Nov 09 Judge orders Newt Gingrich to testify in Georgia 2020 election probe By Matthew Barakat, Associated Press A judge has ordered former House Speaker Newt Gingrich to testify before a special grand jury in Atlanta that's investigating whether then-President Donald Trump and Republican allies illegally tried to influence the 2020 election in Georgia. Continue reading
Nov 09 Raphael Warnock, Herschel Walker advance to runoff election for Georgia Senate seat By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican challenger Herschel Walker will meet in a Dec. 6 runoff in Georgia after neither reached the general election majority required under state law. Continue reading
Nov 09 COP27 host Egypt negotiates energy and transport deals By Samy Magdy, Associated Press Egypt, the host of this year's U.N. climate talks, is racking up a number of deals to green its energy and transport systems still heavily reliant on heavily polluting fossil fuels. Continue reading
Nov 09 WATCH: Biden hails Democrats' 'strong' election night, acknowledges concerns By Chris Megerian, Zeke Miller, Hannah Fingerhut, Associated Press Midterm election results and survey data show that voters set aside their concerns about President Joe Biden to deny Republicans the sweeping victory that they expected. Continue reading
Nov 09 Ron Johnson wins Senate race in Wisconsin By Scott Bauer, Associated Press Republican Sen. Ron Johnson won his reelection to the U.S. Senate. Continue reading
Nov 09 Election conspiracists seeking key state posts fall short By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Republicans who backed Donald Trump's failed efforts to overturn the 2020 election lost key races to oversee elections in some competitive states, even as others remained positioned to take those offices in more conservative parts of the country. Doug Mastriano,… Continue reading
Nov 09 Why the Associated Press hasn't called control of Congress yet By Mike Catalini, Associated Press Neither party has reached the necessary threshold to win control in the House or Senate. Continue reading
Nov 09 Former Vice President Gore announces new inventory of fossil fuel emissions at UN climate summit By Samy Magdy, Associated Press A detailed inventory of the top known sources of greenhouse gas emitters launched by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore at the U.N. climate summit in Egypt on Wednesday found that the top 14 individual polluters are all gas and… Continue reading
Nov 09 Kentucky voters reject constitutional amendment on abortion By Bruce Schreiner, Beth Campbell, Associated Press Kentucky voters have rejected a proposed constitutional amendment that would have removed any protection for abortion rights from the constitution of their deeply red state. Continue reading
Nov 09 Georgia Senate race too close to call, could end in a runoff By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Sen. Raphael Warnock and his Republican challenger Herschel Walker were locked in a tight race night in Georgia as elections officials continued to count ballots in the state that determined partisan control of the Senate nearly two years ago and… Continue reading