Orange County voters will fill seats for mayor, council and school board on Nov. 6. If history shows anything about midterm elections, it's that the sitting president's political party often - but not always - has a tough night. In 35 out of 38 midterm elections held since the end of the Civil War the president's party has lost seats in the House, according to the Cook Political Report.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture today announced 17 grants for research on the next generation of agricultural technologies and systems to meet the growing demand for food, fuel, and fiber. The grants are funded through NIFA's Agriculture and Food Research Initiative , authorized by the 2014 Farm Bill.
Mitzie Perez is one of the 750,000 DREAMers who are allowed to legally go to college, but their status as temporary residents leaves them with few ways to pay for tuition. They're not eligible for federal grants or loans.
In what might be shaping up as an echo of the 1960s, campuses in Southern California and around the country are responding to a pending Trump presidency with all manner of mourning and protest. Cry-ins, class walkouts, marches all have become routine parts of campus life in recent weeks, a response to the election of a candidate who denied climate change, repeatedly made statements viewed as misogynistic, and called for building a wall between the U.S. and Mexico.
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The candidates in the race for the White House are making the case to voters across the country in a fight to win the Republican and Democratic nominations. Here's a look, as seen in images made by Associated Press photographers on the campaign trail.
Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reacts as she arrives at a rally at the University of California, Riverside, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Riverside, Calif. Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton reacts as she arrives at a rally at the University of California, Riverside, Tuesday, May 24, 2016, in Riverside, Calif.