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Presidential race tight in Pennsylvania, Dems make gains in House, Senate control not yet decided

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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)

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)

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North Carolina judge challenging outcome of race wore Confederate uniform in college photo

 

  1. North Carolina appeals judges hear arguments in unresolved court election

     
    This undated photo provided by the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts in December 2024 shows North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Allison Riggs. (Roger Winstead/North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts via AP, File)

  2. A still-unresolved North Carolina court election is back before judges next week

     
    This undated photo provided by the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts in December 2024 shows North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Allison Riggs. (Roger Winstead/North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts via AP, File)

  3. Boston ordered to change its elections practices following ballot problems in November

     
    People wait in line to vote on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 5, 2024, in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File)

  4. North Carolina justices don’t fast-track challenge over election for seat on their court

     
    Judge Jefferson Griffin, the Republican candidate for the N.C. Supreme Court listens to testimony in Wake County Superior Court on Friday, February 7, 2025 in Raleigh, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP)

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North Carolina Supreme Court Justice Allison Riggs listens to testimony in Wake County Superior Court on Friday, Feb. 7, 2025 in Raleigh, N.C. (Robert Willett/The News & Observer via AP)

North Carolina judge’s ruling retains close court election result, but more legal steps are expected

 

  1. Legal challenge over extremely close North Carolina election stays in state court for now

  2. Pennsylvania elections chief touts progress in reducing mail ballot rejection rate

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This undated photo provided by the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts in December 2024 shows North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin. (North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts via AP, File)

Federal appeals judges try to untangle litigation over pending North Carolina court election

A federal appeals panel has heard arguments involving a still-unresolved November election for a North Carolina Supreme Court seat. Three judges on the 4th U.S.
 
This undated photo provided by the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts in December 2024 shows North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin. (North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts via AP, File)

North Carolina Supreme Court passing for now on ruling if ballots in close race are valid

 
Dave Sunday speaks to the audience in the Forum Auditorium across the street from the Capitol after taking the oath to become Pennsylvania's next attorney general, Jan. 21, 2025, in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Marc Levy)

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

 
This undated photo provided by the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts in December 2024 shows North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Allison Riggs. (Roger Winstead/North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts via AP, File)

More legal briefs sought in unresolved North Carolina Supreme Court election

 
This undated photo provided by the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts in December 2024 shows North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin. (North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts via AP)

North Carolina justices block certification of election outcome in race for one of its own seats

 

Other big story

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

 

  1. Nearly 200 ballots went uncounted in Wisconsin and officials want to know why

  2. US imposes sanctions on Russian and Iranian groups over disinformation targeting American voters

  3. Republicans gain temporary control of Minnesota House after Democrat decides not to appeal ruling

Scenes from across the US

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 - 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)
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 - 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)
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 - 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)
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 - 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)
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 - 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)
FILE - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks in Detroit, Sept. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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FILE - Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson speaks in Detroit, Sept. 24, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)
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)
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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)
A damaged ballot drop box is displayed during a news conference at the Multnomah County Elections Division office on Monday, Oct. 28, 2024, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

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

 

  1. Voters to decide whether to allow noncitizens to vote in California city’s elections

  2. North Carolina’s historically Black colleges are mobilizing for Nov. 5, tapping an activist history

  3. ‘All I can think about is hotter days.’ Voter campaigns target Latinas worried about climate change

  4. AP PHOTOS: Emptiness sculpts everything from daily life to politics on Arizona’s Navajo Nation

Other news
Myanmar's rescuers work through rubble of a collapsed building following Friday's earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo)

Myanmar’s rescuers work through rubble of a collapsed building following Friday’s earthquake in Naypyitaw, Myanmar, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo)

Survivors still being found from Myanmar earthquake, but hopes begin to fade as deaths exceed 2,700

Rescue workers have saved a 63-year-old woman from earthquake rubble in Myanmar’s capital. But hope is fading of finding many more survivors.
 
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Middle East latest: Palestinians struggle to find food in Gaza; Israeli airstrike in Beirut kills 4

 

A Palestinian from the West Bank is first detainee under 18 to die in Israeli prison, officials say

 

Germany sees Ukraine truce efforts as deadlocked, while China says the talks are encouraging

 
The Department of Health and Human Services building is seen in Washington, April 5, 2009.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Layoffs begin at US health agencies responsible for research, tracking disease and regulating food

 
Sunlight shines through the flags of Canada and the United States, held together by a protester outside on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Feb. 1, 2025.(Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

A Senate vote to reverse Trump’s tariffs on Canada is testing Republican support

 
European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen addresses European Parliament members on new plans to ramp up defense spending agreed at last week's summit, Tuesday, March 11, 2025 at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, eastern France. (AP Photo/Pascal Bastien)

Europe says that it holds a lot of trade cards on the eve of Trump’s tariff ‘Liberation Day’

 
Damaged apartments building are seen after being struck earlier by an Israeli targeted attack in Dahiyeh, a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, early Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

Israel strikes a building in southern Beirut, killing at least 4 people

 

  1. ‘I bought their dream': How a US company’s huge land deal in Senegal went bust

     
    Herders and farmers from left, Adama Sow, Oumar Ba and Daka Sow walk outside Niéti Yone, northern Senegal, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024. (AP Photo/Jack Thompson)

  2. Scientists release plans for an even bigger atom smasher to address the mysteries of physics

     
    Mike Lamont, director for accelerators and technology, center left, and Fabiola Gianotti, center right, director general of the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), speak with members of the U.S. House of Representatives in the Large Magnet Facility during a visit to CERN facilities in Meyrin, near Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, March 21, 2025. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

  3. Marine Le Pen brought the far right to France’s front door

     
    French far right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen attends a party meeting in Nanterre, France, Thursday, Jan. 12, 2012. (AP Photo/Jacques Brinon. File)

  4. Volcano begins erupting in southwestern Iceland after a nearby town and spa are evacuated

     
    An areal view of the volcanic eruption near the town of Grindavik, on the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland, Tuesday, April 1, 2025. (AP Photo/Marco di Marco)

  5. A fireball from a burst gas pipeline in Malaysia injures 145 people

     
    A massive fire burns after a gas pipeline burst on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, in Putra Heights in Puchong, Malaysia. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

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Venezuela's new map that includes the Essequibo territory as its own is displayed at the Foreign Ministry in Caracas, Venezuela, Monday, Dec. 11, 2023. Leaders of Guyana and Venezuela are preparing to meet this week to address an escalating dispute over the Essequibo region that is rich in oil and minerals. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

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.
 
Paul Mescal, from left, Joseph Quinn, Barry Keoghan, and Harris Dickinson, cast members of the upcoming films about The Beatles, speak during the Sony Pictures presentation at CinemaCon on Monday, March 31, 2025, at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

The Beatles biopics cast revealed: Paul Mescal, Barry Keoghan, Joseph Quinn and Harris Dickinson

 
Gracie Abrams appears at The Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute benefit gala in New York on May 6, 2024, left, Kendrick Lamar appears at a news conference in New Orleans on Feb. 6, 2025, center, and Zoe Saldana appears at the Oscars Nominees Dinner in Los Angeles on Feb. 25, 2025. (AP Photo)

Kendrick Lamar, Gracie Abrams and Zoe Saldaña earn Webby Award nominations, along with Nutter Butter

 
This image released by Polk & Co. shows Bill Burr, left, and Michael McKean during a performance of "Glengarry Glen Ross," in New York. (Emilio Madrid/Polk & Co. via AP)

Theater Review: The new Broadway ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’ with Kieran Culkin is perfectly cast

 
This image released by Netflix shows Nick Lachey, left, and Vanessa Lachey host of "Love is Blind" in Los Angeles on April 16, 2023. (Adam Rose/Netflix via AP)

Why your favorite reality shows like ‘Love is Blind’ are using songs you actually know

 

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The Minnesota State Capitol in St. Paul, Minn. which contains the state Supreme Court chamber, is shown before sunrise on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2024. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski)

A court ruling could tip the majority to Republicans in the Minnesota House

Minnesota House Republicans could start the 2025 legislative session in the majority after a judge ruled that a Democratic candidate didn’t meet the residency requirements for his suburban district.
 
This undated photo provided by the North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts in December 2024 shows North Carolina Court of Appeals Judge Jefferson Griffin. (North Carolina Administrative Office of the Courts via AP)

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.
 
North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Allison Riggs speaks to reporters after the State Board of Elections dismissed protests filed by her Republican opponent in last month's court election and by three GOP legislative candidates on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024 in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

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

A trailing candidate in a very close election last month for the North Carolina Supreme Court has asked that court to get involved legally in his race.
 
Members of Wisconsin's Electoral College cast their votes at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool, File)

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

Wisconsin Republicans will meet on Tuesday as required under federal law to cast the state’s Electoral College votes for President-elect Donald Trump, not a day earlier as state law calls for.
 
North Carolina Supreme Court Associate Justice Allison Riggs speaks to reporters after the State Board of Elections dismissed protests filed by her Republican opponent in last month's court election and by three GOP legislative candidates on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024 in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

Republican protests in close North Carolina races dismissed by elections board

North Carolina’s elections board has dismissed protests filed by several Republican candidates trailing narrowly in their races last month who have questioned well over 60,000 ballots cast this fall.
 
North Carolina state Democratic Party Chair Anderson Clayton, left, speaks at a news conference about the pending election for a state Supreme Court seat on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, on Capitol Square in Raleigh, N.C. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

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

Another recount won’t be ordered by North Carolina election officials in a close state Supreme Court race after a partial hand recount failed to suggest the trailing Republican candidate could overtake the Democratic incumbent.
 
FILE - Stickers for voters sit in a roll on top of a ballot box at a voting drop-off location, Oct. 25, 2024, in Washington Park in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Investigator finds Colorado voter system passwords were not intentionally posted online

An investigation has found a series of inadvertent and unforeseen events resulted in Colorado voting system passwords being posted on the Secretary of State’s website earlier this year.
 
Members of Wisconsin's Electoral College cast their votes at the state Capitol in Madison, Wis., Monday, Dec. 14, 2020. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool, File)

Wisconsin Republicans sue to resolve conflict of when Electoral College votes must be cast for Trump

Wisconsin Republicans have filed a lawsuit seeking a court order to resolve a discrepancy between state and federal law about what date the state’s presidential electors must meet to cast Wisconsin’s 10 Electoral College votes for President-elect Donald Trump.
 

The legal fray builds in a very close North Carolina Supreme Court election

An extremely close North Carolina Supreme Court race is the subject of more litigation as election protests filed by the trailing Republican candidate remain pending.
 
FILE - Senate Elections Committee Chair Jenifer Branning, R-Philadelphia, explains a facet of an absentee-ballot bill during floor debate at the Capitol in Jackson, Miss., June 15, 2020. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

State Sen. Jenifer Branning wins a Mississippi Supreme Court seat

State Sen. Jenifer Branning has won a seat on the Mississippi Supreme Court, defeating Justice Jim Kitchens. The Associated Press on Friday declared the race for Branning as counties reported official results from the Nov. 26 runoff election.