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Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, collectively hit three swing states on Thursday.

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Takeaways from first Harris interview, Trump’s vow to ‘produce babies’

Former Rep. Gabbard discusses fertility struggle as Trump vows to pay for Americans' IVF

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 29, 2024 at 10:23pm, Updated August 30, 2024 at 11:38am

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., speaks on the final night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. Three Republicans are squaring off Tuesday for the chance to face Warren in November.

Campaigns

Few GOP challengers in solidly blue Massachusetts

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 30, 2024 at 7:00am
New Jersey Democrats on Thursday chose longtime state legislator Nellie Pou to replace Rep. Bill Pascrell Jr., D-N.J., on the ballot in November. Pascrell, pictured here, died last week.

Campaigns

NJ Democrats pick longtime legislator to replace Pascrell on November ballot

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 29, 2024 at 8:25pm
Former President Donald Trump is seen in the Fiserv Forum on the last night of the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee on July 18.

Policy

Trump campaign eyes increased military role in border security

By Caroline Coudriet
Posted August 29, 2024 at 4:25pm
Rep. Chris Deluzio, D-Pa., participates in a House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on June 27.

Deluzio’s first ad focuses on East Palestine response work

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 29, 2024 at 6:00am
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers her acceptance speech during the final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Aug. 22.

Details are not required in elections

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted August 28, 2024 at 2:52pm
The campaign bus of Vice President Kamala Harris arrives at a Sheetz service station in Coraopolis, Pa., on Aug. 18.

Harris aims to expand electoral map with two-day Georgia bus tour, Savannah rally

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 27, 2024 at 2:55pm
A Taliban fighter stands guard at Kabul airport on Aug. 27, 2021, at the site of the twin suicide bombs that killed scores of people, including 13 U.S. troops, the previous day.

Afghanistan withdrawal becomes 2024 election issue

By John M. Donnelly
Posted August 26, 2024 at 6:28pm
Donald Trump speaks at the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee last month. Vice President Kamala Harris at the Democratic National Convention Thursday evening. Both will be campaigning this week. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Trump, Harris return to campaign trail as sprint to high-stakes debate begins

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 26, 2024 at 12:55pm
Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announces in Phoenix that he was suspending his campaign and endorsing Republican nominee Donald Trump. (Rebecca Noble/Getty Images)

After airing grievances, RFK Jr. suspends campaign, endorses Trump

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 23, 2024 at 4:19pm
Balloons drop after Vice President Kamala Harris’ acceptance speech during the final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Thursday.

Capitol Lens | DNC recap

By Bill Clark and Tom Williams
Posted August 23, 2024 at 12:14pm
Lateefah Simon, candidate for Congress from California, speaks at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Faces from the DNC that you may see again

By Mary Ellen McIntire and Daniela Altimari
Posted August 23, 2024 at 10:41am
Vice President Kamala Harris delivers her acceptance speech as the Democratic presidential nominee, at the party's national convention in the United Center in Chicago on Thursday. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Fact-checking Day 4 of the Democratic National Convention

By FactCheck.org
Posted August 23, 2024 at 7:21am
Former Rep. Adam Kinzinger, R-Ill., speaks during the final night of the 2024 Democratic National Convention.

Anti-Trump Republicans at DNC offer tips on approaching swing voters

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 23, 2024 at 5:00am
Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic presidential nominee, and second gentleman Doug Emhoff celebrate on the final night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Thursday.

Harris makes ‘freedom’ the rallying cry as DNC wraps

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 23, 2024 at 12:33am
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump gestures behind bulletproof glass as he concludes his remarks during a campaign rally at the North Carolina Aviation Museum & Hall of Fame in Asheboro on Wednesday.

Trump jumps off script right from the start of event at border wall

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 22, 2024 at 5:34pm

At the Races: Can ‘joy’ give Democrats the House gavel?

By Mary Ellen McIntire, Daniela Altimari and Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 22, 2024 at 2:30pm
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz delivers his acceptance speech during day three of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Wednesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Fact-checking Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention

By FactCheck.org
Posted August 22, 2024 at 8:39am
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, Democratic vice presidential nominee, and his wife Gwen, acknowledge the crowd after he spoke on the third night of the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago, Ill., on Wednesday.

Walz-ing with Tim at the DNC

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 22, 2024 at 12:27am
Maryland Senate candidate Angela Alsobrooks speaks during the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Senate Democrats argue majority is still in their reach in November

By Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 21, 2024 at 7:35pm
Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride, a Democrat running for the state’s open congressional seat, attends the Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Tuesday.

Democrats’ LGBTQ delegates cheer barrier-breaking candidates

By Daniela Altimari
Posted August 21, 2024 at 6:17pm
Then-Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., is seen in the U.S. Capitol during senate votes on January 23, 2024.

Ethics review into Menendez closed after resignation takes effect

By Jacob Fulton
Posted August 21, 2024 at 5:47pm
Minnesota Gov. and vice presidential nominee Tim Walz does a podium check Wednesday before the Democratic National Convention resumes in Chicago. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

As GOP attacks, Democrats urge Walz to lean into military record

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 21, 2024 at 5:25pm
Vice President Kamala Harris speaks to the Democratic National Convention from Milwaukee after the roll call vote in Chicago on Tuesday.

Harris as a candidate, more than her stances, excites young Democrats

By Jacob Fulton
Posted August 21, 2024 at 4:22pm
A young female protester wearing a helmet faces down helmeted and armed police officers at an anti-Vietnam War demonstration outside the 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago in August 1968. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

’68 coverage shows what’s changed, and what hasn’t, about party conventions

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted August 21, 2024 at 2:57pm
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

Fact-checking Day 2 of the Democratic National Convention

By FactCheck.org
Posted August 21, 2024 at 10:45am
Rep. Mary Peltola, D-Alaska, led the field advancing to the November election.

Peltola finishes well ahead of rivals in Alaska primary

By Allison Mollenkamp
Posted August 21, 2024 at 7:14am
Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the running mate of Vice President Kamala Harris, Democratic nominee for president, speaks during a rally to kick off their campaign at the Liacouras Center in Philadelphia on Aug. 6.

In picking Walz, Harris upends notion of ‘women’s issues’

By Lia DeGroot, Sandhya Raman and Ariel Cohen
Posted August 21, 2024 at 7:00am
Former President Barack Obama speaks during day two of the 2024 Democratic National Convention in Chicago on Tuesday.

Via Chicago: Obamas look to deliver for Harris

By Aidan Quigley and Mary Ellen McIntire
Posted August 21, 2024 at 12:25am
Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., walks through the Capitol basement on Sept. 12, 2023 after calling Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., “out of compliance" with an agreement he made with members of the Republican conference to win the speakership. (Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)

Gaetz wins Florida primary easily, Scott to face Mucarsel-Powell

By Niels Lesniewski
Posted August 20, 2024 at 8:39pm
A former contender for the vice presidential nomination, Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., addressed a Democratic Party veterans council at the party's convention on Tuesday in Chicago. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call file photo)

Can toxic exposure law break GOP’s electoral edge with veterans?

By Aidan Quigley
Posted August 20, 2024 at 8:12pm
Vice President Kamala Harris makes a surprise appearance on stage during the 2024 Democratic National Convention at the United Center in Chicago on Monday. (Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call)

DNC works to stoke abortion anger, inspire women to back Harris

By Daniela Altimari
Posted August 20, 2024 at 6:40pm
Stephanie Murphy, then-candidate for Congress from Florida, speaks while flanked by the House Democratic women at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on July 26, 2016.

Bullish on candidates who are bearish about Chicago attendance

By Nathan L. Gonzales
Posted August 20, 2024 at 5:48pm
Chicago’s United Center is hosting the 2024 Democratic National Convention this week.

Trump, Vance counterprogram DNC with some policy — and personal jabs

By John T. Bennett
Posted August 20, 2024 at 5:21pm