Dave Bautista has put the smackdown on Donald Trump.

The professional wrestler-turned-hunky Hollywood star gave a one-two punch to the former president and his “tough guy” persona during a“Jimmy Kimmel Live!” skit Wednesday night.

“Fellas, we gotta talk,” he said in the clip directed at male voters, which was shot in a boxing ring....Read more

PHILADELPHIA— Standing in all black before a large American flag, Elon Musk — the world's richest man — visited a Delaware County high school Thursday to stump for Donald Trump's campaign and warn about crime and immigration.

Musk started speaking at Ridley High School in Folsom more than an hour after he was scheduled to, and delivered ...Read more

A federal judge ordered Gov. Ron DeSantis’ state Health Department to stop threatening television stations with criminal prosecution if they kept running ads in favor of an abortion amendment on the ballot next month.

In a sharply worded ruling on Thursday, U.S. District Judge Mark Walker rebuked the DeSantis administration for trying to ...Read more

With less than 500 hours remaining in the 2024 race for the White House and early voting underway through much of the country, polling shows the candidates will head into their final weeks of campaigning still stuck in a statistical split.

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris, according to polling aggregators 538 and ...Read more

The 2007 murder of an Oakland journalist has become a sound bite in the presidential election, featured in a national ad blitz by Donald Trump and supporters that seeks to paint Kamala Harris as soft on crime.

Harris is expected to win California easily, so most Bay Area voters probably won’t see the pair of ads. They claim that Harris was ...Read more

Former Republican U.S. Rep. Charlie Dent, who represented the Lehigh Valley area from 2005 to 2018, is endorsing Kamala Harris for president.

In a statement, the Allentown native said he cast his ballot for Kamala Harris by mail last week.

“Since the moment he rode down the gilded escalator in 2015, Donald Trump has repeatedly demonstrated ...Read more

Sen. Mitch McConnell derided former President Trump as “stupid” and “a despicable human being” during his effort to overturn the 2020 election, according to a new book based on his own personal oral histories.

The longtime Republican Senate leader slammed Trump in blunt terms behind closed doors as the then-president pursued his ...Read more

SAVANNAH, Ga. ― Judging by coastal Georgians’ email inboxes alone, one might think U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter is locked in a tough reelection campaign.

The Carter for Congress campaign has been sending campaign donation solicitations several times a week — daily, in some instances — since August. He has raised more than $2.3 million this ...Read more

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump, scheduled to hold a rally in Latrobe, Westmoreland County, on Saturday, is going to stay in the most populous battleground state a little longer.

The Trump campaign announced he will also hold a town hall Sunday evening at the Lancaster Convention Center.

And earlier on Sunday, he's scheduled to ...Read more

Gov. Ron DeSantis is easing some elections rules this year after officials in several counties asked for emergency relief following back-to-back hurricanes.

The Florida Supervisor of Elections association on Tuesday sent a letter to DeSantis asking him to waive several state requirements in counties that were impacted by hurricanes Helene and ...Read more

DETROIT — Attorney General Dana Nessel's office issued a 14-page letter to law enforcement officials last week, providing legal advice on how police are to enforce state election law in their communities.

The letter, written by Assistant Attorney General Robyn Liddel, outlines Michigan's election laws, provides a phone number for officers to ...Read more

LOS ANGELES — Donald Trump got wind of the ongoing issue surrounding gender identity and women's volleyball in the Mountain West Conference and declared Wednesday during a town hall on Fox News Channel's "The Faulkner Focus" that if elected he would ban all transgender women from competing in women's sports.

Four universities have forfeited ...Read more

DENVER — Another election cycle, another distinct Democratic fundraising advantage in Colorado’s congressional races.

Colorado’s Democratic candidates for Congress have reported raising more than $34 million this election cycle, according to new federal campaign finance reports that were due Tuesday night. That’s more than triple what ...Read more

LAS VEGAS — Las Vegas celebrity Dan Bilzerian has shoveled mounds of money into Nevada politics, allowed by a legal loophole that lets him give the maximum over and over again to the same candidate through corporate entities, records and interviews show.

It’s a common practice in Nevada, experts say.

Known as the “King of Instagram,” ...Read more

SAVANNAH, Ga. ― The National Rifle Association on Thursday canceled an Oct. 22 rally featuring Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump scheduled for the Savannah Convention Center.

The former president was to deliver the keynote speech at what the NRA titled a “Defend the 2nd” event, a reference to the Second Amendment to the U.S. ...Read more

It was probably only a matter of time before the controversy surrounding the transgender athlete on the San Jose State women’s volleyball team went national, and it did Wednesday night.

And San Diego State appears to be in the middle of it.

Former President Donald Trump seemed to reference the Oct. 10 match between SDSU and San Jose State ...Read more

President Joe Biden marked a new milestone in his effort to forgive student loans, as the total number of public servants who have received relief exceeded 1 million since he took office.

The administration on Thursday announced that it has approved $4.5 billion in student-debt cancellation for around 60,000 of the workers. While court ...Read more

Donald Trump urged a Washington federal judge Thursday not to release some evidence about his attempt to overturn his loss in the 2020 election until after Election Day in the 2024 contest, arguing it would taint his trial and the presidential campaign.

Trump’s attorneys made the argument in a bid to keep from the public evidence that special...Read more

Former President Donald Trump will return to Eastern North Carolina on Monday, with just over two weeks to go until Election Day.

Trump will travel to Greenville to hold a campaign rally at the Williams Arena at Minges Coliseum, on the campus of Eastern Carolina University — the same venue where Vice President Kamala Harris held a packed ...Read more