Politics

CHICAGO (AP) — A battleground race between newbies aiming to fill retiring U.S. Rep.

RENO, Nev.

WASHINGTON (AP) — This week’s ballot had an unspoken candidate — American democracy. Two years of relentless attacks on democratic traditions by former President Donald Trump and his allies left the country's future in doubt, and voters responded.

WINNIPEG — The Manitoba government promised $200 million Thursday to ease the strain on the health-care system and add some 2,000 professionals to the front lines.

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Neither South Dakota's “Curse of Karl” nor the invocations of former President Donald Trump weighed on Republican Sen.

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Oregon Democratic gubernatorial candidate Tina Kotek said Thursday she would focus on addressing the state's homelessness crisis and be a leader for all residents, though the race remained too early to call.

REGINA — The dress code policy at the Saskatchewan legislature is under review after a woman was stopped for wearing a T-shirt saying "abortion is health care.

NEW YORK (AP) — Former President Donald Trump has taken some hits in the aftermath of the midterm elections, but the unkindest cuts may have come from a source that was once among his biggest backers — the media empire of magnate Rupert Murdoch.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — The effort to legalize sports betting in California ran headlong into a typical challenge for competing ballot measures as each was battered in a torrent of negative advertising that doomed both to spectacular failure in the most e

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Leaders of Georgia's oldest city voted Thursday to strip the name of a former U.S. vice president and vocal slavery advocate from the public square named in his honor more than 170 years ago.