Oct 15 Watch 9:15 An inside look at how the Associated Press calls winners in thousands of races By Lisa Desjardins, Matt Loffman Election season is well underway. Candidates are campaigning, absentee ballots are being mailed out, and early votes are being cast. It’s all leading to Nov. 5, and one big question: Who won? But to find out, votes actually have to… Continue watching
May 21 Israel to return seized AP camera equipment after blocking live video of Gaza By Josef Federman, Danica Kirka, Associated Press Israeli officials accused the news organization earlier Tuesday of violating a new media law by providing its images to Al Jazeera. The AP denounced the move, which came roughly two weeks after Israel shut down Al Jazeera's offices and banned… Continue reading
Jan 23 Why AP called the New Hampshire primary for Biden By Maya Sweedler, Robert Yoon, Associated Press Early returns confirm the findings of AP’s VoteCast survey of likely Democratic primary voters, which found an overwhelming majority of write-in voters supporting the incumbent president. Continue reading
Jan 01 More Americans say foreign policy should be a top U.S. priority in 2024 By Will Weissert, Linley Sanders, Associated Press Long-standing economic worries still overshadow other issues. But new poll findings from Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research point to increased concern about U.S. involvement overseas now compared to a year ago. Continue reading
Jul 13 ChatGPT creator OpenAI signs deal with AP to license news stories By Matt O'Brien, Associated Press The arrangement involves OpenAI licensing part of AP's text archive, while AP will leverage OpenAI's technology and product expertise, the two organizations said in a joint statement. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed. Continue reading
May 04 Fox opposes other news organizations trying to uncover lawsuit documents By David Bauder, Associated Press Fox News is opposing an effort by three news organizations to reveal documents related to its recently settled defamation lawsuit, saying that material would do nothing but 'gratify private spite or promote public scandal. 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 07 Watch 6:00 How the Associated Press calls winners on election night As polls close on election night and results come in, the NewsHour will rely on the Associated Press for race calls. The AP has more than 4,000 reporters on the ground in all 50 states monitoring vote totals to project… Continue watching
Nov 07 How the AP counts the votes on election night By Meg Kinnard, Almaz Abedje, Associated Press The Associated Press is the only news organization that does all of the nation's vote-counting math on election night. But AP's full-time elections researchers work year-round gathering information on different states' voting procedures and varying rules. Continue reading
Aug 30 Associated Press, other news outlets sue Uvalde officials for records By Paul J. Weber, Associated Press The Associated Press and other news organizations are suing officials in Uvalde, Texas, after months of refusal to publicly release records related to the May massacre at Robb Elementary School. Continue reading