Nov 05 AP fact check: Trump’s fabrications on Medicare, immigrants By Calvin Woodward, Hope Yen, Associated Press In the final days before midterm elections, President Donald Trump is painting a distorted picture of immigration while exaggerating his record of achieving economic gains for non-whites and improving health care for veterans. Here's a look at his most recent… Continue reading
Nov 05 ‘Everything’s at stake’ on eve of first Trump-era elections By Steve Peoples, Associated Press There are indications that an oft-discussed "blue wave" may help Democrats seize control of at least one chamber of Congress. But two years after an election that proved polls and prognosticators wrong, nothing is certain on the eve of the… Continue reading
Nov 04 Past midterms, some zero in on amending Constitution By Matt Sedensky, Associated Press Some on the right are working to cement change by amending the Constitution and bypassing the usual process. Continue reading
Nov 04 Voters in Pacific territory choose to keep ties with France By Charlotte Antoine, Associated Press Final results had 56.4 percent of voters in New Caledonia deciding to remain part of France, which has ruled the an archipelago east of Australia since the mid-19th century. Continue reading
Nov 04 Campaigns make final push to galvanize voters for midterms By Nicholas Riccardi, Associated Press Democrats are counting on wresting control of the House from Republicans and hoping for a longshot series of wins to take back the Senate as well. But Republicans are optimistic they can gain seats in a Senate map heavy on… Continue reading
Nov 04 Brent Taylor, mayor of North Ogden, Utah, killed in Afghanistan insider attack By Associated Press The mayor of a Utah city was killed during an attack in Afghanistan while he was serving with the state’s National Guard, authorities said. Continue reading
Nov 04 Legal decisions and a racist robocall in Georgia gov. race By Bill Barrow, Ben Nadler, Associated Press A robocall apparently from a white supremacist group is injecting racism directly into the Georgia race for governor, which has already been fraught with a race-laden debate over ballot access and voter suppression. Continue reading
Nov 03 In Florida, a bitter and personal clash for US Senate By Gary Fineout, Associated Press Floridians could help determine control of the U.S. Senate on Tuesday. Continue reading
Nov 03 ‘We are not killers:’ Migrants in caravan respond to Trump By Sonia Pérez D., Associated Press President Trump said he told the U.S. military at the southwest border that if they face rock-throwing migrants, they should react as though the rocks were “rifles.”… Continue reading
Nov 03 Parkland survivors vote for 1st time, months after massacre By Kelli Kennedy, Mike Schneider, Associated Press The Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School student activists set their sights on the 4 million U.S. citizens turning 18 this year. Continue reading