• Kosovo's governing party wins parliamentary election without a majority, early results show

    Kosovo's governing party wins parliamentary election without a majority, early results show

    Feb 09, 2025 11:51 PM EST

    ... after last year’s tensions with Serbia as well as for the election. A team of 100 observers from the EU, 18 from the Council of Europe and about 1,600 others from international or local organizations will monitor the vote.Associated Press writer Vojislav Stjepanovic contributed to this report.

  • Harris promises to be ‘president for all Americans’ as she accepts her party’s nomination

    Harris promises to be ‘president for all Americans’ as she accepts her party’s nomination

    Aug 23, 2024 10:55 PM EST

    ... said that they voted for Trump in 2020 than Biden. And that goes to what Amy was talking to you guys about, these disaffected Trump voters.Trump thinks that they can get them back from Robert F. Kennedy. Geoff Bennett: So we now have two conventions under our belt. What ...

  • RFK Jr. fails to qualify for CNN's debate, setting up showdown between Biden and Trump

    RFK Jr. fails to qualify for CNN's debate, setting up showdown between Biden and Trump

    Jun 20, 2024 04:30 PM EST

    ... 15 percent in three qualifying polls so far and is currently on the ballot in six states, making him currently eligible for 89 Electoral College votes.Last month, Kennedy filed an election complaint alleging CNN is colluding with Biden and Trump to exclude him from the June 27 debate, alleging ...

  • Modi wins 3rd term in India's general election, narrowly securing majority

    Modi wins 3rd term in India's general election, narrowly securing majority

    Jun 04, 2024 04:05 PM EST

    ... as Modi ramped up polarizing rhetoric that targeted Muslims, who make up 14% of the population, a tactic seen to energize his core Hindu majority voters.The opposition INDIA alliance has attacked Modi over his Hindu nationalist politics, and campaigned on issues of joblessness, inflation and inequality. But the broad ...

  • Trump clinches 2024 Republican nomination

    Trump clinches 2024 Republican nomination

    Mar 13, 2024 03:18 AM EST

    ... of racist comments, including an assertion that his criminal indictments boosted his support among Black Americans, that aren't likely to win over more moderate voters.Still, Trump’s speedy path to the nomination reflects more than a year of quiet work by his team to encourage states to adopt ...

  • What to expect in Rhode Island's 2023 special elections

    What to expect in Rhode Island's 2023 special elections

    Nov 06, 2023 06:45 PM EST

    ... the total number of votes cast is 20,000 or fewer, the margin to request a recount is 2 percentage points or fewer than 200 votes.The AP may declare a winner in a race that is eligible for a recount if it can determine the lead is too large ...

  • Houston joins cities fighting potential state takeovers of school districts

    Houston joins cities fighting potential state takeovers of school districts

    Mar 12, 2023 12:59 AM EST

    ... Republicans approved new voting restrictions in 2021 that outlawed expanded voting options that Houston had put in place, Democrats called it an attack on minority voters.Turner is finishing up his final term as mayor, and the leading contenders in the officially nonpartisan election to succeed him are all Democrats ...

  • Scottish leader calls for new independence referendum next year

    Scottish leader calls for new independence referendum next year

    Jun 28, 2022 08:48 PM EST

    ... overall control in the Scottish Parliament, the election of a record number of Scottish Green lawmakers means there is a majority for a new independence vote.Sturgeon said that if there was no lawful way for the Scottish government to hold a referendum, and if Johnson’s government refused to ...

  • WATCH: White House is 'hopeful' Congress is close approving $10 billion COVID bill

    WATCH: White House is 'hopeful' Congress is close approving $10 billion COVID bill

    Mar 31, 2022 05:50 PM EST

    ... battling the pandemic that dissolved a year ago, when a far larger, $1.9 trillion measure proposed by the new president cleared Congress with only Democratic votes.That bill was laden with spending to help struggling families, businesses and communities, while this one would be aimed exclusively at public health.

  • Democrats reach drug price deal, Biden optimistic on Manchin

    Democrats reach drug price deal, Biden optimistic on Manchin

    Nov 03, 2021 12:10 AM EST

    ... so many deductions they end up paying zero in taxes. Some moderate Democrats in the House said they want to see the final assessment from the Congressional Budget Office on its entire budgetary costs, before taking the vote.Associated Press writers Kevin Freking and Alan Fram contributed to this report.