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National monument proposed for North Dakota Badlands, with tribes' support

Nov. 22, 2024 16:57 PM EST

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — A coalition of conservation groups and Native American tribal citizens on Friday called on President Joe Biden to designate nearly 140,000 acres of rugged, scenic Badlands as North Dakota's first national monument, a proposal several tribal nations say would preserve the...

Russian lawmakers endorse bill to ban adoptions by gender-transition countries

Nov. 20, 2024 10:18 AM EST

MOSCOW (AP) — Russia’s upper house of parliament on Wednesday endorsed a bill banning adoption of Russian children by citizens of countries where gender transitioning is legal. The Federation Council also approved bills that outlaw the spread of material that encourages people...

Mike Huckabee, Trump's pick for ambassador to Israel, has long called himself a Zionist

Nov. 13, 2024 16:48 PM EST

Former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, President-elect Donald Trump's pick to be ambassador to Israel, has long rejected a Palestinian state in territory previously seized by Israel and has repeatedly signaled his staunch support for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Huckabee,...

AP Race Call: Donald Trump wins Arkansas

Nov. 05, 2024 20:53 PM EST

Former President Donald Trump secured Arkansas' six electoral votes on Tuesday, winning the heavily Republican state for the third presidential election in a row. Trump had the backing of the state's top Republican figures, including Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders. Sanders, who had served as Trump's White House...

Trump meets with Arab Americans in Dearborn, Michigan, but top community leaders skipped the event

Nov. 01, 2024 17:14 PM EDT

LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Donald Trump on Friday met with Arab Americans in Dearborn, Michigan — the nation’s largest Arab-majority city — as the Republican presidential nominee works to court the potentially decisive group despite his history of Islamophobic rhetoric and policy. ...

Nicky Jam withdraws endorsement of Donald Trump over comedian's 'garbage' comment about Puerto Rico

Oct. 31, 2024 13:32 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Puerto Rican reggaeton singer Nicky Jam has withdrawn his endorsement of Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election a month after appearing at a rally for the candidate.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...

Washington Post report: Subscriber loss after non-endorsement reaches a quarter million

Oct. 30, 2024 18:32 PM EDT

The Washington Post has lost at least 250,000 subscribers since announcing last Friday that it would not endorse a candidate for president — roughly 10 percent of its digital following, the newspaper reported Wednesday. The Post would not officially confirm that figure, saying it...

Newspaper non-endorsements at Washington Post, LA Times fit a trend, but their readers aren't happy

Oct. 29, 2024 15:11 PM EDT

The number of newspapers endorsing a candidate for president has dwindled with the industry's financial troubles the past two decades, in part because owners reason that it makes no sense to alienate some subscribers by taking a clear stand in a politically polarizing time. Yet in...

Owner Jeff Bezos defends Washington Post's decision not to endorse as the right, 'principled' one

Oct. 28, 2024 22:10 PM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Billionaire Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos on Monday defended the newspaper's decision not to endorse a presidential candidate as “right” and “principled” and pushed back against any notion that he ordered it up to protect his business interests. That...

Washington Post becomes second major US newspaper this week to not endorse a presidential candidate

Oct. 25, 2024 18:03 PM EDT

Less than two weeks before Election Day, The Washington Post said Friday it would not endorse a candidate for president in this year's tightly contested race and would avoid doing so in the future — a decision immediately condemned by a former executive editor but one that the current publisher...