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Philly man accused of threatening to kill Western Pennsylvania political party worker over poll watching duties
A Philadelphia man is accused of threatening to kill and skin alive a state political party employee from Western Pennsylvania if the political worker did not respond to his request that he serve as a poll watcher in the upcoming presidential election. The suspect, John C. Pollard, 62, is accused...
McDonald’s agreed to Trump event but says it isn’t endorsing a presidential candidate
McDonald’s Corp. agreed to host former President Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania store over the weekend but said it isn’t endorsing a candidate in the U.S. presidential race. Trump staffed the fry station Sunday at a McDonald’s in suburban Philadelphia before answering questions through the drive-thru window. The restaurant was...
Some Jewish voters in presidential swing states reconsider their longtime devotion to Democrats
HARRISBURG — For Rona Kaufman, the signs are everywhere that more Jews feel abandoned by the Democratic Party and may vote for Republican Donald Trump. It’s in her Facebook feed. It’s in the discomfort she observed during a question-and-answer at a recent Democratic Party campaign event in Pittsburgh. It’s in...
Most voters think the economy is poor, but split on whether Trump or Harris can fix it: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON — Voters remain largely divided over whether they prefer Republican Donald Trump or Democrat Kamala Harris to handle key economic issues, although Harris earns slightly better marks on elements such as taxes for the middle class, according to a new poll. A majority of registered voters in the survey...
Republicans and Democrats are both preparing for long legal battles over the 2024 election results
WASHINGTON — Republican Donald Trump, who still refuses to accept that he lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden, says he wants a presidential victory Nov. 5 to be so overwhelming that the results are “too big to rig.” “We want a landslide,” he recently told supporters in Georgia....
Arnold Palmer’s daughter reacts to Donald Trump’s references to her father
One of the late golf legend Arnold Palmer’s daughters calls Donald Trump’s references to her father’s genitalia “a poor choice of approaches” to honoring his memory, adding that she wasn’t upset by the remarks. “There’s nothing much to say. I’m not really upset,” Peg Palmer Wears, 68, told The Associated...
Kamala Harris reportedly tells hecklers they are at ‘wrong rally’
Vice President Kamala Harris told a group of hecklers Thursday in La Crosse, Wis., they were in the “wrong rally,” according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. The rally was at the La Crosse Recreational Eagle Center. It was the Democratic presidential nominee’s second campaign in the state. The Sentinel reported...
Trump works fry station and holds a drive-thru news conference at Pennsylvania McDonald’sVideo
FEASTERVILLE-TREVOSE — Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump manned the fry station Sunday at a McDonald’s in Pennsylvania before staging an impromptu news conference, answering questions through the drive-thru window. As reporters and aides watched, an employee showed Trump how to dunk baskets of fries in oil, salt the fries and...
Elon Musk town hall event fills McKees Rocks theater in support of Trump campaign
Elon Musk told an Allegheny County audience Sunday that democracy is in peril. Musk brought his super PAC sponsored tour through Pennsylvania to the Roxian Theater in McKees Rocks to enlist support for former President Donald Trump and promote voter registration and mail-in balloting ahead of the November election and...
Trump reminisces about Arnold Palmer, boasts steel workers’ praise at Unity Township rally
Former President Donald Trump returned to Westmoreland County on Saturday, meandering through many subjects, including his friendship with local legend Arnold Palmer, lampooning his rival, Vice President Kamala Harris, getting the individual endorsements of some Mon Valley steelworkers and repeating false claims that he won the 2020 election. Trump began...
Judges punishing Jan. 6 rioters say they fear more political violence as Election Day nears
WASHINGTON — Over the past four years, judges at Washington’s federal courthouse have punished hundreds of rioters who stormed the U.S. Capitol in an unprecedented assault on the nation’s democracy. On the cusp of the next presidential election, some of those judges fear another burst of political violence could be...
Some Mon Valley steelworkers break with USW and endorse Trump at Unity rally
Some Mon Valley steelworkers personally endorsed former President Donald Trump during his rally Saturday at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Unity. Trump called some of them to the stage and took a few minutes in the midst of the rally to chat with them and pose for a group photo....
Montana GOP candidate who could flip control of Senate nagged by claims he lied about bullet wound
BILLINGS, Mont. — A former Park Service ranger said Friday that U.S. Senate hopeful Tim Sheehy of Montana has been lying about a bullet wound the candidate said came from fighting in Afghanistan — going public with an accusation that has nagged the Republican’s campaign for months. The claim from...
Court releases Trump evidence in election interference case, with parts still sealed
WASHINGTON — A federal judge in Washington on Friday made public a mixture of miscellaneous documents filed as evidence by prosecutors in the criminal case against former President Donald Trump over his push to overturn his loss in the 2020 election. Despite the disclosure, hundreds of pages in the new...
Questions arise over whether Elon Musk town halls violate election law
Billionaire Elon Musk is planning to hold a town hall soon in Pittsburgh — one of several scheduled in swing state Pennsylvania — to boost former President Donald Trump’s chances of returning to the White House. But some, including writers for Slate, Popular Information and the New Republic, have raised...
Trump calls out Harris for skipping Al Smith charity dinner
NEW YORK — Former President Donald Trump laced into Vice President Kamala Harris and other Democrats on Thursday in a pointed and at times bitter speech as he headlined the annual Al Smith charity dinner in New York. Trump, in remarks that often felt more like a rally performance than...
Harris and Trump target Michigan as both parties try to shore up ‘blue wall’ votes
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — Kamala Harris and Donald Trump will both be scouring for votes in Michigan on Friday as they try to lock down support in this key political battleground. Harris, the Democratic vice president, is scheduled to begin her day in Grand Rapids before holding events in Lansing...
Right-wing influencers hyped anti-Ukraine videos made by a TV producer also funded by Russian media
WASHINGTON — The Kremlin could not have asked for better publicity at a better time when Ben Swann, a self-described independent journalist who promotes conspiracy theories, released a 12-part video series he promised would reveal dark truths about Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Swann’s flashy documentary-style videos were filled with innuendo,...
Voting probe launched in Westmoreland County over 2020 fraud claims pitched by GOP lawmakers
Lauren Elliott suspected the worst when she listened to a voice message left for her last week by a Westmoreland County detective. When she was told the reason for the inquiry, her worry turned to anger. Elliott was among the handful of voters contacted last week as part of an...
Hundreds gather at Penn State to hear from former presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy
UNIVERSITY PARK — Hundreds of Penn State students and community members stood in line on campus to hear former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy speak and do a Q&A with audience members Thursday evening as part of Turning Point USA’s “You’re Being Brainwashed” tour. The event room in the Sparks...
Equipment, staffing make Allegheny County faster counting votes than Philadelphia area
This article is made possible through Spotlight PA’s collaboration with Votebeat, a nonpartisan news organization covering local election administration and voting. Sign up for Votebeat’s free newsletters here. A few relatively minor changes would allow Philadelphia to process mail ballots much faster and finish counting them much sooner after polls...
Panel looking into Trump assassination attempt says Secret Service needs ‘fundamental reform’
WASHINGTON — An independent panel investigating the attempted assassination of Donald Trump at a Pennsylvania campaign rally says the Secret Services needs fundamental reform” and that “another Butler can and will happen again” without major changes in how candidates are protected. The review faulted the Secret Service for poor communications...
Trump is consistently inconsistent on abortion and reproductive rights
CHICAGO — Donald Trump has had a tough time finding a consistent message to questions about abortion and reproductive rights. The former president has constantly shifted his stances or offered vague, contradictory and at times nonsensical answers to questions on an issue that has become a major vulnerability for Republicans...
McConnell called Trump ‘stupid,’ ‘despicable’ in private after 2020 election, according to new book
WASHINGTON — Mitch McConnell said after the 2020 election that then-President Donald Trump was “stupid as well as being ill-tempered,” a “despicable human being” and a “narcissist,” according to excerpts from a new biography of the Senate Republican leader that will be released this month. McConnell made the remarks in...
Harris and Trump say America tanks if they lose. So why the exuberance at their rallies?
Shortly after taking the stage 91 minutes late for his Atlanta rally this week, Donald Trump did what he can’t help doing — go off on a tangent. This was clearly going to be a night at the improv. He marveled at length about how Elon Musk’s SpaceX rocket booster...
