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October 30, 2024 at 6:29 PM

Expert previews potential Election Day 'mirages' we might see as votes are counted

"Start Here" spoke with Michael McDonald, a professor of Political Science at the University of Florida, who has been studying how votes are counted for years.
October 30, 2024 at 6:29 PM
People wait in a line around city hall to cast their ballot on the last day of early voting, Oct. 29, 2024, in Philadelphia.
3 months ago

Health Secretary Xavier Becerra breaks down Medicare drug price talks

The White House says it has "beat Big Pharma," after Medicare reached agreements with manufacturers to lower the prices of 10 of the most expensive drugs in the U.S.
3 months ago
Secretary of Health and Human Services, Xavier Becerra speaks during the Launch of the Bureau of Global Health Security and Diplomacy at the Department of State in Washington D.C., Aug. 1, 2023.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Barr says Trump's tweets 'make it impossible for me to do my job'

It's Friday, Feb. 14, 2020. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Attorney General William Barr speaks to ABC News' Pierre Thomas during an interview on Feb. 13, 2020.
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'Start Here': Trump blasts Roger Stone prosecutors over sentencing dispute

It's Thursday, Feb. 13, 2020. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Ecuadorian President Lenin Moreno in the Oval Office of the White House, Feb. 12, 2020, in Washington.
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'Start Here': Sanders, Buttigieg, and the New Hampshire primary

It's Tuesday, Feb. 11, 2020. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., pauses as his supporters applaud during a campaign stop at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, N.H., Feb. 10, 2020.
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'Start Here': Biden admits winning New Hampshire an 'uphill battle'

It's Monday, Feb. 10, 2020. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Yard signs for Democratic presidential candidates are posted in front of a home in Manchester, N.H., Feb. 5, 2020.
5 years ago

'Start Here': New Hampshire debate and Trump after acquittal

It's Friday, Feb. 7, 2020. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Yard signs for Democratic presidential candidates Sen. Bernie Sanders and former South Bend, Indiana Mayor Pete Buttigieg are posted in front of an abandoned business, Feb. 05, 2020, in Manchester, New Hampshire.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Iowa caucus chaos and impeachment trial closing arguments

It's Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
A volunteer holds a Presidential Preference Card before the start of a Democratic caucus at Hoover High School, Feb. 3, 2020, in Des Moines, Iowa.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Republicans likely have enough votes to block witnesses in trial

It's Friday, Jan. 31, 2020. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts reads a question during the impeachment trial against President Donald Trump in the Senate in Washington, Jan. 30, 2020.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Questioning begins in Senate impeachment trial ahead of witness vote

It's Thursday, Jan. 30, 2020. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Adam Schiff speaks on the Senate floor during the impeachment trial of President Donald Trump, Jan. 29, 2020, in Washington, DC.
5 years ago

'Start Here': John Bolton's book fallout and Kobe Bryant helicopter investigation

It's Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2020. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Senator and Minority Leader Chuck Schumer speaks to the press at the Capitol, Jan. 27, 2020.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Remembering Kobe Bryant and Trump legal team's defense

It's Monday, Jan. 27, 2020. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Former basketball player Kobe Bryant of the US waves at the crowd during the Basketball World Cup semi-final game between Australia and Spain in Beijing, Sept. 13, 2019.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Senators running for president on the trail ahead of impeachment trial

It's Monday, Jan. 20, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., speaks at a campaign event, Jan. 18, 2020, in Exeter, N.H.
5 years ago

'Start Here': House to deliver impeachment articles to Senate as new evidence emerges

It's Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi speaks during a news conference marking the tenth anniversary of the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision at the U.S. Capitol, Jan. 14, 2020, in Washington, DC.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Pelosi plans to send impeachment articles to Senate

It's Monday, Jan. 13, 2020. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi walks back to her office after leaving the House Chamber at the Capitol, Jan. 10, 2020.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Iran vows revenge after US airstrike and Weinstein's new charges

It's Tuesday, Jan. 7, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Mourners surround a truck carrying the flag draped coffins of Gen. Qassem Soleimani and his comrades in Qom, south of the capital Tehran, Iran, Jan. 6, 2020.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Hanukkah stabbing latest in string of New York anti-Semitic attacks

It's Monday, Dec. 30, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start the day.
5 years ago
Community members walk from a rabbi's residence in Monsey, N.Y., Dec. 29, 2019, following a stabbing Saturday night during a Hanukkah celebration.
5 years ago

'Start Here': House votes to impeach President Trump

It's Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
House members vote as House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of Calif., stands on the dais, during a vote on article II of impeachment against President Donald Trump, Dec. 18, 2019, on Capitol Hill in Washington.
5 years ago

'Start Here': House prepares for impeachment vote and Boeing to halt 737 Max output

It's Tuesday, Dec. 17, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start the day.
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'Start Here': Democrats in swing districts facing pressure ahead of impeachment vote

It's Monday, Dec. 16, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerry Nadler speaks as the House Judiciary Committee holds a public hearing to vote on the two articles of impeachment against President Trump, Dec. 13, 2019, in Washington.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Pensacola naval base shooting & impeachment evidence presentation

It's Monday, Dec. 9, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start the day.
5 years ago
The FBI investigates the NAS Pensacola shooting in Floirda.
5 years ago

'Start Here': House Judiciary Committee schedules 1st public impeachment hearing

It's Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
President Donald Trump pardons one of national Thanksgiving turkeys as Wellie Jackson, who raised the turkey, holds it and first lady Melania Trump watches, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Nov. 26, 2019.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Judge says former White House counsel Don McGahn must testify

It's Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
President Donald Trump speaks with members of the press in the Oval Office of the White House, Nov. 25, 2019, in Washington.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Impeachment hearings, Prince Andrew and Pete Buttigieg

It's Monday, Nov. 18, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testifies before the House Intelligence Committee in the Longworth House Office Building on Capitol Hill, Nov. 15, 2019, in Washington.
5 years ago

'Start Here': California school shooting and new testimony in Trump impeachment

It's Friday, Nov. 15, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Students are evacuated from Saugus High School onto a school bus after a shooting at the school left two students dead and three wounded, Nov. 14, 2019, in Santa Clarita, California.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Bloomberg considering 2020 presidential run and military tech fraud

It's Friday, Nov. 8, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg answers a question during an interview with The Associated Press in Orlando, Fla., Feb. 8, 2019.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Ukraine testimony reversal and Kentucky's close governor's race

It's Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
In this Oct. 17, 2019, file photo U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland, center, arrives for an interview with the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence, and House Committee on Oversight and Reform on Capitol Hill in Washington.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Impeachment transcripts released and Kentucky's close governor's race

It's Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
President Donald Trump speaks to members of the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Nov. 4, 2019.
5 years ago

'Start Here': House approves impeachment inquiry and Chicago teachers' strike ends

It's Friday, Nov. 1, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi wields the gavel as the House of Representatives cast their votes on a resolution that sets up the next steps in the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump on Capitol Hill in Washington, Oct. 31, 2019.
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'Start Here': High winds fuel California fires, House to vote on impeachment inquiry

It's Thursday, Oct. 31, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Firefighters prepare to put out flames on the road leading to the Reagan Library during the Easy Fire in Simi Valley, California, Oct. 30, 2019.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Vindman testifies on Ukraine call as Chicago teachers' strike continues

It's Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Army Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, director for European Affairs at the National Security Council, arrives at the U.S. Capitol on October 29, 2019, in Washington, DC.
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'Start Here': White House official to testify he reported concerns over Ukraine call

It's Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-CA, right, speaks while House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Adam Schiff, D-CA, stands during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., Oct. 15, 2019.
5 years ago

'Start Here': ISIS leader al-Baghdadi dead and Bolton's potential testimony

It's Monday, Oct. 28, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
President Donald Trump speaks in the Diplomatic Room of the White House, Oct. 27, 2019.
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'Start Here': Northern California wildfire started near PG&E power facility

It's Friday, Oct. 25, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Flames from the Kincade Fire consume a home in the Jimtown community of unincorporated Sonoma County, Calif., Oct. 24, 2019.
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'Start Here': Republicans storm SCIF amid impeachment process questions

It's Thursday, Oct. 24, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
More than two dozen Republican lawmakers speak to the media before gathering outside the room used by the House of Representatives' impeachment inquiry into President Trump in the US Capitol in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 23, 2019.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Top diplomat directly links Trump to Ukraine investigation push

It's Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Ambassador William Taylor, is escorted by Capitol Police as he arrives to testify before House committees as part of the Democrats' impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump, at the Capitol, Oct. 22, 2019.
5 years ago

'Start Here': US troops moving in Syria and diplomat to testify in impeachment probe

It's Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
A convoy of US troops arrives back from northeastern of Syria, in Duhok, Kurdistan region, Iraq, Oct. 21, 2019.
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'Start Here': Tenuous Syrian ceasefire and Tulsi Gabbard Russia allegations

It's Monday, Oct. 21, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
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Smoke billows around a building reportedly hit in Russian airstrikes on the town of Taftanaz and its surroundings, in Syria's northwestern province of Idlib, Oct. 19, 2019.
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'Start Here': Mulvaney admits Ukraine quid pro quo

It's Friday, Oct. 18, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Vice President Mike Pence attends a news conference at the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey, Oct. 17, 2019.
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'Start Here': Rudy Giuliani won't comply with congressional subpoena

It's Wednesday, Oct. 16, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
Rudy Giuliani, Former Mayor of New York City speaks to the Organization of Iranian American Communities during a march outside the United Nations Headquarters in New York on Sept. 24, 2019.
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'Start Here': Hunter Biden opens up and police kill Texas woman in own home

It's Tuesday, Oct. 15, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
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ABC's Amy Robach talks with Hunter Biden.
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'Start Here': US withdrawing troops from Syria and impeachment witness to testify

It's Monday, Oct. 14, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
A Turkey-backed Syrian rebel fighter fires a weapon in the town of Tal Abyad, Syria, Oct. 13, 2019.
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'Start Here': Giuliani associates arrested and Syrian refugees fleeing

It's Friday, Oct. 11, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
NFormer New York City Mayor and attorney to President Donald Trump Rudy Giuliani visits "Mornings With Maria" with anchor Maria Bartiromo at Fox Business Network Studios on September 23, 2019, in New York.
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'Start Here': Turkey begins offensive in Syria and Germany synagogue shooting

It's Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
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A woman walks as smoke billows following Turkish bombardment in Syria's northeastern town of Ras al-Ain in the Hasakeh province along the Turkish border on Oct. 9, 2019.
5 years ago

'Start Here': White House will not cooperate with impeachment inquiry

It's Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
U.S. Ambassador to the EU Gordon Sondland poses ahead of a meeting with European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker and White House senior adviser Jared Kushner (unseen) at the EU Commission headquarters in Brussels, Belgium, June 4, 2019.
5 years ago

'Start Here': 2nd whistleblower comes forward and Supreme Court begins fall term

It's Monday, Oct. 7, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
President Donald Trump speaks to the press as he departs the White House in Washington, DC, for his annual visit to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, on October 4, 2019.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Trump asks China for Biden probe, Vegas has settlement, N. Korea talks

It's Friday, Oct. 4, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
President Donald Trump speaks to the media on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington, Oct. 3, 2019.
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'Start Here': Trump lashes out against impeachment and Bernie Sanders hospitalized

It's Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
President Donald Trump and Finnish President Sauli Niinisto(not shown) hold a joint press conference in the East Room of the White House, Oct. 2, 2019.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Pompeo lashes out at testimony request and UPS drone delivery

It's Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pauses during a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly on Sept. 26, 2019, in New York City.
5 years ago

'Start Here': Barr probing Russia investigation origins and NCAA endorsements

It's Oct. 1, 2019. Here's what you need to know to start your day.
5 years ago
President Donald Trump looks on during a ceremonial swearing-in for Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia at the White House in Washington, September 30, 2019.