WASHINGTON ― Puerto Rican reggaetón star Nicky Jam withdrew his support on Wednesday for Donald Trump in next week’s election, the latest fallout after a comedian insulted Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage” during the Republican presidential nominee’s Sunday rally in New York’s Madison Square Garden. In a video post on Instagram, Jam…
A University of Michigan student who is from China and not a U.S. citizen allegedly voted Sunday in Ann Arbor and is being charged with two crimes, six days before a pivotal presidential election. The filing of the charges was revealed Wednesday in a statement from Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson’s office and the…
Victor Martinez’s radio stations were flooded with calls. Yesenia Westerband’s food truck customers were buzzing about it. Guillermo Lopez’s Facebook feed was full of comments. “Como Puertorriqueño te diré que eso no tiene manera de disculparse!!!” one listener commented on Martinez’s show. “As a Puerto Rican there’s no apology that will do.” As Donald Trump descended on…
Mark Cuban might make a good president someday, but he hasn’t ventured far into politics. At least, until this year. The part owner of the NBA Dallas Mavericks and a “Shark Tank” investor isn’t exactly a Republican. But I’ve interviewed him several times since 2015, and I’ve never seen him until now campaign hard for…
Two ballot boxes were burned in Washington and Oregon on Monday, possibly damaging hundreds of mail-in votes with only about a week to go before Election Day. The Portland Police Bureau responded to reports of a fire in the Buckman neighborhood of the city at about 3:30 a.m. The fire had been extinguished by security…
Three election ballots were damaged after a fire was set by an “incendiary device” at a Portland ballot box early Monday, according to Multnomah County officials. Law enforcement officials said said they believe the attack is connected to two others in Vancouver, Washington, where hundreds of ballots were damaged Monday. A 2001-2004 Volvo S-60 is…
For as long as I’ve been covering politics, I’ve been writing about why I cannot vote for Donald Trump or Vice President Kamala Harris for president. While I’ve endlessly explained why, I haven’t written as much about why I believe a write-in candidate is the right answer to such a hopeless election. My write-in vote…
NEW YORK – They camped out overnight, packed the subways, turned the skyscraper-enclosed streets into a river of red MAGA hats and paraded cars and trucks laden with Donald Trump flags through the heart of the Big Apple. The Republican presidential nominee was in town and his “Make America Great Again” supporters were out in…
Elise Free is a contributor for, Scary Mommy, The Mighty, Buzzfeed, Mamalode and LA Parent. She lives in Iowa with her daughter Quinn, a naughty Corgi pup and two cats; they’re thinking about getting a goat. The vast majority of my family will vote for Donald Trump in the 2024 election. My daughter has cystic…
The last time Joe Biden was in Arizona, he had just won nearly every vote in the presidential preference election and announced billions of dollars in federal grants for Intel Corp., assuring voters in this battleground state that his economic policies were working. Seven months later, Biden made what’s likely to be his final stand…