Voters head to the polls in key elections that pose early test of Trump’s presidency

Voters in multiple states on Tuesday are participating in the first major elections of President Donald Trump’s second term. Follow here for live news updates, results, analysis and more.
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Taliban still a major threat 8 years later

It has been nearly eight years since U.S. forces overthrew the Taliban leaders of Afghanistan, but the war against the Taliban insurgency is bloodier than ever. The number of Afghan civilians killed ...
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Iranian protesters mostly unfazed by government warnings

Marching in dramatic silence, many with tape over their mouths, hundreds of thousands of Iranians kept alive public support for opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi Wednesday even as the government ...
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Ballots, turnout keep California vote counters up late

Polls closed in California at 8 p.m., meaning folks on the East Coast had to stay up until 11 p.m. just to see the polls on the West Coast close. County registrars across Californ ...
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Iran confirms nuclear component production

Spinning centrifuges are used to separate uranium atoms to produce uranium concentrated enough for a nuclear weapon's fission chain reaction. Ali-Reza Sheikh Attar told Iranian TV that another 3,000 ...
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Iran tests missiles amid nuclear tension

Iran tested a missile-launching system and several types of short- and medium-range missiles Sunday, the state-run Press TV said. Earlier, the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had said it ...
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Strikes on Kandahar; U.N. reports on bombs, refugees

The city, the spiritual headquarters of the Taliban regime, was the scene of heavy strikes Tuesday, aimed primarily at fuel depots. At a Pentagon briefing Wednesday, U.S. Navy Rear Adm. John ...

Trump spent 90 minutes with ‘60 Minutes’ — here’s what happened

The president appeared on the newsmagazine Sunday night, one year after suing the CBS show over the editing of a Kamala ...
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Report: UK embassy staff in Iran 'face trial'

A top Iranian cleric said Friday some of the arrested employees from the British Embassy in Tehran would be put on trial, Iranian Students News Agency reported. The employees have been accused of ...
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Polling service errors distorted Florida election night projections, VNS report says

An internal investigation by the polling organization that incorrectly said Al Gore won the state of Florida on election night concluded that its projections were plagued by errors all night long. But ...

They were arrested at an ICE protest outside of Chicago. Here’s what happened to them next

As demonstrations outside an immigration enforcement facility near Chicago have ramped up, so has the number of protesters being led away in restraints. Here are the stories of three of them.

Tuesday’s key races: What to know about the NYC election and other contests

Elections in multiple states on Tuesday are set to gauge how voters feel in the first year of Donald Trump’s second presidency — and whether Democrats have improved their standing with the midterm ...