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Wall Street Journal: “We might not know the results of the 2024 presidential race for some time, but zeroing in on specific locales can offer clues as to who may…

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) “declined to endorse Vice President Kamala Harris’ bid for the presidency Friday at a United Auto Workers union rally as Democrats made a late appeal to…

New York Times: “From suburban Philadelphia to upscale Phoenix neighborhoods, interviews with more than 50 voters in critical battleground areas made clear that these voters indeed exist, and tend to…

“The third and final release of YouGov’s model estimating every 2024 U.S. Senate election and U.S. House elections in each congressional district shows Republicans taking the Senate by a narrow…

Tim Alberta: “In conversations with nearly a dozen of the former president’s aides, advisers, and friends, it became apparent that Trump’s feeling of midsummer tedium marked a crucial moment in…

“Losing an election for the highest office is a crushing blow that no candidate forgets. But when the American electorate delivers its verdict next week, the personal stakes for Donald…

“The Trump and Harris campaigns are racing to reach undecided voters in the final weekend of the presidential election. But their main focus isn’t the voters undecided on which candidate…

“Kamala Harris is making a bet in the final days of a deadlocked election campaign that turning out women voters is her best path to the presidency,” the Wall Street…

Nate Cohn: “In the wake of the midterms, Donald Trump appeared to be finished. He may still lose, of course, but he clearly wasn’t “disqualified” — as many expected —…

New York Times: “With Election Day only three days away, Mr. Trump is already claiming the Democrats are ‘a bunch of cheats,’ as his allies in battleground states spread distorted…

ABC News: “Whether through mail-in ballots or early in-person polling stations, more than 68 million Americans, roughly 43% of the 2020 turnout, had voted against standing in line on Election…

“After two years and a multibillion-dollar barrage of political attack ads, the fight for Senate control is down to a handful of races, with Republicans holding a clear edge but…

New York Times: “There was a slow start. Mr. Musk fired his initial team after months of work and burning through $20 million, and later replaced his staff in Nevada…

“The midterm elections two years ago didn’t deliver the massive ‘red wave’ Republicans were hoping for, and young voters were a big part of the reason,” USA Today reports. “Their…

“Nicolle Wallace, who was a White House communications director in George W. Bush’s administration, called on Friday for Mr. Bush to have a late-hour ‘change of heart’ and speak out…