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Voters in the Democratic-run state overwhelmingly approved a measure to impose harsher sentences for crimes and were on their way to ousting two progressive district attorneys.

The ruling issued by a federal judge in Texas struck down a new initiative aimed at helping undocumented spouses of U.S. citizens stay in the country.

Ryan Mackenzie, a 2020 election denier who aligned himself with President-elect Donald J. Trump during his congressional campaign, flipped a competitive seat in the Lehigh Valley.

A University of Chicago student tried for weeks to get an absentee that never came, so she spent hundreds on a last-minute plane ticket. She was not alone.

Firefighters were working on Wednesday to contain fires in Ventura and Los Angeles Counties amid dangerous weather conditions.

More than a century ago, Grover Cleveland secured a second nonconsecutive term in the White House after a campaign plagued with scandal and allegations of a coverup.

A winner was not declared before midnight on Tuesday, but even Donald Trump’s allies seemed shocked by the signs of his strength — and the improbable political comeback it appeared …