Dreams, desks and selfies: Newly elected members of Congress learn their way around
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. -elect LaKesha Womack, a community organizer who stunned her own Democratic Party by defeating a well-know North Carolina Republican on her shoestring $56,000 campaign budget, said she's excited to arrive in Washington and show what's possible. Rep. -elect Brian Poindexter said his win over incumbent GOP Rep. Max Miller ensures Ohio remains a very swing state. And Rebecca Bennett, a former Navy helicopter pilot in New Jersey who said she's spent her whole life to find...
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- Dreams, desks and selfies: Newly elected members of Congress learn their way around
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Mon, 09 Nov 2026
- Judge sets summer 2028 trial for the man accused of killing Charlie Kirk
- Supreme Court clears the way for border wall construction in Texass Big Bend to resume
- Democrats flip Georgia state House, giving them new control of at least 12 legislative chambers
- FBI is investigating a possible killing aboard a cruise ship out of Texas
- Judges ruling could clear the way for Lindsay Clancy to be tried again in the deaths of her 3 kids
- Nvidias investigation into CEO Huangs affair puts a spotlight on chip billionaires personal life
- Democrats plan to use new power to rein in Trumps education agenda, but their tools are limited
- Correction: Colorado-Officers Shot story
- Ohio State suspends fraternity while investigating a video showing men engulfed in flames
- Senate weighs sweeping energy legislation in first major action since midterm elections
- Karen Attiah says she wont rejoin The Washington Post, which fired her over Charlie Kirk comments
- The Latest: Congress returns to a changed Washington
- Joe Biden, in White House memoir, says Trump should carry the weight of Jan. 6 riots to his grave
- Few museums show the Norths Civil Rights Movement. A new one in Harlem is just getting started
- Nvidia investigates whether CEO Jensen Huang was targeted by Chinese spy with whom he had an affair
Sun, 08 Nov 2026
- Deportation flight of Iranians from US scuttled at last minute, attorney says
- AP Top 25 live updates: Georgia is back at No. 1, followed by Utah and Notre Dame
- Police make arrest in a deadly shooting at Winston-Salem State during homecoming weekend
- Democrats plan to push clean energy to lower bills and challenge Trumps fossil fuel agenda
- Voters demanded economic relief. Trump and Democrats face tough choices on how to deliver
- A language of belonging: Advice for learning the mother tongue of your ancestors
- Native American women made history in tribal, state and federal elections
Sat, 07 Nov 2026
- 2 licensed skydivers die in California after their parachutes become entangled
- Chimp sanctuary delivers an apes food by drone amid Florida floods
- Want to fly to the moon? NASA is looking for new astronauts to help grow its Artemis program
- Berkshire Hathaway buys back $9.6 billion of its own stock but its profits declined
- Nithya Raman to take charge in LA amid homeless crisis and political division
- From high-flying AI stocks to tariff-hit alcohol companies, the midterms shook up Wall Street
- House Democrats will start their majority focused on boosting healthcare and ending the Iran war
- Young voters overwhelmingly backed Democrats this year. The question is whether theyll stay
- US Justice Department drops bid to force California to set aside disputed ballots
- Meghans estranged father arrested and charged with possessing child sexual abuse materials
Fri, 06 Nov 2026
- Grieving father of Florida Learjet co-pilot defends his daughters reputation after crash
- Storms that caused 1-in-1,000 year flood event in Tennessee and Georgia move up Atlantic coast
- Houston will limit ICE cooperation in response to Democrats taking power in Texas, mayor says
- Tropical Storm Pena forms in the Pacific Ocean south of Hawaii
- Cornell faculty vote no confidence in university leadership after alleged fraternity gang rape
- Jury begins deliberating in the trial of the ex-officer accused of killing Sandra Birchmore
- Jay Rockefeller, former West Virginia governor and US senator who was part of a dynasty, dies at 89
- 2 Justice Department officials resign, including US attorney who oversaw grand conspiracy probe
- New limits on federal student loans are steering many borrowers toward private lenders
- Scientists discovered an unknown baby right whale off Canada. They say its a cause for joy
- Buckets, chickens and worms: Schools reduce cafeteria food waste through compost, shared tables
- The Latest: Trump concedes Iran war impact on elections but insists hed do it again
- 4 Cornell lawsuit defendants join effort to oust Letitia James from criminal investigation
- 3 executions are carried out on the same day in the US, including Florida tying a record
- Dolly Partons manager moves to drop complaint accusing late singers nephew of threatening estate
Thu, 05 Nov 2026
- Senate Democrats will not let Trump put a right-winger on the Supreme Court, Schumer vows
- California Gov. Newsom says he will commute all death sentences in state to life without parole
- Row house fire in Brooklyn kills 6 people and injures 9
- Trump administration sues Penn State over in-state tuition for students in the US illegally
- Hegseth allows National Guard to boost DC patrols with military vehicles, boats and patrol cars
- Citibank office shooter targeted company over a $2,500 debt collection, Florida sheriff says
- Harmeet Dhillon exits after radical overhaul of Justice Departments Civil Rights Division
- Court weighs Trumps appeal in the Stormy Daniels hush money case
- Putin envoy joins Melania Trump at White House event to discuss ceasefire she brokered in Oleshky
- JD, habibi. Arabs celebrate El-Sayeds use of a term of affection in his victory speech
- Heavy rains flood towns, dozens rescued on Georgia-Tennessee border
- 3 people have been injured in a shooting at an Iowa post office
- Lady Gaga, Shakira, Jack White and Boy George lead the 2027 Songwriters Hall of Fame nominees
- Republicans were punished in the midterms for Trumps economic policies, The AP Voter Poll shows
- Met Gala exhibit will examine everyday items of clothing, replacing scuttled Galliano show
- The Latest: Alaskans wait for more votes in US Senate and governors races
- Indiana carries out the first of 3 US executions taking place on a single day
Wed, 04 Nov 2026
- Billionaire Leon Black sues U.S. Rep. Robert Garcia for defamation over Epstein comments
- Florida authorities say 2 dead at Tampa office complex, including gunman shot by security guard
- Authorities are trying to piece together how an escaped Tennessee inmate evaded capture for 10 days
- Lockheed Martin to pay $29.5 million to settle federal claims it discriminated against white workers
- El-Sayed tells AP Michigan rejected hateful, spiteful campaign after months of Republican attacks
- 1 killed and 2 others injured when a helicopter crashes into bay near Miami, officials say
- Canadian authorities say multiple grizzlies may have attacked mother and daughter found dead
- Democrats win full control of more state governments and the Texas House
- Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz described as cheaters at trial
- NASA space telescope plunges to Earth after two decades studying cosmic explosions
- Crews respond to early morning explosion at a Mississippi chemical plant
- Cornell rape investigation will be led by a former prosecutor in the Sean Diddy Combs case
- The Latest: Voters give Democrats control of Congress in rebuke to Trump
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- Democrats win the US House and Senate as voters deliver a strong rebuke to Trump and Republicans
- Takeaways: Voters punish Trump, and the GOP suffers historic losses
- 3 dead, including suspect, and 2 deputies critically injured in eastern Washington state
- Supreme Court hears challenge to Catholic preschools exclusion from Colorado-funded program
- Whats next in the investigation of the Learjet crash in Florida that killed 9?
- Very important evidence found miles from Learjet crash site in Florida, investigator says
- Google will cut off search access for students at schools that reject AI
- Roommate of 4 students killed in Idaho says harassment forced her to move repeatedly
Tue, 03 Nov 2026
- Midterms may bring in wave of historic firsts for some states and the country
- Escaped Tennessee inmate caught after 10 days on the run when his truck gets stuck in the mud
- Authorities release 911 call from the man who killed a shooter inside an Oregon elementary school
- Receding floodwaters leave a sea of mud and shattered homes in the US Southwest
- Sister June Carpenter, one of the few remaining Shakers, dies in Maine
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