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The end of federal food aid could hit Black Americans hardest 11/02/2025 06:12pm • NEW YORK (AP) — In one of the wealthiest neighborhoods in the nation, a line stretched along the side of the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen and Pantry. Willy Hilaire is homeless, unemployed and 63. He lives in a New York shelter with his two grandchildren and often goes hungry so that they can eat the Obama blasts Trump ahead of Election Day in Virginia and New Jersey. Republicans keep it local 11/01/2025 08:51pm • NORFOLK, Va. (AP) — Former President Barack Obama is encouraging voters to elect Democratic governors in Virginia and New Jersey in races this Tuesday to rebuke Donald Trump 10 months into his second presidency and a year ahead of midterm elections that could reshape it. Obama's appearances Sat 'Where would America be without us?' A community of refugees is stunned by White House limits 10/31/2025 10:14pm • MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The woman remembers when she first moved to the neighborhood more than 20 years ago, and the streets were full of empty storefronts and seemingly relentless poverty. Today, Minneapolis' Lake Street corridor is jammed with businesses, many owned by Somali refugees. “Look at wha Ohio panel and Virginia lawmakers move forward with congressional redistricting plans 10/31/2025 03:37pm • An Ohio panel adopted new U.S. House districts on Friday that could boost the GOP’s chances of winning two additional seats in next year’s elections and aid President Donald Trump’s efforts to hold on to a slim congressional majority. The action by the Ohio Redistricting Commission came as Vir 'It's home': Caribbean diaspora from Miami to New York fuels Hurricane Melissa relief efforts 10/31/2025 11:00am • COCONUT CREEK, Fla. (AP) — South Florida was spared a direct blow from Hurricane Melissa, but the massive storm still hit home for the millions of residents there who have deep roots in the Caribbean. Now, the Caribbean diaspora from Miami to New York City is turning its heartbreak into action: fi Ohio panel unveils proposed US House map that could help Republicans win more seats 10/30/2025 06:21pm • Ohio's Republican-led redistricting commission unveiled a proposed U.S. House map Thursday that could give Republicans a chance at winning two more seats in next year's midterm elections, bolstering President Donald Trump's efforts to hold on to a slim congressional majority. Ohio's redistricting p The Latest: US will share sensitive nuclear submarine technology with South Korea, Trump says 10/29/2025 10:24pm • The United States will share closely held technology to allow South Korea to build a nuclear-powered submarine, President Donald Trump said on social media after meeting with the country’s president during Trump’s ongoing trip to Asia. President Lee Jae Myung stressed to Trump in their Wednesday GOP congressman urges 'no' vote on California measure to redraw US House maps 10/29/2025 08:43pm • CHICO, Calif. (AP) — California Rep. Doug LaMalfa made a last-ditch plea Wednesday for Republicans to vote ‘no’ on a ballot measure aimed at pushing him out of office. “It's really a blatant power grab,” he said at a news conference in Chico, a city at the southern end of his district that Louisiana and Virginia take steps toward redistricting in a growing battle for US House power 10/29/2025 05:52pm • Republican lawmakers in Louisiana and Democrats in Virginia pressed ahead Wednesday with plans that could allow mid-decade redistricting as part of a growing national battle for partisan advantage in next year's congressional elections. Louisiana lawmakers passed legislation pushing back the state' AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Detroit on Election Day 10/29/2025 12:13am • DETROIT (AP) — Detroit voters will choose a new mayor Tuesday in the city’s first open-seat mayoral race in a dozen years. City Council President Mary Sheffield and Triumph Church pastor Solomon Kinloch, both Democrats, will face off for the city’s top job after placing first and second in the AP Decision Notes: What to expect in California's special election 10/29/2025 12:07am • WASHINGTON (AP) — Led by Gov. Gavin Newsom, California Democrats are charging toward a new congressional map that could flip as many as five U.S. House seats from Republican to Democratic control. But first, they need voters to sign off. California voters head to the polls on Tuesday with just one Senate votes to block tariffs on Brazil. It shows some pushback to Trump trade policy 10/28/2025 07:17pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate approved a resolution Tuesday evening that would nullify President Donald Trump's tariffs on Brazil, including oil, coffee and orange juice, as Democrats tested GOP senators' support for Trump's trade policy. The legislation from Virginia Sen. Tim Kaine, a Democrat, pa In a California GOP stronghold, voters are not happy with Newsom's plan to help Democrats 10/28/2025 05:40pm • REDDING, Calif. (AP) — In a stretch of Northern California known for farming, ranching and a rural way of life, residents worry a ballot measure to redraw U.S. House maps is all but certain to dilute what little political power they possess in the heavily Democratic state. If Proposition 50 passes Retirees and students in Florida are seeking to defend 2020 census results against a GOP challenge 10/28/2025 05:17pm • ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Two Florida university students and an advocacy group for retirees are asking a federal judge to let them intervene in a lawsuit filed by young Republican groups challenging the 2020 census results, saying they worry that the Trump administration won't vigorously defend the ca Zanzibar is seeing a seaweed boom. Can the women collecting it cash in? 10/28/2025 12:06am • ZANZIBAR, Tanzania (AP) — The women wade with baskets near the beaches, their colorful dresses a magnet for tourist cameras. Sunscreen worn by the holidaymakers may even contain the product the women are collecting: Zanzibar’s seaweed. An eco-friendly local industry that employs thousands of wom