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Voters back Nebraska's ban on abortions after 12 weeks of pregnancy and reject a competing measure

Nov. 06, 2024 04:10 AM EST

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Nebraska voters supported a measure Tuesday that enshrines the state’s current ban on abortions after the 12th week of pregnancy in the state constitution, and they rejected a competing measure that sought to expand abortion rights. Nebraska was the first state to have...

Republican US Rep. Lauren Boebert wins after switching districts in Colorado

Nov. 06, 2024 02:53 AM EST

WINDSOR, Colo. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert won a House seat Tuesday in a Colorado district where she moved midway through her term to avoid what would have been a tough reelection bid in her old district. Boebert, a rabble-rouser who’s helped define an...

Republican US Rep. John Curtis wins Mitt Romney's open Senate seat in Utah

Nov. 06, 2024 01:55 AM EST

PROVO, Utah (AP) — U.S. Rep. John Curtis will succeed Mitt Romney in the U.S. Senate after the Republican breezed to victory over his Democratic opponent in deeply red Utah. Curtis defeated Democrat Caroline Gleich, a mountaineer and environmental activist from Park City, in a race...

Washington voters uphold landmark climate law against challenge from conservatives

Nov. 06, 2024 00:34 AM EST

OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Voters in Washington state on Tuesday upheld a groundbreaking law that is forcing companies to cut carbon emissions while raising billions of dollars for programs that include habitat restoration and preparing for climate change. Just two years after it was...

Washington voters uphold landmark climate law against challenge from conservatives who blame it for high prices

Nov. 06, 2024 00:28 AM EST
SEATTLE (AP) — Washington voters uphold landmark climate law against challenge from conservatives who blame it for high prices.

GOP Rep. Andy Ogles wins Tennessee reelection while under FBI probe of campaign finances

Nov. 05, 2024 22:31 PM EST

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Andy Ogles has won reelection in Tennessee while facing an FBI investigation into his campaign finances. Ogles, a member of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, defeated Democrat Maryam Abolfazli in the Republican-favoring district...

Trump called Megyn Kelly 'nasty' 9 years ago. She just helped deliver his closing message

Nov. 04, 2024 22:39 PM EST

Conservative podcaster Megyn Kelly delivered a fiery speech supporting Donald Trump during an event billed as his “closing message” on Monday night, a full-circle moment after the former president and the onetime Fox News star feuded bitterly during Trump's 2016 campaign. Invited...

UK Conservatives pick Kemi Badenoch as new leader, first Black woman to head a big British party

Nov. 02, 2024 12:11 PM EDT

LONDON (AP) — Outspoken, right-leaning lawmaker Kemi Badenoch was named leader of Britain's opposition Conservatives on Saturday, as the party tries to rebound from a crushing election defeat that ended its 14 years in power. The first Black woman to lead a major British political...

Who is Kemi Badenoch, the first Black woman to lead Britain's Conservative Party?

Nov. 02, 2024 10:10 AM EDT

LONDON (AP) — The first Black woman to lead a major U.K. political party, Kemi Badenoch is an upbeat and outspoken libertarian who thinks the British state is broken — and that she's the one to fix it with smaller government and radical new ideas. The new leader of Britain’s...

UK Conservative Party chooses Kemi Badenoch as new leader as it aims to rebound from election defeat

Nov. 02, 2024 07:12 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — UK Conservative Party chooses Kemi Badenoch as new leader as it aims to rebound from election defeat.