Politics

TORONTO — When Jenny Tozer's 18-year-old son with autism had been missing for more than two weeks, she started to prepare herself for the worst. Logan left their home in Havelock, Ont.

For all the concerns about a tumultuous process that could leave Americans waiting for days to learn who its next president would be, news outlets instead experienced an election night that hewed close to tradition.

Voters had the chance this election to break the highest glass ceiling in American politics by electing Kamala Harris the nation’s first female president.

BOZEMAN, Mont. (AP) — Montana Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte won a second four-year term Tuesday, defeating Democratic challenger Ryan Busse. In another key race, Republican U.S. Rep.

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Gov.-elect Josh Stein's veto could become more effective than outgoing Gov. Roy Cooper's stamp has been recently, should the margin in a legislative district election hold for their party.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin won Michigan's razor's-edge race for U.S. Senate, defeating former Republican congressman Mike Rogers in a battle of attrition.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — A ballot question to enshrine Nevada’s abortion rights in the state constitution has received its first nod of approval from voters, who must also approve the measure in 2026 in order to amend the constitution.

Donald Trump's impending return to the White House has cast a spotlight on Canada-U.S. economic ties amid worries that the president-elect's protectionist stance could complicate the vast levels of trade between the two countries.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump tapped into deep anxieties about an economy that seemed unable despite its recent growth to meet the needs of the middle class, according to AP VoteCast, a sweeping survey of more than 120,000 voters nat