Initiative to enshrine abortion rights in Missouri constitution qualifies for...
By DAVID A. LIEB JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri voters will decide in November whether to guarantee a right to abortion with a constitutional amendment that would reverse the state’s near-total...
View ArticleOfficials to outline safety plans for Democratic National Convention ahead of...
Democrats will be in Chicago next week to officially select Vice President Kamala Harris and Gov. Tim Walz to be their party’s nominees. Over the course of four days, Democrats will highlight their...
View ArticleWhat we know about suspected Iranian cyber intrusion in the US presidential race
By ALI SWENSON NEW YORK (AP) — Details emerged over the weekend of a suspected Iranian cyber intrusion into the campaign of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, potentially resulting in the...
View ArticleGeorgia officials say Kennedy, 2 others have signatures for presidential...
By JEFF AMY ATLANTA (AP) — Three independent and third-party candidates got one step closer to appearing on Georgia’s presidential ballot on Tuesday. But legal challenges still loom. Georgia Secretary...
View ArticleHouston prosecutors find no evidence of efforts to sway 2022 elections but...
By NADIA LATHAN AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An investigation found no evidence of intent to influence 2022 election outcomes in Texas’ largest county, prosecutors announced Tuesday, but they will pursue...
View ArticleUS Rep. Steny Hoyer, 85, of Maryland recovering from mild stroke, expects to...
U.S. Rep. Steny Hoyer of Maryland suffered a mild ischemic stroke Sunday night, according to his office. “Mr. Hoyer has responded well to treatment and has no lingering symptoms. He expects to resume...
View Article‘Chaos agent’: Suspected Trump hack comes as Iran flexes digital muscles...
By DAVID KLEPPER WASHINGTON (AP) — With less than three months before the U.S. election, Iran is intensifying its efforts to meddle in American politics, U.S. officials and private cybersecurity firms...
View ArticleGoogle confirms an Iranian group is trying to access emails linked to both US...
By ALI SWENSON NEW YORK (AP) — Google said Wednesday that an Iranian group linked to the country’s Revolutionary Guard has tried to infiltrate the personal email accounts of roughly a dozen people...
View ArticleFormer Obama official says VP Harris has ‘no moral obligation’ to talk to press
A former Obama administration official is defending Vice President Kamala Harris for shying away from the press. Michael McFaul served as U.S. ambassador to Russia from 2012 to 2014. He is also a...
View ArticleVP nominee JD Vance to dissolve last vestige of mothballed charity, give its...
By JULIE CARR SMYTH and MICHELLE R. SMITH COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Republican vice presidential nominee U.S. Sen. JD Vance is preparing to dissolve the vestiges of a charitable effort he launched in Ohio...
View ArticleFormer Biden chief of staff insists president ‘up for the job’ despite...
Former White House chief of staff Ron Klain suggested President Joe Biden is still “up for the job” despite his decision to drop out of the election. Biden, in July, announced he would no longer seek...
View ArticleMeta predicts Russian actors will try to influence US elections
Meta on Thursday predicted Russian actors will try to influence U.S. elections. The company said in its “Adversarial Threat Report,” which covers efforts to manipulate public debate, that Russia-based...
View ArticleHarris growing support with Black voters in swing states of Michigan,...
A new USA TODAY/Suffolk University poll shows Vice President Kamala Harris gaining ground with a crucial part of the Democratic coalition: Black voters in battleground states. USA TODAY reported...
View ArticleDems keep up fight to keep third party candidates off ballots
Vice President Kamala Harris is picking up where President Joe Biden left off in the race to the White House, and polls show she’s gaining ground ahead of the November election. Even so, Democrats are...
View ArticleMaryland Gov. Wes Moore to address Democratic National Convention about...
CHICAGO — Gov. Wes Moore will address the Democratic National Convention this week about the importance of public service, a theme he has sought to make a signature of his administration. Moore, a top...
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Democrats open their convention transformed by Harris’ ascendance but facing...
By STEVE PEOPLES, ZEKE MILLER and BILL BARROW CHICAGO (AP) — A refreshed Democratic Party reintroduces itself to a divided nation this week, having been transformed by the money, momentum, relief and...
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Retro Baltimore: Gov. Theodore Roosevelt McKeldin went to Chicago in 1952...
Exactly two decades after Gov. Albert C. Ritchie traveled to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago hoping to be his party’s nominee for president in 1932, another Maryland governor, Theodore...
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The Latest: Biden headlines Night 1 of the DNC
By The Associated Press The Democratic National Convention began on Monday in Chicago, with roughly 50,000 people expected to arrive in the Windy City. That includes thousands of anti-war activists...
View ArticleThe Latest: Day 2 of the DNC features the Obamas and second gentleman Doug...
By The Associated Press Day two of the Democratic National Convention has begun. Former President Barack Obama, former first lady Michelle Obama and second gentleman Doug Emhoff spoke at the DNC, a day...
View ArticleThe Latest: Walz is expected to accept the party’s nomination for vice...
By The Associated Press Vice presidential nominee Tim Walz and former President Bill Clinton will headline the Democratic National Convention on Wednesday, the third day of the party’s choreographed...
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