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A […] </p> <p class="grid-card__page-date"> NOV. 22, 2024 </p> <div class="grid-card__page-link"> <span class="btn btn--text btn--action btn--small"> Read more </span> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <a href="https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/best-of-the-week/first-winner/2024/crack-election-night-operation-across-nation-delivers-news-of-trumps-win-gop-victories-elsewhere/" class="grid-card grid-card__post"> <div class="grid-card__page-image"> <picture alt="Politics article thumbnail" class=" behave-as-bg"><source media="(min-width: 992px)" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34054/First-winner-screenshot-nov-15-2024-crop-616x452-f50_50.png 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34054/First-winner-screenshot-nov-15-2024-crop-1167x856-f50_50.png 1.894x"><source media="(min-width: 576px)" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34054/First-winner-screenshot-nov-15-2024-crop-416x252-f50_50.png 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34054/First-winner-screenshot-nov-15-2024-crop-832x504-f50_50.png 2.000x"><source media="(min-width: 0px)" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34054/First-winner-screenshot-nov-15-2024-crop-416x252-f50_50.png 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34054/First-winner-screenshot-nov-15-2024-crop-832x504-f50_50.png 2.000x"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34054/First-winner-screenshot-nov-15-2024-crop-416x252-f50_50.png" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34054/First-winner-screenshot-nov-15-2024-crop-416x252-f50_50.png 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34054/First-winner-screenshot-nov-15-2024-crop-832x504-f50_50.png 2.000x" alt="First winner screenshot nov 15 2024 crop" width="616" height="452" class=""></picture> </div> <div class="grid-card__page-content-container"> <div class="tags"> </div> <h3 class="grid-card__page-title h6"> Crack election night operation across nation delivers news of Trump’s win, GOP victories elsewhere </h3> <p class="grid-card__page-excerpt trim-excerpt "> At The Associated Press, collaboration takes many forms and comes in many sizes across the world. But nothing compares to Election Day (and night) in a presidential election year. This year, months of diligent preparation from all corners of the organization — and a crack election night operation in Washington and across the nation — made […] </p> <p class="grid-card__page-date"> NOV. 15, 2024 </p> <div class="grid-card__page-link"> <span class="btn btn--text btn--action btn--small"> Read more </span> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <a href="https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/trump-hammered-democrats-on-transgender-issues-now-the-party-is-at-odds-on-a-response/" class="grid-card grid-card__post"> <div class="grid-card__page-image"> <picture alt="Politics article thumbnail" class=" behave-as-bg"><source media="(min-width: 992px)" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34107/24311324636332-scaled-616x452-f50_50.jpg 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34107/24311324636332-scaled-1232x904-f50_50.jpg 2.000x"><source media="(min-width: 576px)" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34107/24311324636332-scaled-416x252-f50_50.jpg 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34107/24311324636332-scaled-832x504-f50_50.jpg 2.000x"><source media="(min-width: 0px)" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34107/24311324636332-scaled-416x252-f50_50.jpg 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34107/24311324636332-scaled-832x504-f50_50.jpg 2.000x"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34107/24311324636332-scaled-416x252-f50_50.jpg" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34107/24311324636332-scaled-416x252-f50_50.jpg 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34107/24311324636332-scaled-832x504-f50_50.jpg 2.000x" alt="Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump stands on stage with former first lady Melania Trump, as Lara Trump watches, at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)" width="616" height="452" class=""></picture> <div class="image-credit"><div class="image-credit-content">Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump stands on stage with former first lady Melania Trump, as Lara Trump watches, at an election night watch party at the Palm Beach Convention Center, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, in West Palm Beach, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)</div><div class="image-credit-toggle"><svg width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <circle cx="8.62988" cy="9.37012" r="8.2703" stroke="white" stroke-width="0.719157"/> <path d="M7.97046 13.1996V7.48233H8.93054V13.1996H7.97046ZM7.91113 6.20942V5.05518H8.98987V6.20942H7.91113Z" fill="white"/> </svg> </div></div> </div> <div class="grid-card__page-content-container"> <div class="tags"> </div> <h3 class="grid-card__page-title h6"> Trump hammered Democrats on transgender issues. Now the party is at odds on a response </h3> <p class="grid-card__page-excerpt trim-excerpt "> ATLANTA (AP) — After losing the White House and both houses of Congress, Democrats are grappling with how to handle transgender politics and policy following a campaign that featured withering and often misleading GOP attacks on the issue. There is plenty of second-guessing after President-elect Donald Trump anchored his victory over Vice President Kamala Harris […] </p> <p class="grid-card__page-date"> NOV. 14, 2024 </p> <div class="grid-card__page-link"> <span class="btn btn--text btn--action btn--small"> Read more </span> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <a href="https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/food-prices-worried-most-voters-but-trumps-plans-likely-wont-lower-their-grocery-bills/" class="grid-card grid-card__post"> <div class="grid-card__page-image"> <picture alt="Politics article thumbnail" class=" behave-as-bg"><source media="(min-width: 992px)" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34099/24318603952442-scaled-616x452-f50_50.jpg 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34099/24318603952442-scaled-1232x904-f50_50.jpg 2.000x"><source media="(min-width: 576px)" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34099/24318603952442-scaled-416x252-f50_50.jpg 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34099/24318603952442-scaled-832x504-f50_50.jpg 2.000x"><source media="(min-width: 0px)" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34099/24318603952442-scaled-416x252-f50_50.jpg 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34099/24318603952442-scaled-832x504-f50_50.jpg 2.000x"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34099/24318603952442-scaled-416x252-f50_50.jpg" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34099/24318603952442-scaled-416x252-f50_50.jpg 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34099/24318603952442-scaled-832x504-f50_50.jpg 2.000x" alt="FILE - Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump visits Sprankle's Neighborhood Market in Kittanning, Pa., Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)" width="616" height="452" class=""></picture> <div class="image-credit"><div class="image-credit-content">FILE – Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump visits Sprankle’s Neighborhood Market in Kittanning, Pa., Sept. 23, 2024. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)</div><div class="image-credit-toggle"><svg width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <circle cx="8.62988" cy="9.37012" r="8.2703" stroke="white" stroke-width="0.719157"/> <path d="M7.97046 13.1996V7.48233H8.93054V13.1996H7.97046ZM7.91113 6.20942V5.05518H8.98987V6.20942H7.91113Z" fill="white"/> </svg> </div></div> </div> <div class="grid-card__page-content-container"> <div class="tags"> </div> <h3 class="grid-card__page-title h6"> Food prices worried most voters, but Trump’s plans likely won’t lower their grocery bills </h3> <p class="grid-card__page-excerpt trim-excerpt "> Americans are fed up with the price of food, and many are looking to President-elect Donald Trump to lower their grocery bills. Trump often railed on the campaign trail against hefty price increases for bacon, cereal, crackers and other items. “We’ll get them down,” he told shoppers during a September visit to a Pennsylvania grocery […] </p> <p class="grid-card__page-date"> NOV. 14, 2024 </p> <div class="grid-card__page-link"> <span class="btn btn--text btn--action btn--small"> Read more </span> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <a href="https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/1-million-migrants-in-the-us-rely-on-temporary-protections-that-trump-could-target/" class="grid-card grid-card__post"> <div class="grid-card__page-image"> <picture alt="Politics article thumbnail" class=" behave-as-bg"><source media="(min-width: 992px)" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34093/24313545904589-scaled-616x452-f50_50.jpg 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34093/24313545904589-scaled-1232x904-f50_50.jpg 2.000x"><source media="(min-width: 576px)" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34093/24313545904589-scaled-416x252-f50_50.jpg 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34093/24313545904589-scaled-832x504-f50_50.jpg 2.000x"><source media="(min-width: 0px)" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34093/24313545904589-scaled-416x252-f50_50.jpg 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34093/24313545904589-scaled-832x504-f50_50.jpg 2.000x"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34093/24313545904589-scaled-416x252-f50_50.jpg" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34093/24313545904589-scaled-416x252-f50_50.jpg 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34093/24313545904589-scaled-832x504-f50_50.jpg 2.000x" alt="Maribel Hidalgo, 23, of Caracas, Venezuela, stands for a portrait with her son, Daniel, 2, outside a shelter for immigrants in New York, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)" width="616" height="452" class=""></picture> <div class="image-credit"><div class="image-credit-content">Maribel Hidalgo, 23, of Caracas, Venezuela, stands for a portrait with her son, Daniel, 2, outside a shelter for immigrants in New York, on Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)</div><div class="image-credit-toggle"><svg width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <circle cx="8.62988" cy="9.37012" r="8.2703" stroke="white" stroke-width="0.719157"/> <path d="M7.97046 13.1996V7.48233H8.93054V13.1996H7.97046ZM7.91113 6.20942V5.05518H8.98987V6.20942H7.91113Z" fill="white"/> </svg> </div></div> </div> <div class="grid-card__page-content-container"> <div class="tags"> </div> <h3 class="grid-card__page-title h6"> 1 million migrants in the US rely on temporary protections that Trump could target </h3> <p class="grid-card__page-excerpt trim-excerpt "> NEW YORK (AP) — Maribel Hidalgo fled her native Venezuela a year ago with a 1-year-old son, trudging for days through Panama’s Darien Gap, then riding the rails across Mexico to the United States. They were living in the U.S. when the Biden administration announced Venezuelans would be offered Temporary Protected Status, which allows people […] </p> <p class="grid-card__page-date"> NOV. 14, 2024 </p> <div class="grid-card__page-link"> <span class="btn btn--text btn--action btn--small"> Read more </span> </div> </div> </a> </div> <div class="swiper-slide"> <a href="https://www.ap.org/news-highlights/spotlights/2024/gaetz-pick-shows-value-trump-places-on-loyalty-and-retribution-as-he-returns-to-washington/" class="grid-card grid-card__post"> <div class="grid-card__page-image"> <picture alt="Politics article thumbnail" class=" behave-as-bg"><source media="(min-width: 992px)" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34079/24318738002379-scaled-616x452-f50_50.jpg 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34079/24318738002379-scaled-1232x904-f50_50.jpg 2.000x"><source media="(min-width: 576px)" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34079/24318738002379-scaled-416x252-f50_50.jpg 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34079/24318738002379-scaled-832x504-f50_50.jpg 2.000x"><source media="(min-width: 0px)" loading="lazy" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34079/24318738002379-scaled-416x252-f50_50.jpg 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34079/24318738002379-scaled-832x504-f50_50.jpg 2.000x"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" src="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34079/24318738002379-scaled-416x252-f50_50.jpg" srcset="https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34079/24318738002379-scaled-416x252-f50_50.jpg 1.000x,https://www.ap.org/wp-content/uploads/bis-images/34079/24318738002379-scaled-832x504-f50_50.jpg 2.000x" alt="FILE - Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)" width="616" height="452" class=""></picture> <div class="image-credit"><div class="image-credit-content">FILE – Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., speaks on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Nathan Howard, File)</div><div class="image-credit-toggle"><svg width="18" height="18" viewBox="0 0 18 18" fill="none" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"> <circle cx="8.62988" cy="9.37012" r="8.2703" stroke="white" stroke-width="0.719157"/> <path d="M7.97046 13.1996V7.48233H8.93054V13.1996H7.97046ZM7.91113 6.20942V5.05518H8.98987V6.20942H7.91113Z" fill="white"/> </svg> </div></div> </div> <div class="grid-card__page-content-container"> <div class="tags"> </div> <h3 class="grid-card__page-title h6"> Gaetz pick shows value Trump places on loyalty — and retribution — as he returns to Washington </h3> <p class="grid-card__page-excerpt trim-excerpt "> WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump has had few defenders in Congress as reliable as Matt Gaetz, who has thundered at one prosecutor after another for perceived bias against the president-elect and emphatically amplified the Republican’s rallying cry that the criminal investigations into him are “witch hunts.” That kinship was rewarded 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