US Election 2024-The Daily Rundown

Here’s a rundown of the AP’s latest Election 2024 coverage plans, including live video and text plans, our explanatory journalism and highlights from previous cycles. Candidate schedules are included when available. All times are EDT.

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7 a.m. — Live NY Trump Pool coverage outside of Trump Tower in New York is planned.

8:30 a.m. — Live AP coverage outside of the courthouse in New York is planned.

9 a.m. — Live pool coverage from the courthouse hallway in New York is planned.

3 p.m. — Live US Network Pool coverage of President Joe Biden in Virginia for an event commemorating Earth Day.

ELECTION 2024-MANCHIN-WEST VIRGINIA — Outgoing U.S. Sen. Joe Manchin endorsed the mayor of a city of around 27,000 on Monday in the Democratic primary race for his seat representing deep-red West Virginia, where Manchin is currently the only Democrat holding statewide office. SENT: 450 words, photo.

TRUMP-HUSH MONEY — For the first time in history, prosecutors will present a criminal case against a former American president to a jury as they accuse Donald Trump of a hush money scheme aimed at preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public. SENT: 620 words, photos, videos, audio, courtroom sketches. With TRUMP-HUSH MONEY-THE LATEST.

ELECTION 2024-ELECTION WORKER THREATS — A top concern for election workers throughout the country this year is their own safety. The Associated Press was granted unusual access to a gathering where local law enforcement and federal officials prepared election staff for the potential perils they face as the presidential election approaches. SENT: 1,550 words, photos, video. An abridged version of 980 words is also available.

SUPREME COURT-TRUMP-CAPITOL RIOT-EXPLAINER — The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences: whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. UPCOMING: 1,200 words, photos, video by 11 a.m. With TRUMP-CAPITOL RIOT-LISTENERS’ GUIDE — What to listen for during Supreme Court arguments on Trump and presidential immunity. Sent on April 20: 740 words.

BIDEN-EARTH DAY — President Joe Biden is marking Earth Day in Virginia by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-income communities. He also plans to expand his New Deal-style American Climate Corps green jobs training program. SENT: 810 words, photos.

TRUMP-FRAUD LAWSUIT — The judge who ordered Donald Trump to pay more than $454 million in a civil fraud lawsuit holds a hearing on the qualifications of a company that gave the former president a $175 million appeals bond. Story by 1 p.m.

ELECTION 2024-DECISION NOTES-PENNSYLVANIA — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump will go before voters Tuesday in Pennsylvania’s presidential primaries, a prelude to the November general election, when the commonwealth is expected to again play a critical role in the race for the White House. Further down the ballot, voters will also select nominees in competitive primaries for Congress, the state legislature and three statewide offices. Sent on April 19: 1,240 words, photos.

TRUMP-HUSH MONEY-WHO’S WHO — Donald Trump’s hush money criminal trial shifts to opening statements Monday, followed by the start of witness testimony. The trial centers on allegations the former president falsified his company’s internal records to obscure the true nature of reimbursement payments to his former fixer and lawyer Michael Cohen, who arranged hush money payments to bury negative stories about him during his 2016 presidential race. Sent April 20: 890 words, photos, video.

ELECTION 2024-RNC LAWSUITS — As President Joe Biden and Donald Trump step up their campaigning in swing states, a quieter battle is taking place in the shadows of their White House rematch. The Republican National Committee, newly reconstituted under Trump, has filed election-related lawsuits in nearly half the states. Recent lawsuits over voter roll maintenance in Michigan and Nevada are part of a larger strategy targeting various aspects of voting and election administration. Sent April 21: 1,220 words, photos, audio.

ELECTION 2024-KENNEDY — Independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. acknowledged endorsements from more than a dozen of his relatives who are backing Democratic President Joe Biden, noting that he feels no ill will over the family political divide. Sent April 21: 450 words, photos.

ELECTION 2024-BIDEN-TRAVEL — In any election year, there’s a fuzzy line between governing and campaigning. President Joe Biden’s recent travels across Pennsylvania, a pivotal state in the 2024 election, included a mix of both. But who pays the bill when the president travels to boost a reelection bid? The answer isn’t always clear, and there are lots of behind-the-scenes calculations used to figure out that question. Sent April 21: 750 words, photos.

Sun., April 21 — Puerto Rico Republican presidential primary.

Tue., April 23 — Pennsylvania presidential primary.

Sun., April 28 — Puerto Rico Democratic presidential primary.

May 7 — Indiana presidential primary.

May 14 — Maryland presidential primary, Nebraska presidential primary and West Virginia presidential primary.

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A campaign worker carries out a podium that indicates former President Donald Trump will debate President Joe Biden anytime, anywhere or anyplace, before Trump speaks at a rally in Wilmington, N.C., Saturday, April 20, 2024. (AP Photo/Chris Seward)

PHOENIX (AP) — A judge on Friday rejected an effort by GOP lawmakers to use the term “unborn human being” to refer to a fetus in the pamphlet that Arizona voters will use to weigh a ballot measure that would expand abortion access in the state.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Christopher Whitten said the wording the legislative council suggested is “packed with emotion and partisan meaning” and asked for what he called more “neutral” language. The measure aims to expand abortion access from 15 weeks to 24 weeks – the point at which a fetus can survive outside the womb.

It would allow exemptions to save the woman’s life or to protect her physical or mental health. It would also prevent the state from adopting or enforcing laws that would forbid access to the procedure.

Arizona House Speaker Ben Toma, who is a co-chair of the legislative council, said the group will appeal the court’s decision to the state Supreme Court.

“The ruling is just plain wrong and clearly partisan,” said Toma, a Republican.

The State Supreme Court has until Aug. 27 to rule on the appeal for the language to be changed.

Aaron Thacker, communications director for Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, noted that the final decision on the ballot itself remains in the air.

“There’s still a lot of scenarios at play," he said. "Even after the secretary certifies the signatures, the courts have to decide if counties can put it on the ballot or not."

Arizona for Abortion Access, the organization leading the ballot measure campaign, sued the council earlier this month over the suggested language and advocated for the term “fetus,” which the council rejected.

Attorney General Kris Mayes wrote in a motion to submit an amicus brief that “fetus" and “pregnancy” are both neutral terms that the council could adopt.

“It’s incredibly important to us that Arizona voters get to learn more about and weigh our measure in objective and accurate terminology,” said Dawn Penich, communications director for the abortion access group.

Democrats have centered abortion rights in their campaigns in this year’s elections. Organizers in five other states have also proposed similar measures that would codify abortion access in their state constitutions: Colorado, Florida, Maryland, Nevada and South Dakota.

Arizona organizers submitted more than double the amount of signatures needed for the measure to appear on the ballot.

FILE - Arizona abortion-rights supporters deliver over 800,000 petition signatures to the capitol to get abortion rights on the November general election ballot July 3, 2024, in Phoenix. A judge on Friday, July 26, rejected an effort by GOP lawmakers to use the term “unborn human being” to refer to a fetus in the pamphlet that Arizona voters will use to decide on a ballot measure that would expand abortion access in the state. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)