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AI is helping shape the 2024 presidential race. But not in the way experts feared

AI is helping shape the 2024 presidential race. But not in the way experts feared

By DAN MERICA, GARANCE BURKE and ALI SWENSON Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — With the 2024 election looming, the first since the mass popularization of generative artificial intelligence, experts feared the worst: social media flooded with AI-generated…

‘She should be alive today’ — Harris spotlights woman’s death to blast abortion bans and Trump

‘She should be alive today’ — Harris spotlights woman’s death to blast abortion bans and Trump

By COLLEEN LONG, AMANDA SEITZ and JOSH BOAK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Kamala Harris blasted Donald Trump as a threat to women’s freedoms and their very lives, warning in a speech in the battleground…

Secret Service report details communication failures preceding July assassination attempt on Trump

Secret Service report details communication failures preceding July assassination attempt on Trump

By REBECCA SANTANA, ERIC TUCKER and ALANNA DURKIN RICHER Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Communication breakdowns with local law enforcement hampered the Secret Service’s performance during a July campaign rally where former President Donald Trump was shot…

Georgia State Election Board approves rule requiring hand count of ballots

Georgia State Election Board approves rule requiring hand count of ballots

By KATE BRUMBACK Associated Press ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia’s State Election Board on Friday voted to approve a new rule that requires poll workers to count the number of paper ballots by hand after voting…

Robinson won’t appear at Trump’s North Carolina rally after report on online posts, AP sources say

Robinson won’t appear at Trump’s North Carolina rally after report on online posts, AP sources say

By GARY D. ROBERTSON and MICHELLE L. PRICE Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson will not appear at former President Donald Trump ’s rally on Saturday in the battleground state following a CNN…

North Carolina judge won’t prevent use of university digital IDs for voting

North Carolina judge won’t prevent use of university digital IDs for voting

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina trial judge refused on Thursday a Republican Party request that he block students and employees at the state’s flagship public university from being able to show a digital…