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Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground

President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, Thursday, Sept. 3, 2020, in Latrobe, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Trump hones law and order message in Pennsylvania

The rally comes as Trump's campaign is claiming new signs of momentum, including in the longtime Democratic stronghold that Trump won by less than 45,000 votes in 2016.

5 years ago

For election night 2016, Gretchen Sisson had a sheet cake made for her friends, expecting to celebrate the election of the first woman president of the United States. Things didn't turn out as she expected. (Gretchen Sisson)
NPR
Politics & Policy

2020 is the year of the woman donor: Campaign contributions surge

This election cycle, the share of women giving money to political campaigns has already risen to 43.5% after never topping 28% in the 1990s.

5 years ago

President Trump walks with Melania Trump and National Parks and National Parks superintendent Stephen Clark through the Flight 93 National Memorial in Shanksville, Pa., on Tuesday.
Politics & Policy

Trump, Biden will both mark 9/11 anniversary in Shanksville

It's not immediately clear whether their visits to the 9/11 memorial will overlap. But it probably will be the closest that the candidates have been to one another in months.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump talks to a crowd of supporters after arriving at Wilmington International Airport, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Trump faces pushback for urging people to vote twice as test

It’s a felony under North Carolina state law to vote twice.

5 years ago

President Trump
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump’s base is shrinking as whites without a college degree continue to decline

Whites without a college degree have gone from 45% of eligible voters in 2016 to 41%. Meanwhile, whites with a degree and Latinos are on the rise.

5 years ago

ormer City Councilman Justen Wright, Wilmington Mayor Mike Purzycki and Treasurer Velda Jones-Potter participate in a virtual mayoral debate
Politics & Policy

Wilmington mayor’s primary election foes share ‘people over property’ slogan

Mike Purzycki emerged from a field of seven Democratic candidates in 2016 to become mayor. His two challengers in 2020 say he hasn’t done enough for neighborhoods.

5 years ago

Listen 3:18
Postmaster General Louis DeJoy, left, talks with Rep. Mark Walker, R-N.C., before a House Oversight and Reform Committee hearing on the Postal Service on Capitol Hill, Monday, Aug. 24, 2020, in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool via AP)
Politics & Policy

House subpoenas embattled Postal Service leader over delays

Democrats are pushing for increased oversight of the Postal Service following DeJoy's operational changes and Trump's claims that mail-in voting will lead to voter fraud.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, seen here on Aug. 31 in West Mifflin, Pa., set a monthly record for presidential fundraising. (Alex Wong/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden, Democrats shatter fundraising record with $364.5 million in August

More than 50% of the month's haul, over $205 million, came from online small-dollar donations, and more than 1.5 million Americans contributed for the first time in August.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks in Wilmington, Del., Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, about school reopenings. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Politics & Policy

Biden: Trump ignores pandemic, stokes unrest, solves neither

Biden is calling the struggle to reopen U.S. schools amid the coronavirus a “national emergency” and accusing Trump of turning his back to instead stoke passions about unrest

5 years ago

President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the Whirlpool Corporation facility in Clyde, Ohio, Thursday, Aug. 6, 2020. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)
Politics & Policy

Fox, C-SPAN, NBC moderators for upcoming Trump-Biden debates

Trump's team has tried to pressure the commission to move up the debates, citing increased use of early and absentee voting because of the coronavirus.

5 years ago

(Yong Kim/Philadelphia Inquirer)
Politics & Policy
Spotlight PA

Pa. GOP advances election bill that would ban drop boxes, get mail-in ballots to voters earlier

The bill was championed by Republicans as an effort to ensure a secure election, and decried by Democrats as an attack on ballot access.

5 years ago

Postal workers sort, load and deliver mail at a United States Postal Service location in Los Angeles, Calif. (KYLE GRILLOT/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Postal Service watchdog outlines ‘concerns’ surrounding election readiness

The internal watchdog said in a report on Tuesday that it found several potential problems in the way mail was being processed.

5 years ago

Jill Biden, wife of Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, speaks in front of a closed playground during a tour of the Evan G. Shortlidge Academy in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2020, to launch a multi-week swing through 10 battleground states. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
Education

Jill Biden launches back-to-school tour in Wilmington

A teacher herself, Jill Biden pledged to listen to teachers around the country as she launched her back-to-school tour Tuesday morning.

5 years ago

Mail-in ballot
Courts & Law

Pennsylvania high court takes over another election lawsuit

The Democratic Party’s lawsuit asks the court to order an extension of Pennsylvania's Election Day-deadline to count mailed-in ballots.

5 years ago

Letter carrier Henrietta Dixon
Politics & Policy

Pa. lawmakers urge Trump’s postmaster to return sorting machines

The partisan fight over postal service is casting a shadow over the coming presidential election, with millions in Pennsylvania expected to vote by mail amid the pandemic.

5 years ago

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