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2024 elections
![Former President Donald Trump arrives at Trump Tower on May 30, 2024, in New York City.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0621-trump-c-400x300.jpg)
Billionaire Makes Largest Donation in 2024 Election Cycle to Pro-Trump Super PAC
Timothy Mellon, the grandson of plutocrat Andrew Mellon, gave $50 million to the Make America Great Again Inc. in May.
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AZ GOP Passes Measure to End Residents’ Right to Vote on Retaining Justices
The measure would have to be approved by voters in the fall election before it can become constitutional law.
![People gather to rally on broad access to the abortion pill outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on March 26, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0610_abortion-400x300.jpg)
Poll Shows Most South Dakota Voters Back Abortion Rights Ballot Amendment
South Dakota currently bans abortion at all stages of pregnancy, with no exceptions for rape or incest.
![Claudia Sheinbaum waves to supporters from a podium](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0603-Mexico-president-400x300.jpg)
Leftist Claudia Sheinbaum Wins Landslide Victory in Mexico Presidential Election
Mexico’s first woman president faces an uneasy road after opponents falsely accuse Morena party of authoritarianism.
![A Muslim voter holds up her finger, inked to denote that she's voted, while standing in front of a mural showing the Indian flag](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/06/2024_0603-india-elections-400x300.jpg)
The World’s Largest Election Ever Is Neither Free Nor Fair
If Modi and the BJP win a third term, it may spell the end of India’s democracy, with serious global repercussions.
![A man sits at a desk near several voting kiosks](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/2024_0513-georgia-voting-400x300.jpg)
A New Georgia Law Makes It Easier to Challenge Voter Registration
Conservative organizations have been vocal about their plans to file many challenges to voter registrations this year.
![A New York City poll worker examines blank ballots on April 1, 2024.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/05/GettyImages-2123627359-400x300.jpg)
Poll Finds Election Officials Fear for Their Safety, Political Interference
The vast majority of local election officials have taken new precautions to secure the 2024 election.
![Former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally outside Schnecksville Fire Hall on April 13, 2024, in Schnecksville, Pennsylvania.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0430-donald-trump-r-400x300.jpg)
Trump Says He Would Let States Prosecute Anyone Who Violates an Abortion Ban
He also said he wouldn’t intervene if states attempt to monitor pregnancies to determine compliance with abortion bans.
![Demonstrators participate in a abortion-rights rally outside the Supreme Court on March 26, 2024, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0425-scotus-uterus-400x300.jpg)
Poll Shows Majority of Americans Would Back Federal Abortion Rights Protections
The issue of abortion rights could help determine who wins in local, state and federal elections this fall.
![Then-President Donald Trump waves after introducing his nominee for the chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell during a press event in the Rose Garden at the White House, on November 2, 2017, in Washington, D.C.](https://truthout.org/app/uploads/2024/04/2024_0426-trump-powell-400x300.jpg)
WSJ Reports Trump Allies Drafting Plan to Give Him Control Over Fed If Reelected
Trump recently suggested the Fed's indication that interest rate cuts may be coming soon is a ploy to help Democrats.