If Americans could choose one word to describe their feelings about the 2024 race, it would be anxious, a new poll found.

The poll, conducted by YouGov on Sunday, asked 4,373 U.S. adults to choose one of 12 words that best describes how they feel about the presidential election. The top word chosen was “anxious,” with 31% of respondents ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — Philadelphia law enforcement officials said Monday they are prepared for Tuesday's election and issued steep warnings to anyone who may seek to interfere with the democratic process.

"F around and find out," Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner repeated three times, referring to people who may try to intimidate voters, ...Read more

NEW YORK — On the eve of a historic presidential election that’s being painted by the Democratic Party as a battle for the soul of the nation, New York Mayor Eric Adams on Monday encouraged New Yorkers to vote and said he is limited in what he can say about the race by legal concerns.

Adams has upset fellow Democrats over the past few weeks...Read more

ATLANTA — The Georgia Supreme Court on Monday ordered that Cobb County may only count absentee ballots received by 7 p.m. on Election Day.

The court sided with the Republican National Committee, removing the relief a lower court ordered that originally gave more than 3,000 voters — all of whom had received their ballots late — a few extra...Read more

ATLANTA — The presidential candidates have left town and the ad blitz is about to finally end. The final votes in the White House campaign will be cast Tuesday, and Georgia could decide whether Kamala Harris or Donald Trump wins the presidency.

Never mind the plethora of polls that show a toss-up. The candidates themselves are bracing for a ...Read more

HUEHUETOCA, Mexico — In a forlorn stretch of high desert outside Mexico City, a dozen migrants trudged along beside a set of railroad tracks, hoping to jump on a freight train that would take them closer to the United States. They said they were only vaguely aware of the U.S. presidential election — which was a just few days away — and ...Read more

NEW YORK — NBC honored a request by former President Donald Trump's campaign for equal time on the network following Vice President Kamala Harris' appearance on "Saturday Night Live" just days before Tuesday's election.

Harris performed in the opening sketch Saturday with Maya Rudolph, who has frequently played the Democratic presidential ...Read more

ATLANTA — Former President Donald Trump’s most devout supporters gathered last week at the inaugural National Faith Summit in Powder Springs to pray for him and for his campaign.

The audience was more diverse than his usual rallies, an indication of the diversity among evangelical Christians that make up a key component of Trump’s base. ...Read more

Former President Trump spent his last full day of campaigning Monday saying that only he can save America from an apocalyptic future dominated by out-of-control government, an “invasion” of criminal immigrants and amoral liberals — messages of dark foreboding much like the ones that have powered the Republican’s decade on the national ...Read more

WASHINGTON — The head of the nation’s cyberdefense agency said Monday there is no way a technical hack could change the final outcome of the presidential race, but Americans are facing a “fire hose” of disinformation leading into Election Day.

Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, said there’s...Read more

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Election Day is Tuesday, and the California Highway Patrol is standing by in case this year sees a recurrence of the violent political protests of 2020.

Days after Joe Biden won the U.S. presidential election in 2020, supporters of then-President Donald Trump clashed with counter-protesters at the California Capitol. That...Read more

Which celebs are supporting Kamala Harris and Donald Trump?

With the 2024 U.S. presidential election just hours away, both candidates are flaunting their rosters of celebrity endorsements ahead of the polls.

While some stars intentionally stay out of the political mix, several have publicly taken a stand, announcing their pick for the 47th ...Read more

PHILADELPHIA — It was always going to come down to Pennsylvania.

The presidential campaign that’s made the word “unprecedented” seem to lose its meaning came to a close Monday in Pennsylvania, as both candidates presented their starkly different visions for the country’s future in dueling rallies across the crucial battleground state....Read more

ATLANTA — Georgia election officials face an uphill battle against misinformation as an online community dedicated to tracking voter fraud is amplifying debunked allegations.

An online “Election Integrity Community,” created last month by Elon Musk’s America PAC on X, is designed to allow its more than 60,000 users to share suspicions ...Read more

The Justice Department will monitor elections in 86 jurisdictions nationwide on Tuesday, nearly doubling the number of areas this presidential election cycle and adding locations in key swing states set to decide the race.

Department officials have regularly been utilized to monitor compliance with federal voting rights laws on Election Day, ...Read more

FRESNO, Calif. — Farm laborers and growers in the Central Valley and California fear former President Donald J. Trump’s aggressive plans for mass deportations and immigration crackdown would upend lives and destabilize the region’s ag economy.

The uncertainty rippling across the Valley’s undocumented immigrant community ahead of Tuesday...Read more

WASHINGTON — As this election cycle finally draws to a close, all eyes inside the Beltway will undoubtedly be glued to their phones watching “the most important battleground seat,” as Paul Strauss put it: the District of Columbia’s shadow senator.

Strauss was joking, even though he takes his (unpaid) job as one of Washington’s two ...Read more

Pennsylvania might have only about 42 miles of border with Canada in the middle of Lake Erie, but Rep. Mike Kelly traveled from the swing state to North Dakota earlier this year to build up criticism of Biden administration immigration policies beyond just the southern border.

Kelly, who last year helped form the Northern Border Security Caucus...Read more

Law enforcement officials across the country are preparing for threats against election workers, violence at polling places and voter intimidation amid skepticism from Republicans about the integrity of the voting process.

Polling places and locations where ballots are counted have beefed up security in advance of Tuesday’s election, ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Republicans are expected to retake control of the U.S. Senate, creating obstacles for Vice President Kamala Harris if she is elected president and a potential glide path for former President Donald Trump’s agenda if he wins the White House.

The GOP’s edge is created by a number of factors. Several of the Democratic senators ...Read more