday and Sunday to let voters return their mail ballots in person.
Listen to business owners and voters in Erie, Pennsylvania. They could help decide the White House.
Read full article: Listen to business owners and voters in Erie, Pennsylvania. They could help decide the White House.Both Donald Trump and Kamala Harris have campaigned in the Rust Belt city of Erie, Pennsylvania.
Election Day polling locations: Where to vote in Bexar County
Read full article: Election Day polling locations: Where to vote in Bexar CountyEarly voting is over and Election Day is just around the corner. If you weren’t able to cast a ballot during the early voting period, you have more than 300 locations to choose from to cast a ballot on Tuesday, Nov. 5.
Trump will rally backers every day until the election in North Carolina, a swing state he won twice
Read full article: Trump will rally backers every day until the election in North Carolina, a swing state he won twiceDonald Trump will rally supporters in North Carolina every day until Tuesday’s election.
UK Conservatives pick Kemi Badenoch as new leader, first Black woman to head a big British party
Read full article: UK Conservatives pick Kemi Badenoch as new leader, first Black woman to head a big British partyBritain’s Conservative Party has elected Kemi Badenoch as its new leader as it tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended its 14 years in power.
Debate over abortion rights leads to expensive campaigns for high-stakes state Supreme Court seats
Read full article: Debate over abortion rights leads to expensive campaigns for high-stakes state Supreme Court seatsThe debate over abortion rights is leading to expensive campaigns for state Supreme Courts in several states this year.
Trump is using election lies to lay the groundwork for challenging 2024 results if he loses
Read full article: Trump is using election lies to lay the groundwork for challenging 2024 results if he losesDonald Trump has spent months laying the groundwork to challenge the results of the 2024 election if he loses.
What to watch over the final weekend of the 2024 presidential campaign
Read full article: What to watch over the final weekend of the 2024 presidential campaignThe 2024 presidential contest speeds into its final weekend with Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a razor-thin contest.
Texas sues to block U.S. Justice Department from monitoring state’s elections
Read full article: Texas sues to block U.S. Justice Department from monitoring state’s electionsThe move comes after Secretary of State Jane Nelson said state law bars federal monitors from being inside polling locations. Attorney General Ken Paxton’s office also wants to block monitors from future elections.
SAISD elementary school teacher uses bearded dragons to teach kids about the election
Read full article: SAISD elementary school teacher uses bearded dragons to teach kids about the electionEsther Perez Carvajal Elementary fifth-grade teacher Danielle Salgado admits teaching her kids about this year’s United States Election and its voting process without negativity was hard.
TRUMP VS HARRIS: President election results in Texas on Nov. 5, 2024
Read full article: TRUMP VS HARRIS: President election results in Texas on Nov. 5, 2024This is the race that everyone will be watching. The winner of this hotly contested race is already familiar with the White House, having served as either president or vice president.
US Senate election results in Texas on Nov. 5, 2024
Read full article: US Senate election results in Texas on Nov. 5, 2024Republican Ted Cruz is seeking re-election as the junior US senator from Texas, having served in office since 2013. He is facing a stiff challenge from Democratic U.S. Rep. Colin Allred.
State Representative election results in Texas on Nov. 5, 2024
Read full article: State Representative election results in Texas on Nov. 5, 2024Among the most competitive races on the Bexar County ballot for Texas House include District 118, which features Republican incumbent John Lujan and Democrat Kristian Carranza. The other Texas House race that’s expected to be competitive is District 121 between Marc LaHood and Laurel Jordan Swift.
Early voting reaches such heights that some Georgia polls may be Election Day 'ghost town'
Read full article: Early voting reaches such heights that some Georgia polls may be Election Day 'ghost town'Record levels of early voting are making it so polls in Georgia might be a “ghost town” on Election Day.
Harris team warns CEOs that Trump is a threat to economy, while Trump says tariffs can drive growth
Read full article: Harris team warns CEOs that Trump is a threat to economy, while Trump says tariffs can drive growthKamala Harris’ campaign is actively warning business leaders that Donald Trump has a pattern of disregard for democracy and the rule of law that would threaten U.S. economic growth.
Musk tests the role of money in U.S. politics with multimillion-dollar effort to back Trump
Read full article: Musk tests the role of money in U.S. politics with multimillion-dollar effort to back TrumpNext week’s presidential election isn’t just a referendum on Donald Trump and Kamala Harris.
Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican plea
Read full article: Supreme Court allows Pennsylvania to count contested provisional ballots, rejecting Republican pleaThe Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from Republicans that could have led to thousands of provisional ballots not being counted in Pennsylvania.
Mauritius suspends access to social media ahead of parliamentary elections
Read full article: Mauritius suspends access to social media ahead of parliamentary electionsThe government of Mauritius on Friday banned access to social media websites ahead of parliamentary elections later this month.
Voters view one another across partisan divide with increasing animosity
Read full article: Voters view one another across partisan divide with increasing animosityPresident Joe Biden kicked up a political dust storm this week with his comments about Donald Trump's supporters and “garbage."
Trump and Harris host dueling rallies in the Milwaukee area in a final push to win Wisconsin
Read full article: Trump and Harris host dueling rallies in the Milwaukee area in a final push to win WisconsinVice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump have hosted dueling rallies within miles of each other in a fevered final push for votes in swing state Wisconsin’s largest city.
Seismic change in Botswana as party that ruled for 58 years loses power
Read full article: Seismic change in Botswana as party that ruled for 58 years loses powerThe party of Botswana’s opposition candidate Duma Boko has been declared the election winner over incumbent President Mokgweetsi Masisi in a seismic change that ended the ruling party’s 58 years in power since independence from Britain.