Elections

FILE - Montana Republican Rep. Matt Rosendale files paperwork to run for U.S. Senate, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, at the state Capitol in Helena, Mont. Rosendale announced Thursday, Feb. 15, that he was ending his campaign after former President Donald Trump endorsed his Republican opponent, former Navy SEAL Tim Sheehy. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown, File)

Montana Rep. Rosendale drops US Senate bid after 6 days, citing Trump endorsement of opponent

Montana Congressman Matt Rosendale is dropping his bid for the U.S. Senate less than a week after announcing he was running.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Atlanta. The hearing is to determine whether Willis should be removed from the case because of a relationship with Nathan Wade, special prosecutor she hired in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. (Alyssa Pointer/Pool Photo via AP)

In fiery testimony, Fani Willis hits back at misconduct claims that threaten future of Trump case

This is a locator map for Libya with its capital, Tripoli. (AP Photo)

UN envoy says Libya will slide into `disintegration’ if politicians don’t move toward elections

Plaintiff John Rust speaks with reporters following oral arguments before the Indiana Supreme Court at the Statehouse in Indianapolis, Monday, Feb. 12, 2024. GOP Senate candidate, John Rust, who is suing to appear on the primary ballot. A trial judge ruled in December that a state law that stipulates candidates must vote in two primary elections with their party is unconstitutional. The state appealed the ruling. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)

Indiana Supreme Court issues ruling in John Rust Senate bid

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Atlanta. The hearing is to determine whether Willis should be removed from the case because of a relationship with Nathan Wade, special prosecutor she hired in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. (Alyssa Pointer/Pool Photo via AP)

Relationship between DA Fani Willis and Nathan Wade started years earlier than claimed, witness says

FILE - Demonstrators protest President Macky Sall decision to postpone the Feb. 25 vote, citing an electoral dispute between the parliament and the judiciary regarding some candidacies in Dakar, Senegal, Friday, Feb. 9, 2024. Senegal’s top election authority has voided the president’s postponement of a presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25 and its rescheduling in December, saying the moves were unconstitutional. A judgement approved by seven members of Senegal’s Constitutional Council cancelled the decree signed by President Macky Sall that postponed the election. (AP Photo/Stefan Kleinowitz, File)

Delay of Senegal’s Feb. 25 presidential election is ruled illegal, leaving date uncertain

Senegal’s top election authority has voided the president’s postponement of a presidential election scheduled for Feb. 25 and its rescheduling in December, saying the moves were unconstitutional.

Former President Donald Trump speaks before entering the courtroom at Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in New York. A New York judge says former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial will go ahead as scheduled with jury selection starting on March 25. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Delay tactics and quick trips: Takeaways from two Trump case hearings in New York and Georgia

Donald Trump’s unprecedented tangle of overlapping cases was on full display Thursday with simultaneous court hearings in New York and Georgia.

North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein gives a campaign speech outside the student union at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, N.C., Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024. Stein spoke at a kickoff of his gubernatorial campaign's "Students for Stein" movement. With a large fundraising advantage and support from outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper, Stein appears to be the frontrunner for the Democratic nomination, which will be decided in the March 5 primary. (AP Photo/Gary D. Robertson)

Steady ascent or sudden splash? North Carolina governor’s race features men who took different paths

ROXBORO, N.C. (AP) — One candidate is an Ivy League-educated attorney who over 25 years amassed allies as he climbed North Carolina’s Democratic ladder.

People arrive at St Peter's Church Hall as voting gets underway in the Wellingborough by-election, which was triggered by the recall of MP Peter Bone, in Rushden, England, Thursday Feb. 15, 2024. (Joe Giddens/PA via AP)

Voters in two UK special elections deliver their verdict as gloom mounts for Sunak’s government

People in two districts of England are voting in special elections that could spell bad news for Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.

Boris Nadezhdin, a liberal Russian politician who is seeking to run in the March 17 presidential election, center, enters the Russia's Supreme Court for a hearing which is considering his complaint against the signature collection procedure, in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Liberal Russian politician loses appeal against officials’ ruling to bar him from presidential race

A liberal Russian politician has lost an appeal contesting the decision by election official barring him from running in next month’s vote that President Vladimir Putin is all but certain to win.

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis testifies during a hearing on the Georgia election interference case, Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, in Atlanta. The hearing is to determine whether Willis should be removed from the case because of a relationship with Nathan Wade, special prosecutor she hired in the election interference case against former President Donald Trump. (Alyssa Pointer/Pool Photo via AP)

In fiery testimony, Fani Willis hits back at misconduct claims that threaten future of Trump case

Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis has forcefully pushed back against what she described as “lies” about her romantic relationship with a special prosecutor.

Donald Trump awaits the start of a hearing in New York City Criminal Court, Thursday, February 15, 2024. A New York judge says former President Donald Trump's hush-money trial will go ahead as scheduled with jury selection starting on March 25. (Jefferson Siegel for The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Trump’s New York hush-money case will start March 25. It’s the first of his criminal trials

A New York judge says former President Donald Trump’s hush-money trial will go ahead as scheduled with jury selection starting on March 25.

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures as he speaks to scientists on the sidelines of the Future Technologies Forum at the World Trade Centre in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (Sergei Karpukhin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin says Russia prefers Biden to Trump but criticizes current US policy

President Vladimir Putin said that Russia would prefer to see U.S. President Joe Biden win a second term, describing him as more experienced and predictable than Donald Trump.

FILE - In this Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2020 photo, Cobb County Election officials prepare for a recount, in Marietta, Ga. A conservative group that claimed to uncover a ballot trafficking scheme in Georgia has told a judge it has no evidence to back up its allegations. Texas-based group True the Vote in complaint filed with Georgia's secretary of state said it had spoken to several people with knowledge of coordinated efforts to collect and deposit ballots in drop boxes during 2020 and 2021 elections. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

Conservative group tells judge it has no evidence to back its claims of Georgia ballot stuffing

A conservative group that claimed to uncover a ballot stuffing scheme in Georgia has told a judge it has no evidence to back up its allegations.

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi, Democratic candidate for New York's 3rd congressional district, speaks at his election night party Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, in Woodbury, N.Y. Suozzi won a special election for the House seat formerly held by George Santos. (AP Photo/Stefan Jeremiah)

Democrats cheer New York win as good omen for November. But is it enough to calm anxiety over Biden?

Former Democratic Rep. Tom Suozzi winning back his Long Island seat could provide a blueprint for Joe Biden’s reelection campaign heading into November.

FILE - Kentucky Republican state Sen. Chris McDaniel listens to the proceedings during the Senate session in Frankfort, Ky., Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024. McDaniel resumed his push Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024, to limit a Kentucky governor's pardon powers, a fallout from the flurry of pardons granted by the state's last GOP governor that still spark outrage. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley, File)

Too many pardons? Kentucky lawmaker wants a limit after former governor gave over 600 on his way out

A lawmaker has resumed his push to limit a Kentucky governor’s pardon powers. It’s a fallout from the pardons granted by the state’s last GOP governor.

FILE - A man casts his ballot for the presidential elections at a polling station in Skopje, North Macedonia, Sunday, April 21, 2019. North Macedonia’s parliament speaker has signed the formal act for the country to hold parliamentary and presidential elections in the spring. Following opposition pressure, North Macedonia’s main political parties agreed in December to organize general elections on May 8, two months early. A caretaker government was appointed last month. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski, File)

Spring date formally set for North Macedonia parliamentary, presidential elections amid EU bid

North Macedonia’s parliament speaker has formally set early parliamentary and presidential elections in the spring.

FILE - Cornelius Whiting fills out his ballot at an early voting location in Alexandria, Va., on Sept. 26, 2022. The Associated Press is making some of its U.S. elections data available for free to more than 400 nonprofit news organizations in a program funded by the Google News Initiative, the company said on Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Hundreds of nonprofit newsrooms will get free US election results and graphics from the AP

The Associated Press says it will be making some of its U.S. election data available for free this year to more than 400 nonprofit news organizations for the first time.

President Joe Biden takes a photograph with Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge, left, and United States Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield, right, during a reception in recognition of Black History Month in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats and Republicans hold Black History Month celebrations with an eye on November’s election

Black History Month was celebrated in the nation’s capital with dueling events on Tuesday highlighting the divide between Democrats’ and Republicans’ approaches to courting Black voters in the 2024 presidential election.

FILE - A protester waves a Trump flag during rally organized by a group called Election Integrity Fund and Force at the Michigan State Capitol, Tuesday, Oct. 12, 2021, in Lansing, Mich. A fake Certificate of Votes was submitted to the U.S. Senate following Michigan’s 2020 presidential election, an official testified Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, during a preliminary hearing for six people facing forgery and other charges for allegedly serving as false electors. (Jake May/The Flint Journal via AP, File)

Republican Michigan elector testifies he never intended to make false public record

A Michigan Republican accused of participating in a fake elector plot after the 2020 presidential election has testified that he did not know how the electoral process worked and never intended to make a false public record.

Farmers react after police fired tear gas at protesting farmers near Shambhu border that divides northern Punjab and Haryana states, almost 200 km (125 miles) from New Delhi, India, Wednesday, Feb.14, 2024. Protesting Indian farmers Wednesday clashed with police for a second consecutive day as tens of thousands of them tried to march to the capital New Delhi to demand guaranteed crop prices for their produce. (AP Photo/Rajesh Sachar)

Protesting Indian farmers clash with police for a second day as they march toward the capital

Protesting Indian farmers have clashed with police for a second consecutive day as tens of thousands tried to march to the capital to demand guaranteed prices for their produce.

FILE - People walk under a banner advertising the European elections outside the European Parliament in Brussels, on Jan. 24, 2024. TikTok is taking measures to combat misinformation about the upcoming European Union elections including setting up fact-checking hubs inside the app, the video-sharing platform said Wednesday Feb. 14, 2024. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo, File)

TikTok prepares to combat misinfo, AI fakes and influence ops ahead of European Union election

TikTok is taking measures to combat misinformation about the upcoming European Union elections including setting up fact-checking hubs inside the app.

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi speaks during a campaign canvass kick off event, Sunday, Feb. 11, 2024, in Plainview N.Y. The race to replace disgraced former Rep. George Santos pits Democrat congressional candidate Suozzi against Republican Mazi Pilip in New York's 3rd district. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Why AP declared Tom Suozzi the winner of the George Santos seat: Race call explained

Former U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi will return to Congress to replace scandal-plagued Republican George Santos.

FILE - James Craig, a former Detroit police chief, announces he is a Republican candidate for governor of Michigan, on Sept. 14, 2021, in Detroit. Craig is ending his Republican bid for an open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan just over four months after launching his campaign, Craig told The Associated Press on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Ex-Detroit police chief James Craig drops Republican bid for open U.S. Senate seat in Michigan

Former Detroit Police Chief James Craig is ending his Republican campaign for an open U.S. Senate seat representing Michigan.

FILE - North Carolina GOP Chairman Michael Whatley speaks at the state party's convention on June 9, 2023, in Greensboro, N.C. Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump is calling for a leadership change at the Republican National Committee in an attempt to install a new slate of loyalists at the top of the GOP's political machine even before he formally secures the party's next presidential nomination. Trump is calling for Ronna McDaniel to be replaced by Whatley. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard, File)

Trump’s pick to lead the RNC is facing skepticism from some Republicans

Michael Whatley, the chairman of North Carolina’s Republican Party, has been named by Donald Trump as his pick to lead the Republican National Committee.

FILE - Arizona Secretary of State Adrian Fontes speaks after taking the oath of office at the Arizona Capitol in Phoenix on Jan. 5, 2023. On Friday, Feb. 9, 2024, a conservative group filed a lawsuit against Fontes challenging parts of Arizona’s election procedures manual, which was released in late 2023 by Fontes' office. It's the third lawsuit that seeks to throw out provisions in the state’s guide for conducting elections. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin, File)

Group challenges restrictions in Arizona election manual on ballot drop-off locations

A conservative group is challenging parts of Arizona’s election procedures manual. It’s the third lawsuit filed within the last two weeks that seeks to throw out provisions in the state’s guide for conducting elections.

FILE - Tennessee Rep. Gloria Johnson, D-Knoxville, announces her candidacy to run for the U.S. Senate during an event, Sept. 5, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. Less than a year after Tennessee Republicans tried to expel her from the state House, Johnson is seeking another term there while simultaneously waging an uphill campaign for U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)

Tennessee GOP could change law to prevent Democrat’s simultaneous bids for Senate and statehouse

Less than a year after Tennessee Republicans tried to expel her from the state House, Democrat Gloria Johnson is seeking another term there while simultaneously waging an uphill campaign for U.S.

Republican presidential candidate former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley speaks at an event on Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, in her hometown of Bamberg, S.C. (AP Photo/Meg Kinnard)

Nikki Haley stumps in her small hometown of Bamberg ahead of South Carolina’s GOP primary

Nikki Haley has made a campaign stop Tuesday in her hometown of Bamberg, a reliably Democratic rural town that she has described as instrumental to the values that guide her presidential bid, as well as a place where she and her family experienced discrimination.

FILE - Jon Stewart attends The Albies hosted by the Clooney Foundation for Justice at the New York Public Library in New York on Sept. 28, 2023. Stewart is rewinding the clock, returning to “The Daily Show” as an occasional host and executive producing through the 2024 U.S. elections cycle. Comedy Central on Wednesday said Stewart will host the topical TV show, the perch he ruled for 16 years starting in 1999, every Monday starting Feb. 12. (Photo by Evan Agostini/Invision/AP, File)

Jon Stewart’s return to ‘The Daily Show’ felt familiar to those who missed him while he was away

Was he really away for nine years? Jon Stewart’s return to “The Daily Show” as host on Monday night no doubt felt familiar to his fans.

FILE - Former President Donald Trump, right, listens as his daughter-in-law Lara Trump speaks at the North Carolina Republican Convention, June 5, 2021, in Greenville, N.C. Donald Trump is calling for a shakeup at the highest levels of the Republican National Committee. And party leaders are taking it very seriously. (AP Photo/Chris Seward, Fike)

What is happening at the Republican National Committee and could Lara Trump become its co-chair?

Donald Trump is calling for a shakeup at the highest levels of the Republican National Committee. And party leaders are taking it very seriously.

Indonesian presidential candidate Prabowo Subianto displays a victory symbol after casting his vote in Bojong Koneng, Indonesia, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 2024. Subianto, an ex-general linked to past human rights atrocities, has claimed victory in Indonesia’s presidential election based on unofficial tallies. The 72-year-old candidate told thousands of supporters that the victory on Wednesday was “the victory of all Indonesians.” (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Former Indonesian general linked to human rights abuses claims victory in presidential election

A former general linked to past human rights abuses has claimed victory in Indonesia’s presidential election.

FILE - A voter gets a sticker after delivering her vote-by-mail ballot to a drop off box on the first day of early voting at the Supervisor of Elections Main Office in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Monday, Oct. 24, 2022. Restrictions on after-hour drop boxes may make it inconvenient to return ballots outside business hours but they don't keep Floridians from voting, a federal judge said last week, Feb. 9, 2024.(Greg Lovett/The Palm Beach Post via AP, File)

Judge rules that restrictions on after-hour drop boxes don’t keep Floridians from voting

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Restrictions on after-hour drop boxes may make it inconvenient to return ballots outside business hours, but they don’t keep Floridians from voting, a federal judge has ruled.

FILE - San Francisco Mayor London Breed during a news conference to address sea level rise along the city's waterfront in San Francisco, Friday, Jan. 26, 2024. Breed has drawn another challenger in the mayoral race as former San Francisco Supervisor and interim Mayor Mark Farrell announced his candidacy Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)

San Francisco mayor’s race heats up with another challenger to London Breed

San Francisco Mayor London Breed has drawn another challenger in her reelection contest this November.

FILE - David McCormick, a Republican candidate for U.S. Senate in Pennsylvania, speaks at an American Legion, Jan. 18, 2024, in Harrisburg, Pa. Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Casey and Republican challenger McCormick appear unlikely to face primary opponents in Pennsylvania's 2024 primary election. The deadline is Tuesday, Feb. 13, 2024, at 5 p.m. for Republicans and Democrats to submit voter signatures to get on the April 23 primary ballot, and Casey and McCormick have already filed. (AP Photo/Marc Levy, File)

Pennsylvania’s 2024 primary election features contests for attorney general and Congress

Pennsylvania’s 2024 primary election may lack drama in the high-stakes races for president and U.S. Senate, but the fields for lower-ballot contests filled up for state attorney general and a handful of its 17 U.S.

This Jan. 2024 combination photo shows nominees for a Bucks County special election to fill a vacant Pennsylvania state House seat, Republican Candace Cabanas, left, and Democrat Jim Prokopiak in Fairless Hills, Pa., (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Democrats retain majority in the Pennsylvania House with a 102-100 partisan divide

Democrats have retained their slim majority in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. Voters elected a former school board member on Tuesday to represent them in a Philadelphia suburb that has been trending more to the left.