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Donald Trump gambles with late-stage trips to Democratic New Mexico and Virginia

Nov. 01, 2024 23:23 PM EDT

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Donald Trump is traveling to New Mexico and Virginia in the campaign's final days, taking a risky detour from the seven battleground states to spend time in places where Republican presidential candidates have not won in decades. The former president...

Top House Republicans seeking documents regarding Biden's 'garbage' comment

Nov. 01, 2024 20:17 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Top House Republicans called on the White House to produce all documents and internal communications regarding President Joe Biden's statement earlier this week in which he appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trump. White House press officials altered...

AP sources: White House altered record of Biden's 'garbage' remarks despite stenographer concerns

Nov. 01, 2024 15:41 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — White House press officials altered the official transcript of a call in which President Joe Biden appeared to take a swipe at supporters of Donald Trump, drawing objections from the federal workers who document such remarks for posterity, according to two U.S. government...

Biden hosts formal ceremony to celebrate federal support for Hispanic-serving institutions

Oct. 31, 2024 17:02 PM EDT

President Joe Biden hosted a formal ceremony Wednesday to publicly celebrate his executive order establishing an initiative to increase funding for Hispanic-serving institutions and create a board of advisors on HSIs. Hispanic-serving institutions, or HSIs, which are not-for-profit...

Voting rights groups worry AI models are generating inaccurate and misleading responses in Spanish

Oct. 31, 2024 12:15 PM EDT

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — With just days before the presidential election, Latino voters are facing a barrage of targeted ads in Spanish and a new source of political messaging in the artificial intelligence age: chatbots generating unfounded claims in Spanish about voting rights. AI...

What to know about the Arizona swing county that could decide who wins the White House

Oct. 30, 2024 11:40 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Maricopa County, Arizona, has become the nation’s ultimate swing county — a place that could determine whether Democrat Kamala Harris or Republican Donald Trump will be the next president and which party controls the U.S. Senate. The county is...

Crossing against the light? You won't get ticketed now that jaywalking is legal in NYC

Oct. 30, 2024 10:52 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jaywalking — that time-honored practice of crossing the street outside of the crosswalk or against the traffic light — is now legal in New York City. Legislation passed by the City Council last month officially became law over the weekend after Mayor Eric Adams...

Biden suggests Trump supporters are 'garbage' after comic's insult of Puerto Rico

Oct. 30, 2024 09:12 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden took a swipe against Donald Trump's supporters as he reacted to the Republican presidential nominee's weekend rally at Madison Square Garden, which was overshadowed by crude and racist rhetoric. In a call organized by the Hispanic advocacy...

Latino evangelical voters torn between their faith and harsh rhetoric around immigration

Oct. 30, 2024 08:05 AM EDT

The Rev. Arturo Laguna leads a largely immigrant church of about 100 followers in Phoenix. His job as a pastor, he says, gets complicated come election season. Laguna's church, Casa de Adoracion, is in Arizona — one of seven closely-watched swing states that could possibly decide...

Trump says his New York rally marked by crude and racist insults was 'an absolute lovefest'

Oct. 29, 2024 23:22 PM EDT

ALLENTOWN, Pa. (AP) — Urged by some allies to apologize for racist comments made by speakers at his weekend rally, Donald Trump took the opposite approach on Tuesday, saying it was an “honor to be involved” in such an event and calling the scene a “lovefest” — the same term he has used...