Consultant fined $6M for AI-generated Biden robocalls

• By David Shepardson / Reuters
• Sept. 26, 2024

In May, Steven Kramer, a Louisiana Democratic political consultant, was indicted in New Hampshire over calls that appeared to have Biden asking residents not to vote until November. Read more

Threats to Trump may prompt changes in travel, campaign plans

• By Shane Goldmacher, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan and Julian Barnes / New York Times
• Sept. 25, 2024

Trump and his team are facing an assassination threat from Iran as revenge for ordering the killing of Iranian Gen. Qassem Soleimani in early 2020. Read more

Kamala Harris’ economic plans on taxes, childcare, housing

• By Heather Timmons and David Lawder / Reuters
• Sept. 25, 2024

Some of her ideas build on unfinished business in President Joe Biden’s economic agenda but expand their scope and size. Read more

Haitian group seeks arrests of Trump, Vance over false claims

• By Jacqueline Charles / Miami Herald
• Sept. 25, 2024

Under an Ohio statute, a private citizen with the knowledge that someone has committed a crime can ask a court to affirm there is probable cause a crime was committed and issue an arrest warrant. Read more

Report: Suspected Trump gunman charged with attempted assassination

• By Andrew Goudsward, Jasper Ward and Sarah N. Lynch / Reuters
• Sept. 24, 2024

Ryan Routh, 58, was already facing two gun-related charges after authorities said he pointed a rifle through a fence at Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sept. 15 while the Republican presidential candidate was golfing there. Read more

Reuters/Ipsos poll: Harris widens lead over Trump

• By Jason Lange / Reuters
• Sept. 24, 2024

The latest poll had a margin of error of about four percentage points. Read more

Janet Jackson repeats false claims about Kamala Harris’ race

• By Maya Salam / New York Times
• Sept. 24, 2024

The unusual turn of events began when The Guardian published a wide-ranging interview with Jackson timed to promote the European leg of her concert tour. Read more

Trump holds a campaign rally in Indiana, Pa.

• Sept. 23, 2024

GOP effort to change Nebraska’s electoral system for Trump fails

• By Joseph Ax / Reuters
• Sept. 23, 2024

Democrat Kamala Harris, Trump’s opponent in the Nov. 5 election, is slightly favored to win one electoral vote from Nebraska’s 2nd congressional district, which includes Omaha. Read more

Suspect in Trump assassination attempt to face more serious charges

• By Andrew Goudsward / Reuters
• Sept. 23, 2024

The suspect, Ryan Routh, 58, was ordered to remain in jail without bond to await trial on two gun-related charges. Read more

Top aides resign from embattled N.C. candidate’s campaign

• By Robert Matthew Hernandez /New York Times
• Sept. 23, 2024

Among the resignations was his top campaign consultant, Conrad Pogorzelski III, who for years had been one of Robinson’s most loyal confidants and who had been the only consultant to take a chance on him during his run for lieutenant governor four years ago. Read more

Harris agrees to CNN debate but Trump rejects it as ‘too late’

• By Reuters
• Sept. 21, 2024

Harris and Trump debated each other for the first time on Sept. 10. Read more

Georgia orders hand count of votes in presidential election

• By Joseph Ax and James Oliphant / Reuters
• Sept. 20, 2024

The hand-count rule is the latest in a slew of changes passed in recent months by a pro-Trump conservative majority of the board who say they are attempting to make the Nov. 5 election more secure. Read more

Trump says Jewish people to blame if he loses

• By Chris Cameron and Michael Gold / New York Times
• Sept. 20, 2024

Trump repeated that assertion at a second event, this one focused on Israeli Americans, where he blamed Jews whom he described as “voting for the enemy” for the hypothetical destruction of Israel that he insisted would happen if he lost in November. Read more

Vance says he will keep calling Haitians legally in Ohio ‘illegal’

• By Maggie Astor / New York Times
• Sept. 19, 2024

The immigrants are mainly in the United States under a program called temporary protected status, which the executive branch can grant to people whose home countries are in crisis. Vance claimed falsely that this program was illegal. Read more

Report: N.C. GOP gubernatorial candidate called himself ‘black Nazi’ on porn site

• By Shane Goldmacher, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan / New York Times
• Sept. 19, 2024

Robinson sought to undercut the report, which unearthed old comments that he had reportedly made on “Nude Africa,” a pornographic site with a message board. Read more

Trump, allies sue over potential non-citizen voting ahead of election

• By David Morgan and Andrew Goudsward / Reuters
• Sept. 19, 2024

At least eight lawsuits have been filed challenging voter registration procedures in four of the seven swing states expected to decide the election contest between Trump and his Democratic rival, Vice President Kamala Harris. Read more

Polls: Harris, Trump tied nationwide, tight in Pennsylvania

• By Susan Heavey / Reuters
• Sept. 19, 2024

While the surveys found likely and registered voters gave higher marks to Democrat Harris in last week’s debate with her Republican opponent, they showed the race — particularly in the battleground state — remains close, in line with other polling. Read more