2012 United States presidential election
Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah arrives at a Geneva's courthouse ahead of the verdict for a trial for forgery in connection with arbitration, in Geneva, Switzerland, Friday, Sept. 10, 2021. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)
Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad found guilty of forgery

By Graham Dunbar Sep. 10, 2021 06:29 AM EDT

U.S. Representative James Clyburn of South Carolina introduces U.S. Senate candidate Jaime Harrison at an election watch party at Hunter-Gatherer at Curtiss Wright Hangar in Columbia, SC. Harrison conceded the election to incumbent Lindsey Graham. (Jeff Blake/The State via AP)
The Latest: Former WH officials urge cooperative transition

Nov. 08, 2020 10:29 AM EST

A demonstrator reads a banner on display at Black Lives Matter Plaza, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
GOP senator: No evidence to support Trump vote-fraud claims

By Matthew Daly Nov. 06, 2020 08:39 AM EST

A demonstrator reads a banner on display at Black Lives Matter Plaza, Thursday, Nov. 5, 2020, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Some in GOP break with Trump over baseless vote-fraud claims

By Matthew Daly Nov. 05, 2020 10:19 PM EST

An election worker helps a voter with his ballot on Nov. 3, 2020 at the MetraPark events center in Billings, Mont. Montana voters were picking candidates for president, Senate, House, governor and other races. (AP Photo/Matthew Brown)
News Guide: Republicans sweep key races in Montana

Nov. 03, 2020 12:14 AM EST

FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 2, 2020, file photo, Town Clerk Barbara Thompson gets ready to bring nearly 7,000 absentee ballots to the post office from Wallingford Town Hall, in Wallingford, Conn. While town clerks across Connecticut have so far received roughly 450,000 more absentee ballots than they did in the 2016 presidential election, hundreds of thousands of residents are still expected to go to the polls on Tuesday, Nov. 3, despite the pandemic. (Dave Zajac/Record-Journal via AP, File)
Clerks: While historic, absentee ballots short of forecast

By Susan Haigh Nov. 01, 2020 08:50 AM EST

Former President Barack Obama speaks at a rally while campaigning for Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2020, in Orlando, Fla. (AP Photo/John Raoux)
The Latest: Biden unleashes scathing attacks on Trump

Oct. 31, 2020 02:13 PM EDT

Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, meets with Judge Amy Coney Barrett, President Donald Trumps nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court, not shown, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020. (Erin Scott/Pool via AP)
The Latest: Biden criticizes Trump for misleading Fauci ad

Oct. 13, 2020 11:39 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 2, 2020, file photo, a shopper walks by one of several vacant retail spaces among the outlet shops in Freeport, Maine. The U.S. unemployment rate dropped to 7.9% in September, but hiring is slowing and many Americans have given up looking for work, the government said Friday, Oct. 2, in the final jobs report before the voters decide whether to give President Donald Trump another term. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
Pre-election economy: Unemployment falls, but hiring slows

By Christopher Rugaber Oct. 02, 2020 12:01 AM EDT

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Senate GOP plans vote on Trump's court pick before election

By Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller And Mary Clare Jalonick Sep. 22, 2020 01:25 AM EDT

Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., listens to Michigan Lt. Governor Garlin Gilchrist II at Headliners Barbershop in Detroit, Tuesday, Sept. 22, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
Black voters in Detroit key for Biden, but are they engaged?

By Kat Stafford Sep. 22, 2020 12:13 AM EDT

According to the 2018 VoteCast survey, more than half of Black women Democrats call themselves moderate or conservative, compared to about 4 in 10 among the rest of the party.
'If not now, when?': Black women seize political spotlight

By Claire Galofaro And Kat Stafford Sep. 17, 2020 09:38 AM EDT

Todd Zimmerman, of Mantzville, Pa., holds a sign "DeJoy Must Resign" during a peaceful protest with the Schuylkill Democratic Action Group in front of the office of U.S. Rep. Dan Meuser, R-9, on Progress Avenue in Pottsville, Pa., on Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. (Jacqueline Dormer/Republican-Herald via AP)
Postal chief under fire over alleged campaign law violations

By Matthew Daly Sep. 08, 2020 09:15 AM EDT

Editorial Roundup: North Carolina

By The Associated Press Sep. 02, 2020 02:07 PM EDT
Recent editorials from North Carolina newspapers: ___ Aug. 31 The News & Observer and The...

President Donald Trump speaks during an event to designate Wilmington as the first American World War II Heritage City, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020, in Wilmington, N.C. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Biden: Trump ignores pandemic, stokes unrest, solves neither

By Bill Barrow And Will Weissert Sep. 02, 2020 05:56 AM EDT

Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden, and his wife Jill Biden, watch fireworks with Democratic vice presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif., and her husband Doug Emhoff, during the fourth day of the Democratic National Convention, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020, at the Chase Center in Wilmington, Del. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Analysis: Drive to beat Trump unites Democrats behind Biden

By Julie Pace Aug. 21, 2020 12:51 AM EDT

FILE - In this July 28, 2020, file photo, Democratic presidential candidate former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at a campaign event in Wilmington, Del. Despite all the secrecy, the speculation and the fierce jockeying behind the scenes, presidential running mates rarely sway an election. But as the political world awaits the imminent announcement of Biden’s vice presidential pick, there is a real sense among his allies and adversaries that this decision may matter more in 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)
Why choice of running mate matters more than usual this year

By Steve Peoples And Alexandra Jaffe Aug. 10, 2020 07:35 AM EDT

Republican Senate candidate Manny Sethi speaks at a campaign event held at Southern Railway Station in Knoxville, Tenn., on Friday, July 24, 2020. (Brianna Paciorka/Knoxville News Sentinel via AP)
Trump boosts Hagerty on eve of Tennessee Senate GOP election

By Jonathan Mattise Aug. 05, 2020 09:37 PM EDT

Charisse Davis poses for a portrait on Friday, July 24, 2020, in Marietta, Ga. Davis was recently elected the only Black woman on the Cobb County School Board. "We've been watching from the sidelines and allowing other people to take their turns, and take these positions of power," Davis said. "Now here we are to essentially fix it." (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
'If not now, when?': Black women seize political spotlight

By Claire Galofaro And Kat Stafford Aug. 03, 2020 02:01 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2017 file photo, Emilio Lozoya, former head of Mexico's state-owned oil company Pemex, gives a press conference in Mexico City. Lozoya, who was arrested in February 2020 by Spanish police on an international warrant issued by Mexico, has dropped his extradition fight and agreed to return to Mexico to cooperate in corruption investigations, according to Attorney General Alejandro Gertz Manero on Tuesday, June 30, 2020. (AP Photo/Gustavo Martinez Contreras, File)
1st hearing in 'watershed' graft case of Mexico oil chief

By Mark Stevenson Jul. 28, 2020 11:39 AM EDT