Governor candidates Jennifer McCormick, Mike Braun release first general election TV ads

Democrat Jennifer McCormick and Republican Mike Braun are on each other's heels getting the Indiana governor's race onto the TV airwaves. Read More

Manipulating news headlines for political gain is a bipartisan affair

Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) and Mike Braun (R-IN ... and used across the political spectrum. But critics, including news outlets, say the scheme is deceptive to voters seeking more information ... Read More

Election Highlights: Trump Suggests Police Officers Should Watch for Voter Fraud

His suggestion, if followed through on, could run afoul of multiple state laws and raise accusations of voter intimidation. The presence of uniformed officers at the polls has a fraught history in the ... Read More

Trump Urges Police Officers to Watch for Voter Fraud

Speaking to the national board of the Fraternal Order of Police, former President Donald J. Trump made an appeal that could run afoul of state laws and prompt accusations of voter intimidation. Read More

Trump attorneys and prosecutors clash over key details of his election interference case

Key details at the center of former President Trump’s election interference criminal case were debated in a Washington courtroom Thursday. Judge Tanya Chutkan declined to slow down proceedings in the ... Read More

Text us your politics questions: Join Your Vote, our elections messaging group

Only our USA TODAY texting team can see the messages ... Sign-up for Your Vote: Text with the USA TODAY elections team. We let you know about elections news as it happens, sometimes even before ... Read More

Does door knocking work with young voters? Young political organizers are divided

But while experts say that studies show traditional canvassing to be the most impactful way to reach voters, some young organizers feel that knocking on doors won’t effectively reach young ... Read More

Influencers get access to political conventions as campaigns court young voters

The Center for Information and Research on Civic Engagement and Learning revealed that young voters are consuming and producing political news ... know a convention was going on, now, because ... Read More

First-time presidential voters met to discuss politics and democracy. Here’s what they had to say

Amid an unusually hectic summer for national politics ... recruited these voters from high schools around the country, finding teenagers of different backgrounds, regions and political leanings ... Read More

Floridians want to reverse 6-week abortion ban but will enough vote for it?

But with 60% of voters required ... University Political Research Center, which oversees the USA TODAY/Suffolk polls. “They’re not all one way or another way. They can be for Trump but they ... Read More

In Tim Walz’s rural hometown, his Democratic politics are an awkward fit

But here in Cherry County — where former President Trump won 87% of the vote ... know much about Walz’s political record. But she knows that he comes back to Butte often to take care of his ... Read More