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AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Colorado for the Nov. 4 election 10/27/2025 05:29pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — Colorado’s new free school meals program will face a key test when voters decide two statewide ballot measures that would put the program on sounder financial footing, mostly by raising taxes on high-income individuals. The outcome of the measures in the Nov. 4 election will de Local GOP official's social media post draws backlash in Kentucky for its depiction of the Obamas 10/27/2025 04:17pm • FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — A local Republican leader in Kentucky shared a social media video depicting former President Barack Obama and his wife as apes, a historically racist trope that has ignited a backlash and a strong rebuke from the state GOP for the since-deleted post. The post by Bobbie Colema Republicans grapple with voter frustration over rising health care premiums 10/27/2025 02:53pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — The first caller on a telephone town hall with Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, leader of the House’s conservative Freedom Caucus, came ready with a question about the Affordable Care Act. Her cousin's disabled son is at risk of losing the insurance he gained under that law, the call Wisconsin Planned Parenthood resumes offering abortions after a nearly monthlong pause 10/27/2025 02:26pm • MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin resumed scheduling abortions on Monday after a nearly monthlong pause due to federal Medicaid funding cuts in President Donald Trump’s tax and spending bill that took effect at the beginning of October. Planned Parenthood of Wisconsin said it Milei triumphs in Argentine midterm elections closely watched by Washington 10/27/2025 11:07am • BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s libertarian President Javier Milei won decisive victories in key districts in midterm elections Sunday, clinching a crucial vote of confidence that strengthens his ability to carry out his radical free-market experiment with billions of dollars in backi Brazilian farmers beef up soybean production as China halts business with US during trade fight 10/27/2025 03:32am • SANTA CRUZ DO RIO PARDO, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian farmer Andrey Rodrigues wasn’t planning to beef up soybean production for next year’s harvest until a couple of months ago, but now he’s extra hopeful. What has him and his fellow Brazilian farmers planting more soybeans is the trade war betwe Will the Stock Market Crash in 2025? 4 Risk Factors 10/26/2025 08:00pm • Talk of a 2025 recession abated this summer, but economists noted a sense of instability among consumers, who were spending less, and among businesses, which were hiring less. Now, with the Federal Reserve pivoting back to interest rate cuts, and with even lower rates expected on the horizon before Ex-Tennessee Rep. Robin Smith sentenced to 8 months in prison in corruption case plea deal 10/26/2025 04:10pm • NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — A former state lawmaker whose testimony under a plea deal about a taxpayer-funded mail business scheme helped prosecutors land the conviction of a former Tennessee House speaker has been sentenced to eight months in prison. Former state Rep. Robin Smith, a Republican who ha US and China say a trade deal is drawing closer as Trump and Xi ready for a high-stakes meeting 10/26/2025 03:39pm • KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A trade deal between the United States and China is drawing closer, officials from the world’s two largest economies said Sunday as they reached an initial consensus for President Donald Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping to aim to finalize during their high-stakes Trump threatens Canada with 10% extra import tax for not pulling down anti-tariffs ad sooner 10/25/2025 10:08pm • ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump said on Saturday that he plans to hike tariffs on imports of Canadian goods by an extra 10% because of an anti-tariff television ad aired by the province of Ontario. The ad used the words of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs Rob Manfred increasingly confident major leaguers will play in 2028 LA Olympics 10/25/2025 08:01pm • TORONTO (AP) — Major League Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is increasingly confident big league players will participate in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. MLB did not allow players on 40-man rosters at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics, when Nippon Professional Baseball interrupted its season and Japa Anti-abortion pregnancy centers are looking to offer much more than ultrasounds and diapers 10/25/2025 01:51am • Pregnancy centers in the U.S. that discourage women from getting abortions have been adding more medical services — and could be poised to expand further. The expansion — ranging from testing and treatment for sexually transmitted infections to even providing primary medical care — has been un Europe fights to avoid being sidelined by Trump’s world-shaping plans 10/25/2025 12:07am • LONDON (AP) — When President Donald Trump took the stage in Egypt to hail the U.S.-brokered ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas, a row of world leaders stood behind him like extras in a political drama. It was a telling image. European governments have struggled to play a significant role in d Reagan Foundation becomes the latest US institution drawn into Donald Trump's controversies 10/24/2025 07:40pm • The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute is drawing a volatile mix of blowback and praise for arguing that a Canadian government advertisement playing in U.S. markets misrepresented the 40th president’s words to blast President Donald Trump’s tariff policies. It is not clear how t Trump says a Canadian ad misstated Ronald Reagan's views on tariffs. Here are the facts and context 10/24/2025 05:50pm • WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump pulled out of trade talks with Canada Thursday night, furious over what he called a “fake’’ television ad from Ontario’s provincial government that quoted former U.S. President Ronald Reagan from 38 years ago criticizing tariffs -- Trump’s favorit