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Texas border districts are again in the thick of the fight for House control

Nov. 05, 2024 02:10 AM EST

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Democratic Rep. Henry Cuellar of Texas faced his first election Tuesday since his indictment on bribery charges, one of three closely watched races along the U.S.-Mexico border where Republicans are trying to widen inroads in the predominately Hispanic region. ...

Colin Allred, Ted Cruz reach end of Senate race that again tests GOP dominance in Texas

Nov. 05, 2024 02:02 AM EST

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) — Republican Sen. Ted Cruz, of Texas, sought to fend off an underdog challenge Tuesday from Democratic Rep. Colin Allred in one of the year's most expensive races, which is testing shifts in America's biggest red state and could factor into the fight for U.S. Senate...

Colorado US House race between Rep. Caraveo and Evans comes down to Latino voters

Nov. 05, 2024 01:16 AM EST

DENVER (AP) — One U.S. House race in Colorado is not just one of the closest, and closely watched, in the nation. It's also a test of Republicans' and Democrats' appeal to Latino voters who make up nearly 40% of district's electorate. Democratic U.S. Rep. Yadira Caraveo nabbed...

Harris campaign spends final hours reminding Pennsylvania of a Trump ally's joke about Puerto Rico

Nov. 04, 2024 22:29 PM EST

READING, Pa. (AP) — The day before Election Day, 17-year-old girl Carmen Hernandez held a cardboard sign with the Puerto Rican flag outside Trump’s rally in Reading, Pennsylvania, a city that is two-thirds Hispanic. “What you call trash is our treasure,” the sign read. ...

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...