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The sole candidate for Macao's leader pledges to diversify the casino city's economy
HONG KONG (AP) — The sole candidate in the election for Macao’s next leader on Saturday pledged to diversify the economy of the Chinese casino city, a goal previously laid out by Beijing. Sam Hou-fai, the city's former top judge, said at a news conference that the...
Walz has experience on a debate stage pinning down an abortion opponent's shifting positions
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz knows how to lean into abortion rights on the debate stage. He's done it before. Just ask his Republican opponent in the 2022 Minnesota governor's race, Dr. Scott Jensen, who was on the receiving end of Walz’s...
Wisconsin Supreme Court says Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will remain on swing state's ballot
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled Friday that Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s name will remain on the state's presidential ballot, upholding a lower court's ruling that candidates can only be removed from the ballot if they die. The unanimous decision from the...
Tunisia passes law to strip courts of power over election authority appointed by president
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s parliament amended a law on Friday, stripping power from courts over decisions made by an embattled election authority whose members are appointed by President Kais Saied. Nine days before the presidential election, a majority of members of...
Harris makes scandal-plagued Republican the star of her campaign to win North Carolina
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — There's an unlikely star in Kamala Harris ' push to win North Carolina: Mark Robinson. The state's embattled Republican candidate for governor, Robinson is featured in conversations this week with Harris volunteers and voters on the phone and at their...
North Carolina lieutenant governor names new chief aide as staff departures grow
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Republican Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson quickly named his next state government office chief Thursday, as a dozen workers have quit his office or gubernatorial campaign after last week's CNN report alleging he posted strongly worded racial and sexual comments on an...
Americans are more likely to see Harris' gender as a hurdle than they were for Clinton: AP-NORC poll
WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans are more likely to believe that being a woman will hurt Kamala Harris ' chances in the November election, compared with eight years ago when Hillary Clinton was running. And they are more likely to believe that Donald Trump 's gender will help him. A new...
Top aide for North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson is resigning, adding to staff separations
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The top aide to North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson within state government is quitting, a state official said Wednesday, marking another staff separation from the Republican nominee for governor following a CNN report stating he made explicit racial and sexual posts on a...
Harris is making a 'capitalist' pitch to boost the economy as Trump pushes deeper into populism
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday pledged to build an economy that is both pro-business and helps the middle class as she pushed back against Republican nominee Donald Trump ’s claims that she’s advancing “communist” ideas. The Democratic nominee...
The Latest: Candidates try to counter criticisms in dueling speeches
Derided by Donald Trump as a “communist,” Vice President Kamala Harris is playing up her street cred as a capitalist. Attacked by Harris as a rich kid who got $400 million from his father on a “silver platter,” Trump is leaning into his raw populism. The two presidential...
