Wisconsin’s GOP Senate candidate Hovde defends not knowing much about the farm bill in a dairy state

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Republican Senate candidate Eric Hovde has repeatedly defended his self-professed lack of knowledge about the U.S. farm bill in the campaign’s closing days, after first saying in a debate that he is
In a tight election where every vote counts, Harris is trying to squeeze a few out of Trump’s base

WASHINGTON (AP) — This year’s presidential election could come down to microscopic margins, so Kamala Harris is hunting for votes in even the most unlikely of places. One of her latest targets is Donald Trump ‘s demographic
Pennsylvania county says election workers flagged 2,500 possibly fraudulent voter registrations

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Officials in a Pennsylvania county said Friday an investigation has been launched because election workers identified about 2,500 voter registration forms that may be fraudulent. “Board of Elections staff members identified and contained
Trump visiting Texas to tape Joe Rogan’s podcast and to criticize Harris on immigration

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Former President Donald Trump on Friday is heading to Texas — his first public campaign event in the state since receiving the Republican nomination — to sit down with the most listened-to-podcaster in
Judge orders Virginia to restore 1,600 voter registrations canceled in effort to purge noncitizens

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — A federal judge on Friday ordered Virginia to restore more than 1,600 voter registrations that she said were illegally purged in the last two months in an effort to stop noncitizens from voting.
Altogether fitting and proper? Trump repeatedly compares himself to Abraham Lincoln

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Four score and seven years from now, the mystic chords of memory may recall the way Donald Trump compared himself to Abraham Lincoln, lauded him one day and lambasted him the next. It
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Oregon on Election Day

WASHINGTON (AP) — The presidential election and the race for control of the closely divided U.S. House are expected to dominate attention in Oregon on election night on Nov. 5. Voters will also decide a ballot measure
The Latest: Trump and Harris concentrate on Texas with less than 2 weeks to go before Election Day

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will center their attention on Texas on Friday with both presidential candidates holding events in the staunchly Republican state. The vice president will team up with Beyoncé for a rally aimed at
Two historic Philadelphia churches offer lessons for an America divided today and in its infancy
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — George Washington. Benjamin Franklin. Betsy Ross. The two Founding Fathers and the seamstress of the American flag all once worshipped on the now centuries-old wooden pews of Christ Church. It’s the site of colonial
AI is being used to send some households impacted by Helene and Milton $1,000 cash relief payments

Nearly 1,000 hurricane-impacted households in North Carolina and Florida will benefit this week from a new disaster aid program that employs a model not commonly used by philanthropy in the United States: Giving people rapid, direct cash