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GREEN BAY, Wis. (AP) -- Elon Musk and his political operatives have tried to shape the closely watched Wisconsin Supreme Court race in ways that are not immediately obvious but could be critical to Tuesday's outcome.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin appellate court denied the state Democratic attorney general's request to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters at a rally planned for Sunday, just two days before a closely contested Supreme Court election.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- A Wisconsin judge on Saturday declined to stop billionaire Elon Musk from handing over $1 million checks to two voters in the state at a planned rally days before the closely contested Supreme Court election. The state attorney general, who argues that the offer violates the law, immediately appealed after the judge refused to hear the...
Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett mocked her state's governor during a weekend appearance, referring to Greg Abbott -- who uses a wheelchair -- as "Gov. Hot Wheels" while speaking at a banquet in Los Angeles.
Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett mocked her state's governor during a weekend appearance, referring to the wheelchair-bound Greg Abbott as "Gov. Hot Wheels" while speaking at a banquet in Los Angeles.
The political action committee that Elon Musk funded to the tune of more than $200 million on behalf of President Donald Trump launched a television advertisement this week lauding the first weeks of the administration in which the Tesla CEO is serving.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Conservatives who have spent decades promoting deep cuts to government are giving mixed reviews to the Department of Government Efficiency, the Elon Musk-led project to slash the federal workforce and reduce or end disfavored programs.
URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has hailed Elon Musk and the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency as a necessary force in Washington, D.C., calling it "a storm that is headed this way that will sweep over this city and forever alter the way it operates."
URBANDALE, Iowa (AP) -- Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst has hailed Elon Musk and the Trump administration's Department of Government Efficiency as a necessary force in Washington, D.C., calling it "a storm that is headed this way that will sweep over this city and forever alter the way it operates."
Getting humans to Mars has long been an obsession for SpaceX CEO Elon Musk. On Monday, that project got a full endorsement from the newly sworn-in president.
Ronald and Nancy Reagan were disappointed.
Former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy has expressed interest in the Ohio U.S. Senate seat that was vacated by Vice President-elect JD Vance, a person with direct knowledge of the biotech entrepreneur's wishes told The Associated Press.
In January 1981, Jimmy Carter nodded politely toward Ronald Reagan as the new Republican president thanked the Democrat for his administration's help after Reagan resoundingly defeated Carter the previous November.
In the first major flex of his influence since Donald Trump was elected, Elon Musk brought to a sudden halt a bipartisan budget proposal by posting constantly on his X megaphone and threatening Republicans with primary challenges.
President-elect Donald Trump has filled the key posts for his second term in office, prioritizing loyalty to him after he felt bruised and hampered by internal squabbling during his first term.
Florida Rep. Matt Gaetz's nomination to be President-elect Donald Trump's attorney general has created a remarkable amount of pushback from Republicans otherwise inclined to follow Trump's wishes.
President-elect Donald Trump is starting to fill key posts in his second administration, putting an emphasis so far on aides and allies who were his strongest backers during the 2024 campaign.
WEST BLOOMFIELD, Mich. (AP) -- Rachel Weinberg calls herself a religious Jew first, then a proud American. She said she has only one choice for president: Donald Trump.
In the months since he became Donald Trump 's running mate, Ohio Sen. JD Vance has repeatedly deflected questions about whether the Republican presidential nominee lost the 2020 election, saying he was focused on the future.
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is scheduled to campaign Wednesday in pivotal Pennsylvania for the second time this week, this time with a coalition of Republicans who are backing her over their party's nominee, Donald Trump.
Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris is scheduled to campaign Wednesday in pivotal Pennsylvania for the second time this week, this time with a coalition of Republicans who are backing her over their party's nominee, Donald Trump.
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Republican megadonor Miriam Adelson has contributed $1 million to Gov. Brian Kemp's super PAC, according to federal campaign finance records, a development that appears to be helping presidential nominee Donald Trump in battleground Georgia and showing evidence of his rapprochement with Kemp.
OMAHA, Nebraska (AP) -- Terri Sanders stood among the dozens of voters who turned out Tuesday afternoon to pick up campaign signs at a Democratic event in north Omaha.
Ron DeSantis' senior political aides were gathered last year at the Florida governor's campaign headquarters, an office across the street from a Red Lobster on Tallahassee's north side, planning the announcement of his candidacy for president.
Ohio Sen. JD Vance, Donald Trump's running mate, defended on Wednesday a false claim the former president made about Vice President Kamala Harris ' racial identity, suggesting wrongly that Harris had downplayed her Black heritage in trying to suggest she's inauthentic.
One Republican strategist who has run campaigns against Donald Trump says he recognizes what the former president is doing against Vice President Kamala Harris, even as Trump swings back and forth between attacking her record and questioning her racial identity.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- More than 40 people filed into a converted coffee shop on a recent Saturday morning in Madison, Wisconsin, to organize in a west-side neighborhood for Vice President Kamala Harris.
MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- More than 40 people filed into a converted coffee shop on a recent Saturday morning in Madison, Wisconsin, to organize in a west-side neighborhood for Vice President Kamala Harris.
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- The Republican National Convention culminates Thursday with former President Donald Trump expected to accept the party's presidential nomination, achieving a comeback four years in the making and anticipated even more in the past week in light of Saturday's assassination attempt.
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) -- Republicans may remove a vow to ban abortion from their party platform for the first time in 40 years at the behest of former President Donald Trump, who has refused to support such a ban even as he takes credit for the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
DOYLESTOWN, Pa. (AP) -- Thirty miles north of Philadelphia, upscale subdivisions such as Colonial Commons interrupt dairy farms, centuries-old roadside stone houses and the winding Neshaminy Creek that flows between Doylestown and Newtown. Both cities were once rural outposts that have morphed into fashionable commercial, dining and shopping hubs.