Early voting allows citizens to cast ballots in person before elections. No-excuse early voting available in 47 states and D.C. as of February 2024. Some states allow absentee voting in person without excuse
Primary events began in Iowa on January 15, 2024. Final primary events took place in US Virgin Islands and Guam on June 8, 2024. General election occurred on November 5, 2024. States had until December 11, 2024 to certify their electors. Electoral College met on December 17, 2024
Claude 3.5 Haiku launched on AWS Trainium2 and Bedrock. New computer use model introduced alongside Claude 3.5 Sonnet. Claude now available in Brazil, Canada, Europe, and Android. Message Batches API and Contextual Retrieval introduced
Founded in April 2018 by Catarina Martins, Pablo Iglesias and Jean-Luc Mélenchon. Created after leftists left Party of the European Left due to Greek austerity. Six founding members joined in June 2018: French, Spanish, Portuguese, Danish, Finnish and Swedish
Trump first suggested running for president in late 1980s. He switched parties multiple times: Republican, Reform, Democratic, and back to Republican. Gained political notoriety through CPAC appearances in 2012