Election 2024

FILE - Then-Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump smiles at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci, File)

Donald Trump is returning to the world stage. So is his trolling

President-elect Donald Trump’s recent dinner with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his visit to Paris for the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral were not just exercises in policy and diplomacy.

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Trump’s picks for key positions in his second administration

DA suggests unusual idea for halting Trump’s hush money case while upholding his conviction

Biden says he was ‘stupid’ not to put his name on pandemic relief checks like Trump did

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

GOP wins control of Congress

The Trump and Biden teams insist they’re working hand in glove on foreign crises during transition

The Trump and Biden national security teams have come to an understanding that they have no choice but to work together as conflicts in Gaza, Syria and Ukraine have left a significant swath of the world on a knife’s edge.

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Donald Trump is returning to the world stage. So is his trolling

Trump promises to end birthright citizenship: What is it and could he do it?

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Young Black and Latino men say they chose Trump because of the economy and jobs. Here’s how and why

Black and Latino voters moved toward Republican Donald Trump in this year’s presidential election, and some of the biggest shifts were among men under age 45, and that helped expand his margin over Democrat Kamala Harris.

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AP VoteCast: Voter anxiety over the economy and a desire for change return Trump to the White House

Democracy was a motivating factor for both Harris and Trump voters, but for very different reasons

AP VoteCast: How Donald Trump built a winning 2024 coalition

How 5 key groups voted in 2024: AP VoteCast

AP VoteCast: Voters who focused on the economy broke hard for Trump

AP VoteCast: Harris voters motivated by democracy, Trump supporters by inflation and immigration

How AP VoteCast works, and how it’s different from an exit poll

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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.

The Trump and Biden teams insist they’re working hand in glove on foreign crises

President-elect Donald Trump doesn’t think much of Joe Biden’s foreign policy record. He frequently casts the outgoing Democratic president as a feckless leader who shredded American credibility around the world during his four-year term.

Judge dismisses charges against 2 Detroit-area election workers in double-voting case

A judge has dismissed charges against two election workers in suburban Detroit who were accused of helping four people vote twice in the summer primary election.

Trump lawyers and aide hit with 10 additional felony charges in Wisconsin over 2020 fake electors

Wisconsin prosecutors have filed 10 additional felony charges against two attorneys and an aide to President-elect Donald Trump who advised the Republican in 2020 as part of a plan to submit paperwork falsely saying that Trump had won the battleground state that year.

Michigan Democrats look toward a future that some hope includes Pete Buttigieg

Michigan Democrats are charting their path forward after significant setbacks in the 2024 election. Come January, they will lose control of the state House, and their leading contender to succeed Gov.

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.

Lara Trump stepping down as RNC co-chair and addressing speculation about Florida Senate seat

Lara Trump will step down as co-chair of the Republican National Committee. One of her potential next steps is replacing Florida Sen.

Election Day has long passed. In some states, legislatures are working to undermine the results

Voters in some parts of the country are discovering that having their say at the ballot box is not necessarily the final word, even though this year’s election was over a month ago.

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.

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.

Vance tells residents in hurricane-stricken North Carolina that they haven’t been forgotten

Vice President-elect JD Vance is surveying hurricane damage in western North Carolina in one of his first public appearances since the November election.

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.

Japan’s Nippon Steel sets sights on a growing overseas market in its bid to acquire US Steel

The signs at Nippon Steel read: “The world through steel,” underlining why Japan’s top steelmaker is pursuing its $15 billion bid to acquire U.S. Steel.

Biden is considering preemptive pardons for officials and allies before Trump takes office

President Joe Biden is weighing whether to issue sweeping pardons for officials and allies who the White House fears could be unjustly targeted by President-elect Donald Trump’s administration.

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.

The Associated Press’ top photos of 2024 from the US

In 2024, U.S. photographers captured glimpses of humanity, ranging from a deeply divisive presidential election, to hurricanes and fires that ravaged communities, to campus protests over the war between Israel and Hamas in Gaza.

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.

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.

Trump seeks to have Georgia election case dismissed, citing presidential immunity

President-elect Donald Trump is trying to get the Georgia election interference case against him dismissed.

Detroit Mayor Duggan, a longtime Democrat, will run for Michigan governor in 2026 as independent

Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan, a longtime Democrat, says he’ll run for Michigan governor in 2026 as an independent because “there are a lot of people in this country who are tired of both” the Democratic and Republican parties.

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.

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.

Judge weighs whether to order Fani Willis to comply with lawmakers’ subpoenas over Trump case

A judge is weighing whether a Georgia state Senate committee has the right to subpoena testimony and documents from Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis as it looks into whether she has engaged in misconduct during her prosecution of President-elect Donald Trump.

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.

From campaigns to polls, the AP’s top photos from the 2024 election

It’s a photograph that defined the 2024 campaign. Donald Trump, campaigning for a second term, raises a fist defiantly toward the sky, blood streaked across his face.

US Postal Service touts timely delivery of mail ballots despite concerns from election officials

The U.S. Postal Service says nearly 100% of completed mail ballots were returned to election offices within a week during this year’s presidential contest.

Minnesota Republicans sue to force election rerun in tight House race where 20 ballots are missing

Minnesota Republicans are suing to try to force a rerun of a state House race where the incumbent Democrat won by 14 votes but investigators concluded that election workers probably destroyed 20 valid absentee ballots after failing to count them.

Trump names Massad Boulos, campaign liaison and family relative, as a senior adviser on Middle East

Donald Trump says Massad Boulos, a Lebanese American businessman who is the father-in-law of Trump’s daughter Tiffany, will be a senior adviser on Arab and Middle Eastern affairs.

Young men swung to the right for Trump after a campaign dominated by masculine appeals

Young men shifted toward Donald Trump in the 2024 presidential election in a change from recent years, when most young male voters backed the Democratic candidate.