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One point stood out to Emily Vaughan after she watched a tense debate between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump: Harris goaded Trump into rambling, and it worked very well. “Trump fell for every single offensive statement that Harris threw his way, spiraling into yelling about completely...

June’s presidential debate was the most consequential in modern political history — it led President Joe Biden to drop out of the race. So the debate on Tuesday between newly minted Democratic nominee Kamala Harris and Republican nominee Donald Trump seemed unlikely to have such dramatic consequences. But ABC hyped...

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Mike Johnson vowed Tuesday to press ahead with requiring proof of citizenship for new voters as part of a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown in three weeks, though the measure appeared likely to be voted down. Democrats overwhelmingly oppose the measure. Enough Republicans were...

Pennsylvania is a prime battleground state in the 2024 presidential race. And Western Pennsylvania has become a must-stop campaign swing for Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. July included major turning points in the campaigns — a gunman attempted to assassinate Trump on July 13 in Butler...

CHICAGO — For Christopher Pugh, the 2020 election was a turning point. He already distrusted the government. But as he watched Fox News coverage in the immediate aftermath of the election and read posts on Twitter, the social media platform now known as X, that distrust grew. He now believes...

WASHINGTON — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will meet for the first time face-to-face Tuesday night for perhaps their only debate, a high-pressure opportunity to showcase their starkly different visions for the country after a tumultuous campaign summer. The event, at 9 p.m. Eastern in Philadelphia, will offer Americans their...

TALLAHASSEE — State police are showing up at Florida voters’ homes to question them about signing a petition to get an abortion rights amendment on the ballot in November, and a state health care agency has launched a website targeting the ballot initiative with politically charged language. Critics say they’re...

ATLANTA — From her earliest campaigns in California to her serving as President Joe Biden’s running mate, Kamala Harris has honed an aggressive but calibrated approach to debates. She tries to blend punch lines with details that build toward a broader narrative. She might shake her head to signal her...

NEW YORK — He claimed she would raise taxes and accused her of supporting open border policies that would allow an influx of unvetted migrants into the country. He blamed her for a litany of the current administration’s failures and cast her potential presidency as four more years of the...

Martin “Marty” Baron knew by the time he reached high school that he wanted to work in newspapers. But while an undergraduate at Lehigh University, he also developed doubts. It’s partly why he graduated from Lehigh in 1976 with not only a journalism degree but also an MBA. “I said,...

WASHINGTON — The race for control of Congress is as close as ever, with barely two dozen House seats and a handful in the Senate likely to determine the majority this November and whether a single party sweeps to power with the White House. Lawmakers are returning to Washington for...

WASHINGTON — House Republicans unveiled Friday their legislation to avoid a partial government shutdown at the end of the month and fund the government into late March, when a new president and Congress would make the final decision on agency spending and priorities for fiscal year 2025. Republicans also are...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Former President Donald Trump alleged rising crime and unchecked illegal immigration while in Charlotte Friday to formally accept the endorsement of the Fraternal Order of Police. The Republican presidential nominee, speaking at the Hilton Charlotte University Place hotel, accused Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee,...

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro said he believes the parents of school shooters should be held liable for their child’s actions during an appearance on “The View” on Friday. Shapiro’s response came after cohost Sara Haines asked a question about whether or not the parents of the 14-year-old Apalachee High School...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — President Joe Biden on Friday signed an executive order for federal grants that will prioritize projects with labor agreements, wage standards and benefits such as access to child care and apprenticeship programs. Biden said the ideas in his order “are common sense.” “Economists have long believed...

Former President Donald Trump was quick to announce his opposition earlier this year to a proposed $14.9 billion sale of U.S. Steel to the Japanese corporation Nippon Steel, but influential people close to Trump have been working to push the sale through behind the scenes ever since. Trump, who is...

CHEYENNE, Wyo. — Former Vice President Dick Cheney, a lifelong Republican, will vote for Kamala Harris for president, he announced Friday. Liz Cheney, who endorsed Harris on Wednesday, first announced her father’s endorsement when asked by Mark Leibovich of the Atlantic magazine during an onstage interview at the Texas Tribune...

RALEIGH, N.C. — Robert F. Kennedy Jr. scored a pair of legal victories Friday in the battleground states of North Carolina and Michigan, and a setback in Wisconsin, in his quest to get his name off of the ballots in some states after he suspended his campaign and endorsed former...

NEW YORK — A judge agreed Friday to postpone Donald Trump’s sentencing in his hush money case until after the November election, granting him a hard-won reprieve as he navigates the aftermath of his criminal conviction and the homestretch of his presidential campaign. Manhattan Judge Juan M. Merchan, who is...

Along a thoroughfare in Pittsburgh’s Highland Park neighborhood, there sits a house divided — and not just because it’s a duplex. One side of the duplex features yard signs in support of Vice President Kamala Harris, and the other other side features yard signs in support of former President Donald...

WASHINGTON — The second general election debate of the 2024 campaign season is here, but it’s the first matchup for the current nominees. Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump are taking part in Tuesday night’s debate in Philadelphia. After a disastrous performance in the first general election...

NEW YORK — Donald Trump and Kamala Harris will debate for the first — and perhaps, last — time on Tuesday night as the presidential candidates fight to sway voters on the biggest stage in U.S. politics. The meeting comes just 75 days after President Joe Biden’s disastrous debate performance...