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Voter voices: North Carolinians explain their votes for president

This combination of photos shows Vice President Kamala Harris, left, on Aug. 7, 2024, and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump on July 31, 2024. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)

Live Updates: Latest news as Harris, Trump vie for the White House

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Voter voices: North Carolinians explain their votes for president

Pennsylvania row officers are sworn in, marking the first time Republicans hold all 3 offices

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Last North Carolina legislative races get finalized, confirming GOP loss of veto-proof control

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What do Americans think of Trump’s and Harris’ genders?

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Will we know who the next president is on election night?

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How Harris and Trump are blurring long-defined party lines

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How does AP declare election winners?

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What are the many ways Americans cast their ballots?

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Republican candidate for the North Carolina Supreme Court suffers legal setbacks in close race

The trailing Republican in a tight North Carolina Supreme Court race has suffered legal setbacks in his bid to overtake his Democratic rival.

A trailing North Carolina Supreme Court candidate asks the court to get involved in his race

Wisconsin Republicans will cast electoral votes for Trump in line with federal, not state, law

Republican protests in close North Carolina races dismissed by elections board

Another recount won’t be ordered in a North Carolina court race, but protests are ahead

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Investigator finds Colorado voter system passwords were not intentionally posted online

Scenes from across the US

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FILE - Election worker Donna Young inspects a mail-in ballot for damage at the Sacramento County Registrar of Voters in Sacramento, Calif., June 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

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FILE - Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes, a Democrat, speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in Arizona, Monday, March 4, 2024. (AP Photo/Serkan Gurbuz, File)

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FILE - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson addresses the crowd during inauguration ceremonies, Jan. 1, 2023, outside the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis, File)

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FILE - Former Michigan Gov. John Engler speaks at a news conference on Jan. 31, 2018, in East Lansing, Mich. (Dale G.Young/Detroit News via AP, File)

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FILE - Rep. Mike Bishop, R-Mich., makes a concession speech to his supporters at his campaign watch party in Rochester, Mich., on Nov. 7, 2018. (AP Photo/Jose Juarez, File)

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FILE - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks in Detroit, Sept. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

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FILE - Election challengers gather outside the TCF Center in Detroit, where absentee ballots were being counted, Nov. 4, 2020. (Nicole Hester/Ann Arbor News via AP, File)

Police say the man behind ballot box fires has metalworking experience and might plan more attacks

National security adviser John Bolton, left, listens to President Donald Trump, far right, speak during a working lunch with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at Trump’ s private Mar-a-Lago club, April 18, 2018 in Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Trump’s perceived enemies worry about losing pensions, getting audited and paying steep legal bills

It’s not just criminal prosecutions that worry those who have crossed President Donald Trump. There are more prosaic kinds of retaliation: having difficulty renewing passports, getting audited by the IRS and losing federal pensions.

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White House sidelines 160 National Security Council staffers, aligning the team with Trump’s agenda

Winter storm spreads across the Deep South, creating icy danger and snowy fun

To secure Gaza ceasefire, dealmakers overcame enemies’ deep distrust

A 17-year-old shooter killed a female student and himself at a Nashville high school, police say

Afghans who fled Taliban rule urge Trump to lift refugee program suspension

Justice Department orders prosecutors to probe local efforts to obstruct immigration enforcement

Palestinians confront a landscape of destruction in Gaza’s ‘ghost towns’

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ExxonMobil says it will stay in Guyana for the long term despite territorial dispute with Venezuela

Oil giant ExxonMobil says it will keep ramping up production in offshore Guyana despite the escalation of a territorial dispute with neighboring Venezuela, which claims that oil-rich region as its own.

Steven Soderbergh: ‘I’m the cockroach of this industry. I can survive any version of it’

Taylor Swift and Morgan Wallen lead the 2025 iHeartRadio Music Award nominations

Everything you need to know about the 2025 Sundance Film Festival

George Clinton, The Doobie Brothers, Mike Love and more get into Songwriters Hall of Fame

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Elon Musk funded a super PAC comparing Trump’s position on abortion to Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s

Elon Musk was the sole funder of a super PAC that focused on advertising likening Donald Trump’s stance on abortion to that of late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Updated - Democrats in Pennsylvania had a horrible 2024 election. They say it’s still a swing state

The drubbing Democrats took in Pennsylvania has prompted vows to rebound. But there are also lingering doubts about whether it might be leaving the ranks of swing states for a right-leaning existence more like Ohio’s.

Sports betting wins narrow approval in Missouri after high-dollar campaign

Fans in Missouri will be able to bet on sports next year under a ballot measure that narrowly won approval. State election officials on Thursday certified that the sports betting initiative passed with 50.05% support in the November election.

Updated bulleted list - Democrats in Pennsylvania had a horrible 2024 election. They say it’s still a swing state

The drubbing Democrats took in Pennsylvania has prompted vows to rebound. But there are also lingering doubts about whether it might be leaving the ranks of swing states for a right-leaning existence more like Ohio’s.

Unlikely battleground California plays key role -- again -- in setting US House’s political balance

Democrats and Republicans agreed on at least one thing before November’s election: California would play a central role in determining which party controls the U.S. House. Indeed it did.

Republican Austin Theriault ends recount, conceding to Democratic US Rep. Jared Golden

Republican Austin Theriault has ended a recount, conceding to Democratic U.S. Rep. Jared Golden in Maine. The announcement Wednesday brings to an end a closely watched congressional race a month after Election Day.

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Louisiana’s general election

Louisiana voters will decide the fates of four proposed amendments to the state constitution, in what will be the final statewide election of 2024.

Democrat Adam Gray captures California’s 13th US House District, ousting Republican Rep. John Duarte

Democrat Adam Gray has won election to a U.S. House seat representing California’s Central Valley, defeating Republican Rep. John Duarte in the final House contest to be determined this year.

Tight race for the North Carolina Supreme Court is heading to another recount

A very close election for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat heads next to a hand recount. That comes after a machine recount of well over 5 million ballots resulted in no margin change between the candidates.

Ohio’s top elections official rejects GOP challenge to Democratic congresswoman’s residency

Ohio’s top elections official has rejected a Republican challenge over the legal residency of one of the state’s Democratic members of Congress. Secretary of State Frank LaRose made the decision late last week.