Politics

Hundreds of asylum-seekers are camped out near Seattle. There's a vacant motel next door

KENT, Wash. (AP) — Kabongo Kambila Ringo stood outside the tent where he has been staying with his pregnant wife and ate from a clear plastic tray of Girl Scout cookies melting in the midday sun.

Jun 7, 2024 7:01 AM Read more >

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Ohio's special congressional election

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s allies could soon add another House member to their ranks, as Ohio voters head to the polls in a district the Republican former president carried comfortably in 2020.

Jun 7, 2024 6:41 AM Read more >

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in North Dakota's state primaries

WASHINGTON (AP) — While possible Republican vice presidential hopeful Doug Burgum travels the country campaigning for former President Donald Trump, the race to succeed him back home as North Dakota governor tops the list of contests voters will deci

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Sunrise and Edmonton: Hockey cities with big malls meet up in Stanley Cup final

EDMONTON — The mayor of Sunrise, Fla., a city near the edge of the Everglades, home to the NHL Panthers and conspicuously named to avoid death, says it's not that different from Edmonton.

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Political newcomer who blew whistle on Trump faces experienced foes in Democratic primary

WOODBRIDGE, Va.

Jun 6, 2024 10:17 PM Read more >

What to know about new claims that Trump made racist comments on 'The Apprentice'

As Donald Trump seeks to make inroads with African American voters in his third run for the White House, fresh allegations are surfacing about his disrespectful behavior toward Black people on “ The Apprentice ,” the hit reality TV show that launched

Jun 6, 2024 10:07 PM Read more >

Tim Scott, a potential Trump VP pick, launches a $14 million outreach effort to minority voters

WASHINGTON (AP) — A top ally and potential running mate of former President Donald Trump is launching a new effort to win over Black and other nonwhite working class voters he argues could be the deciding factor in November's elections.

Jun 6, 2024 8:55 PM Read more >

Trump, in his first post-trial rally, demands that appeals courts reverse his felony conviction

PHOENIX (AP) — Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail Thursday with a trip to Arizona, his first appearance in a battleground state since he was convicted in a hush money scandal , repeating his critiques of the case against him as politically m

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Widow of Beau Biden tells jurors in Hunter Biden's gun trial that she threw firearm in a trash can

WILMINGTON, Del.

Jun 6, 2024 7:42 PM Read more >

Kentucky Democratic governor pushes back against Trump-led attacks on electric vehicles

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Electric vehicles have built up enough momentum from job growth and investments to steer past any roadblocks from Donald Trump and other critics , Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear said Thursday.

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