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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in North Dakota's Democratic presidential primary

Mar. 27, 2024 07:16 AM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Voting ends Saturday in North Dakota’s Democratic presidential primary, with President Joe Biden looking to add the state’s handful of delegates to his insurmountable lead for his party’s nomination. The party-run contest rounds out the busiest month of voting on the...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Missouri's Democratic presidential primary

Mar. 20, 2024 13:48 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden goes before Missouri primary voters on Saturday, and much has changed since the last time he was on the state's ballot seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. For starters, the day after Biden defeated Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont by...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Louisiana's presidential primaries

Mar. 20, 2024 13:47 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Louisiana politics have been dominated this year by new Republican Gov. Jeff Landry’s special legislative sessions to address crime and adopt new congressional maps. On Saturday, the focus will shift to the state’s presidential primaries. There’s little...

Bernie Sanders wants the US to adopt a 32-hour workweek. Could workers and companies benefit?

Mar. 16, 2024 00:10 AM EDT

The 40-hour workweek has been standard in the U.S. for more than eight decades. Now some members of Congress want to give hourly workers an extra day off. Sen. Bernie Sanders, the far-left independent from Vermont, this week introduced a bill that would shorten to 32 hours the amount...

Guest lineups for the Sunday news shows

Mar. 08, 2024 17:56 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — ABC’s “This Week” — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Rep. Nancy Mace, R-S.C. ___ NBC's “Meet the Press” — Sens. Raphael Warnock, D-Ga., and Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Rep. Adam Schiff, D-Calif. __ ...

Biden wins Democratic caucuses in Hawaii as he moves closer to seizing the nomination again

Mar. 07, 2024 05:14 AM EST

HONOLULU (AP) — President Joe Biden won the Democratic caucuses in Hawaii on Wednesday, propelling him closer to winning his party’s nomination again after romping through the Super Tuesday contests earlier this week. The president defeated long-shot candidates including U.S....

Biden's closest allies are stepping up pressure on White House to do more to ease suffering in Gaza

Mar. 05, 2024 13:47 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — More of President Joe Biden’s top Senate allies are demanding that the U.S. act directly to ease Palestinian civilian suffering in Gaza and are joining calls to cut military aid if Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu refuses to change course. What had been...

AP Decision Note: What to expect in Hawaii's Democratic presidential caucuses

Mar. 04, 2024 11:48 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Hawaii Democrats will hold a presidential preference vote on Wednesday as President Joe Biden moves closer to securing the delegates needed to clinch nomination for a second term in the White House. Appearing on the ballot with Biden will be U.S. Rep. Dean...

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Michigan's presidential primary

Feb. 26, 2024 12:29 PM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump look to repeat their past Michigan primary victories on Tuesday, when they each face opponents who haven’t yet won a contest this year but also show no indication of dropping out. Biden is fending off a...

Even voters in independent-minded Maine are taking sides in a polarized nation

Feb. 15, 2024 00:19 AM EST

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The state of Maine's long-cherished reputation for political independence is being threatened by the nation's polarized politics, with more and more of its voters feeling pressured to take sides. The shift, reflected in new voter registration numbers and an...