2020 Election

Twitter says it will label or remove misleading claims on election results

The new rule includes attempts at undermining people's faith in the process itself, such as false claims about election rigging or ballot tampering, or about the outcome of the election.

September 10, 2020 4:33pm CDT

SCOWIS sets up possible delay in absentee mailing

SCOWIS on Thursday ordered that no absentee ballots be mailed until it gives the go-ahead or makes any future ruling about who should be on the ballot.

September 10, 2020 4:19pm CDT

Biden-Harris campaign seeks to win over Animal Crossing island voters

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris see a potential target market in the popular Nintendo game, which had sold more than 22.4 million copies as of August.

September 10, 2020 4:06pm CDT

Political science professor talks impact of Woodward book on 2020 election

Brian Smith believes that although this book reveals Trump told one person one thing and then turned around and told the American people another about how dangerous this virus is, this information will not be a make or break for the president in this election.

September 10, 2020 12:28am CDT

Trump releases list of 20 possible Supreme Court picks, including Tom Cotton and Ted Cruz

The release is aimed at replicating a strategy Trump used during his 2016 campaign, when he released a similar list of could-be judges in a bid to win over conservative and evangelical voters.

September 9, 2020 3:36pm CDT

Bob Woodward says Trump told him of COVID-19: ‘I wanted to always play it down’

President Donald Trump seemed to understand the severity of the coronavirus threat even as he was telling the nation that the virus was no worse than the seasonal flu and insisting that the U.S. government had it totally under control, according to a new book by journalist Bob Woodward.

September 9, 2020 2:02pm CDT

FOX 7 Discussion: Voting in 2020 election

The 2020 presidential election is November 3, and if you haven’t registered to vote yet, the time to do so is dwindling.

September 9, 2020 10:05am CDT

FOX 7 Discussion: Chip Roy and Wendy Davis

The congressional race between Wendy Davis and Chip Roy is heating up.

September 9, 2020 9:59am CDT

Delaware women accused of stealing MAGA hat indicted on robbery, hate crime charges

Olivia Winslow and Camryn Amy, both 21, were indicted by a grand jury on charges of second-degree robbery, second-degree conspiracy, endangering the welfare of a child, third-degree assault, attempted third-degree assault, offensive touching and felony hate crimes, Delaware Online reported.

September 9, 2020 9:39am CDT

South Lawn, Rose Garden under repair after White House stages RNC events

The White House South Lawn and its iconic Rose Garden are undergoing extensive re-sodding and other work after last month’s Republican National Convention turned them into a muddy mess.

September 9, 2020 8:32am CDT

Justice Department seeks to defend Trump in rape accuser's defamation lawsuit

The DoJ lawyers argue that Trump was “acting within the scope of his office” when he denied Carroll’s allegations last year that he raped her in a New York luxury department store in the mid-1990s.

September 8, 2020 8:20pm CDT

‘Purple’ Colorado could go blue in 2020 election as younger voters flock to state, experts say

Experts say Colorado’s electorate has been slowly turning from red to purple over the last 30 years and will likely turn completely blue if it continues on its current trajectory with younger, college-educated people moving into the state.

September 8, 2020 8:10pm CDT

Mail-in and absentee ballots: How to ensure yours is properly filled out and doesn’t get rejected

Political experts are predicting the rejection of thousands of absentee ballots this fall. Here’s what you need to know to make sure yours is filled out properly and counted.

September 8, 2020 5:16pm CDT

US House to investigate DeJoy possible campaign law violations

It’s not illegal to encourage employees to contribute to candidates, but it is illegal to reimburse them as a way of avoiding federal campaign contribution limits.

September 8, 2020 12:48pm CDT

1,000 people double-voted in Georgia primary, secretary of state says

Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger announced Tuesday that 1,000 Georgians voted twice in the state’s June 9 primary, a felony that he said will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

September 8, 2020 11:31am CDT

Absentee ballot rejections could triple in battleground states

An Associated Press analysis of absentee ballot rejections found the number of ballots that could go uncounted this year in some key battleground states could be up to three times higher than during the last presidential election four years ago.

September 7, 2020 8:00pm CDT

First responder: Boaters were saving boaters at Trump parade on Lake Travis

Five boats went down during the Trump Boat Parade on Lake Travis.

September 7, 2020 6:49pm CDT

Kamala Harris meets Blake family, stops by union training facility

Democratic vice presidential nominee Kamala Harris met with the family of a Wisconsin man shot by police to kick off her visit.

September 7, 2020 5:47pm CDT

VP Pence visits La Crosse, touts administration's job creation success

Vice President Mike Pence visited La Crosse on Labor Day, Sept. 7.

September 7, 2020 3:24pm CDT

President Trump to campaign in battleground states, Florida and North Carolina, on Tuesday

The White House says Trump will stop in Jupiter, Florida, on Tuesday to remind voters there of his conservation and environmental protection efforts in the Everglades region.

September 6, 2020 8:57am CDT