• 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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 EDT

    ... 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.

  • Biden and Congress face a summer grind to create legislation

    Biden and Congress face a summer grind to create legislation

    Jun 21, 2021 02:56 PM EDT

    ... instead of the usual 60 needed for most legislation. The Senate is split 50-50, but Vice President Kamala Harris can cast a tie-breaking vote.As the process drags on, it's a reminder that it took more than a year in Congress to pass Affordable Care Act, which ...

  • Trump sues in Pennsylvania, Michigan; asks for Wis. recount

    Trump sues in Pennsylvania, Michigan; asks for Wis. recount

    Nov 04, 2020 08:27 PM EDT

    ... Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, a Democrat, was allowing absentee ballots to be counted without teams of bipartisan observers as well as challengers. She’s accused of undermining the “constitutional right of all Michigan voters...to participate in fair and lawful elections.” Michigan Democrats said the suit was a longshot.

  • California orders GOP to remove unofficial ballot boxes

    California orders GOP to remove unofficial ballot boxes

    Oct 13, 2020 06:55 PM EDT

    ... she didn't know what Republicans planned to do with the ballots they collected and worried they could target Democratic areas with boxes to suppress votes.There also were reports of GOP drop boxes at a church in the Los Angeles County community of Castaic and at various locations in ...