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Kamala Harris to deliver first major speech in San Francisco since loss to Donald Trump
Former Vice President Kamala Harris will make her first major speech since last year’s election loss on Wednesday at a San Francisco hotel. Emerge, a program that recruits and trains Democratic women who want to run for office nationwide, announced on Monday that Harris will be the keynote speaker for Emerge’s 20th anniversary gala. “Vice…
‘Honeymoon period’ over: Poll shows drop in Trump approval ratings among Latino voters
THE LATINO VOTERS THAT FAMOUSLY tipped the scale for candidate Trump in the 2024 election have started to pull away their support. That’s according to a new national poll on Latino voter sentiment following Trump’s first 100 days. Two nonprofits, the Voto Latino Foundation and San Francisco’s Latino Community Foundation, asked a geographically diverse group…
American politics seem more deeply divided than ever. 3 strategies to help bridge the gap
IS IT POSSIBLE to bridge America’s stark political divisions? In the wake of a presidential election that many feared could tear the U.S. apart, this question is on many people’s minds. A record-high 80% of Americans believe the U.S. is greatly divided on “the most important values”. Ahead of the election, a similar percentage of Americans said…
‘A pivotal moment?’ California Latino voters shifted to Trump; the reason is complicated
AT FIRST, MARLYN Huesgew Mendoza registered as a Democrat. In 2020, she re-registered as a Republican and voted for Donald Trump for president, as she did this election. The reason is simple: It was in 2018 — when he was in office — that her family was finally able to buy a house in Merced.…
Populist podcasters love RFK Jr., and he took the same left-right turn to Trump as they did
ROBERT F. KENNEDY JR. is Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Health and Human Services in the new administration. The idea of Trump, a Republican, appointing Kennedy to his cabinet would have been surprising just a few months ago. After all, Kennedy began his presidential run last year as a Democrat and is the scion of a…
Democrats were united, Harris lost anyway: Voters repudiated party’s vision for America
AFTER EIGHT YEARS of politics reshaped by President Donald Trump, Democrats went from being in disarray to putting forth a united front and big tent opposing him. And they lost anyway. Vice President Kamala Harris’ loss after an unusual and truncated campaign marks the second time the American electorate has selected Trump over a Democratic woman. This…
How Trump won: An improbable journey from diminished ex-president to victor once again
By JILL COLVIN | Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — As he bid farewell to Washington in January 2021, deeply unpopular and diminished, Donald Trump was already hinting at a comeback. “Goodbye. We love you. We will be back in some form,” Trump told supporters at Joint Base Andrews, where he’d arranged a 21-gun salute as part of…
What’s next for Adam Schiff? Easy Senate win reunites him with president he impeached
U.S. REP. ADAM SCHIFF, a Burbank Democrat, cruised to victory in California’s U.S. Senate race against Steve Garvey, a former L.A. Dodgers star seeking to become the first Republican elected statewide in 18 years. Schiff won a six-year term to replace Sen. Laphonza Butler, who decided not to run herself after she was appointed following…
How the world saw our presidential election: A collection of photos from around the globe
Photos from India to Taiwan to Jerusalem to Tokyo and many other places around the globe show people of all nationalities watching as the United States selected a new president. Former President Donald Trump received more electoral and popular votes then challenger, Vice President Kamala Harris.
Tight races emerge in key California congressional districts that could determine House control
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD, AP political writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Rival candidates were closely matched Tuesday in a string of hotly contested U.S. House districts in California, where the outcome could be crucial in determining which party controls the chamber next year. Early, partial returns spotlighted tight races in several districts stretching from Southern…
Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert wins after switching congressional districts in Colorado
By JESSE BEDAYN Associated Press/Report for America WINDSOR, Colo. (AP) — Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert won a House seat Tuesday in a Colorado district where she moved midway through her term to avoid what would have been a tough reelection bid in her old district. Boebert, a rabble-rouser who’s helped define an ultra-conservative flank…
Schiff defeats Garvey to win U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Sen. Dianne Feinstein
By MICHAEL R. BLOOD | AP Political Writer LOS ANGELES (AP) — Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff won the California U.S. Senate seat long held by the late Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein on Tuesday after a lopsided, low-key contest. The Los Angeles-area congressman, who rose to national prominence as the lead prosecutor in then-President Donald Trump’s first impeachment…
What is the Electoral College and how does the US use it to elect presidents?
By MARY CLARE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump won the presidency in 2016 because of the Electoral College. So did George W. Bush in 2000. The Electoral College is the unique American system of electing presidents. It is different from the popular vote, and it has an outsize impact on how candidates…
Harris voters driven by democracy, Trump supporters by inflation and immigration
By JOSH BOAK and LINLEY SANDERS, AP VoteCast | Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Voters for Kamala Harris and Donald Trump who cast their ballots for Tuesday’s presidential election had vastly different motivations — reflecting a broader national divide on the problems the United States faces. AP VoteCast, an extensive survey of more than 115,000…
Democrat Andy Kim wins open New Jersey Senate seat, defeating Republican Curtis Bashaw
By MIKE CATALINI and WAYNE PARRY, Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Democratic U.S. Rep. Andy Kim was elected Tuesday to the U.S. Senate, defeating Republican businessman Curtis Bashaw for the seat that opened when Bob Menendez resigned this year after his federal conviction on bribery charges. Kim, a three-term congressman from central New Jersey, becomes the first Korean-American…
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Delaware Democrat Sarah McBride to become first openly transgender to serve in Congress
By RANDALL CHASE, Associated Press DOVER, Del. (AP) — Delaware state Sen. Sarah McBride has been elected to the U.S. House and will become the first openly transgender person to serve in Congress. McBride easily defeated Republican John Whalen IIII on Tuesday in the race for Delaware’s lone House seat. Whalen is a retired construction company owner…
NY OK’s constitution change that supporters say will protect abortion and trans rights
By ANTHONY IZAGUIRRE | Associated Press ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York voters have approved an amendment to the state’s constitution barring discrimination based on things including “gender identity” and “pregnancy outcomes,” changes supporters say will further protect transgender and abortion rights. Supporters and opponents disagreed sharply about the potential legal impact of the Equal Rights Amendment, also known…
Republicans pick up a seat toward Senate majority and Democrats play defense in ‘blue wall’ states
By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLAIRE JALONICK, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans flipped one Senate seat to deadlock the chamber Tuesday, while House races unfolded in a state-by-state slog and polls closed in key states that could decide control of Congress. Early in the evening, West Virginia Republican Jim Justice won the Senate seat opened by Sen.…