David A. Graham: The most remarkable thing about the 2024 presidential election, which hasn't lacked for surprises, is that roughly half the electorate still supports Donald Trump. The Republican's tenure in the White House was a series of rolling disasters, and culminated with him attempting to steal an election after voters rejected him. And yet, polling suggests that Trump is virtually tied with Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee. read more
In the final sprint toward Election Day, Donald Trump has mused about former congresswoman Liz Cheney as well as journalists covering his rallies getting gunned down, confirmed that he will put an anti-vax conspiracy theorist in charge of the government's health care apparatus and explained that talking about a fictional serial killer proves his genius. And that was all before he declared at a rally Sunday that he should have just stayed in office despite his 2020 election loss and failed coup attempt on Jan. 6, 2021. read more
Erica L. Green - It was the week before Labor Day in 2003 when Rebecca Prozan got a call from a tenacious 38-year-old lawyer making her first run for elected office. The lawyer had a challenge: She wanted Ms. Prozan to manage the final stretch of her campaign to defeat the sitting San Francisco district attorney. "If you get me to the runoff, I can win." Ms. Harris kept her promise and delivered a stinging upset to the incumbent, becoming the first Black district attorney in California's history. read more
Michelle Goldberg: Should Kamala Harris win this election, the [Iowa] poll will be part of the story of her victory. The reason for Selzer's anomalous finding is simple: women. If it's anywhere near accurate, it suggests that conventional political wisdom has been seriously underrating the scale of women's fury over abortion bans and their revulsion at Trump's cartoonishly macho campaign. read more
"I'm standing there and people are moving and this kid just turned around and he punched me. I don't know where he came from," [70-year-old woman] said. "He punched me in the gut and knocked me on the ground, and I fell back and hit the ground. Thank goodness the two ladies were behind me so I didn't hit my head." read more
Quincy Jones, a legend in the music industry who is perhaps best known for his work with Michael Jackson, has died. Jones was 91 ... read more
More than a dozen fake electors from 2020 are back this time. And several election deniers are among the new prospective Trump electors. read more
ABC News has spoken with officials from more than a dozen cities and municipalities he has campaigned in over the last few years, where his rallies and events have cost the cities between tens of thousands of dollars to hundreds of thousands of dollars in unreimbursed expenses ... read more
Former President Donald Trump stumped in Michigan on Friday, where he told rally-goers he has beautiful white skin" after criticizing Vice President Kamala Harris. read more
Challenges in key state aren't valid, says ACLU, and appear to be mass effort through mail-merge process read more
At a rally in the must-win battleground state, the former president told supporters that he "shouldn't have left" office after losing the 2020 election, described Democrats as "demonic" and complained about a new poll that no longer shows him leading in Iowa, which he twice carried. read more
Heather Cox Richardson: I know people are on edge, and there is maybe one last thing I can offer before this election. Every place I stopped, worried people asked me how I have maintained a sense of hope through the past fraught years. The answer -- inevitably for me, I suppose -- is in our history. If you had been alive in 1853, you would have thought the elite enslavers had become America's rulers. They were only a small minority of the U.S. population, but by controlling the Democratic Party, they had managed to take control of the Senate, the White House, and the Supreme Court. read more
Dennis Allen has been fired as the New Orleans Saints head coach after three seasons. The Saints started hot but have lost seven games in a row, bringing Allen's overall record to 18-25. This was the second time Allen went into a season with Derek Carr as his starter that ended in a mid-season firing. He coached Carr's rookie season a decade ago with the Oakland Raiders and was fired after four games.
"No Obamacare." Questioning vaccines. No fluoride in drinking water. They're all Republican assertions in the final days of the presidential campaign. The statements add up to a surreal final week of campaigning for Republicans in which several of Trump's top surrogates are introducing unconventional - and generally unpopular - ideas that pit them against the health-policy establishment read more
Right-wing groups, which use Telegram to organize real-world actions, are urging followers to watch the polls and stand up for their rights, in a harbinger of potential chaos. read more
The editorial board of The New York Times just eviscerated Donald Trump in a single paragraph. "You already know Donald Trump. He is unfit to lead. Watch him. Listen to those who know him best. He tried to subvert an election and remains a threat to democracy. He helped overturn Roe, with terrible consequences. Mr. Trump's corruption and lawlessness go beyond elections: It's his whole ethos. He lies without limit. If he's re-elected, the G.O.P. won't restrain him. Mr. Trump will use the government to go after opponents. He will pursue a cruel policy of mass deportations. He will wreak havoc on the poor, the middle class and employers. Another Trump term will damage the climate, shatter alliances and strengthen autocrats. Americans should demand better. Vote." read more
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