Latest Stories By Amy Sherman

In the week before Election Day, former President Donald Trump repeatedly told his supporters that voter fraud and cheating is happening in Pennsylvania. “Pennsylvania is cheating, and getting caught, at large scale levels rarely seen before,” Trump posted Oct. 30 on Truth Social. “REPORT CHEATING TO AUTHORITIES. Law Enforcement must act, NOW!” Law enforcement officials […]

Former President Donald Trump called former U.S. Rep. Liz Cheney a “radical war hawk” and said she should see how it feels to face guns “trained on her face.” Trump made the comments to former Fox News host Tucker Carlson at an Oct. 31 campaign event in Glendale, Arizona. Carlson asked Trump whether it was […]

In the 2024 election’s final weeks, former President Donald Trump has repeatedly spotlighted what he calls “the enemy from within.” On Oct. 9, he told supporters in Scranton, Pennsylvania, that Vice President Kamala Harris is surrounded by “very smart, very vicious people” who are “the enemy from within.” On Oct. 13, he told Fox News’ […]

Former President Donald Trump recently told his supporters that the United States should have a system to know results on election night. Calling for “quick, fair elections” at an Oct. 19 Pennsylvania rally, Trump said, “We spend all this money on machines, and then they announce, ‘We expect to have the results like seven days […]

WASHINGTON — In a speech from the Ellipse adjoining the White House, one week from Election Day, Vice President Kamala Harris drew a sharp contrast with former President Donald Trump, calling him a “petty tyrant” and repeating a line she has used in recent days, that she would begin her presidential term not with an […]

Former President Donald Trump hammered an anti-immigration theme in his closing argument pitch to voters Oct. 27 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden.  But before Trump spoke, the event made headlines for a series of racist jokes by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe. He called Puerto Rico an “island of garbage” and disparaged Black Americans, Latinos […]

After the polls closed in November 2020, Americans witnessed an unprecedented intersection of violent threats and voting.  Men carrying rifles stood by with demonstrators outside vote tabulation sites in Arizona’s Maricopa County and Las Vegas. In Detroit, people banged on the windows of Detroit’s TCF Center. In Philadelphia, police arrested two armed men who had […]

Many state laws prohibit people from wearing campaign T-shirts, hats or buttons inside voting sites to prevent voter intimidation. But what about political expression of a permanent nature — tattoos? A viral video of former President Donald Trump supporters at a Georgia polling site appeared to test the rules. The video on X showed rapper […]

U.S. Sen. Jacky Rosen, D-Nev., and Republican Sam Brown, a retired U.S. Army captain, sparred over abortion and immigration Oct. 17 in their only U.S. Senate debate before the Nov. 5 election. But the candidates found shared curiosity about outer space. “I do think it’s important that we do our independent investigation,” Rosen said in […]

During a special town hall that aired Oct. 16, former President Donald Trump joined Fox News host Harris Faulkner for a discussion before an all-female audience. The talk aimed to focus on issues of particular interest to women ahead of Election Day, Nov. 5. With polls showing Vice President Kamala Harris leading among women voters, […]

The Justice Department sued Virginia and Alabama, accusing the states of violating federal law by recently flagging thousands of voters as noncitizens or potential noncitizens, putting them at risk of removal from voter rolls. Former President Donald Trump pointed to the Virginia lawsuit filed weeks before Election Day as proof the federal agency is being […]

Former President Donald Trump’s election-year message to his supporters is clear and often repeated: If Democrats win the November election, blame voter fraud.  Fraud by mail-in voting. Fraud by noncitizen voting. Fraud by a vast interstate conspiracy. Fraud orchestrated by the Democratic Party.  Trump sent a fundraising appeal in August that said his victory needed […]