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Trump won more young voters, but many don't agree with him on issues: AP VoteCast

Nov. 15, 2024 08:32 AM EST

WASHINGTON (AP) — Americans ages 18 to 29 swung toward President-elect Donald Trump in this year’s election, but they came to his coalition with sharply different views and interests than older conservatives or most top Republican leaders. Trump won nearly half of voters in the...

Trial to begin for the man accused of killing Georgia nursing student Laken Riley

Nov. 15, 2024 04:20 AM EST

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — Opening statements are expected Friday in the trial of the man accused of killing a Georgia nursing student, in a case that helped fan the immigration debate during the last election cycle. Jose Ibarra is charged with murder and other crimes in the February...

Rand Paul wants to bring back Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy as a Senate chair

Nov. 14, 2024 16:00 PM EST

Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul said Thursday that he will lead the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, where he intends to immediately take up President-elect Donald Trump's plan to reinstate a policy requiring asylum-seekers to wait in Mexico for hearings in U.S. immigration...

1 million migrants in the US rely on temporary protections that Trump could target

Nov. 14, 2024 06:59 AM EST

NEW YORK (AP) — Maribel Hidalgo fled her native Venezuela a year ago with a 1-year-old son, trudging for days through Panama's Darien Gap, then riding the rails across Mexico to the United States. They were living in the U.S. when the Biden administration announced Venezuelans...

As US Catholic bishops meet, Trump looms over their work on abortion and immigration

Nov. 12, 2024 17:31 PM EST

BALTIMORE (AP) — As U.S. Catholic bishops gathered for their annual fall meeting this week in Baltimore, the specter of President-elect Donald Trump’s resounding victory hung over the proceedings. In a letter read at the opening of their public sessions, the bishops asked Pope...

Trump picks a pair of experienced advisers motivated to carry out his immigration crackdown

Nov. 12, 2024 14:13 PM EST

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Donald Trump's first picks for immigration policy jobs spent the last four years angling for this moment. Stephen Miller and Thomas Homan had critical roles in the first Trump administration and are unapologetic defenders of its policies, which included separating...

Man waives jury trial in killing of Georgia nursing student

Nov. 12, 2024 12:41 PM EST

ATHENS, Ga. (AP) — A man on Tuesday waived his right to a jury trial in the killing of a Georgia nursing student, a case that became a flashpoint in the national immigration debate. Jose Ibarra was charged in the February killing of Laken Hope Riley, whose body was found on the...

Italy's plan to screen migrants in Albania hits another snag with 2nd group returning to Italy

Nov. 12, 2024 02:09 AM EST

MILAN (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni’s program to screen asylum seekers outside of European Union borders in Albania hit another snag when a court in Rome refused to rule on a formal request to detain seven migrants transferred to the Balkan nation last week. The decision...

Round 2 in the Trump-vs-Mexico matchup looks ominous for Mexico

Nov. 11, 2024 22:24 PM EST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico is facing a second Donald Trump presidency, and few countries can match its experience as a target of Trump's rhetoric: There have been threats to close the border, impose tariffs and even send U.S. forces to fight Mexican drug cartels if the country doesn’t do more to...

Voters in California city reject measure allowing noncitizens to vote in local races

Nov. 11, 2024 18:57 PM EST

SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Voters in a Southern California city rejected a measure that would have allowed residents who aren’t U.S. citizens to vote in local elections. Measure DD was rejected by 60% of the voters in Santa Ana, a city of about 310,000 in Orange County that’s...