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Central Michigan voters are deciding 2 open congressional seats in the fight for the US House

Nov. 05, 2024 07:17 AM EST

DETROIT (AP) — Between redistricting and incumbents forgoing reelection, four congressional seats in Michigan are key targets as the parties vie for control of the U.S. House of Representatives. Republicans are seeking to flip two open congressional seats in central Michigan as the...

Democrat Ruben Gallego faces Republican Kari Lake in US Senate race in Arizona

Nov. 05, 2024 04:32 AM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — Democratic Arizona Rep. Ruben Gallego, an Iraq War veteran, faces well-known former television news anchor and staunch Donald Trump ally Kari Lake in Tuesday's election for U.S. Senate in a state with a recent history of extremely close elections. The race is one of...

Voters in battleground Arizona to decide if local agencies can police illegal immigration

Nov. 05, 2024 04:12 AM EST

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona voters are set to decide whether to let local police arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the state from Mexico, an authority that would encroach on the federal government's power over immigration enforcement but would not take effect immediately, if ever. ...

In Maryland, competitive US House race focuses on abortion, economy and immigration

Nov. 05, 2024 03:23 AM EST

FREDERICK, Md. (AP) — In Maryland’s most competitive U.S. House race, voters on Tuesday will decide whether the sprawling 6th Congressional District will flip red after being represented by Democrats for over a decade. Democrat April McClain Delaney, whose husband previously...

Two Democratic leaders seek reelection in competitive races in New Mexico

Nov. 05, 2024 03:16 AM EST

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Gabe Vasquez is seeking a second term in New Mexico’s swing district along the U.S.-Mexico border, in a rematch against the Republican he ousted in 2022. GOP challenger Yvette Herrell waged her fourth consecutive campaign for Congress in...

Voters deciding dozens of ballot measures affecting life, death, taxes and more

Nov. 05, 2024 00:17 AM EST

While electing officials to make and enforce laws, voters in dozens of states are also deciding on more than 140 ballot proposals affecting the way people legally live, work and die. As 10 states consider measures related to abortion or reproductive rights on Tuesday's ballots,...

UK leader tells Interpol meeting world must 'wake up' to threat from people-smugglers

Nov. 04, 2024 08:32 AM EST

LONDON (AP) — People-smuggling gangs sending migrants across the English Channel in small boats are a serious threat to global security and should be treated like terror networks, British Prime Minister Keir Starmer told an international law-enforcement conference on Monday. ...

Nearly 200 families separated by US-Mexico border reunite briefly in annual event

Nov. 02, 2024 19:57 PM EDT

CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico (AP) — Nearly 200 families gathered Saturday along a stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border for heartfelt but brief reunions with loved ones they had not seen for years because they live in opposite countries. Tears flowed and people embraced as Mexican families...

Minnesota farm town reshaped by migrants wrestles with real changes beyond the political vitriol

Nov. 01, 2024 09:05 AM EDT

WORTHINGTON, Minn. (AP) — Two Guatemalans wearing traditional embroidered skirts bought coconut boba teas on an October afternoon at the bustling downtown Asian market. In decades past, the building served as this rural town’s hardware store where farmers shopped for hammers, nuts and bolts. ...

Texas hospitals must now ask patients whether they're in the US legally. Here's how it works

Nov. 01, 2024 07:11 AM EDT

Texas hospitals must ask patients starting Friday whether they are in the U.S. legally and track the cost of treating people without legal status following an order by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott that expands the state's clash with the Biden administration over immigration. Critics...