Election offices have been understaffed for years. But 2020 was a tipping point, with all the pandemic-related challenges before the presidential vote and the hostility afterward stemming from false claims of a stolen election
The president finds himself facing the difficult balancing act of demonstrating full-throated support for America’s closest ally in the Middle East while trying to also press the Israelis to act with enough restraint to keep the war from spreading into a broader conflagration
New York Mayor Eric Adams announced in July that the city would start giving adult migrants 60 days’ notice to move out of city-run shelters
Prosecutors said the 16 Republicans who gathered in Georgia’s capitol were ‘fake’ electors. Their defenders called them ‘alternate’ or ‘contingent’ electors
Some religiously affiliated shelters in Tijuana, in northern Mexico, try to provide a safe place to wait while their political asylum requests are processed
The gradual return of tourists further threatens to displace evacuees who have been staying in hotel rooms
Venezuelans were arrested 54,833 times by the Border Patrol after entering from Mexico in September, more than double from 22,090 arrests in August
Businesses in Cabo San Lucas nailed up sheets of plywood over their windows, and government personnel hung up banners warning people not to try to cross gullies and stream beds after Norma regained strength
The former vice president ended September with just $1.18 million cash-on-hand, according to recent filings, and owed $621,000 in debt
Also known as the 1973 Arab-Israeli War, this armed conflict had significant implications in the Middle East
Ahead of Sunday’s vote, the far-right candidate has garnered support from all ages and social classes, although his most active followers are young men
He is the third Republican candidate to pause or end his campaign in a primary contest in which former President Donald Trump holds a commanding lead in early polling
Justin Lee, 25, of Rockville, Maryland, had been on administrative leave since he shot and killed a man suspected of stabbing four people on July 22, 2023, according to the police department
The settlement stems from allegations made by the woman against Mike Vereb, who served as Josh Shapiro’s secretary of legislative affairs
Judge Arthur Engoron reserved the right to hold Trump in contempt — and possibly even put him in jail — if he continued to violate a gag order
The indictment alleges Chesebro coordinated and executed a plan to have 16 Georgia Republicans sign a certificate declaring falsely that Trump won the state
The chamber remained deadlocked as the GOP scrambled to find a replacement for Kevin McCarthy
None of the families the AP interviewed received an identification tag or certificate to ensure cremations are authentic. Members of the families described a similar consistency of the ashes that seemed like dry concrete
The threats came after the Council on American-Islamic Relations updated banquet programming to focus on human rights issues for Palestinians. The group is urging members of Congress to promote a ceasefire in Gaza
The manufacturers make unproven claims that the drinks boost kids’ brains or immune systems. Most contain added sugar and are targeted toward children who are at the age when they could develop a lasting taste for sweets
To head off chaos, as part of a multipronged approach to manage and order migration, it is time for decisive action to stabilize migrant hosting communities throughout the Americas
The opposition and the government reached a consensus and outlined an electoral path forward, given the need for change that is widely expressed in the country. It’s a small chance… but just six months ago, it was unthinkable
Retired Deutsche Bank official Nicholas Haigh testified that Trump’s financial statements were key to approvals for hundreds of millions of dollars in loans in 2011 and 2012
The Federal Reserve chairman said inflation has cooled significantly from a year ago, but it’s not yet clear whether it’s on a steady path back to the 2% target
‘El Caso Padilla’ documentary used unpublished material to expose the censorship and repression writer Heberto Padilla endured under the Castro regime
Powell, who was charged alongside Trump and 17 others with violating the state’s anti-racketeering law, entered the plea just a day before jury selection was set to start in her trial
President Joe Biden and other heads of state, hundreds of foreign journalists and more than 1,000 business executives from around the globe are expected to attend the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation leaders’ summit
