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UPDATED with latest: After a night of ballot counting, Kanye West passed 60,000 votes in the race for the presidency of the United States. West was on the ballot in 12 states. His exact count, as of 10:30 a.m. PT Wednesday, was 60,761. Most of the states in question were above 90% counted, with the notable exceptions…

Just after tweeting that he would be making a statement late on election night, Donald Trump tweeted that "they are trying to steal the election.” The president also contended that "votes cannot be cast after the Poles are closed!" Twitter quickly slapped his post with a “misleading” tag. Of course, the term "Poles"…

Eminem has allowed the use of his Oscar-winning song “Lose Yourself“ for Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, a rare case where he has allowed such use of his work. The singer, aka Marshall Mathers, also tweeted out the spot with the message, “One opportunity… #Vote” One opportunity… <a…

Trailing in the polls and sprinting through up to four campaign stops a day, Donald Trump was grumpy this week. And TV’s late night hosts took notice. From complaining about the weather to belittling a Republican Senator campaigning with him topointing out friends in the audience and then, in the same breath…

Beloved M*A*S*H star Alan Alda says in a piece for the Washington Post on Thursday that he made a vow 37 years ago “to keep much quieter in public about my political opinions.” Alda, who calls himself “a formerly famous person,” writes that he often wondered in those decades what could actually get him to break his…

Thursday marked an escalation in the 2020 presidential campaign as Joe Biden rolled out his biggest gun: former running mate and 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama. Obama’s emergence did not go unnoticed. The former president delivered a scathing speech targeting Donald Trump that was widely covered by…

The campaign website of President Donald Trump’s reelection campaign was hacked and then defaced for a period on Tuesday, but a spokesman said that there was no access to sensitive data. Tim Murtaugh, communications director for the campaign, wrote on Twitter, “Earlier this evening, the Trump campaign website was…

Joe Biden’s presidential campaign is making another fundraising push in the final days before the Nov. 3, with a virtual concert on Sunday that will feature a long lineup of musicians including John Legend, Cher and Andra Day. Also in the lineup: A$AP Ferg, Sara Bareilles, Aloe Blacc, Black Eyed Peas and Jennifer…

Donald Trump’s speech from the balcony of the White House was billed as an official event of his presidency, but it had all the makings of a campaign rally, with hundreds gathered on the South Lawn and many wearing red Make America Great Again hats. The event represented his first in-person speech since being…

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday that he plans to participate in an October 15 presidential debate even as he is still taking treatments to recover from the coronavirus. “I am looking forward to the debate on the evening of Thursday, October 15th in Miami. It will be great!” he wrote on Twitter. Tim Murtaugh…

EXCLUSIVE: Stars of Broadway will stage a fundraising concert for Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, with plans to stream the event on Oct. 21. The event, which starts at 8 PM ET, is organized by the group Broadway for Biden and is called In Our America: A Concert for the Soul of the Nation, with donations going to…

(Mark Meadows attribution added) UPDATE: Just minutes after President Donald Trump’s physician presented a relatively rosy picture of his COVID-19 condition, a source familiar with the president’s health gave a much more concerning picture. "The president's vitals over the last 24 hours were very concerning and the…