Elections

FILE - President Joe Biden speaks Jan. 25, 2024, in Superior, Wis. Biden is campaigning this weekend in South Carolina, which holds its Democratic primary Feb. 3, with one eye squarely on the general election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Biden returns to South Carolina to show his determination to win back Black voters in 2024

President Joe Biden is spending the weekend in South Carolina, intent on driving home two messages: He’s loyal to the state that saved his campaign in 2020 and he’s determined to win back Black voters here and elsewhere who were central to his election last time but are less enthused this go-round.

FILE - Former coal executive Don Blankenship waits outside the West Virginia Capitol on Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018, after the Capitol was evacuated due to a fire alarm in Charleston, W.Va. Blankenship filed paperwork Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, to run for the seat being vacated by West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin, this time as a Democrat. (AP Photo/John Raby, File)

Ex-coal CEO Don Blankenship couldn’t win a Senate seat with the GOP. He’s trying now as a Democrat

Opposition coalition presidential hopeful Maria Corina Machado speaks to supporters at a campaign event in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. An election date has not been set yet, when the opposition's one candidate, Machado, will run against current President Nicolas Maduro. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas)

Venezuela’s highest court upholds ban on opposition presidential candidate

Imam Omar Suleiman speaks at the Islamic Center of Detroit in Detroit, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. President Joe Biden's campaign manager has traveled to Michigan, where many Arab American leaders are enraged over the administration's policy toward Israel, and found some top activists unwilling to meet. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Biden reelection campaign team gets shunned by some Arab American leaders while visiting Michigan

President Joe Biden walks with Rep. Jim Clyburn, D-S.C., during U.S. Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson's wake at Concord Church in Dallas on Monday, Jan. 8, 2024. Johnson, a trailblazing North Texas Democrat who served 15 terms in Congress, died on Dec. 31. (Juan Figueroa/The Dallas Morning News via AP, Pool)

Pro-Biden super PAC launches ad featuring Rep. Clyburn ahead of South Carolina’s lead-off primary

FILE - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger attends the National Association of Secretaries of State winter meeting, Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington. Georgia state senators voted Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, to allow the State Election Board to investigate Raffensperger, including his handling of an audit after Georgia's 2020 presidential election. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Georgia senators vote for board to oversee secretary of state despite constitutional questions

Georgia’s Senate is backing a plan to give the state’s appointed election board the power to investigate Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s handling of elections.

Kentucky Democratic Party leader stepping down to take new role in Gov. Beshear’s administration

Sebastian Kitchen is stepping down from his job as executive director of the Kentucky Democratic Party. He will assume a new role in Gov. Andy Beshear’s administration.

FILE – Liberal Russian politician Boris Nadezhdin speaks to journalists in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2023, after submitting documents to Russia's Central Election Committee for the March 17 presidential election. Thousands of people across Russia are signing petitions to support Nadezhdin’s the longshot candidacy as he challenges President Vladimir Putin. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

An unlikely challenger to Putin brings a rare show of defiance, creating a dilemma for the Kremlin

Thousands of people across Russia are signing petitions to support the longshot candidacy of Boris Nadezhdin.

FILE - Funafuti, the main island nation state Tuvalu, is seen from a Royal New Zealand airforce C130 aircraft as it approaches at Funafuti, Tuvalu, South Pacific, on Oct. 13, 2011. Voting started Friday, Jan. 26, 2024, in the tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, in a national election that could reverberate from China to Australia. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant, File)

Voting begins in tiny Tuvalu in election that reverberates from China to Australia

Voting has started in the tiny Pacific island nation of Tuvalu, in a national election that could reverberate from China to Australia.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night party in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Republican National Committee pulls resolution declaring Trump as the ‘presumptive 2024 nominee’

The Republican National Committee has pulled a resolution to consider declaring Donald Trump the party’s “presumptive 2024 nominee” before he formally clinches the requisite number of delegates.

Gov. Tony Evers, D-Wis., speaks before President Joe Biden at the Earth Rider Brewery, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, in Superior, Wis. Biden is returning to the swing state of Wisconsin to announce $5 billion in federal funding for upgrading the Blatnik Bridge and for dozens of similar infrastructure projects nationwide. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Judge says Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers can be questioned in Trump fake electors lawsuit

A judge has ruled that Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers can be asked questions related to his role serving as a Democratic elector in the 2020 presidential election as part of an ongoing lawsuit against former President Donald Trump’s attorneys.

President Joe Biden waves as he boards Air Force One upon departure, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024, at Andrews Air Force Base, Md. Biden is headed to Wisconsin.(AP Photo/Jess Rapfogel)

AP VoteCast: What the first contests tell us about the Trump and Biden coalitions

With momentum from this month’s presidential contests in Iowa and New Hampshire, Joe Biden and Donald Trump appear poised to give the nation a sequel to the 2020 election — but even strong victories this week for both men highlighted weak spots for each of them.

FILE— In this Dec. 8, 2019, file photo, the then Iranian President Hassan Rouhani speaks at the parliament in Tehran, Iran. Iran's former moderate President Hassan Rouhani says he has been disqualified from running for reelection to the country's influential Assembly of Experts, late Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, calling it a move to limit the people's participation in elections, official state media reported. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Iran disqualifies former moderate president from running for reelection to influential assembly

Iran’s moderate former President Hassan Rouhani announced that he was disqualified from running in an upcoming election for the Assembly of Experts in March, media reported late Wednesday.

North Macedonia’s government resigns ahead of general elections

North Macedonia’s prime minister and his cabinet have formally submitted their resignations to parliament, paving the way for a caretaker government to prepare for general elections planned this May.

Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, right, Chairman of Pakistan People's Party addresses supporters at a election campaign rally, in Bhalwal, Pakistan, Wednesday, Jan. 24,2024. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Pakistani Taliban pledge not to attack election rallies ahead of Feb. 8 vote

The Pakistani Taliban have pledged not to attack election rallies, saying their targets are limited to the military and security forces, as political parties and independent candidates ramp up their campaigns ahead of the Feb. 8 vote.

In this photo released by the Taiwan Presidential Office, Taiwan's President Tsai Ing-wen, center exchange gifts with U.S. Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart, R-Fla., left and Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif, right in Taipei, Taiwan on Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. The co-chairs of the U.S. Congressional Taiwan Caucus are making their first trip to the island after an independence-leaning party won a third straight term in the island's presidential elections this month. arrived Wednesday. (Taiwan Presidential Office via AP)

A US congressional delegation affirms bipartisan support for Taiwan in first visit since election

TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — A bipartisan delegation from the United States Congress reaffirmed support for Taiwan during a visit Thursday following its election of a new president.

FILE - Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a primary election night party in Nashua, N.H., Jan. 23, 2024. A thinned-out primary field and a group of Nevada Republicans loyal to Trump have put the former president on an easy path to sweep the state's Republican delegates and made the third state in the GOP primary calendar a national non-factor. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

A thinned-out primary and friendly voting structure clear an easy path for Trump in Nevada

Nevada’s Republican delegates are essentially locked in for Donald Trump weeks before voters make their choice.

FILE - House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., walks on Capitol Hill, Jan. 18, 2024, in Washington. Former President Donald Trump is racking up Republican endorsements in Congress for his 2024 presidential campaign. On Jan. 24, after Trump won the New Hampshire primary, the number of endorsements climbed even higher, a solid majority of the Republicans in Congress. "It's past time for the Republican Party to unite around President Trump," said Johnson, setting the tone. (AP Photo/Yuri Gripas)

Trump’s quiet campaign to rack up Republican endorsements is working

After Donald Trump lost to Joe Biden and inspired a mob of supporters to attack the Capitol trying to overturn the 2020 election, the defeated president started laying the groundwork for the support in Congress he would need for a return.

President Joe Biden speaks during a United Auto Workers' political convention, Jan. 24, 2024, in Washington. Biden travels to Superior, Wisconsin., on Thursday.(AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden, eager for a 2020 rematch in November, is quick to anoint Trump as his 2024 rival

President Joe Biden is zeroing in on an expected rematch against Donald Trump after this week’s New Hampshire primaries.

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer delivers her State of the State address to a joint session of the House and Senate, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024, at the state Capitol in Lansing, Mich. (AP Photo/Al Goldis)

Michigan Gov. Whitmer focuses on education in State of the State ahead of key term for Democrats

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer called on lawmakers to pass increased investments in education in an attempt to save residents money in her sixth State of the State address Wednesday night.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump walks backstage after speaking at a primary election night party in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. Voter fraud was one thing Trump didn't complain about after his primary win in New Hampshire. While Trump generally refrains from claiming voter fraud in elections he wins, he spends plenty of time laying the groundwork to cry fraud should he lose an upcoming vote. He's already been doing that with an eye toward November's general election. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Trump leans into voter fraud playbook, preparing to cry foul if he loses expected Biden rematch

GOP presidential frontrunner Donald Trump generally refrains from claiming voter fraud in elections he wins, but he is spending plenty of time laying the groundwork to cry fraud should he lose an expected rematch with President Joe Biden.

FILE - A Smartmatic representative demonstrates his company's system, which has scanners and touch screens with printout options, at a meeting of the Secure, Accessible & Fair Elections Commission, Aug. 30, 2018, in Grovetown, Ga. On Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, a judge refused to toss out Fox News' claims that voting technology company Smartmatic is suing the network to suppress free speech, meaning that both Smartmatic's multibillion-dollar defamation lawsuit and the network's counterclaims can continue toward an eventual trial. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP, File)

Fox News allowed to pursue claims that voting firm’s defamation suit is anti-free speech

A judge has refused to toss out Fox News’ claims that voting technology company Smartmatic is suing the network to suppress free speech.

Voters check in to cast ballots in the New Hampshire presidential primary at a polling site in Derry, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Voter turnout in 2024 New Hampshire GOP primary eclipses record

More people cast votes in Tuesday’s contest between former President Donald Trump and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley than in any previous presidential primary of either party in New Hampshire’s history.

FILE - No Labels leadership and guests from left, Dan Webb, National Co-Chair Dr. Benjamin F. Chavis, and founding Chairman and former Senator Joe Lieberman, speak about the 2024 election at National Press Club, in Washington, Jan. 18, 2024. Two Democratic-aligned groups this week have filed campaign finance complaints against No Labels. They are hoping to crimp the centrist group's pipeline of campaign cash and force it to follow the same rules as formal political parties. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

Who are No Labels’ donors? Democratic groups file complaints in an attempt to find out

WASHINGTON (AP) — For months, the centrist group No Labels has stockpiled cash and diligently worked to secure ballot access for a potential third-party presidential bid, striking fear among allies of President Joe Biden that the effort could siphon away votes and hand the White House to Donald Trum

FILE - Demonstrators take the street of Algiers, Friday, April 2, 2021. As the election year commences, opposition parties are raising concerns about economic and political crises plaguing the country four years after widespread protests led to the outster of former President Abdelaziz Bouteflika. (AP Photo/ Fateh Guidoum, File)

Algeria gears up for election year with aging president, opposition that is yet to offer challenger

Algeria is gearing up for an election year with an aging president and an opposition that is yet to present a candidate.

FILE - This combo image shows President Joe Biden, left, Jan. 5, 2024 and Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump, right, Jan. 19, 2024. (AP Photo, File)

The primaries have just begun. But Trump and Biden are already shifting to a November mindset

The Republican primary campaign has barely begun. Barely 400,000 votes have been cast in two rural states over the span of eight days.

Shah Khawar takes over as interim chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board

An advocate of Pakistan’s Supreme Court will be interim chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board. Shah Khawar is expected to hold elections for the position next month.

FILE - Rep. Ami Bera, D-Calif., speaks during the House Committee on Foreign Affairs hearing on the administration foreign policy priorities on Capitol Hill on March 10, 2021, in Washington. The co-chairs of the U.S. Congressional Taiwan caucus began a visit to Taipei Wednesday, Jan. 24, 2024 on the first trip by U.S. lawmakers to the island following its presidential election earlier this month that saw the independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party take a third term in office. (Ting Shen/Pool Photo via AP, File)

US congressional delegation makes first trip to Taiwan after island’s presidential election

The co-chairs of the U.S. Congressional Taiwan Caucus are making their first trip to the island after an independence-leaning party won a third straight term in the island’s presidential elections this month.

FILE - Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger attends the National Association of Secretaries of State winter meeting, Feb. 16, 2023, in Washington. A lawyer for Raffensperger said on Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, that a bill is unconstitutional to give Georgia's appointed State Election Board the ability to investigate Raffensperger. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Georgia secretary of state says it’s unconstitutional for board to oversee him, but lawmakers differ

A Georgia Senate committee wants to give the appointed State Election Board the legal power to investigate Republican Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger’s handling of elections.

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden arrive at the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, after traveling to Manassas, Va., for a campaign event. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Biden wins New Hampshire primary through a write-in effort after declining to campaign there

President Joe Biden has won New Hampshire’s largely symbolic Democratic primary, prevailing via an unusual write-in campaign after he refused to campaign or appear on the ballot in the state.

Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump turns to look at Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., as speaks at a primary election night party in Nashua, N.H., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

New Hampshire takeaways: Trump’s path becomes clearer. So does the prospect of a rematch with Biden

New Hampshire was supposed to present a formidable challenge for former President Donald Trump but he won the state solidly.

President Joe Biden speaks during an event on the campus of George Mason University in Manassas, Va., Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, to campaign for abortion rights, a top issue for Democrats in the upcoming presidential election. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden bolsters campaign with two top White House aides as focus turns to the general election

President Joe Biden is dispatching two of his senior-most White House advisers to bolster his reelection campaign in Wilmington, according to the campaign, as his focus shifts to the general election in November.

Government supporters hold a painting depicting the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, during an event marking the anniversary of the 1958 coup that overthrew dictator Marcos Perez Jimenez, in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Jesus Vargas)

Dueling political factions demonstrate in Venezuela’s capital as presidential election race heats up

Dueling political factions are demonstrating on the streets of Venezuela’s capital, Caracas. The first competing rallies of the presidential election year took place Tuesday as both sides looked to showcase their ability to draw people en masse as Venezuelan voters grapple with uncertainty over the

FILE - Protesters attempt to block a street during a demonstration to demand the release of the hostages taken by Hamas militants into the Gaza Strip during the Oct. 7th attack, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday Jan. 20, 2024. After the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, Israelis put aside their differences and rallied behind the war effort in Gaza. But as the war grinds on, the mood of the Israeli public is shifting and old divisions are reemerging. The catalyst is a rift over the polarizing leadership of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and a growing frustration with his management of the war. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

Rifts within Israel resurface as war in Gaza drags on. Some want elections now

After the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas, Israelis put aside their differences and rallied behind the war effort in Gaza.

CORRECTS ATTORNEY NAME TO JOSEPH MURRAY FROM JOHN MURRAY Former U.S. Rep. George Santos, right, leaves federal court with his attorney, Joseph Murray, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, in Central Islip, N.Y. Santos appeared, Tuesday, in federal court on Long Island, New York for another hearing ahead of his criminal fraud trial later this year. Unlike a prior appearance in December, Santos' lawyer John Murray spoke only briefly about the potential for a plea deal, saying negotiations remain "productive" and that both sides would report back to the judge if there were any notable developments. (AP Photo/Philip Marcelo)

George Santos says he doesn’t plan to vote in the special election to fill his former seat

Former U.S. Rep. George Santos says he doesn’t plan to vote in next month’s special election to fill his now vacant seat in Congress.