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US House clears a largely bipartisan package of bills to counter China
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House this week approved a sweeping package of bills to counter China's influence, shoring up a largely bipartisan push to ensure America comes out ahead in the competition between the world's superpowers. The efforts would ban Chinese-made drones, limit...
The debate opened voters' eyes in suburban Philadelphia and Harris is getting a closer look
BRISTOL, Pa. (AP) — The presidential debate this week was the final affront to Rosie Torres' lifelong Republicanism. She said her allegiance to Donald Trump, already strained by his stand on abortion, snapped in the former president's “eye opener” encounter with Kamala Harris. ...
Democrats claiming Florida Senate seat is in play haven't put money behind the effort to make it so
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Florida Democrats made bold claims last week about their chances in a state that has steadily grown more conservative in recent years. But so far they have not matched their words with the kind of money it will take to win there. “Florida is in play,”...
Scott Walker's campaign baffles Wisconsin voters who mistake him for more famous namesake
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. (AP) — Scott Walker loves unions, thinks women should have the right to an abortion and wants to expand health care coverage. If you're confused, get in line. This Scott Walker isn't the former Wisconsin governor whose battles with teachers and...
Judge disqualifies Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz from running for president in Georgia
ATLANTA (AP) — Presidential candidates Cornel West and Claudia De la Cruz are disqualified from running for president in Georgia, two state court judges ruled Wednesday, saying that their electors didn't file the proper paperwork. For now at least, the decision means votes for West...
Trump wouldn't say whether he'd veto a national ban even as abortion remains a top election issue
CHICAGO (AP) — Former President Donald Trump repeatedly declined to say during this week's debate if he would veto a national abortion ban if he were elected again — a question that has lingered as the Republican nominee has shifted his stances on the crucial election issue. In...
Kamala Harris, gun owner, talks firearms at debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris surprised some viewers during her debate with Donald Trump when she said that she's a gun owner, raising the fact to counter her Republican opponent's accusation that she wants to confiscate firearms. “Tim Walz and I are both gun...
To pumped-up Democrats, Harris was everything Biden was not in confronting Trump in debate
WASHINGTON (AP) — To many Democrats, Kamala Harris was everything Joe Biden was not in confronting Donald Trump on the debate stage: forceful, fleet of foot, relentless in going after her opponent. In a pivot from Biden's debate meltdown in June, Democrats who gathered in bars,...
Albania's former prime minister Sali Berisha is formally charged with corruption
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Former Albanian Prime Minister Sali Berisha on Wednesday said he was formally charged with corruption in connection with a property deal, describing the move as politically motivated. In October, prosecutors publicly put him under investigation for allegedly...
Kamala Harris gives abortion rights advocates the debate answer they've longed for in Philadelphia
WASHINGTON (AP) — When President Joe Biden gave bumbling remarks about abortion on the debate stage this summer, it was widely viewed as a missed opportunity — a failure, even — on a powerful and motivating issue for Democrats at the ballot box. The difference was stark, then,...
