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Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Donald Trump and the party control of government

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party's sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump...

Nov 13, 2024

Republicans win 218 US House seats, giving Donald Trump and the party control of government

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have won enough seats to control the U.S. House, completing the party's sweep into power and securing their hold on U.S. government alongside President-elect Donald Trump...

Nov 13, 2024

Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani wins reelection to Arizona US House seat

PHOENIX (AP) - Republican Rep. Juan Ciscomani won reelection to a U.S. House seat in southeastern Arizona in a rematch that pitted him against the Democrat he narrowly beat two years ago. Ciscomani de...

Nov 13, 2024

Sri Lanka votes in a parliamentary election that's key for its new Marxist-leaning president

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country's new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party's power and follow through o...

Nov 13, 2024

Sri Lanka votes in a parliamentary election that's key for its new Marxist-leaning president

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) - Sri Lankans are voting in a parliamentary election Thursday that is key for the country's new, Marxist-leaning president to consolidate his party's power and follow through o...

Nov 13, 2024

At least 1 explosion outside Brazil's Supreme Court leaves 1 dead, forces evacuation

SAO PAULO (AP) - At least one explosion outside Brazil's Supreme Court killed one person and forced the justices and staff to evacuate the building in the capital of Brasilia, police and firefighters ...

Nov 13, 2024

Trump picks Sen. Marco Rubio as his Secretary of State

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) - President-elect Donald Trump named Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida as his nominee for secretary of state on Wednesday, setting up a onetime critic who evolved into one of the ...

Nov 13, 2024

Biden and Xi will meet in Peru as US-China relations tested again by Trump's return

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden will hold talks Saturday with China's Xi Jinping on the sidelines of an international summit in Peru, a face-to-face meeting that comes as Beijing braces for Dona...

Nov 13, 2024

Republican John Thune of South Dakota is elected the next Senate majority leader

WASHINGTON (AP) - Republicans have elected South Dakota Sen. John Thune as the next Senate majority leader, completing a momentous shift in their leadership that elevates a top deputy of Sen. Mitch Mc...

Nov 13, 2024

Teen charged in UK dance class stabbings faces January trial

LONDON (AP) - A teen charged with killing three girls and wounding 10 other people in a stabbing rampage at a Taylor Swift-themed dance class in England this summer is scheduled to go on trial early n...

Nov 13, 2024