White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Biden appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trump, according to 2 U.S. government officials.
presidential election 2024
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Nation / World, News, Politics
In final days, Democrats step up pitch to Native American voters
Much of the outreach has been focused on Arizona, which has the largest Native population of any battleground state. President Biden’s razor-thin margin of victory there in 2020 – 10,457 votes – highlighted how decisive this vote can be.
advertisement
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Nation / World, News, Politics
Pennsylvania challenge of Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes moves to federal court
A judge in Philadelphia has put a state challenge of Elon Musk’s $1 million-a-day voter sweepstakes on hold while lawyers for the billionaire and his political action committee try to move the lawsuit to federal court
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, News, Politics
Today’s the last day for most Maine residents to vote early or request an absentee ballot
Voters may still request an absentee ballot after Thursday, but they would need to have special circumstances such as an unexpected hospitalization.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, Politics
Majority of swing-state voters say they fear violence if Trump loses
A poll found that two-thirds of voters in states likely to decide the election do not think Donald Trump would accept defeat.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, News, Politics
Trump wins student mock election in Maine
Maine students have predicted the winner of every presidential election since 2008, but they missed the mark in the 2020 U.S. Senate race by voting against Republican incumbent Susan Collins.
Posted inElection 2024, Maine, Politics
Former President Clinton to stump for Harris/Walz campaign in Maine on Friday
The details of the visit have not been released, but it will be somewhere in southern Maine.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, Politics
Harris urges voters to reject Trump’s efforts to sow division and fear
Kamala Harris is urging voters to reject Donald Trump’s efforts to sow division and fear, declaring, ‘It doesn’t have to be this way.’
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, Politics
Harris promises to ‘put country above party and above self’ in closing argument against Trump
Kamala Harris aimed to make a broader case for why voters should reject Donald Trump and consider what she offers, and encouraged the crowd to visualize their divergent futures hanging in the balance on Election Day.
Posted inElection 2024, Nation / World, News, Politics
First presidential election since Jan. 6 attack will test Congress’ new guardrails
After Jan. 6, Congress set out to shore up the the peaceful transfer of presidential power and prevent a repeat of the unprecedented period when Donald Trump refused to concede defeat to Joe Biden.