By RYAN J. FOLEY , Associated Press IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — The man who will serve at least temporarily as the nation’s top law enforcement official is a relatively inexperienced Republican Party loyalist from Iowa who has called for limiting special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation. Matthew G. Whitaker, 49, will become the nation’s acting…
By JIM SALTER , Associated Press ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri has joined the long list of states allowing medical marijuana, but it’ll likely be late next year at the earliest before people with cancer, HIV and other serious ailments will be able to obtain it. Missouri became the 31st state to approve medical marijuana…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the midterm elections (all times local): 12:50 p.m. President Donald Trump says Vice President Mike Pence will be his running mate in 2020, impromptu confirmation that could give sign makers a head start on printing political signs for the next presidential election. In the middle…
ATLANTA, GA (AP) — Malfunctioning voting machines, missing power cords and hours-long lines at the polls are being scrutinized by candidates and election officials in Georgia, where the governor’s race is still undecided as votes are still being tallied. Democrat Stacey Abrams is vying to become the nation’s first female black governor, but trails Republican…
JEFFERSON CITY, MO (AP) — Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley achieved a long-sought GOP victory in unseating Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill on Tuesday, strengthening Republican control of the state and delivering a win for President Donald Trump. Trump, who won Missouri by nearly 19 percentage points in 2016, personally campaigned for Hawley twice in the…
By STEVE PEOPLES and JILL COLVIN , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats have regained control of the House from President Donald Trump’s Republican Party in the midterm elections, powered by a suburban revolt that has threatened what’s left of the president’s governing agenda. But the GOP added to its Senate edge and prevailed in some…
By JUANA SUMMERS and GEOFF MULVIHILL , Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — A record number of women were elected to the House on Tuesday, nearly two years after women spilled out into the streets of Washington and in cities across the country in defiance of the inauguration of President Donald Trump. The incoming class of lawmakers…
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump and the midterm election (all times local): 9 a.m. President Donald Trump says Democrat Nancy Pelosi “deserves” to be the next House speaker. Democrats won back control of the chamber in Tuesday’s election and Pelosi would be in line to be elected speaker. The California Democrat…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Democrats dominated in Illinois on Tuesday, winning all statewide offices and flipping two Republican-held congressional seats, including one that’s been in GOP hands for decades. Billionaire businessman J.B. Pritzker defeated Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner, who conceded the race less than an hour after polls closed, while Democratic state Sen. Kwame Raoul topped…
CHICAGO, IL (AP) — Missouri voters who cast ballots in the midterm election were divided over the nation’s direction, according to a wide-ranging survey of the American electorate. As voters selected members of the U.S. Senate and Congress during Tuesday’s elections, AP VoteCast found that about half of Missouri voters said the country is on…