As Election Day approaches, states like Michigan are changing their laws to speed up the process of counting ballots so that election results are available sooner. NBC News' Shaquille Brewster reports from Detroit.

Donald Trump will face Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election after Joe Biden dropped out of the race in July.

In the United States, the president is not elected by the popular vote but in a system known as the electoral college.

Judges punishing rioters for storming the U.S. Capitol nearly four years ago fear the nation faces more political violence on the cusp of the next presidential election.

In the final sprint to Election Day, dollars and eyeballs are flocking to prediction markets that offer ever-changing odds of Trump or Harris winning the race.

While many of the questions seemed more like vituperative venting about the presidential candidates, others were constructive and interesting. They ranged from questions about the Electoral College to specific inquiries about why ballots in some counties look the way they do.

FREELAND, MI – U.S. Speaker of the House Mike Johnson believes Michigan is “ground zero” in the battle for the presidency. “Michigan matters more than most, you know that,” Johnson said. “How Michigan goes, so goes the country.”

A question mark for Trump is whether the Black supporters who show up in polls will show up in the actual vote. Adam Carlson, a former Democratic pollster who has compiled data from multiple surveys, notes that polls in 2020 significantly overestimated Trump’s support among Black voters. That may be true again this year.

Voters talked about inflation more than anything else. Their comments revealed that the cost of everyday items could decide the election.

Bill Bratton, who has led the Boston, New York City and Los Angeles Police Departments, told the Herald he believes this election is “going to be unlike any we’ve certainly seen in modern times”

A big group of skateboarders of all ages came before the City Council on Oct. 17, to ask councilors to support the ongoing efforts to renovate the 20+ year-old Westfield skate park in Amelia Park that has fallen into disrepair and vandalism.