Legal questions about Pennsylvania mail-in ballots loom as voting starts As voters in the key swing state of Pennsylvania start receiving mail ballots, multiple legal fights over how the ballots of mail-in voters should be counted are still playing out in the courts. Hansi Lo Wang
Voting-tech company settles with right-wing network over false election claims Smartmatic sued Newsmax for defamation over false claims related to the 2020 presidential election. The trial was supposed to begin next week. Maddy Lauria
Zelenskyy met with leaders in Washington to press for ongoing support for Ukraine President Biden welcomes Ukraine’s President Zelenskyy with a pledge of additional military assistance. Zelenskyy also met with Vice President Harris and bipartisan groups in the House and Senate. Franco Ordoñez
New York senator explains why he has called for NYC Mayor Eric Adams' resignation NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with New York State Sen. John Liu about New York City Mayor Eric Adams being indicted on five federal charges Thursday. Christopher Intagliata
Latinos in Pennsylvania could be key to deciding who wins the presidency The Latino vote could be decisive in this year’s election. The largely Puerto Rican population in Pennsylvania has deep ties to Democrats, making efforts to engage those communities key for the party. Ashley Lopez
How new voting laws could impact results in swing states North Carolina, Georgia The November presidential election will likely come down to a few thousand voters in a handful of swing states.
Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins walks back racist comments about Haitians after backlash The Republican congressman has been criticized for amplifying false claims about Haitian immigrants. "You never want to intentionally hurt someone’s feelings," he apologized in part on Thursday. Chandelis Duster
Could 'uncommitted' voters sway the election? New Yorker writer Andrew Marantz visited Michigan to understand the uncommitted movement, a group of pro-Palestinian, anti-war activists and voters who emerged during the 2024 Democratic primary. Tonya Mosley
Trump's N.C. campaign stops steer clear of scandalized GOP candidate for governor Political aftershocks grow after CNN report that North Carolina’s GOP nominee for governor posted racist, anti-Semitic and other inflammatory comments on an adult forum more than a decade ago. Stephen Fowler