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☆ Election experts raise alarms about vote counting delays in battleground states
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Fredreka Schouten | Sara Murray | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +14 min

Election observers worry that delays in counting mail ballots could give the public a false sense of who’s winning the election. In Wisconsin and Pennsylvania, election officials are still barred from beginning to process mail ballots before 7 a.m. on Election Day – even though election workers in both states have clamored for change. Georgia's State Election Board members discuss proposals for election rule changes at the State Capitol in Atlanta on September 20, 2024. The new law could delay by an hour or more – depending on the county – the posting of unofficial early results, state election officials have said. In Maricopa County, the general election ballot covers both sides of two pages – twice the length of the ballot voters encountered four years ago.

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☆ Mark Robinson's scandal could cost Trump North Carolina's electoral votes — and the election
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Meanwhile, Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris are locked in a tight race in North Carolina. AdvertisementThat year, Trump also won North Carolina — albeit narrowly — against now-President Joe Biden. Former President Donald Trump is banking on a victory for his campaign in North Carolina. The GOP is up against a Harris campaign that's flush with cash and has 26 field offices and over 200 paid staffers in North Carolina. But North Carolina is critical for Trump.

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☆ What the top 2024 election issues are for these young voters
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Elise Hammond | Shania Shelton | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +19 min

Along with the economy, young voters also name abortion, immigration, foreign policy, climate and gun control as other priorities. A recent GenForward survey conducted by the University of Chicago supports what dozens of young voters told CNN. Foreign policyAmerica’s position on the world stage is also top of mind for young voters. The Israel-Hamas war has proved to be a key sticking point for progressive and young voters, as well as Arab American and Muslim communities. Regardless of what issues are galvanizing young voters to head to the polls, many say they think their turnout in November will surprise some people.

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☆ 4 senior campaign officials for Mark Robinson step down in wake of CNN report
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Dianne Gallagher | Daniel Strauss | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +5 min

CNN —Four top operatives on Republican Mark Robinson’s campaign for North Carolina governor have stepped down, the campaign announced on Sunday, days after a CNN report uncovered inflammatory comments he made on a porn website. Robinson has a long history of making inflammatory statements but the newly unearthed message board posts go a step beyond. In an interview with CNN on Thursday, Robinson repeatedly denied that he made the comments on Nude Africa. Since the CNN report, some North Carolina Republicans have moved to pressure Robinson to drop out – though the state deadline for him to officially withdraw as a candidate has passed. Neither the Robinson campaign nor Nude Africa responded to inquiries from CNN.

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☆ More than 700 former military and national security officials endorse Harris, say Trump is 'impulsive and ill-informed'
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Ece Yildirim | In Ecedyildirim | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +3 min

That is how we know Vice President Harris would make an excellent Commander-in-Chief, while Mr. Trump has proven he is not up to the job," they added. More than 700 former national security and military officials endorsed Kamala Harris for president over Donald Trump in the 2024 election in an open letter published Sunday by National Security Leaders for America. "President Trump is the only President in the modern era not to get our country into any new wars." Sunday's endorsement comes after 111 Republican former national security and foreign policy officials endorsed Harris in a letter Wednesday, saying that Trump is "unfit to serve again." Since then, the vice president has received endorsements from various high-profile Republicans, including Dick Cheney, former vice president to George W. Bush.

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☆ ’90s sitcom character Murphy Brown became the center of political controversy. Echoes of that are being felt today
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Harmeet Kaur | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +11 min

Quayle’s “Murphy Brown” pronouncement made newspaper front pages and television broadcasts, and garnered a stumbling response from the White House. ‘Murphy Brown’ reflected women’s changing role in society“Murphy Brown” premiered on CBS in 1988, starring Candice Bergen as a fierce, acerbic news anchor of the same name. “I don’t think that we felt that we were igniting any controversy.”The controversy sparked a debate over ‘family values’Despite the “Murphy Brown” writers’ intentions, the storyline did ignite controversy. On May 19, 1992, a day after the “Birth 101” episode aired, Quayle delivered what’s now known as his “Murphy Brown” speech. Kevin Winter/Getty ImagesMore than 30 years later, it’s clear that the societal changes depicted in “Murphy Brown” are here to stay.

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☆ Opinion | Why Trump Can’t Shake Project 2025
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Ezra Klein | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +3 min

That, after all, is what Project 2025 was actually meant to be. When he said, during his debate with Kamala Harris, that he hadn’t read Project 2025 and has no intention of doing so, I believed him. But Project 2025 — and much else like it that has gotten less press — is more than a compendium of policy proposals: It is an effort to build a deep state of Trump’s own. This is the problem groups like Project 2025 set out to solve. Behind the policy playbook sits a database of around 20,000 applicants ready to be part of the next Trump administration.

Persons: Donald Trump, Trump, Kamala Harris, Coke, It’s, Mike Pence, Reince, MAGA, Steve Bannon, Stephen Miller, Nikki Haley, Jared Kushner, Gary Cohn, Read, Katy Talento, playbook, ” Organizations: Fox, Friends, H.R, McMaster, Council, Republican Locations: Washington

☆ House Speaker Johnson axes Trump voting restrictions in new government funding bill
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson (R) (R-LA) departs a press conference with Republican leadership on Capitol Hill on September 18, 2024 in Washington, DC. Republican House Speaker Mike Johnson on Sunday announced a new temporary government funding proposal with key amendments from the original bill he put forward earlier this month, going against former President Donald Trump's wishes and making some concessions to Democrats. E.T., just over a month away from the November election when party control will be up for grabs in both the White House and Congress. "While this is not the solution any of us prefer, it is the most prudent path forward under the present circumstances," Johnson wrote in the letter. The new bill will likely get to the House floor by Wednesday, according to House Republican aides.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Donald Trump's, Johnson Organizations: Republican, Capitol, Sunday, SAVE, Trump, Congressional Republicans, White House, Secret Service Locations: Washington , DC

☆ Fact check: Trump tells two false stories about Oprah Winfrey, including one he’s been repeating for 11 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( Daniel Dale | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

Washington CNN —Former President Donald Trump told two fictional stories about Oprah Winfrey on Saturday – one of them new, another he has been telling for at least 11 years. In a social media post late Saturday night, Trump wrote, “A long time ago, Oprah Winfrey asked me to do her last Network Television Show. He did not appear on the last episode of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in 2011, nor even in the star-studded final week of the show. At a campaign rally in North Carolina earlier on Saturday, Trump said: “And didn’t Oprah ask her about her time at McDonald’s? Rather, Winfrey passingly mentioned the McDonald’s job during her introduction of Harris – before the vice president walked onstage for their conversation.

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☆ AOC's attack on Teamsters leadership shows just how much unions are going to matter in the presidential election
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-22 | by ( John L. Dorman | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +6 min

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was none too pleased with the Teamsters' non-endorsement and expressed her dissatisfaction with the leadership of Sean O'Brien, the union's president. Advertisement"When the Teamsters are in trouble, who do they call when we need to make sure that Teamsters pensions are bailed out? Ocasio-Cortez's remarks reveal just how much unions will matter in this election — especially with organizing and turnout efforts. Vice President Kamala Harris has rallied hard for union support since she launched her presidential campaign. AdvertisementThe tug of war for union support reflects the high stakes for both candidates, particularly in the Upper Midwest, where organized labor has long been a robust political force.

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☆ Putin was joking about election support for Harris, Kremlin says; Zelenskyy hopes to meet with Trump next week
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Https | Media-Cldnry.S-Nbcnews.Com Image Upload Newscms | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

“President Putin has a good sense of humor. The Ukrainian leader said he also hoped to meet Trump, the Republican presidential candidate. Zelenskyy said in August he wanted to present his plan to Biden, Harris, and Trump. While Trump and Zelenskyy talked over the phone in July, they have not met in person since Trump’s 2017-2021 term. At a critical juncture in the war, Zelenskyy is seeking to strengthen Ukraine with more weapons, and military, economic, and diplomatic support from the U.S., Kyiv’s key ally.

Persons: Vladimir Putin, Kamala Harris, Sergei Lavrov, Putin, Harris, Donald Trump, ” Lavrov, “, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Zelenskyy, Joe Biden, ” Zelenskyy, Biden, ’ Organizations: Democratic, Sky News Arabia, Republican, Russia, . Security, General Assembly, Trump Locations: Moscow, November’s, Russia, United States, Ukraine, U.S, Washington, Russian, Russia’s Kursk, Zelenskyy

A private Facebook group that he founded, Michigan Preppers, has nearly 18,000 members, up from about 8,000 since the Covid pandemic. He attributes the growth to a feeling of turmoil during President Joe Biden’s term. “If Trump isn’t elected, I’m thinking we’re either looking at a military coup or we’re looking at a second civil war,” said the part-time steel company worker. “I don’t recognize this country. I don’t recognize this world,” said Michael Clark, a Trump supporter who lives in a rural community of fewer than 1,000 people near Lake Michigan.

Persons: Joe Biden’s, specter, Donald Trump —, Trump, we’re, ”, Michael Clark, ” Clark, doesn’t, Clark Organizations: Facebook, Capitol, Trump, “, Preparedness, and Drug Administration Locations: Michigan, Lake Michigan

When Vice President Kamala Harris took the reins of the Democratic nomination in late July, something happened in North Carolina. Part of the Harris campaign strategy in North Carolina, according to a campaign official, includes attempting to bulk up turnout not just among Black voters but among women in and around the suburbs. For the week after Harris became the presumptive nominee, there was a 61.5% increase in voter registration among North Carolina women. Bonier takes all of this to point to a higher turnout of Democratic voters in North Carolina. “The way you win statewide in North Carolina,” he said, “is you win on the margins.”

Persons: Kamala Harris, Joe Biden, Mark Robinson, ” Robinson, “, Robinson, Harris, Barack Obama, Trump —, Nikki Haley, ” Harris, Donald Trump, Jim Watson, Tom Bonier, —, Biden, Bonier, ”, Roe, Wade, Mark, ” Dory MacMillan, Trump, Democrats “, “ It’s, ” Trump, Al Drago, Getty Images Dallas Woodhouse, ” Woodhouse, Thomas Mills, Robinson “ Martin Luther King, Mills, they’re, Morgan Jackson, Josh Stein, ” Jackson Organizations: Democratic, North Carolina . Volunteers, CNN, Nazi, Trump, Republican, Getty, North Carolina, Black, Republicans, North Carolina Republican Party, GOP, Democrats, Bloomberg, Getty Images, North, American, Republican Party, Democrat Locations: North Carolina, Tarheel, South Carolina, Greensboro, N.C, Charlotte, AFP, Raleigh, “, Carolinian, Trump, Wilmington, North

☆ South Carolina restarts executions after 13 years
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( The Associated Press | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +7 min

His last chance to avoid death was for Republican South Carolina Gov. South Carolina first tried to add the firing squad to restart executions after its supply of lethal injection drugs expired and no company was willing to publicly sell them more. South Carolina law allows condemned people to choose lethal injection, the new firing squad or the electric chair built in 1912. South Carolina restarts the death penaltySouth Carolina’s last execution was in May 2011. South Carolina has put 43 people to death since the death penalty was restarted in the U.S. in 1976.

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☆ Trump rallies in North Carolina as controversy engulfs his handpicked candidate for governor
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Eric Bradner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

Robinson, the current North Carolina lieutenant governor, referred to himself as a “black NAZI,” expressed support for reinstating slavery, made repeated graphic sexual comments and more. Trump defeated Joe Biden by 1 point in North Carolina in 2020. North Carolina is an vital part of that plan. However, the lieutenant governor has been to most, if not all, of Trump’s recent North Carolina events. The question, though, is whether a poor performance by Robinson would drag down other members of the party’s ticket in North Carolina, including Trump.

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☆ Video: ‘Have I Got News For You’ comedian Michael Ian Black jokes that he could play this Republican governor in a movie
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Ellen Rittiner | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: 1 min

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☆ As threats grow, funds for election security see a squeeze
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Bob Ortega | Anna-Maja Rappard | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +17 min

That’s why Maricopa County has spent over $864,000 in federal funds and more than $3 million in county funds to bolster its election security and processes over the past four years. Officials readily shared their worries with CNN, citing death threats, harassment, baseless lawsuits, onerous public-records requests and various security threats spurred by false claims about voter fraud. Amid these challenges, budgets for election security have been squeezed in several ways. Thousands of election workers across the country have reported receiving harassing, offensive or hostile communications, including since the 2022 midterms, according to the Department of Justice’s Election Threats Task Force. As recently as Tuesday, Trump threatened to prosecute and imprison election officials if he wins in November, as he cast doubt on the integrity of the upcoming election.

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☆ Harris’ cash edge funds advertising blitz as Elon Musk cuts big check to House Republicans, new filings show
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( David Wright | Fredreka Schouten | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +6 min

The Harris campaign also dramatically outspent the Trump campaign in August, burning through about $174 million. By comparison, Trump’s campaign spent just $61 million last month, with the lion’s share – more than $47 million – going toward media buys. The Trump and Harris campaigns are aligned with an array of committees that file disclosure reports on a separate schedule. The Trump campaign, as CNN has previously reported, has opted to outsource much of its ground game operation to outside organizations. The super PAC spent more than $77 million in August, including nearly $62 million on independent expenditures to benefit the vice president’s campaign.

Persons: CNN — Kamala Harris, Donald Trump, Elon Musk, Harris, Trump, outraised, Joe Biden, Biden, –, Kevin Mohatt, Diane Hendricks, Paul Singer, Dustin Moskovitz – Organizations: CNN, Democratic, Congress, Republican, GOP, Federal, Trump, Republicans, Democratic Congressional, National Republican Campaign, PAC, National Republican, Democratic Senatorial, MAGA Inc, FF PAC, Harris, Facebook Locations: Washington ,, Wisconsin

☆ Kamala Harris to skip historic Al Smith Dinner in New York before election, campaign official says
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Gregory Krieg | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

The affair – black-tie for attendees, white-tie for the headliners – is named after the first major-party Catholic presidential nominee, four-term New York Gov. Harris did tell the dinner’s organizers that she hoped to attend the event in the coming years – as president, a campaign official said. Biden was elected the following month as the nation’s second Catholic president. Gaffigan promoted the dinner on social media on September 12 in response to Trump’s announcement that he would not debate Harris again. “Vice President Harris is ready for another opportunity to share a stage with Donald Trump,” campaign chair Jen O’Malley Dillon said in a statement.

Persons: Kamala Harris, Al Smith, Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton, –, Smith, Republican Herbert Hoover, Democrat John F, Kennedy, New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Trump, Clinton, “, Hillary, York Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Alfred E, Jonathan Ernst, Dolan, Harris, Joe Biden, Biden, Jim Gaffigan, Gaffigan, ” Gaffigan, Jen O’Malley Dillon, “ Donald Trump, ” Trump Organizations: CNN, Catholic, New York Gov, Democratic, Republican, Democrat, White House, New York, York, Smith, Foundation, Reuters, Trump, Al Locations: New York City, Midtown Manhattan, ”, Wilmington , North Carolina

☆ Does Trump really want his VP to have the final debate word this election?
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Brian Stelter | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +3 min

New York CNN —Does Donald Trump really want his running mate, JD Vance, to have the final debating word this fall? The only remaining agreed-to debate of this presidential election season is the October 1 face-off between the vice presidential nominees, Vance and Tim Walz. CBS is hosting the VP debate and allowing other networks to simulcast the matchup, just as CNN did in June and ABC did earlier this month. The Harris campaign signaled that it would be interested, but only after the VP debate. The first two presidential debates this year were indisputably valuable to the tens of millions of voters who tuned in.

Persons: New York CNN —, Donald Trump, JD Vance, Trump, Kamala Harris, Vance, Tim Walz, Walz, Joe Biden, Harris, Biden, Jen O’Malley Dillon, “ Trump, Larry Sabato, ” Organizations: New, New York CNN, CNN, CBS, ABC, Biden, Trump, NBC, Center, Politics, University of Virginia Locations: New York, Atlanta

As governor, Mr. Evans increased aid for higher education and was instrumental in the creation of a state community college system. In 1970, Washington became the first state to create a Department of Ecology. When urban riots convulsed the nation, he went into Seattle’s poor neighborhoods and set up centers to deliver state services. Using executive powers, he established the Washington State Indian Affairs Commission in 1967 and the State Women’s Council in 1971. In 1969, he named the first Black members to the boards of the University of Washington and Seattle Community College.

Persons: ”, “, George H.W, George H.W . Bush, ‘, Gerald R, Ford, Evans, Nixon, Rockefeller, Bob Dole, Jimmy Carter, Thomas S, Foley, Evans “ Organizations: Ecology, Washington State Indian Affairs Commission, State Women’s Council, University of Washington, Seattle Community College, Democratic Locations: George H.W ., Bob Dole of Kansas, Washington

☆ United Nations General Assembly: World leaders will debate its future in New York next week
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Richard Roth | Tara John | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +7 min

United Nations CNN —It’s time for UNGA 79! Quick explanation: the United Nations General Assembly is an annual world leaders’ summit that has gone on for nearly eight decades since the international body’s founding in San Francisco. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is due to give a speech next Wednesday and appear at a special Security Council meeting. Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu addresses the 78th United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters in New York City in 2023. Climate change will be one of the biggest issues being discussed, with the General Assembly expected to hold a meeting on sea level rise on Wednesday.

Persons: United Nations CNN —, It’s, Antonio Guterres, ” Guterres, can’t, Samuel Žbogar, Sergey Bobok, United Nations Linda Thomas, Greenfield, “, ” Slovenia’s Žbogar, Volodymyr Zelensky, Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, Mike Segar, Benjamin Netanyahu –, Richard Gowan, Netanyahu “, ”, Keir Starmer, Rishi Sunak, Donald, Trump, ” Gowan Organizations: United Nations CNN, United Nations General Assembly, UN, Hamas, The Security Council, West, Security Council, United Nations, Reuters Israel, Assembly, Crisis, British, General, Rapid Support Forces, Sudanese Armed Forces, SAF, General Assembly Locations: San Francisco, Gaza, Ukraine, Sudan, Israel, United States, China, Russia, France, United Kingdom, UN, Lebanon, That’s, Kharkiv, AFP, Africa, York, U.N, New York City, El Fasher, Sudan’s North Darfur, New York

☆ Harris agrees to potential CNN debate with Trump on Oct. 23
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Jordan Novet | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic presidential nominee, speaks at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta on Sept. 20, 2024. Jen O'Malley Dillon, chair of Harris and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz's campaign, said in a statement that Harris has accepted CNN's invitation to a debate on Oct. 23. "I will gladly accept a second presidential debate on October 23. But as Harris was raising millions of dollars following the campaign, Trump declined to face her again. "She's done one debate," Trump said at a rally in North Carolina on Saturday.

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☆ Harris raised 4 times more than Trump in donations for final election sprint
▼ + stars: | 2024-09-21 | by ( Rebecca Picciotto | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +1 min

Vice President Kamala Harris substantially outraised and outspent former President Donald Trump in August, ending the month with more cash to fund her final sprint to the November election, according to new filings from the Federal Election Commission. The Harris campaign raised over $189 million in August, more than quadruple the $44 million sum that the Trump campaign brought in. The Harris campaign announced earlier this month a total $361 million August haul from campaign donations joint with the Democratic National Committee and fundraising committees. That dwarfed the $130 million raised between the Trump campaign and its joint fundraising committees. The Harris campaign on Saturday accepted an invitation from CNN to hold a second debate on Oct. 23, but Trump has so far staunchly maintained that he will not do a rematch.

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