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Jenniffer González of Puerto Rico's pro-statehood party edges ahead in gubernatorial election
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jenniffer González of Puerto Rico's pro-statehood New Progressive Party was leading polls on Wednesday in a historic gubernatorial election that could see her party secure a third consecutive term for the first time. González had 39%, or 438,183 votes...
Puerto Rico awaits historic results in four-way gubernatorial election
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico awaited election results late Tuesday that will be historic regardless of which of the two top candidates in the lead wins. If Jenniffer González of the pro-statehood New Progressive Party wins Tuesday's election, it will mark the first...
Harris campaign spends final hours reminding Pennsylvania of a Trump ally's joke about Puerto Rico
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. ...
Puerto Rico prepares for Election Day as a third-party candidate makes history
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — The two parties that have dominated Puerto Rican politics for decades are losing their grip as they face the stiffest competition yet from a younger generation fed up with the island’s corruption, chronic power outages and mismanagement of public funds. ...
Biden suggests he'd like to smack 'macho guys' during final campaign stop
SCRANTON, Pa. (AP) — President Joe Biden returned to his birthplace in Pennsylvania, making a final campaign stop Saturday for Vice President Kamala Harris and again let loose — offering the kind of unfiltered political sentiments that have become fairly common in recent weeks. ...
Top House Republicans seeking documents regarding Biden's 'garbage' comment
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
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...
Nicky Jam withdraws endorsement of Donald Trump over comedian's 'garbage' comment about Puerto Rico
NEW YORK (AP) — Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Nicky Jam has withdrawn his endorsement of Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election a month after appearing at a rally for the candidate. Tony Hinchcliffe, a comic who called Puerto Rico “garbage” before a packed Trump rally...
Donald Trump boards a garbage truck to draw attention to Biden remark
GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) — Donald Trump walked down the steps of the Boeing 757 that bears his name, walked across a rain-soaked tarmac and, after twice missing the handle, climbed into the passenger seat of a white garbage truck that also carried his name. The former president, once a...
Biden goes off script — again — causing a distraction for Harris in campaign's home stretch
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden was very publicly trying to rein himself in. “Don’t get going, Joe. Slow up,” he advised himself during a speech where he was criticizing Republican Donald Trump. That was Tuesday afternoon. But by evening, Biden didn’t take his own...
