Articles for Election Week

Behind the scenes in Trump's transformed Mar-a-Lago that's so exclusive even money can't get you in
1 month ago

Behind the scenes in Trump's transformed Mar-a-Lago that's so exclusive even money can't get you in

Daily Mail  

The terrace is packed every night with politicos looking for a post or people simply looking to party. Trump's Florida home has become the only place to be for Republican officials and supporters Robert F. Kennedy Jr., Trump's health supremo, takes a selfie with fans This time around, world leaders and hopefuls seeking administration jobs have descended on Trump's 'winter …

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15 million users and counting: How Bluesky, X rival, is benefiting from Donald Trump’s win
1 month, 1 week ago

15 million users and counting: How Bluesky, X rival, is benefiting from Donald Trump’s win

Firstpost  

Bluesky, the alternative social media platform which is the brainchild of ex-Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, has gained over 1 million new users since the US election. Elon Musk’s relationship with Donald Trump is pushing some users away from X. Reuters Across the platform, new users — among them journalists, left-leaning politicians and celebrities — have posted memes and shared that …

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Bluesky has added 1 million users since the US election as people seek alternatives to X
1 month, 1 week ago

Bluesky has added 1 million users since the US election as people seek alternatives to X

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — Social media site Bluesky has gained 1 million new users in the week since the U.S. election, as some X users look for an alternative platform to post their thoughts and engage with others online. The post-election uptick in users isn’t the first time that Bluesky has benefitted from people leaving X. Bluesky gained 2.6 million users …

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Analysis: A Trump bitcoin promise is what crypto fans once fought against. They love it anyway
1 month, 1 week ago

Analysis: A Trump bitcoin promise is what crypto fans once fought against. They love it anyway

CNN  

A version of this story appeared in CNN Business’ Nightcap newsletter. “I think what we’re seeing is a real, live demonstration of how much the political headwinds that we’ve been facing over the last four years have suppressed the crypto markets.” Trump, who as recently as 2021 said crypto “seems like a scam,” did a 180 on the industry earlier …

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Election 2024: While waiting for results, I have the perfect activity for you.
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Election 2024: While waiting for results, I have the perfect activity for you.

Slate  

Election week is here, and if 2020 was any indication, it’s going to be a long one. Orecchiette is a deep-cut pasta shape that you don’t see too often on restaurant menus, and I suspect that’s because it takes so much time to make. It’s just you and your fingers, making each one of those “little ears.” It is a …

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Commentary: I won’t be watching the ‘chartthrobs’ this election. Neither should you
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Commentary: I won’t be watching the ‘chartthrobs’ this election. Neither should you

LA Times  

I cannot profess to much success in the way of viral fame. On my social media you will find no thirst traps, no meme-inspired Halloween costumes, vanishingly few “dunks,” “prompts” or other indicators of broad audience appeal; outside of the occasional full-length takedown, my vibe online tends to be more “live-tweeting my latest ‘Love Is Blind’ binge.” But I have …

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Will Harris or Trump win next week? Questions still up in the air may be decisive
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Will Harris or Trump win next week? Questions still up in the air may be decisive

LA Times  

Supporters crowd a Harris rally in Phoenix on Thursday. But it was a different sort of welcome news: “Mom and Dad, we’ve decided we’re voting for Harris.” Multiply that by a few million, and you have the tension of the final week of what polls show is one of the closest presidential races in American history: Across the U.S., especially …

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How to survive election week 2024: Lessons from last time
1 month, 3 weeks ago

How to survive election week 2024: Lessons from last time

LA Times  

No matter who Americans cast a ballot for, election anxiety seems inescapable this year, exacerbated by razor-thin races in key swing states, the specter of another Donald Trump campaign effort to overturn the results and increasingly violent political rhetoric. Based on conversations among Times staffers, though, at least one contributing factor has been underappreciated: time. If there’s one silver lining …

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Counting Votes in a Swing County: A Detailed Look at Maricopa County, Arizona
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Counting Votes in a Swing County: A Detailed Look at Maricopa County, Arizona

Associated Press  

The article discusses the challenges of election tabulation in Maricopa County, Arizona, due to its large population and political divide. Election officials anticipate a drawn-out count, which has fueled conspiracy theories surrounding the 2024 presidential election. The county's high number of voters and close political races pose significant challenges to the tabulation process.

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Trump ally Steve Bannon walks free from prison under cover of darkness one week from Election Day
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Trump ally Steve Bannon walks free from prison under cover of darkness one week from Election Day

The Independent  

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Early Voting Trends in the United States: A Portrait of Voters Before Election Day
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Early Voting Trends in the United States: A Portrait of Voters Before Election Day

CNN  

With one week until Election Day, more than 43 million ballots have been cast across 47 states and the District of Columbia. Early voting trends show that voters are older, more likely to be White and more likely to be Republican than they were at this point four years ago. Across the states where Catalist has comparable data, voters ages …

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Gavin Newsom reflects on year of arrests made for retail theft, car burglaries a week ahead of election
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Gavin Newsom reflects on year of arrests made for retail theft, car burglaries a week ahead of election

LA Times  

Gavin Newsom says Proposition 36 will take away current state savings that are allocated to anti-recidivism programs and dramatically increase prison populations. Gavin Newsom on Monday touted the results of a yearlong crackdown on retail theft across the state, an announcement that aligns with his strong opposition to an anticrime measure on the Nov. 5 ballot that he argued would …

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Melania Trump and cast of stars join Donald for huge election rally in NYC with just a week until election
1 month, 3 weeks ago

Melania Trump and cast of stars join Donald for huge election rally in NYC with just a week until election

Daily Mail  

Melania Trump and a cast of stars joined Donald for a massive election rally at Madison Square Garden with just a week to go until the US Presidential election. Melania Trump introduced husband Donald Trump in front of a packed house at Madison Square Garden Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump kisses former first lady Melania Trump stand on …

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Beyoncé vs Big Macs: Donald Trump and Kamala Harris pull out all stops as the US election hits the home stretch
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Beyoncé vs Big Macs: Donald Trump and Kamala Harris pull out all stops as the US election hits the home stretch

ABC  

Welcome back to your weekly update on US politics, where North America bureau chief Jade Macmillan catches you up on the biggest developments as we hurtle towards election day in November. Trump worked with McDonald's employees during the store visit and said it "requires great expertise" to serve fries. Trump also drew headlines this week for criticising Harris as "lazy …

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It's less than a month until election voting ends. Here's what to expect this week
2 months, 2 weeks ago

It's less than a month until election voting ends. Here's what to expect this week

NPR  

It's less than a month until election voting ends. Here's what to expect this week It's less than a month until voting ends in this election, and it is going to be close. Here's what to expect from polls, politics and Vice President Harris and former President Donald Trump. MONTANARO: Well, I think that any time that Gaza and the …

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Tunisian President Kais Saied to seek reelection in October after tumultuous first term
5 months ago

Tunisian President Kais Saied to seek reelection in October after tumultuous first term

Associated Press  

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied said Friday that he will run for a second term, making a long-expected announcement while many of his potential opponents languish in prison on charges their attorneys have described as politicized. Saied, a 66-year-old former law professor, rose to power in 2019, capitalizing on anger against politicians who failed to fulfill the promises of the revolution …

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What happened this week in the UK election campaign, from a betting controversy to Farage's ambition
6 months ago

What happened this week in the UK election campaign, from a betting controversy to Farage's ambition

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The left-of-center Labour Party is the clear favorite to defeat …

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Why is Scotland First Minister Humza Yousaf resigning?
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Why is Scotland First Minister Humza Yousaf resigning?

Hindustan Times  

Scotland First Minister Humza Yousaf is set to resign on Monday after he decided he wouldn’t survive a confidence vote, The Sunday Times reported. Scotland's First Minister Humza Yousaf Humza Yousaf came under the radar of opposition Conservatives after he decided to end his party’s power-sharing deal with the Greens last Thursday. As Humza Yousaf intended to continue to run …

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Rishi Sunak faces a make-or-break week – but he isn’t master of his own fate
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Rishi Sunak faces a make-or-break week – but he isn’t master of his own fate

The Independent  

It’s another case of one step forward, two steps back for Rishi Sunak. After he enjoyed a rare good week, in which he created dividing lines with Labour on welfare reform, defence spending and his Rwanda scheme, Sunak’s momentum came to a sudden halt when Dan Poulter, the former health minister who is a part-time NHS mental health doctor, defected …

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Madagascar postpones presidential election for a week after candidates are hurt in protests
1 year, 2 months ago

Madagascar postpones presidential election for a week after candidates are hurt in protests

Associated Press  

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar — Madagascar’s highest court ruled Thursday that next month’s presidential election be postponed for a week to allow authorities to prepare after two candidates were injured during protests when security forces fired tear gas grenades. The two opposition candidates, Andry Raobelina and former President Marc Ravalomanana, were both injured during protests this month. Ravalomanana sustained a leg injury …

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Trump lawyers seek April 2026 trial date in federal election subversion case
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump lawyers seek April 2026 trial date in federal election subversion case

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Lawyers for Donald Trump asked a federal judge Thursday to put off until 2026 a trial in Washington on charges that the former president plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election. In a court filing Thursday evening, Trump’s lawyers say the years-long delay is warranted because of the “massive” amount of information — prosecutors have already …

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Trump vows to keep talking about criminal cases despite prosecutors pushing for protective order
1 year, 4 months ago

Trump vows to keep talking about criminal cases despite prosecutors pushing for protective order

Associated Press  

Follow live: Updates from AP’s coverage of the presidential election. WINDHAM, N.H. — Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday kept up his attacks on special counsel Jack Smith and vowed to continue talking about his criminal cases even as prosecutors sought a protective order to limit the evidence that Trump and his team could share. Federal prosecutors contend that Trump …

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This last week 'laid bare' what a 'scumbag' Trump is: Rick Wilson
1 year, 7 months ago

This last week 'laid bare' what a 'scumbag' Trump is: Rick Wilson

Raw Story  

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Saturday Show," former GOP strategist Rick Wilson said the double whammy of Donald Trump's $5 million sexual abuse and defamation courtroom loss this week and his demeanor on a CNN town hall devoted to him the next night exposed him as the "scumbag" he is. "The intention on the segment about the no-good, very-bad …

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W.Va. politicos keep fighting over 2020; voters, not so much
1 year, 7 months ago

W.Va. politicos keep fighting over 2020; voters, not so much

Associated Press  

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Some Republican officeholders in West Virginia are already revving up campaigns for governor in 2024. “It doesn’t matter what Republican is going to be in the field, they’re all going to say that 2020 was fake,” said Trevor Southerly, a 20-year-old community college student from Moorefield. “It’s a political move, and they have to make the move …

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