Election 2024

FILE - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, July 11, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Manchin says he has registered as an independent, raising questions about his future political plans. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

FILE - Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., speaks during a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, July 11, 2023, on Capitol Hill in Washington. Manchin says he has registered as an independent, raising questions about his future political plans. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia registers as independent, citing ‘partisan extremism’

Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia has announced he has switched his registration to independent.

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‘Are you with me?’ Biden and Harris launch Black voter outreach and warn of a second Trump term

FILE - Texas State Rep. Shawn Thierry attends a campaign event alongside over 50 African American pastors at Sunnyside Park on Saturday, May 11, 2024, in Houston. Democratic challenger Lauren Ashley Simmons defeated incumbent Thierry in the primary on Tuesday, May 28. (Karen Warren/Houston Chronicle via AP, File)

Texas Democrat who joined GOP in supporting ban on gender-affirming care for minors loses primary

FILE - Sen. Bob Menendez, right, walks with his son Robert Menendez Jr., in Newark, N.J., Sept. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

FILE - Sen. Bob Menendez, right, walks with his son Robert Menendez Jr., in Newark, N.J., Sept. 6, 2017. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the New Jersey presidential and state primaries

Voters in New Jersey will choose candidates vying to replace Democratic Sen. Bob Menendez, who has held the seat for more than 18 years.

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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Montana presidential and state primaries

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Washington, DC, primaries

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Biden calls Trump’s claims of a rigged trial ‘reckless... dangerous’ and ‘irresponsible’

President Joe Biden says Donald Trump was found guilty in his hush money trial and called it “reckless...dangerous” and “irresponsible” for anyone to claim the process was “rigged.”

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FILE - Former Rep. Mike Rogers, R-Mich., right, who is running for Senate, speaks at a Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump campaign event in Freeland, Mich., May 1, 2024. The top U.S. Senate candidates in Michigan cleared the final hurdle for the August primary ballot on Friday, with a state board confirming they submitted the required number of valid signatures. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, file)

Michigan’s U.S. Senate field set with candidates being certified for August primary ballot

Michigan’s Board of State Canvassers voted on Friday to place top U.S. Senate candidates on the August primary ballot after some had faced challenges saying they hadn’t turned in enough valid signatures to qualify.

Former President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a news conference at Trump Tower, Friday, May 31, 2024, in New York. A day after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee addressed the conviction and likely attempt to cast his campaign in a new light. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

How the media covered the aftermath of Trump’s conviction — and his remarks the following morning

CNN and MSNBC both cut away from former President Donald Trump’s live remarks Friday about halfway through to offer fact checks, and never returned.

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, Friday, May 31, 2024, in New York. A day after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee addressed the conviction and likely attempt to cast his campaign in a new light. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Trump’s case casts a spotlight on movement to restore voting rights to those convicted of felonies

Former President Donald Trump is likely to remain eligible to vote in Florida despite his conviction for 34 felonies in his New York hush money trial.

Ohio Senate approves fix assuring President Biden is on fall ballot

A temporary fix allowing President Joe Biden to appear on this fall’s ballot has cleared the Ohio Senate as the Republican-controlled legislature concluded a rare special session.

A supporter of former President Donald Trump waves an inverted American flag during a demonstration outside Trump Tower, Friday, May 31, 2024, in New York. A day after a New York jury found Trump guilty of 34 felony charges, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee addressed the conviction and likely attempt to cast his campaign in a new light. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

Upside-down American flag reappears as a right-wing protest symbol after Trump’s guilty verdict

Right-wing commentators and supporters of former President Donald Trump have flooded social media with images of upside-down American flags in protest of his historic guilty verdict.

President Joe Biden delivers remarks on the verdict in former President Donald Trump's hush money trial and on the Middle East, from the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, May 31, 2024, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden calls Trump’s claims on hush money conviction ‘reckless’ as campaign grapples with verdict

President Joe Biden says Donald Trump was found guilty by a unanimous jury and “it’s reckless, it’s dangerous, it’s irresponsible for anyone to say this is rigged just because they don’t like the verdict.”

FILE - South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference, CPAC 2024, at the National Harbor, in Oxon Hill, Md., Feb. 23, 2024. South Dakota may be best known for Noem’s no-apologies approach to politics, earning her the favor of former President Donald Trump. On Tuesday, voters will decide what a Republican majority in the South Dakota legislature looks like. (AP Photo/(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the South Dakota presidential and state primaries

South Dakota Republicans’ tug-of-war over their party identity continues in Tuesday’s election, with district-level primaries the main event.

FILE - European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen speaks in the ballroom of Muenster Town Hall, in Muenster, Germany, May 28, 2024. A group that monitors for misinformation found deep problems when it tested the most popular artificial intelligence voice-cloning tools and asked them to create audio of some of the world's leading political figures. (Jana Rodenbusch/Pool Photo via AP)

Tests find AI tools readily create election lies from the voices of well-known political leaders

A new report from a digital civil rights group has found that publicly available artificial intelligence tools can be easily weaponized to churn out convincing election lies in the voices of top American and European politicians.

FILE - A ballot drop box awaits deposits at an early voting center in Santa Fe, N.M., on June 1, 2022. New Mexico voters will be among the last to cast ballots for presidential nominees when the state holds its presidential and state primaries on June 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Morgan Lee, File)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the New Mexico presidential and state primaries

New Mexico voters will be among the last to cast ballots for presidential nominees when the state holds its presidential and state primaries.

The Iowa Capitol building is viewed Jan. 7, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa. Iowa voters will cast ballots Tuesday, June 4, 2024, in primaries for the narrowly divided U.S. House as well as the Republican-controlled state legislature. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Iowa’s state primaries

Iowa voters will cast ballots in primaries for the narrowly divided U.S. House as well as the Republican-controlled state legislature.

FILE - In this combination of photos, President Joe Biden speaks on Aug. 10, 2023, in Salt Lake City, from left, former President Donald Trump speaks on July 8, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo, File)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the final presidential primaries and caucuses of 2024

The 2024 presidential primary calendar is drawing to a close with a handful of primaries on Tuesday and two Democratic caucuses in Guam and the U.S.

The coal-fired Colstrip Generating Station is seen behind youths playing baseball on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, in Colstrip, Mont. Republicans and some Democrats are pushing back against the Biden administration's plans to curb coal pollution and end new mining leases for the fuel in the Powder River Basin of Montana and Wyoming. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)

‘War on coal’ rhetoric heats up as Biden seeks to curb pollution with election looming

The rhetorical “war on coal” is back as Republicans try to capitalize on moves by President Joe Biden’s administration to rein in pollution and climate change.

Former President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference at Trump Tower, Friday, May 31, 2024, in New York. A day after a New York jury found Donald Trump guilty of 34 felony charges, the presumptive Republican presidential nominee addressed the conviction and likely attempt to cast his campaign in a new light. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Trump tries to move past his guilty verdict by attacking the criminal justice system

Donald Trump sought to move past his historic criminal conviction on Friday and build momentum for his bid to return to the White House with fierce attacks on the judge who oversaw the case, the prosecution’s star witness and the criminal justice system as a whole.

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 2018, file photo, President Donald Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at Erie Insurance Arena, in Erie, Pa. President Donald Trump's campaign rallies once had the feel of angry, raucous grievance sessions. More than 350 rallies later, gone is the darkness, the crackling energy, the fear of potential violence as supporters and protesters face off. Perish the thought, have Donald Trump's rallies gone mainstream? (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump is convicted of a felony. Here’s how that affects the 2024 presidential race

Having been convicted of 34 felonies, Donald Trump cannot own a gun, hold public office or even vote in many states.

FILE - Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan looks on during the NFL football draft April 27, 2024, in Detroit. Democratic U.S. Rep. Shri Thanedar is facing a rare push from members within his own party to replace him in Michigan’s August primary, spearheaded by Duggan and Black leaders from across Wayne County. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Detroit mayor says US Rep. Thanedar is ‘not helping’ city in endorsing his primary challenger

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan and other leaders from the city announced their support of Mary Waters in her challenge of Democratic U.S. Rep.

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks on April 12, 2024, in Washington. A temporary fix allowing President Biden to appear on this fall's ballot cleared the Ohio House during a rare special session Thursday, May 30, along with a ban on foreign nationals contributing to state ballot campaigns that representatives said was demanded in exchange by the Ohio Senate. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Ohio House pairs fix assuring President Biden is on fall ballot with foreign nationals giving ban

A temporary fix allowing President Joe Biden to appear on this fall’s ballot has cleared the Ohio House, along with a ban on foreign nationals contributing to state ballot campaigns that representatives said was demanded in exchange by the Ohio Senate.

FILE - Jenna Ellis reads a statement inside Fulton Superior Court Judge Scott McAfee's Fulton County Courtroom, Oct. 24, 2023, in Atlanta. Colorado legal officials on Tuesday, May 28, 2024, approved an agreement with Ellis, a onetime attorney for former President Donald Trump, barring her from practicing law in the state for three years after she pleaded guilty to helping Trump try to overturn the 2020 election. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, Pool, File)

Former Trump lawyer Jenna Ellis barred from practicing in Colorado for three years

A onetime attorney for former President Donald Trump is agreeing to a ban from practicing in Colorado for three years.

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks during the Libertarian National Convention at the Washington Hilton in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Kennedy condemns the removal of Confederate monuments

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has condemned the removal of Confederate statues.

FILE - Del. John McGuire -R, Glen Allen, attends the VCDL rally, Jan. 16, 2023 at Capitol Square in Richmond, Va. Del. McGuire is one of several Republican Virginia legislators speaking at the rally. Former President Donald Trump has endorsed the Republican opponent of a Virginia congressman who chairs a group of House conservatives called the House Freedom Caucus in what could be a defining moment in the GOP primary set for June 18. (AP Photo/John C. Clark, File)

Trump endorses challenger to Freedom Caucus chair Bob Good ahead of closely watched Virginia primary

Former President Donald Trump has endorsed the Republican opponent of a Virginia congressman who leads the hard-right House Freedom Caucus.

Robert De Niro, center, argues with a Donald Trump supporter after speaking to reporters in support of President Joe Biden across the street from Trump's criminal trial in New York, Tuesday, May 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Biden campaign sends allies De Niro and first responders to Trump’s NY trial to put focus on Jan. 6

President Joe Biden’s campaign has shown up outside former President Donald Trump’s New York City criminal hush money trial with actor Robert De Niro and a pair of former police officers in an effort to refocus the presidential race on Trump’s role in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S.

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks on April 12, 2024, in Washington. Ohio lawmakers gathered Tuesday, May 28, 2024, for a rare special session called by Republican Gov. Mike DeWine to pass legislation ensuring Biden appears on the state’s fall ballot. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Democrats plan to nominate Biden by virtual roll call to meet Ohio ballot deadline

President Joe Biden will be formally nominated as the Democratic presidential nominee through a virtual roll call ahead of the party’s official convention in Chicago in August — a maneuver that will allow Biden to appear on the ballot in Ohio this November.

Rep. Tony Gonzales, R-Texas, is seen before the flag-draped casket bearing the remains of Hershel W. "Woody" Williams lies in honor in the U.S. Capitol, July 14, 2022, in Washington. (Tom Williams/Pool photo via AP, File)

US Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas fights off challenge from gun-rights activist in GOP runoff

Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas has won his primary over a gun-rights activist who forced the border congressman into a runoff and threatened to unseat a House incumbent.

Anita Alexander, vice president for the Kansas group Loud Light, wears a T-shirt encouraging voting on the campus of Washburn University, Friday, May 18, 2024, in Topeka, Kan. Their group does voter registration drives on college campuses but has suspended that work while it challenges a state elections law that it says hampers registration drives. Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states are making it challenging for advocates to adapt as they try to register and educate potential voters with just months to go before the presidential election. (AP Photo/John Hanna)

Voter outreach groups targeted by new laws in several GOP-led states are struggling to do their work

Laws passed in several Republican-controlled states after the 2020 presidential election have criminalized much of the work done by voter outreach groups.

FILE - Libertarian Chase Oliver, candidate for Georgia's U.S. Senate seat, listens during a debate, Oct. 16, 2022, in Atlanta, Ga. The Libertarian Party on Sunday, May 26, 2024, nominated party activist Oliver for president, rejecting former President Donald Trump and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after they each spoke at the party's convention. (AP Photo/Ben Gray, File)

Libertarians nominate Chase Oliver for president, spurning both Trump and Kennedy

The Libertarian Party has nominated party activist Chase Oliver for president. The third party rejected former President Donald Trump and Robert F.

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., speaks after a topping-off ceremony at the newly built Wolfspeed factory in Siler City, N.C., on March 26, 2024. The new factory will soon produce advanced wafers for computer chips. Automaker Vinfast is scheduled to open a factory next year. Both projects stem in large part from incentives that Biden signed into law. Biden has campaigned on how his policies helped pump hundreds of billions of dollars in private and federal investment into companies. But so far, the investments haven’t significantly swayed a public concerned about inflation. (AP Photo/Josh Boak)

In one North Carolina county, it’s ‘growth, growth, growth.’ But will Biden reap the benefit?

Just 81,000 people live in rural Chatham County in North Carolina, where there are more than 1,000 farms. But life is changing.

Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson speaks at the North Carolina GOP Convention in Greensboro, N.C., on Saturday, May 25, 2024. (Woody Marshall/News & Record via AP)

At North Carolina’s GOP convention, governor candidate Robinson energizes Republicans for election

North Carolina’s Republican candidate for governor Mark Robinson delivered a speech focused on the economy and education at the NCGOP Convention’s Old North State Dinner in Greensboro Saturday.

Republican presidential candidate, former President Donald Trump speaks at the Libertarian National Convention at the Washington Hilton in Washington, Saturday, May 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Trump, accustomed to friendly crowds, confronts repeated booing during Libertarian convention speech

It was a rare moment of Trump coming face-to-face with open detractors, which is highly unusual for someone accustomed to staging rallies in front of ever-adoring crowds.

Campaign buttons urging Alaskans to repeal ranked choice voting in Alaska sit on a picnic table at the home of Phil Izon, a backer of the initiative, in Wasilla, Alaska, on Tuesday, May 14, 2014 Arguments are scheduled May 28, 2024, in a lawsuit challenging the state Division of Election's decision to certify the initiative for placement on the ballot this year. (AP Photo/Mark Thiessen)

Ranked-choice voting has challenged the status quo. Its popularity will be tested in November

Alaska’s new electoral system — with open primaries and ranked-choice voting — has been a model for voters in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ballot box.

Will Lawrence with Right Side Broadcasting Network prepares for Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump to speak in Rome, Ga., on Saturday, March 9, 2024. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Takeaways: How a right-wing internet broadcaster became Trump’s loyal herald

By letting Donald Trump be Donald Trump, the Right Side Broadcasting Network has grown from a shoestring operation to a major player in the former president’s universe.

Monitors at Right Side Broadcasting Network in Opelika, Ala., display Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaking at a campaign rally in North Carolina on Saturday, March 2, 2024. In less than a decade, RSBN has gone from upstart internet broadcaster to major player in Trump's MAGA universe, amassing more than two million subscribers on its YouTube channel and on Rumble, an alternative video-sharing platform. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Trump TV: Internet broadcaster beams the ex-president’s message directly to his MAGA faithful

In less than a decade, Right Side Broadcasting Network has gone from an upstart internet broadcaster to a major player in Donald Trump’s universe, amassing more than 2 million subscribers on its YouTube channel and on Rumble.