Daniel Schmidt, 24, is charged with aggravated battery after police say he punched an election judge at an Orland Township site.
24-year-old Orland Park man charged after punching election judge, police say
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Harris and Trump will both make a furious last-day push before Election Day
A presidential campaign that has careened through a felony trial, an incumbent president being pushed off the ticket and multiple assassination attempts comes down to a final push across a handful of states on the eve of Election Day.
Here’s what to watch as Election Day approaches in the U.S.
Election Day is nearly upon us. In a matter of hours, the final votes in the 2024 presidential election will be cast.
A presidential campaign unlike any other ends on Tuesday. Here’s how we got here
On Tuesday, improbable as it may have seemed before, Americans will choose either Trump or Harris to serve as the next president. It’s the final chapter in one of the most bewildering, unpredictable and consequential sagas in political history.
Trump wants to narrow his deficit with women but he’s not changing how he talks about them
Donald Trump says he will be the “protector” of women, whether they like it or not.
Kamala Harris, Obamas and voting rights leaders work to turn out Black voters in run-up to Election Day
A key strategy in Harris and Democrats’ Black voter outreach includes dispatching the first Black president and his wife, the former first lady, to battleground states where winning may come down to how well the Obamas convince ambivalent or apathetic voters that they must not sit this one out.
Kamala Harris won’t say how she voted on California measure that would reverse criminal justice reforms
Vice President Kamala Harris on Sunday declined to say how she voted on a key ballot measure in her home state of California that would reverse criminal justice reforms approved in recent years.
Moldovans choose president in decisive runoff overshadowed by fraud and intimidation claims
Moldovans cast votes in a decisive presidential runoff Sunday that pits pro-Western incumbent Maia Sandu against a Russia-friendly opponent, as ongoing claims of voter fraud, electoral interference, and intimidation threaten democracy in the European Union candidate country.
Trump talks about reporters being shot and says he shouldn’t have left White House in 2020
Donald Trump gave a profane and conspiracy-laden speech two days before the presidential election, talking about reporters being shot and suggesting he “shouldn’t have left” the White House after his 2020 loss to Democrat Joe Biden.
Poll workers prepare for Election Day
Domingo Reyes, who became a U.S. Citizen July 4, 2023, will be a first-time poll worker in Lowell. Reyes, who has helped with setting up and taking down polling locations in the past, said he was proud to serve his country as a poll worker. As a recent U.S. citizen, Reyes said he was excited to cast a ballot in his first presidential election.