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  • Voters line up to vote as a early voting location opened in Carmel, Ind., Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)Politics

    Election Day 2024 is here but 82 million ballots have already been cast—more than half the 2020 vote

    By Christina A. Cassidy, Ali Swenson, and others
  • FILE – Rioters loyal to President Donald Trump storm the Capitol, Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)Retail

    Almost half of U.S. voters are worried about violent attempts to overturn November election results

    By Gary Fields, Ali Swenson, and others
  • mail-in ballotPolitics

    Russian actors made fake video depicting mail-in ballots for Trump being destroyed, FBI says

    By Melissa Goldin, Mike Catalini, and others
  • Director of the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) Jen Easterly speaks to The Associated Press in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)Politics

    U.S. cybersecurity head says there’s no chance a foreign adversary can change Harris-Trump election results

    By Christina A. Cassidy, Ali Swenson, and others
  • Kamala Harris and Donald TrumpPolitics

    Many political AI deepfakes are totally cartoonish, but the technology is still shaping the election

    By Dan Merica, Ali Swenson, and others
  • Kamala Harris is seen behind a Vice President podium as a blurred crowd of supporters in the background hold supportive signs.Politics

    Microsoft traces fake Kamala Harris hit-and-run video back to Russian troll farm

    By Ali Swenson and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A spool of stickers rests on a table at a polling station during Massachusetts state primary voting, Sept. 3, 2024, in Newton, Mass. (AP Photo/Steven Senne, File)Politics

    Most Americans don’t trust AI, chatbots or search results to give them accurate election information

    By Ali Swenson, Linley Sanders, and others
  • Attorney General Merrick Garland, center, speaks before a meeting of the Justice Department’s Election Threats Task Force, at the Department of Justice, Wednesday, Sept. 4, 2024, in Washington, with from left, Deputy Attorney General, Criminal Division, Nicole Argentieri, Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco, Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray and Assistant Attorney General, National Security Division, Matthew Olsen. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Politics

    Right-wing social media influencers were duped to work for a Russian influence operation, U.S. prosecutors say

    By Alan Suderman, Ali Swenson, and others
  • Robert F. Kennedy Jr. holds microphonePolitics

    RFK Jr. endorses Trump, who once called him ‘the most radical left candidate’

    By Jonathan J. Cooper, Ali Swenson, and others
  • Kamala Harris and Donald TrumpPolitics

    Google confirms Iranian hackers are trying to access emails of Harris and Trump

    By Ali Swenson and The Associated Press
  • Satya NadellaTech

    Iranians are creating fake websites and impersonating activists to create chaos in the U.S., Microsoft found

    By Ali Swenson and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump and Republican vice presidential nominee Sen. JD Vance, R-Ohio, arrive a campaign rally, July 20, 2024, in Grand Rapids, Mich. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Politics

    3-in-4 Americans say democracy is on the ballot in November

    By Ali Swenson, Linley Sanders, and others
  • FILE – Paul Dans, director of Project 2025 at the Heritage Foundation, speaks at the National Religious Broadcasters convention, Feb. 22, 2024, in Nashville, Tenn. Dans, the director of the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 vision for a complete overhaul of the federal government, has stepped down, a spokesperson for the think tank confirmed Tuesday. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)Politics

    Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 director steps down after blowback from Trump camp over group’s plan for his administration

    By Ali Swenson, Lisa Mascaro, and others
  • Elon Musk holds microphonePolitics

    Elon Musk shares video with AI-generated voice of Kamala Harris

    By Ali Swenson and The Associated Press
  • This combination of images assembled in June 2024 shows some of the images that appear in an online blog for Glenn Cook, a Republican running for a state legislative seat in southeastern Georgia. The campaign says artificial intelligence was used to to generate them. AI-generated podcast episodes use a cloned version of his voice to narrate his policy positions. (AP Photo)Politics

    ‘Congress is pathetic’: Senator rips Washington as AI and deepfakes remake local elections while legislation goes nowhere

    By Ali Swenson, Dan Merica, and others