'Tired. Damn tired.' Some Black women are processing the grief of a Kamala Harris loss

There was a refrain we heard again and again from the seven Black women NPR talked with for this story.

"It is exhausting," says Venita Doggett, who lives in Memphis, Tenn., and works for a nonprofit doing education advocacy.

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Looking back at the 2024 elections in Florida and the USA

On WMNF’s Tuesday Café we heard a recap of what happened during the 2024 elections in Florida and across the country with Susan MacManus, Political Analyst and Professor Emerita at the University of South Florida and Ray Roa, Editor in Chief at Creative Loafing. They spoke Friday at Tampa Tiger Bay Club.

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Dejected Democrats look to House as ‘only hope’

For Democrats around the country, the last hope rests in the House. The party lost control of the Senate on Tuesday, as expected. And by the early hours of Wednesday, Decision Desk HQ projected that former President Trump would win the presidency, securing the 270 electoral votes he needed to defeat Vice President Harris and return to the White House next year for a second term.....MORE

Trump’s victory likely means curtains for criminal prosecutions

Former President Trump a year ago was staring down four potential criminal trials on 91 charges and decades in prison. Trump staked his defense on winning back the White House, a strategy that has now paid off with his political victory.....MORE

Amendments on the Florida ballot: What to know

Florida voters will have a decision to make on six amendments to the Florida constitution on Election Day. Of the six proposed amendments, two amendments have garnered the most attention: Amendment 3 and Amendment 4. So, what do each of these amendments mean? And, what would happen if voters approve them?....MORE

Kamala ANNIHILATES Trump In New Ad, MAGA Panics

After stumbling to get in a truck, Trump made some alarming statements at his Wisconsin Rally. The Harris-Walz campaign wasted no time laying into these comments and what they really mean, and the right is grasping at straws.

Michael Moore predicts 'Trump is toast' in 2024

A month ago, Academy Award-winning filmmaker and activist Michael Moore said Donald Trump would lose the election. With just 48 hours left until Election Day, he says he's even more confident in a Kamala Harris win.

Trump says he ‘shouldn’t have left’ the White House in 2021

Former President Trump said Sunday that he “shouldn’t have left” the White House in 2021. Speaking at a rally in Lititz, Pa., the former president confirmed Democrats’ concerns about him not wanting to give up power after he lost the presidential election in 2020.....MORE

Harris to make surprise appearance on ‘Saturday Night Live’

Vice President Harris is set to make a surprise appearance on an episode of “Saturday Night Live” with just three days to go before Election Day, the Associated Press (AP) reported, citing three people familiar with the Democratic nominee’s plans.....MORE

What to watch over the final weekend of the 2024 presidential campaign

The 2024 presidential contest speeds into its final weekend with Democrat Kamala Harris and Republican Donald Trump locked in a razor-thin contest.  At this late stage in the campaign, every day matters. And while few voters might change their minds this late in a typical election, there is a sense that what happens in these final days could shift votes.....MORE

Halloween is over, but the election litigation is getting really scary

“Something wicked this way comes.” Those words from William Shakespeare’s “Macbeth” capture a certain dread that takes hold of some of us tasked with covering the legal elements of the presidential election. Just as Halloween ended, things in the days leading into Election Day have begun to get…well, spooky. Call it election jitters, but some of us have been here before.....MORE

This Is How Astronauts Vote From Space

Many consider voting a civic duty, even in those countries where it is not compulsory. People go to great lengths to exercise their democratic right of choosing their representatives in politics, but sometimes circumstances don’t make it easy. Imagine if you want to vote but you are in space – your nearest drop-off location for your ballot might be more difficult to reach than others.....MORE

In her closing message to America before Election Day, Harris pledges to fight

Great campaigners and great presidents are leaders who understand that their central role is often to inspire. Last night, Kamala Harris showed herself the worthy head of a nearly flawless campaign — and the worthy leader of a nation in need of the kind of president she will be.....MORE

US Intel Says Insider Threats Are 'Likely' During the Election

Insider threats will “likely be an issue” that election centers across the US will face in the coming weeks, according to a US intelligence memo viewed by WIRED. These threats, the memo warns, “could derail or jeopardize a fair and transparent election process.”....MORE

Ballot boxes burned in Oregon, Washington

Authorities are investigating after two ballot drop boxes were burned in Oregon and Washington on Monday, just more than a week out from Election Day.....MORE

Intelligence bulletins show rising threat from extremists motivated by election conspiracies

Domestic violent extremists are considering a range of activities to disrupt the 2024 election and the peaceful transfer of power, with U.S. intelligence agencies seeing greater discussions around a future civil war and plans to destroy ballot drop boxes.....MORE

Elon Musk Finally LOSES IT As Alarming Voter Scheme Truth Surfaces

Elon Musk goes completely off the deep end with an outrageous and potentially illegal voter scheme, creating fake websites and texts claiming Kamala Harris's affiliation to spread blatant disinformation ahead of the presidential election.

Trump Super-PAC Sent Out Bogus Medicare Cancellation Notice to Scare Voters About Kamala Harris

In Arizona, older people recently received a mailer declaring Medicare had been cancelled. It had a big red stamp that proclaimed, “Medicare Cancellation Notice.” Also emblazoned on its front was this: “Warning: Rates are going up & plans are being cancelled. Details enclosed.” Its return address was the “Department of Medicare Cancellation, Kamala Harris Administration.”....MORE

Final results may lag in deadlocked presidential contest, anxious election officials warn

As an exceedingly bitter, tight, and dark campaign for the presidency moves into its last moments, apprehensive election officials and experts warn Election Day is only the first step.

The closing of the polls and end of mail-in voting kick off a nearly three-month process before the next president of the United States is sworn in on Inauguration Day in January. New guardrails were enacted by Congress in 2022 to more fully protect the presidential transition, following the Jan. 6, 2021 mob attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters and a failed scheme to install fake electors.

But even before that shift to a new chief executive begins, a presidential victor is unlikely to be announced election night or even the following day.

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BREAKING: The Philadelphia Inquirer Endorses Kamala Harris In The Critical Swing Ctate Of Pennsylvania.

"The Inquirer endorses Kamala Devi Harris to be the 47th president of the United States."....MORE