Politics

Scott Olson/Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — While tens of millions of early votes have already been cast, there are still millions of Americans who will be heading to the polls on Election Day. Experts predict the 2024 election will be one of the closest in history, with several key states still in contention that could determine […]

da-kuk (WASHINGTON) — From the polling place to the courtroom, ABC News tracks the latest election security developments as experts warn about the spread of misinformation and disinformation from within the U.S. and abroad. Security experts stress that the nation’s voting infrastructure is highly secure, and that isolated voting issues do not indicate widespread election […]

Olivier Touron via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — A historic election that saw an incumbent president drop his campaign, a woman rise to the top of the Democratic ticket and multiple assassination attempts against the Republican candidate will come to an end on Nov. 5. But the outcome may not be known on election night. It […]

ABC News Since Nov. 1, an FBI command post has been operating 24/7 and will continue to for at least nine days to to ensure the election is safe and secure. “This command post is an opportunity for us to bring people together, all the different subject matter experts here in the FBI at headquarters […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (PITTSBURGH) — At the midway point of former President Donald Trump’s speech in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Monday, Megyn Kelly took the stage as a headliner to explain why she’s backing Trump. “He will be a protector of women. And it’s why I’m voting for him,” Kelly said, suggesting the former president previously […]

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images (GRAND RAPIDS, MI) — Former President Donald Trump and his vice presidential pick, Sen. JD Vance, spent the closing hours of the 2024 campaign reviving rhetoric criticized by opponents as divisive. Trump’s closing rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan, saw the former president deliver meandering attacks on political opponents, baselessly claim that electronic […]

Adrienne Bresnahan via Getty Images (WASHINGTON) — As Election Day arrives, polling still shows razor-thin margins between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump in battleground states. If the actual vote margin remains that thin in some states, it is possible that automatic recounts could be triggered or that a campaign could request […]

da-kuk (WASHINGTON) — Election eve has arrived with the race for the White House still very tight — with the latest ABC News/Ipsos poll out Sunday showing Kamala Harris slightly ahead nationally but Donald Trump ahead in some key swing states — and the two candidates deadlocked in Pennsylvania. Harris is spending her last full […]

ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images (PHILADELPHIA) — A Philadelphia judge is allowing Elon Musk’s America PAC to continue its million-dollar giveaway to registered swing state voters. Common Pleas Court Judge Angelo Foglietta denied Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner’s request for an injunction to stop the giveaway, which has handed out $17 million to voters across the swing […]

Emily Elconin/Bloomberg via Getty Images (PENNSYLVANIA) — From the moment he arrived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, after being named former President Donald Trump’s running mate, it was clear that one of Sen. JD Vance’s primary roles was to help deliver battleground Pennsylvania for the former president. The day Vance was announced as Trump’s vice presidential pick […]