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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in New Jersey's special congressional election
WASHINGTON (AP) — Residents of New Jersey’s 11th Congressional District will have a representative in Congress for the first time this year after a special election on Thursday to fill the U.S. House seat most recently held by Democratic Gov. Mikie Sherrill.A Democratic victory in the Democratic-leaning district would further narrow the slim majority Republicans hold in the chamber.
The major party nominees to replace Sherrill are Democrat Analilia Mejia, a longtime progressive organizer and former Labor Department official, and Republican Joe Hathaway, a member of... Read More
Melania Trump will push for updating a foster care program during a rare visit to Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON (AP) — Melania Trump planned a rare appearance on Capitol Hill on Wednesday to join a roundtable discussion with House lawmakers who are sponsoring legislation to update a nearly 30-year-old foster care program by broadening access to a range of services.The first lady began working on foster care issues after President Donald Trump's first term in office ended in 2021. Her trip to the branch of government at the other end of Pennsylvania Avenue follows a similar and successful lobbying effort last year for Congress to send legislation to the president to protect... Read More
Veteran negotiator Roelf Meyer appointed as South Africa's ambassador to the US
JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South African President Cyril Ramaphosa has appointed veteran politician Roelf Meyer as the country's ambassador to the United States in a move widely seen as an effort to ease diplomatic tensions between the two nations.Meyer was minister of defense from 1991 to 1992 under the white minority government of former President F.W. De Klerk’s National Party. He later was a chief negotiator in the negotiations that brought an end to apartheid and led to the election of Nelson Mandela as the country’s first Black and democratically elected leader in 1994... Read More
Hungary's Magyar says new government could take power at beginning of May
BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungarian opposition leader and election winner Péter Magyar said Wednesday that the country's president had assured him in a meeting that his new government could take power in the first week of May, an accelerated timeline for the end of Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's 16-year reign.Following Magyar and his center-right Tisza party's landslide victory in Sunday's election in which it won a two-thirds parliamentary majority, the opposition leader has pushed for the transfer of power to occur as quickly as possible. Under Hungarian law, the inaugural... Read More
Mediators move closer to extending US-Iran ceasefire, officials tell AP
CAIRO (AP) — Mediators moved closer Wednesday to extending the ceasefire between the United States and Iran and restarting negotiations to salvage the fragile truce before it expires next week.The U.S. blockade on Iranian ports and renewed Iranian threats have imperiled the week-old agreement, but regional officials said Wednesday they were making progress, telling The Associated Press that the United States and Iran had given an “in principle agreement” to extend it to allow for more diplomacy.
Before the two-week ceasefire expires on April 22, mediators are... Read More
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- Hungary's Magyar says new government could take power at beginning of May
- Mediators move closer to extending US-Iran ceasefire, officials tell AP
- European shares are little changed after Asia finishes higher amid hopes for US-Iran talks
- Xi calls China-Russia ties 'precious' in current international context
- At least 250 people missing, including Rohingya and Bangladeshis, after boat sinks in Andaman Sea
- Pope heads to Cameroon as separatists announce 3-day pause in fighting
- They scour the Mexican cartel lands for the missing â and for closure
- Trump urges extending foreign surveillance program as some lawmakers push for US privacy protections
- Sexual abuse allegations are spurring calls for a broader reckoning in Congress
- Nature puts heat on blast as scorching temperatures in eastern US could smash records
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- Ye postpones Marseille concert after French authorities say they will seek a ban
- Billy Crystal eyes return to Broadway in one-man show about the house he lost to LA wildfires
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- Jarren Duran directs obscene gesture toward fan at Minnesota and says fan told him to kill himself
- LaMelo Ball's layup, Miles Bridges' block at buzzer give Hornets 127-126 win over Heat in play-in
- Orioles manager Craig Albernaz returns â with a broken jaw â a day after being hit by a foul ball