Senate report on Russian disinformation details scale, sweep

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin give a joint news conference following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018. less U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin give a joint news conference following their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, on July 16, 2018.

Iowa Poll: Trump has big fan base among Iowa Republicans, but they welcome challengers

DES MOINES, Iowa President Donald Trump remains popular among Iowa Republican voters , but they want the door politely held open for GOP challengers. A new Des Moines Register/CNN/Mediacom Iowa Poll shows Trump has an 81 percent approval rating among registered Republicans in Iowa.

Meet the GOP’s – Bomb Squad’ | Book Review

It is a requirement of the political exile to write a book decrying the forces that drove you away. The task becomes a bit awkward, however, when you're exiled not from your old country but just your old green room; when your former comrades are not in hiding but in power; when you insist that you're the same while everyone else has suddenly changed, even if the changes began long ago and you chose not to notice.

Report: Russia used every social media platform to back Trump

A report prepared for the Senate that provides the most sweeping analysis yet of Russia's disinformation campaign around the 2016 election found the operation used every major social media platform to deliver words, images and videos tailored to voters' interests to help elect President Donald Trump - and worked even harder to support him while in office. The report, a draft of which was obtained by the Washington Post, is the first to study the millions of posts provided by major technology firms to the Senate Intelligence Committee, led by Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., its chairman, and Mark Warner of Virginia, its ranking Democrat.

Susan Collins on 2020 GOP primary: – I see nothing wrong with challengers’

Senator Susan Collins of Maine said Sunday she welcomes potential Republican primary challengers to President Trump while also declining to endorse the president's 2020 reelection bid. Collins, who helped defeat Republican attempts to repeal the Affordable Care Act through Congress in 2017, argued that primaries help shape policy by allowing ''a lot of viewpoints to surface.'

James Comey Resists Closed-Door Congress Interview After Being Subpoenaed by House Republicans

A congressional committee has subpoenaed former FBI chief James Comey to make himself available for an interview, but he only wants to do it if the event is public. Comey says he'll resist appearing behind closed doors Dec. 3. He says of House Republicans: "I've seen enough of their selective leaking and distortion.

Comey resists closed-door Congress interview on FBI actions Source: AP

Former FBI chief James Comey said Thursday he will resist a subpoena to appear before a congressional committee Dec. 3 unless that happens publicly because House Republicans will distort anything he says behind closed doors. The House Judiciary Committee chairman, Rep. Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, subpoenaed Comey as part of an investigation into FBI decisions made during the 2016 election, when Democrat Hillary Clinton was cleared in a probe into her email use and agents opened an investigation into Donald Trump's campaign and Russia.

Kansas Medicaid expansion in doubt despite governor support

Democratic and moderate Republicans lawmakers worked together last year to try to make Kansas the latest state to expand Medicaid, only to see their bipartisan effort rewarded with a veto from former conservative GOP Gov. Sam Brownback. The election this month of a governor who supports Medicaid expansion seemed to remove the biggest hurdle for those hoping to bring health coverage to thousands of the state's poor.

House Democrats gain in California, but key races undecided

Democratic congressional candidate Mike Levin, left, waves on stage alongside his wife Chrissy, right, as he speaks to supporters Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018, in Del Mar, Calif. Levin faces Republican candidate Diane Harkey in the race for California's 49th congressional district.

Trump’s Road Show: In Georgia, says electricity in the air

Nathan Lockhart, of Jacksonville, Fla., gestures as he dresses as President Donald Trump before a Halloween campaign rally Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, in Fort Myers, Fla. Supporters of President Donald Trump cheer as he arrives for a campaign rally at Southport High School, Friday, Nov. 2, 2018, in Indianapolis.

Washington voters weigh federal races, carbon tax, gun law

In this Thursday, Oct. 4, 2018, photo, staff members for the Yes on I-1639 campaign, a gun safety initiative, prepare campaign materials at their headquarters in Seattle. Voters will decide the fate of I-1639, which would toughen background checks for people buying semi-automatic rifles, increase the age limit to 21 for buyers of those guns and require secured firearm storage in the Nov. 6, election.

The Latest: Trump distancing self from fate of GOP in House

President Donald Trump appears to be distancing himself from the fate of House Republican candidates two days before the midterm elections. Trump told reporters as he left the White House en route to a pair of rallies Sunday that he thinks "we're going to do well in the House, but as you know, my primary focus has been on the Senate, and I think we're doing really well in the Senate."

Trump calls Gillum a “radical socialist,” says Abrams is unqualified

President Donald Trump took the low road in recent attacks against two of the most promising Democrats running in high profile governor's races, Tallahassee Mayor Andrew Gillum in Florida and former state House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams in Georgia. On Saturday night the president told a crowd at a rally in Pensacola that Gillum is "a radical socialist ... who will not do good things for Florida," according to CBS News .

President Trump: Democrats will try to wipe out all that we’ve…

With rallies scheduled Sunday in Georgia and Tennessee, Trump has told supporters that a Democratic Congress will seek to reverse his accomplishments. President Trump: Democrats will try to wipe out all that we've done if they win control in Congress With rallies scheduled Sunday in Georgia and Tennessee, Trump has told supporters that a Democratic Congress will seek to reverse his accomplishments.

Mayor of Utah city killed in ‘insider attack’ in Afghanistan

The mayor of a Utah city was killed during an attack in Afghanistan while he was serving with the state's National Guard, the town's temporary mayor Brent Chugg confirmed to CBS Salt Lake City affiliate KUTV. North Ogden Mayor Brent Taylor died Saturday in an apparent "insider attack" in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan.

Election Waves Illustration by Greg Groesch/The Washington Times

I've been arguing for months that the ideal outcome in the midterm elections to set up Donald Trump for a landslide re-election in 2020 is for Republicans to hold the Senate and narrowly lose the House. Mr. Trump is best when he has a foil to run against - and who better than the least popular politician in America, Nancy Pelosi.