At first, he would just talk about immigrants living in the country illegally. Make him president again, Donald Trump told his audiences, and he would make sure that undocumented immigrants were uprooted and deported. When he ran in 2016, he focused mostly on those immigrants who were identified as criminals, an argument his running mate, […]Read More

Tom Barrett, a Republican vying for a Michigan congressional seat, is facing calls for an investigation after an ad from his campaign incorrectly listed Election Day as Nov. 6 in a Black-owned Michigan newspaper. In a complaint filed Sunday with the state attorney general, the Michigan Legislative Black Caucus accused Barrett’s campaign of misleading Black […]Read More

Donald Trump and his campaign have waged an aggressive campaign against fact-checking in recent months, pushing TV networks, journalism organizations and others to abandon the practice if they hope to interact with Trump. Trump nearly backed out of an August interview with a group of Black journalists after learning they planned to fact-check his claims. […]Read More

Vice President Kamala Harris is making a major push this week to boost her support among Black men, as Democratic leaders warn that she needs to do more to boost enthusiasm from a key group that former president Donald Trump has been courting with some success. In coming days, Harris plans to travel to urban […]Read More

MERION STATION, Pa. — In a concession that the ongoing Israel-Hamas war and historic levels of antisemitism have some members of a core constituency newly in play, the Harris-Walz campaign and Jewish groups supporting it are more emphatically than before pressing Jewish voters to return to the Democratic fold in November. They’re pointing to Vice […]Read More

A man was arrested in Riverside County, Calif., and charged with illegal possession of a loaded firearm and a high-capacity magazine after he tried to enter a rally Donald Trump held in the desert area in Coachella, sheriff’s officials announced Sunday. The man, whom police questioned as he approached the venue in his car, claimed […]Read More

PRESCOTT VALLEY, Ariz. — Former president Donald Trump, during a campaign rally Sunday in Arizona, proposed a dramatic expansion of the Border Patrol, looking to deepen his commitment to border security — an issue where his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, has sought to challenge him. Addressing an enthusiastic crowd in this border state, […]Read More

Two polls released Sunday show that former president Donald Trump is chipping away at Vice President Kamala Harris’s national advantage in the presidential race, as the candidates gear up for the final weeks of the campaign season. A new ABC News-Ipsos poll, conducted from Oct. 4-8, showed that among likely voters, Harris led Trump 50 […]Read More

SLEEPY EYE, Minn. — Gov. Tim Walz returned to Minnesota this weekend to kick off pheasant season and to attend a high school football game, as the campaign makes more overt efforts to court male voters. Here, at the site of the Minnesota Governor’s Pheasant Hunting Opener, a tradition since 2011, Walz was in full […]Read More

ST. PETE BEACH, Fla. — President Joe Biden on Sunday toured the worst-hit areas of Florida after Hurricane Milton ripped through the state, while Vice President Kamala Harris visited North Carolina, still recovering from Hurricane Helene, as she sought to balance a final sprint before Election Day with a demonstration of empathy for those reeling […]Read More