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Biden's rightward shift on immigration angers advocates. But it's resonating with many Democrats 02/17/2024 12:02am • LAS VEGAS (AP) — In his 2020 campaign, Joe Biden vowed to undo former President Donald Trump ’s immigration policies, specifically expressing frustration with a policy setting limits on the number of asylum seekers accepted each day at the southern border. This year, Biden backed a Senate propos Tech companies sign accord to combat AI-generated election trickery 02/16/2024 02:36pm • Major technology companies signed a pact Friday to voluntarily adopt “reasonable precautions” to prevent artificial intelligence tools from being used to disrupt democratic elections around the world. Executives from Adobe, Amazon, Google, IBM, Meta, Microsoft, OpenAI and TikTok gathered at the The Census Bureau is considering how to ask about gender identity. People have their opinions 02/16/2024 12:51pm • The U.S. Census Bureau is thinking about how to ask about sex. People have opinions. Dozens of health officials, civil rights groups, individuals and businesses have weighed in about how the statistical agency should ask about sexual orientation and gender identity for the first time on its most com Proposed questions on sexual orientation and gender identity for the Census Bureau's biggest survey 02/16/2024 08:39am • The U.S. Census Bureau this year plans to test questions about sexual orientation and gender identity for its most comprehensive survey of American life. The test questions will be sent to 480,000 households, with the statistical agency expecting just over half to respond. If the questions are Missouri high court upholds voting districts drawn for state Senate 02/14/2024 04:37pm • JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — A divided Missouri Supreme Court upheld voting districts drawn for the state Senate on Wednesday, rejecting a legal challenge that claimed mapmakers should have placed a greater emphasis on keeping communities intact. The high court's 5-2 decision means the districts, f GOP-led Wisconsin Legislature passes Democratic governor's legislative maps 02/13/2024 08:34pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin's GOP-controlled Legislature on Tuesday passed legislative maps that were proposed by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers — a move designed to prevent the liberal-controlled state Supreme Court from implementing maps that might be even worse for Republicans. Republicans con Wisconsin Democrats inch closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps 02/12/2024 09:56am • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Democrats are inching closer to overturning Republican-drawn legislative maps that the GOP has used over the past 13 years to grow their majorities and advance their agenda. At issue in battleground Wisconsin are the boundaries for state Assembly and Senate districts Why there may be much fewer monarch butterfly sightings in the US this summer 02/10/2024 12:40pm • Li Jianguo/Xinhua via Getty Images(WASHINGTON) -- Monarch butterfly sightings may be sparser than usual in the U.S. and Canada following a drastic drop in populations wintering in Mexico, researchers told ABC News. The annual census of the number of monarchs that winter in Central Mexico showed t They opened a Haitian food truck. Then they were told, 'Go back to your own country,' lawsuit says 02/09/2024 10:01am • PARKSLEY, Va. (AP) — A married couple who fled Haiti for Virginia achieved their American dream when they opened a variety market on the Eastern Shore, selling hard-to-find spices, sodas and rice to the region's growing Haitian community. When they added a Haitian food truck, people drove from an New Mexico legislators seek endowment to bolster autonomous tribal education programs 02/08/2024 08:35pm • SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — New Mexico legislators would create a unique educational endowment of at least $50 million to help Native American communities create their own student programs, including efforts to teach and preserve Indigenous languages, under a proposal endorsed Thursday by the state Hous Boise Housing Market Forecast 02/08/2024 07:00pm • Located near the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, Boise, Idaho consistently ranks highly among other metro areas for its quality of life and fast growth. Boise is a hub for many industries and a growing tech sector has helped boost the small city's economy. But like many areas of the U.S., the Bois The LAPD has an Asian American chief for the first time. He's the son of Korean immigrants 02/08/2024 03:49pm • LOS ANGELES (AP) — An Asian American assistant chief was named interim chief of the Los Angeles Police Department on Wednesday, taking charge of a force that mostly has been led by white men. Assistant Chief Dominic H. Choi was unanimously appointed by the civilian Board of Police Commissioners. C Wisconsin governor doubts Republican Legislature will approve his maps 02/07/2024 02:46pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat, voiced skepticism Wednesday about the possibility of the Republican-controlled Legislature passing new legislative maps that Evers proposed. Evers was asked about Republican Senate Majority Leader Devin LeMahieu floating the possibility e It's a mismatch on the economy. Even as inflation wanes, voters still worry about getting by 02/07/2024 12:08am • GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — Bartender Catey Regis had a pricey misadventure buying a used car recently — an experience that speaks to why voters are worrying about the U.S. economy going into this year's presidential election. Over three years at Founders Brewing, the 25-year-old saved enough mon The Census Bureau halts changing how it asks about disabilities following a backlash 02/06/2024 03:52pm • The U.S. Census Bureau on Tuesday halted plans to change how it asks people about disabilities after facing a growing backlash. Advocates for disabled people had argued that proposed changes to disability questions on the bureau's American Community Survey would artificially reduce their numbers by