Vance, given 5 chances to say Trump lost in 2020, takes none

• By Michael C. Bender / New York Times
• Oct. 11, 2024

Vance repeatedly refused to acknowledge former President Donald Trump’s defeat and went to even greater lengths to avoid doing so than he did during the vice presidential debate this month. Read more

Justice Department sues Virginia for violating federal election law

• By Jasper Ward / Reuters
• Oct. 11, 2024

The department said it is seeking injunctive relief that would restore the ability of impacted eligible voters to vote unimpeded on Election Day and would prohibit future violations. Read more

Trump touts new tax cut in speech amid criticisms and complaints

• By Michael Gold and Alan Rappeport / New York Times
• Oct. 11, 2024

Trump claimed his plan would “stimulate massive domestic auto production and make car ownership dramatically more affordable” for families. Read more

Obama campaigns for Harris in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

• Oct. 10, 2024

Trump campaigns in Michigan and Pennsylvania

• Oct. 10, 2024

Obama rallies young voters for Harris in Pennsylvania

• By Jeff Mason / Reuters
• Oct. 10, 2024

Obama has been a vocal supporter of Harris since she ascended to the top of the Democratic ticket after President Joe Biden stepped aside in July following a poor debate performance against Republican former President Donald Trump. Read more

Harris campaign, groups raise $1B since candidacy launch

• By Nandita Bose / Reuters
• Oct. 9, 2024

Since Harris replaced President Joe Biden on July 21, dollars have flowed into her campaign coffers and affiliated political action committees and the Democratic Party at an unprecedented pace. Read more

Harris proposes new funding for at-home senior care services

• By Gabriella Borter / Reuters
• Oct. 8, 2024

Vice President Harris rolled out the proposal in the first of a series of media interviews she was slated to do in New York today, as she and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump race to energize voters before the Nov. 5 election. Read more

Trump’s plans could hike U.S. debt and raise costs for many

• By Andrew Duehren and Alan Rappeport / New York Times
• Oct. 8, 2024

The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, a nonpartisan group that seeks lower deficits, found that Trump’s various plans could add as much as $15 trillion to the nation’s debt over a decade. That is nearly twice as much as the economic plans being proposed by Vice President Kamala Harris. Read more

Trump: There are ‘a lot of bad genes’ among migrants in U.S.

• By Gram Slattery and Kristina Cooke / Reuters
• Oct. 7, 2024

The former president has frequently attacked migrants on the campaign trail, particularly those who have been implicated in crimes. Read more

Harris hits back at Republican criticism of childless women

• By Katie Rogers / New York Times
• Oct. 7, 2024

In an appearance on the podcast “Call Her Daddy,” which is popular with Gen Z and millennial women, Harris discussed reproductive rights and economic issues. Read more

Trump’s rambling speeches renew concerns over age

• By Peter Baker and Dylan Freedman / New York Times
• Oct. 7, 2024

“He’s not competing at the level he was competing at eight years ago, no question about it,” said Anthony Scaramucci, a former Trump ally who has endorsed Harris. “He’s lost a step. He’s lost an ability to put powerful sentences together.” Read more

Trump receives raucous reception in return to assassination attempt site

• By Steve Holland / Reuters
• Oct. 5, 2024

Trump saluted firefighter Corey Comperatore, who was shot and killed by the shooter, and two other people who were wounded. Read more

Liz Cheney, campaigning with Harris, says Trump ‘not fit to lead’

• By Jeff Mason, Nandita Bose, Trevor Hunnicutt and Gabriella Borter / Reuters
• Oct. 4, 2024

Cheney and her father Dick Cheney, who was vice president under George W. Bush and is still vilified by Democrats for his bullish defense of the Iraq War, are staunch conservatives and two of the most prominent Republicans to have endorsed Harris against Trump in the Nov. 5 election. Read more

Trump rally in Michigan dominated by more false statements

• By Neil Vigdor / New York Times
• Oct. 4, 2024

In the roughly 85 minutes that Trump was onstage, he repeated a pattern of untrue assertions that have characterized many of his events as the 2024 presidential race heads into its final weeks. Read more

Biden warns Trump may not peacefully concede election

• By Nandita Bose and Jarrett Renshaw / Reuters
• Oct. 4, 2024

Trump holds a rally in Saginaw

• Oct. 3, 2024

Melania Trump offers staunch defense of abortion rights in new memoir

• By Seema Mehta and Jenny Jarvie / Los Angeles Times
• Oct. 3, 2024

Melania Trump’s comments are a political bombshell coming in the final weeks of a presidential campaign in which Donald Trump’s threats to women’s reproductive rights have played a central role. Read more