Nicholas Riccardi

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  • Joe Biden and Donald TrumpPolitics

    Since the pandemic, incumbents have been ousted in 40 of 54 elections in Western democracies — ‘A kind of electoral long COVID’

    By David Rising, Jill Lawless, and others
  • Elon Musk is seen cheering in the background of a Trump rally.Politics

    Republicans shatter early voting records in battleground states after Trump push

    By Nicholas Riccardi and The Associated Press
  • Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris, participates in an interview with Charlamagne Tha God, co-host of iHeartMedia’s morning show The Breakfast Club, in Detroit, Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)Politics

    Harris and Trump release new policy details in interview blitz as campaign comes to the end

    By Steve Peoples, Colleen Long, and others
  • Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump talks with members of the U.S. Border Patrol before speaking at a campaign rally, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2024, in Prescott Valley, Ariz. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)Politics

    Trump proposes 10,000 more Border Patrol agents after derailing bipartisan border bill

    By Meg Kinnard, Nicholas Riccardi, and others
  • FILE – Dawn Stephens, right, and Duane Taylor prepare ballots to be mailed at the Mecklenburg County Board of Elections in Charlotte, N.C., Sept. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Nell Redmond, File)Politics

    Republican lawsuits challenge overseas voters as group swings Democratic

    By Christina A. Cassidy, Nicholas Riccardi, and others
  • Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump shakes hands with Democratic presidential nominee Vice President Kamala Harris during an ABC News presidential debate at the National Constitution Center, Tuesday, Sept.10, 2024, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)Politics

    10 key takeaways from the Harris-Trump debate, from tense clashes over inflation and abortion to a Taylor Swift endorsement

    By Steve Peoples, Jonathan J. Cooper, and others
  • This combination of photos shows Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, left, and President Joe Biden during a presidential debate hosted by CNN, Thursday, June 27, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)Politics

    Delivery outshines substance at presidential debate as Trump confident even when wrong, while Biden fumbles even with facts on his side

    By Seung Min Kim, Nicholas Riccardi, and others
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    Facing legal defeat, Trump claims judges would open ‘Pandora’s Box’ by denying him immunity for conduct in office

    By Nicholas Riccardi and The Associated Press
  • Donald TrumpPolitics

    The Supreme Court will rule on whether Donald Trump can be on the 2024 ballot

    By Mark Sherman, Nicholas Riccardi, and others
  • Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump gestures at the end of a campaign event in Waterloo, Iowa, on December 19, 2023. An appeals court in Colorado on December 19, 2023 ruled Donald Trump cannot appear on the state’s presidential primary ballot because of his involvement in the attack on the Capitol in January 2021. (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI / AFP) (Photo by KAMIL KRZACZYNSKI/AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    A second state just joined Colorado in barring Donald Trump from its ballot under the insurrection clause

    By Nicholas Riccardi, David Sharp, and others
  • WATERLOO, IOWA – DECEMBER 19: Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump looks on during a campaign event on December 19, 2023 in Waterloo, Iowa. Iowa Republicans will be the first to select their party’s nomination for the 2024 presidential race, when they go to caucus on January 15, 2024. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images)Politics

    Donald Trump is at war with the Constitution’s insurrection clause—just 2 sentences in an amendment added after the Civil War

    By Nicholas Riccardi and The Associated Press
  • RENO, NEVADA – DECEMBER 17: Republican Presidential candidate former U.S. President Donald Trump delivers remarks during a campaign rally at the Reno-Sparks Convention Center on December 17, 2023 in Reno, Nevada. Former U.S. President Trump held a campaign rally as he battles to become the Republican Presidential nominee for the 2024 Presidential election. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Politics

    Colorado’s Supreme Court takes extraordinary step of banning Donald Trump from state’s primary ballot after ruling he ‘engaged in insurrection’

    By Nicholas Riccardi and The Associated Press
  • Ron DeSantis, Vivek RamaswamyPolitics

    Republican debate takeaways: Millennial tech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy takes center stage as Ron DeSantis largely shrinks from the limelight

    By Steve Peoples, Nicholas Riccardi, and others
  • DenverPolitics

    America’s polarized political tribes are moving away from each other. Just look at a bluer Colorado and a redder Idaho

    By Nicholas Riccardi and The Associated Press
  • FILE – A person walks past the Fox News Headquarters in New York, April 12, 2023. Fox News’ nearly $800 million settlement of a voting machine company’s defamation lawsuit marks the first milestone in a larger legal strategy designed to combat the false claims and conspiracy theories about elections that have been rippling through the U.S. for nearly three years. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura, File)Politics

    Dominion’s $787 million settlement is only the beginning as a group of lawsuits over election lies wait in the wings

    By Nicholas Riccardi and The Associated Press