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Abortion rights amendment's passage triggers new legal battle in Missouri
Abortion rights advocates prevailed in ballot measures in seven states, but that doesn't resolve the issue More »
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Trump's return to White House sets stage for far-reaching immigration crackdown
An immigration crackdown appears imminent in a second Trump administration at a time when an APVoteCast survey shows the president-elect’s supporters largely focused on immigration and inflation — issues the Republican has hammered throughout his campaign More »
Giuliani to appear in a NYC court after missing a deadline to surrender assets
Rudy Giuliani will appear in a New York City courtroom on Thursday to explain to a federal judge why he hasn’t surrendered his valuables as part of a $148 million defamation judgment More »
Thousands ordered to evacuate as powerful wind-fed wildfire burns homes in Southern California
California is being lashed by powerful winds that fed a fast-moving wildfire that destroyed homes and forced hundreds of residents to flee in Ventura County More »
Plea deals revived for alleged 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and others
A military judge has ruled that plea agreements struck by alleged Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and two co-defendants are valid More »
Appeals court orders new trial for man on Texas' death row over judge's antisemitic bias
A Texas appeals court has ordered a new trial for a Jewish man on death row because of antisemitic bias by the judge in his case More »
In this Florida school district, some parents are pushing back against a cellphone ban
It’s no surprise that students are pushing back on cellphone bans in classrooms More »
Troubled by illegal border crossings, Arizona voters approve state-level immigration enforcement
Arizona voters have approved letting local police arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the state from Mexico More »
California voters pass initiative to make some shoplifting and drug offenses felonies
California voters have approved a plan to borrow $10 billion for various climate programs More »
AP VoteCast takeaways: Gender voting gap was unremarkable compared with recent history
If women alone had voted, Donald Trump would have lost the presidential election decisively More »