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Ashley Murray

Ashley Murray

Ashley Murray covers the nation’s capital as a senior reporter for States Newsroom. Her coverage areas include domestic policy and appropriations.

Kentucky Lantern is part of States Newsroom, the nation’s largest state-focused nonprofit news organization.

Rallying on the Ellipse, Harris calls on voters to reject Trump’s ‘chaos and division’

By: , and - October 29, 2024

WASHINGTON — Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, with the White House as her backdrop, gave what she called her closing argument Tuesday evening, pressing voters to support her bid over that of “unstable” Republican candidate Donald Trump. The 30-minute speech on the Ellipse was the same location where Trump, then president, held a rally nearly […]

Speakers at six-hour Trump rally in NYC insult Puerto Ricans, mock Harris’ race

By: - October 28, 2024

NEW YORK? — Former President Donald Trump promised “America’s new golden age” of closed borders and world peace as he rallied a capacity crowd at Madison Square Garden in his home city in the final stretch of the 2024 presidential contest against Vice President Kamala Harris. Trump headlined the over six-hour rally that featured nearly […]

Final results may lag in deadlocked presidential contest, anxious election officials warn

By: and - October 27, 2024

WASHINGTON — As an exceedingly bitter, tight and dark campaign for the presidency moves into its last moments, apprehensive election officials and experts warn Election Day is only the first step. The closing of the polls and end of mail-in voting kick off a nearly three-month process before the next president of the United States […]

Early voting now underway, Trump and Harris crisscross the battleground states

By: - October 22, 2024

WASHINGTON — With exactly two weeks until Election Day, millions of Americans have already cast their ballots via the mail or in person as Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump pursue voters through the battleground states. Early in-person absentee voting kicked off Tuesday in Wisconsin, adding to the list of swing states […]

Reforms at the U.S. Supreme Court: Where do Harris and Trump stand?

By: - October 22, 2024

This is one in a series of States Newsroom reports on the major policy issues in the presidential race. WASHINGTON — Democrats have increasingly cried out for new rules for the nation’s highest court, and the 2024 presidential election reflects a clear party divide over how Supreme Court justices should behave and whether they should […]

The presidential race is consuming battleground Pennsylvania. What do voters have to say?

By: - October 18, 2024

PITTSBURGH — The 2024 presidential contest between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump could come down to Pennsylvania, and nobody knows that more than the Pennsylvanians inundated by the campaigns. The commonwealth, with its nearly 13 million residents and 19 Electoral College votes, carries the biggest prize for the winner among the […]

Walz rallies with Steelers fans in Pittsburgh, questions Trump’s mental fitness

By: - October 15, 2024

PITTSBURGH — Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz urged a crowd of Pittsburgh Steelers fans to vote early as he rallied a few hundred of them Tuesday night at the professional football team’s home at Acrisure Stadium. Vice President Kamala Harris’ Democratic presidential running mate campaigned in the southwestern Pennsylvania city as the campaign continues its blitz […]

‘You pick the next president’: Pivotal Erie County, Pennsylvania, rallies for Harris

By: - October 14, 2024

ERIE, Pa. — Vice President Kamala Harris packed an arena Monday night in Erie, Pennsylvania, a swing corner of the key swing state in the 2024 presidential election. Harris, the Democratic nominee for president, told thousands of spectators, “You are a pivot county.” “How you all vote in presidential elections often ends up predicting the […]

Vance in Pennsylvania says there was a ‘peaceful transfer of power’ in January 2021?

By: - October 12, 2024

JOHNSTOWN, Pa. — Republican vice presidential candidate J.D. Vance campaigned Saturday in the key battleground of Pennsylvania, where early mail-in voting is already underway as just 25 days remain in the heated 2024 race that will be decided by a handful of states. Former President Donald Trump’s running mate rallied a crowd of a few […]

Foreign policy: Where do Harris and Trump stand?

By: - October 11, 2024

This is one in a series of States Newsroom reports on the major policy issues in the presidential race. WASHINGTON — The next U.S. president must steer the nation through crises across the globe, including worsening violence in the Middle East, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s refusal to retreat from Ukraine and U.S-China trade relations. The […]

Trump labels Detroit a ‘mess,’ pledges to make car loan interest fully deductible

By: - October 10, 2024

WASHINGTON — Former President Donald Trump promised to “save the American auto industry” Thursday during a meandering speech to the Detroit Economic Club, during which he insulted his host city as a “mess” and announced a new plan to make car loan interest payments fully deductible. Trump unveiled the new plank of his tax plan […]

One year since Oct. 7 attack on Israel, U.S. leaders honor victims and protesters march

By: - October 7, 2024

WASHINGTON — U.S. leaders marked one year Monday since Hamas militants launched a shocking attack on Israel, murdering more than 1,000 civilians, taking hundreds prisoner and igniting an all-but-declared regional war and a deadly Israeli offensive in the Gaza Strip that the U.S. has failed to halt despite months of cease-fire negotiations. Demonstrations against Israel’s […]