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Harris campaigns with Liz Cheney at the GOP’s birthplace while Trump rallies in Michigan

RIPON, Wis. (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has rallied side-by-side with Republican Liz Cheney in the birthplace of the modern Republican Party. The two women on Thursday delivered a double-barreled denunciation of GOP nominee Donald Trump as a threat to democracy. Cheney is one of Trump’s fiercest Republican critics, and she urged the crowd to “reject the depraved cruelty of Donald Trump.” The event in Wisconsin was designed to get under Trump’s skin and reach moderate voters. Trump appeared Thursday in Saginaw County, Michigan, a crucial swing area in the state where Democrat Joe Biden barely won four years ago.… Continue Reading

Biden’s student loan cancellation free to move forward as court order expires

WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge in Missouri put a temporary hold on President Joe Biden’s latest student loan cancellation plan on Thursday, slamming the door on hope it would move forward after another judge allowed a pause to expire. Just as it briefly appeared the Biden administration would have a window to push its plan forward, U.S. District Judge Matthew Schelp in Missouri quickly granted an injunction blocking any widespread cancellation. Six Republican-led states requested the injunction just hours earlier, after a federal judge in Georgia decided not to extend a separate order blocking the plan.… Continue Reading

Prosecutors lay out new evidence in Trump election case, accuse him of having ‘resorted to crimes’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Prosecutors say Donald Trump laid the groundwork to try to overturn the 2020 election even before he lost, knowingly pushed false claims of voter fraud and “resorted to crimes” in his failed bid to cling to power. A newly unsealed court filing lays out fresh details from the landmark criminal case against the former president. It argues that the former president is not entitled to immunity from prosecution. It was submitted by special counsel Jack Smith’s team following a Supreme Court opinion that conferred broad immunity on former presidents and narrowed the scope of the prosecution.… Continue Reading

Harris, Biden take in Helene’s destruction in separate visits to Carolinas, Georgia

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) — President Joe Biden has flow over toppled trees, twisted metal and towering piles of debris in the normally tourist friendly downtown of Asheville, North Carolina. He’s taking a tour Wednesday by helicopter of Hurricane Helene’s path of destruction. At the same time, Vice President Kamala Harris was getting her own look at the storm’s damage in Georgia. Both were seeking to demonstrate a larger commitment and competence in helping devastated communities after Donald Trump’s false claims about their administration’s response.… Continue Reading

Walz and Vance go in depth on policy while attacking each other’s running mates in VP debate

NEW YORK (AP) — In a debate that evoked a calmer era in American politics, Tim Walz and JD Vance on Tuesday went after each other’s running mates and sought to shore up their campaigns’ vulnerabilities at a time of renewed fears of a regional war in the Middle East and sadness over devastation from Hurricane Helene. Both Walz, the Democratic governor of Minnesota, and Vance, a Republican senator from Ohio, focused many of their criticisms on the top of the ticket, as is traditional for VP debates. They each pointed to the crises of the day as reasons for voters to choose Vice President Kamala Harris or former President Donald Trump.… Continue Reading

Vance and Walz keep it civil in a policy-heavy discussion: VP debate takeaways

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice presidential nominees JD Vance and Tim Walz have used their time on the debate stage to focus the bulk of their attacks not on one another, but on those at the top of their rival tickets. Republican Vance and Democrat Walz both sought to project themselves as genial opponents as they lobbed criticism at Harris and Trump, respectively. With the Mideast in turmoil, the two vice presidential candidates offered different approaches toward foreign policy: Walz promised “steady leadership” under Harris while Vance pledged a return to “peace through strength” if Trump is returned to the White House. The two running mates agreed that the number of migrants in the U.S. illegally is a problem. But each laid the blame on the opposing presidential nominee.… Continue Reading

Trump won’t participate in interview for ’60 Minutes’ election special

NEW YORK (AP) — CBS News says Donald Trump has declined to participate in an interview with “60 Minutes” that was scheduled to air next Monday. The network says its planned back-to-back interviews with Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris will now proceed with Democrat Harris alone, although its invitation to the Republican presidential nominee stands. Trump campaign spokesman Steven Cheung responded to the CBS announcement by calling it “Fake news.” Cheung said there were discussions, but nothing was ever locked in. “60 Minutes” has been conducting interviews with presidential contenders every four years. Then-President Trump’s interview with the show’s correspondent Lesley Stahl in 2020 was contentious, with Trump cutting the session off early.… Continue Reading

What to watch as JD Vance and Tim Walz meet for a vice presidential debate

ATLANTA (AP) — The vice presidential debate between Republican JD Vance and Democrat Tim Walz will bring together undercards who have spent two months going after each other and the top of each ticket. Tuesday’s matchup might not carry the same stakes as the Sept. 10 debate between former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris. But it offers their top lieutenants a fresh opportunity to introduce themselves, vouch for their bosses and fulfill a time-honored role of a running mate in acting as an attack dog. It will be the biggest television and online audience either No. 2 will see before Election Day.… Continue Reading

Biden said he hopes to visit Helene-impacted areas this week if it doesn’t impact emergency response

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden says he will visit Hurricane Helene-impacted areas this week as long as it does not disrupt rescue and recovery operations. Biden was briefed again on Sunday evening about the impact of the devastating storm on an enormous swath of the Southeast. A North Carolina county that includes the mountain city of Asheville reported earlier Sunday that 30 people were killed due to the storm, pushing the overall death toll to at least 84 people across several states. The president in a brief exchange with reporters described the impact of the storm as “stunning.” He says the administration is giving states “everything we have” to help with their response to the storm.… Continue Reading

Trump escalates attacks on Harris’ mental fitness and suggests she should be prosecuted

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump is escalating his personal attacks on his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, by repeating an insult that she was “mentally impaired.” He also says she should be “impeached and prosecuted.” Trump’s rally Sunday in Erie, Pennsylvania, took on similar themes as an event one day earlier that he described himself as a “dark speech.” He told a cheering crowd that Harris was responsible for what he called an “invasion” at the U.S.-Mexico border and that “she should be impeached and prosecuted for her actions.” With just over a month left before the presidential election, Trump is intensifying his use of personal attacks.… Continue Reading