• Democrats retain hold on New Mexico despite shifting support for Republicans
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Democrats in New Mexico maintained political control over the state with the reelection of U.S. Sen. Martin Heinrich and Congressman Gabe Vasquez in a House swing district, but support for President-elect Donald Trump expanded as Republicans captured more legislative seats, reflecting a shift of voter sentiments. Democratic presidential candidates have won […]
  • Mississippi mayor says he faces political prosecution with bribery charges
    JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The mayor of Mississippi’s capital city said Wednesday that he has been indicted in an alleged bribery operation, and he said it is a “political prosecution” to hurt his 2025 campaign for reelection. “My legal team has informed me that federal prosecutors have, in fact, indicted me on bribery and related […]
  • Free pizza and a DJ help defrost Montana voters lined up until 4 a.m. in the snow to vote
    BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Stuck on a snowy sidewalk for hours after polls closed, voters in a Montana college town created an encouraging vibe as they moved slowly through a line leading to the ballot boxes inside the county courthouse. They huddled under blankets and noshed on chips, nuts and pizza handed out by volunteers. […]
  • Appeals court orders new trial for man on Texas’ death row over judge’s antisemitic bias
    SAN ANTONIO (AP) — A Texas appeals court ordered a new trial Wednesday for a Jewish man on death row — who was part of a gang of prisoners that fatally shot a police officer in 2000 after escaping — because of antisemitic bias by the judge who presided over his case. Lawyers for Randy […]
  • Control of the US House hangs in the balance with enormous implications for Trump’s agenda
    WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. House majority hung in the balance Wednesday, teetering between Republican control that would usher in a new era of unified GOP governance in Washington or a flip to Democrats as a last line of resistance to a Trump second-term White House agenda. A few individual seats, or even a single […]