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Harris promises to 'represent all Americans' after Biden's remark on Trump supporters and 'garbage'

Oct. 30, 2024 23:02 PM EDT

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Kamala Harris called Wednesday for Americans to “stop pointing fingers at each other” as she tried to push past comments made by President Joe Biden about Donald Trump's supporters and “garbage " and keep the focus on her Republican opponent in the closing days of the...

Election 2024 Latest: Trump and Harris lean into the campaign’s last leg with less than a week left

Oct. 30, 2024 21:36 PM EDT

Donald Trump and Kamala Harris crisscrossed several swing states on Wednesday, passing each other in Wisconsin, where the former president appeared in Green Bay with a one-time local icon, retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre. Mumford & Sons, Gracie Abrams, Remi Wolf and members...

Biden, Cyprus president discuss administration push to win cease-fires in Gaza and Lebanon

Oct. 30, 2024 15:22 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Cypriot President Nikos Christodoulides on Wednesday discussed a new effort by the U.S. administration and mediators in the Middle East to forge cease-fires to end fighting in Lebanon and Gaza. Christodoulides leads the European Union...

The Latest: Trump targets his base and Harris goes after moderates as early voting numbers rise

Oct. 23, 2024 21:17 PM EDT

Kamala Harris and Donald Trump are embracing wildly different strategies to energize the coalitions they need to win as the campaigns enter their final sprint. Follow the AP’s Election 2024 coverage at: https://apnews.com/hub/election-2024. Here’s the latest: ...

Cuba fights to come back from a nationwide blackout, then a storm that killed six

Oct. 22, 2024 10:41 AM EDT

HAVANA (AP) — A small town in far eastern Cuba was recovering Tuesday from flooding that killed at least six people after Hurricane Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast as a tropical storm with winds and heavy rain. Cuba's capital was partially illuminated Monday night after...

The Latest: Trump and Harris make final pushes in key battleground states

Oct. 21, 2024 23:41 PM EDT

With just over two weeks to go before the 2024 presidential election and the race in a dead heat, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are hitting the campaign trail in strategic battleground states. The Republican nominee made three North Carolina stops Monday, including a visit to see...

Biden is making quick trip to Berlin before US election to discuss Ukraine and democracy with allies

Oct. 17, 2024 16:11 PM EDT

BERLIN (AP) — President Joe Biden has long believed diplomacy is about personal relationships — and he'll spend Friday in Berlin with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz as his time in office is on the cusp of ending. There is also a meeting with other leaders in the “European...

Biden to travel to Germany this week, Angola in December for visits delayed by Hurricane Milton

Oct. 16, 2024 14:08 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is heading to Germany Thursday and will visit Angola the first week in December, rescheduling visits that were postponed so he could remain in Washington to monitor the federal response to Hurricane Milton as it struck Florida. The White House...

Trump-Putin ties are back in the spotlight after new book describes calls

Oct. 09, 2024 17:26 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — A new book's assertion that former President Donald Trump may have had as many as seven private phone calls with Russian President Vladimir Putin since leaving the White House has refocused attention on their politically fraught relationship and on Trump's sustained dialogue...

Biden and Netanyahu hold their first conversation in weeks. Trump recently called the Israeli leader

Oct. 09, 2024 17:18 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Wednesday held their first call in seven weeks, a conversation that comes as Israel expands its ground incursion into Lebanon and considers how to respond to Iran’s recent ballistic missile attack. ...