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Latino Vote: Dispatches from the Battleground

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

Playing electoral defense, Trump claims Biden opposes God

Even for a president known for his blunt criticism, Trump's remarks stood out and they signaled how contentious the campaign may get over the coming months.

5 years ago

Election worker Khalid Battle reads a book as he waits for voters to cast their ballots in Pennsylvania primary election at Memorial Gospel Crusades Church in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

The partisan conflict behind a quest to purge up to 800,000 voters from Pa.’s rolls

Judicial Watch is suing Pa. and three suburban counties to more aggressively purge “inactive” voters. Opponents say that could lead to disenfranchisement.

5 years ago

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Voters wait in line outside a polling place in Philadelphia.
Politics & Policy

Review of Pa. primary prompts elections agency to seek changes

The review of the primary argues the Legislature should permit ballots to be counted as long as they arrive in county election offices by the Friday after the election.

5 years ago

President Donald Trump
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Politics & Policy

Citing election delay tweet, influential Trump ally now demands his re-impeachment

President Trump’s suggestion that the November election be delayed spurs Federalist Society co-founder Steven Calabresi to call for his removal from office.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Wilmington, Del., Tuesday, July 28, 2020. IAndrew Harnik/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden wants the Fed to help close racial economic gaps. How would that work?

The central bank has blunt instruments at its disposal, which are not tailored to economics of racial groups. Biden wants the Fed to more explicitly factor in POC outcomes.

5 years ago

In this June 13, 2019 file photo, an Investigator with the Office of the City Commissioners, demonstrates the ExpressVote XL voting machine at the Reading Terminal Market in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
Politics & Policy

Foreign threats loom ahead of US presidential election

As the Nov. 3 presidential vote nears, there are fresh signs that the United States' electoral system is again under attack from foreign adversaries.

5 years ago

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden smiles as he takes a question from a reporter at a campaign event at the William
Politics & Policy

Joe Biden nears final decision on running mate

As Joe Biden nears the announcement of his vice presidential choice, the top contenders and their advocates are making final appeals.

5 years ago

Voters cast their ballots at a polling place at Cromie Elementary School in Warren, Mich., in March. Warren is in Macomb County, considered a critical suburb in the presidential election. (Elaine Cromie/Getty Images)
NPR
Politics & Policy

Fueled by suburbs, Democrats are poised for gains in key states, analysis finds

A new report finds that Democrats are on track to win the suburbs in five of six key states they lost in the 2016 presidential election.

5 years ago

Mail-in ballot
Politics & Policy

Pennsylvania to cover cost of stamps for ballots in election

Wolf's top elections official, Secretary of State Kathy Boockvar, said paying for the postage is a way to make voting more accessible, safer and easier during the pandemic.

5 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence speaks  at a “Cops for Trump” campaign event at the police station Thursday, July 30, 2020, in Greensburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)
Politics & Policy

‘You won’t be safe,’ Pence warns in Pennsylvania campaign

Vowing to bring “peace and security to cities across America," Mike Pence on Thursday carried the Trump campaign's message of law and order to exurban Pennsylvania.

5 years ago

President Trump
NPR
Politics & Policy

Trump floats delaying the election. It would require a change in law

The president does not have the power himself to move the date of the election, which was set by an 1845 federal law.

5 years ago

Bucks County Congressman Brian Fitzpatrick (left) and Ivyland Borough Councilmember Christina Finello. (AP Photo and Emma Lee/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

In Bucks race, Fitzpatrick and Finello stake out similar, moderate territory on policing

In their race to capture PA-01, Democrat Christina Finello and incumbent Republican Brian Fitzpatrick take the middle of the road on policing reform.

5 years ago

Rapper Kanye West smiles as he listens to a question from a reporter during a meeting in the Oval Office of the White House with President Donald Trump, Thursday, Oct. 11, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Politics & Policy

Kanye West’s N.J. ballot petition falls short, complaint says

“Mr. West’s petitions do not contain the valid signatures of 800 qualified voters and should have been rejected by the Division.”

5 years ago

Presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Joe Biden, seen here on July 21, has unveiled the fourth plank of his
NPR
Politics & Policy

Biden details proposal to advance racial equity in America

The plan is the fourth and final pillar of his "Build Back Better" agenda for economic recovery, crafted in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

5 years ago

Vice President Mike Pence
Politics & Policy

Campaigns bring dueling messages to Pennsylvania this week

Trump won Pennsylvania in 2016 by less than 1 percentage point. No Democrat has won the presidency without winning Pennsylvania since Harry S. Truman in 1948.

5 years ago

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