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Associated PressNovember 10, 2016

President-elect Donald Trump on Thursday refused to let a group of journalists travel with him to cover his historic first meeting with President Barack Obama, breaking a long-standing practice intended to ensure the public has a watchful eye on the nation’s leader. Trump flew from New York to Washington on his private jet without that […]

Associated PressNovember 10, 2016

Florida voters approved a state constitutional amendment Tuesday to legalize medical marijuana, broadening access to pot beyond the limited therapeutic uses approved by the legislature two years ago. Currently, the law allows non-smoked, low-THC pot for patients with cancer or ailments that cause chronic seizures or severe spasms. The ballot measure formally legalizes medical marijuana, […]

Associated PressNovember 9, 2016

Metro Orlando’s future U.S. congressional delegation just became a whole lot more diverse. Voters in central Florida on election night picked an African-American woman, a Puerto Rican man and an Asian-American woman to represent them in Washington. The increased diversity was helped by the redrawing of some congressional districts that made the central Florida districts […]

Associated PressNovember 9, 2016

The Latest on the U.S. election: 3:25 p.m. — Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is proposing that she and President-elect Donald Trump “put aside our differences” and work together to rebuild the American economy for working people. A favorite of liberals, Warren has waged bitter wars of words with Trump. She’s called him a “pathetic coward” […]

Associated PressNovember 9, 2016

He felt it in the breeze. Nearing the end of his long, improbable journey to victory in the presidential race, Donald Trump, the candidate of so much tumult and bluster, waxed nostalgic about how he got there. “I had great parents, great parents,” Trump told the crowd at a rally in steamy Orlando, Florida. “I […]

Associated PressNovember 9, 2016

Donald Trump awakened a movement of angry working-class voters fed up with political insiders and desperate for change. On Tuesday, that movement propelled him to the White House. Trump’s stunning, come-from-behind victory over Hillary Clinton — a far more organized and experienced rival — served as a raised middle finger to the political establishment from […]

Associated PressNovember 8, 2016

Did Donald Trump succeed in at last winning over college-educated whites uneasy with the billionaire reality TV star? Did he drive a wave of working-class white voters? Did Hillary Clinton rebuild Barack Obama‘s winning coalition – young voters, urban liberals and minorities – while picking off moderate Republicans? Those questions are central to who will […]

Associated PressNovember 8, 2016

Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton arrived at a Chappaqua, New York polling station to cast her ballot on election day. Republished with permission of the Associated Press. https://youtu.be/61eDhIAMIBI

Associated PressNovember 8, 2016

Tuesday is the day that American voters will decide who’ll be their next president – Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump. Polls already open in states across the Eastern U.S. are seeing lines of voters form as people prepare to cast their ballots. Republished with permission of the Associated Press.

Associated PressNovember 8, 2016

Voters in sun-bathed Florida will face a decision Tuesday that could weigh heavily on the use — and cost — of solar power in the state. The solar power industry is opposed to Amendment 1, a proposal to amend the state constitution that will appear on the ballot as “Florida Solar Energy Subsidies and Personal […]

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Donald Trump bucks protocol on press access

John Morgan credits voter turnout for medical marijuana approval

Orlando’s congressional delegation got a lot more diverse

Elizabeth Warren proposes truce with Donald Trump

Donald Trump rides chutzpah to victory in presidential race

Donald Trump rides his movement to vindication and the White House

In White House math, certain places offer clues on outcome

Hillary Clinton casts Election Day ballot

Lines form as polls open across the Eastern U.S.

Voters in Florida face crucial solar power decisions