Politics
Everything you need to know about politics in the Chattanooga area, from local government meetings to elections.
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What is ballot gathering? And what are the laws around this controversial practice?
Ballot gathering or ballot collecting is a practice in where a voter completes an absentee ballot, places it in a sealed, signed envelope and entrusts it to another person who then drops it off at a mail center or a designated ballot drop-off location.
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Trump escalates attacks on Harris’ mental fitness and suggests she should be prosecuted
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump escalated his personal attacks on his Democratic rival, Kamala Harris, on Sunday by repeating an insult that she was “mentally impaired” while also saying she should be “impeached and prosecuted."
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Trump lists his grievances in a Wisconsin speech intended to link Harris to illegal immigration
Former President Donald Trump meandered Saturday through a list of grievances against Vice President Kamala Harris and other issues during an event intended to link his Democratic opponent to illegal border crossings.
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Trump and Zelenskyy meet in New York as election holds high stakes for US support for Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy met face-to-face with Donald Trump on Friday with public tensions rising between the two over Ukraine's defense against Russia's invasion and in the midst of the U.S. presidential election.
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Jews and Catholics warn against Trump’s latest loyalty test for religious voters
Former President Donald Trump recently reissued his loyalty test to religious Americans, declaring that he can best protect their freedoms while preemptively blaming members of certain faiths should he lose the presidential election in November.
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Harris walks fence at US-Mexico border as she works to project tougher stance on migration
Vice President Kamala Harris walked a scrubby stretch along the U.S.-Mexico border on Friday and called for further tightening of asylum restrictions as she sought to project a tougher stance on illegal migration and address one of her biggest vulnerabilities in the November election.
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Quiz: How much do you know about voting in Hamilton County?
Test your voting knowledge ahead of the elections!
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Melania Trump calls her husband’s survival of assassination attempts ‘miracles’
In her first interview in more than two years, former First Lady Melania Trump said she saw her husband's survival in two attempts on his life as "miracles" and offered new details about the former president, including his desire to have more children.
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Harris blasts proposals for Ukraine to cede territory to Russia during Zelenskyy meeting
With American support for Ukraine at a partisan crossroads, Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday slammed suggestions that Kyiv should cede territory for the sake of peace with Moscow as "dangerous and unacceptable."
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Hearing on Trump assassination attempts says Pennsylvania failure was by Secret Service
Members of a bipartisan House task force investigating the Trump assassination attempts emphasized during their first hearing Thursday that the Secret Service, not local authorities, was responsible for the failures in planning and communications that led to a gunman being able to open fire on former President Donald Trump in Pennsylvania.
