Category Archives: (Midwest Communications, Inc. Syndication Interface) Politics News (Master Feed)
Elon Musk's $1 million election giveaway tests limits of election law
By Jack Queen (Reuters) - Elon Musk's $1 million giveaway for voters who sign his free-speech and gun-rights petition falls into a gray area of election law, and legal experts are divided about whethe...
Oct 21, 2024
Mystery overseas account increases its Trump bids on Polymarket betting site
By Michelle Conlin NEW YORK (Reuters) - One of the four accounts on Polymarket that have fueled speculation over their large bets on a Trump election victory has taken even bigger wagers, increasing t...
Oct 21, 2024
Central Park Five sue Trump for defamation over debate remarks
By Mike Scarcella (Reuters) - The five Black and Hispanic teenagers who were wrongfully convicted for the 1989 rape of a white jogger in New York's Central Park sued Donald Trump for defamation on Mon...
Oct 21, 2024
US Supreme Court won't hear Michael Cohen bid to revive suit against Donald Trump
By John Kruzel WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court declined on Monday to hear a bid by Michael Cohen to revive a lawsuit accusing Donald Trump and various former federal officials of returni...
Oct 21, 2024
Harris, Trump in dead heat across swing states in Washington Post poll
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Vice President Kamala Harris and former president Donald Trump remain in a tight contest across seven battleground states with just two weeks until the November U.S. presidentia...
Oct 21, 2024
Nebraska independent Dan Osborn could be poised to shake up US Senate
By Bo Erickson WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Former union leader Dan Osborn's independent run for U.S. Senate in deeply Republican Nebraska has shown unexpected strength and if he pulls off an upset victory ...
Oct 21, 2024
Hollywood stars hit the road to push vote for Harris
By Lisa Richwine LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Actor Jennifer Garner had a warning for a crowd of "Moms for Harris" gathered at a tearoom in Tucson, Arizona: Be prepared to see more Hollywood stars visiting...
Oct 21, 2024
Trump to visit storm-hit North Carolina, Harris to campaign with Republican Liz Cheney
By Steve Holland and Andrea Shalal NEW YORK/PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump will visit North Carolina on Monday amid concerns from his Republican allies that cr...
Oct 21, 2024
New cases of political violence roil U.S. ahead of contentious election
(Reuters) - - In York, Pennsylvania, a man accosted a group of people rallying for Vice President Kamala Harris' White House campaign, punching a 74-year-old man in the head and calling another man a ...
Oct 21, 2024
Harris campaign reports spending $270 million in Sept, well above Trump's outlays of $78 million
By Jason Lange WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Kamala Harris entered the final full month of the U.S. presidential election campaign vastly outspending Donald Trump, as both candidates put tens of millions of ...
Oct 20, 2024
