It goes without saying that the polls have shifted a lot since mid-July, when President Biden was well behind Trump. Since then, Harris has gained about six or seven points in most battleground states and nationwide, according to our poll average. Updated Sept. 9

If he is re-elected, though, he didn’t rule out the possibility of appointing former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, tech billionaire Elon Musk or Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to his Cabinet.

In a statement on the Portage County Democrats’ Facebook page, county board of elections chair Randi Clites said members voted 3-1 Friday to remove the sheriff’s department from providing security during in-person absentee voting.

Donald Trump has ruled out running for the White House in 2028 if he loses the election in November. Asked whether he would run again if he loses on Nov 5, the Republican nominee told US outlet Full Measure: “No, I don’t. I think that that will be, that will be it. I don’t see that at all.”

"The climate world is looking at the U.S. election and thinking, 'We can't really afford another rollback,'" Climate Group CEO Helen Clarkson told Newsweek.

WASHINGTON — Congressional leaders announced an agreement Sunday on a short-term spending bill that will fund federal agencies for about three months, averting a possible partial government shutdown when the new budget year begins Oct. 1 and pushing final decisions until after the November election.

The latest news and updates on the 2024 election, as Harris campaigns in Georgia and Wisconsin and Trump raises money in Florida.

Vice President Kamala Harris is set to give a speech focused squarely on abortion rights in Georgia, where news reports have documented women’s deaths in the face of the state’s six-week ban.

Both Harris and Trump are aiming to win over the union rank-and-file, whose support will be decisive in November.

Former President Donald Trump is renewing efforts to change Nebraska's electoral vote allocation system to snag one of the state's electoral votes.

Countries could use next week's U.N. meetings in New York to resolve big differences over boosting the world's annual goal for climate finance, but uncertainty over the U.S. election could jeopardize progress ahead of the next U.