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In Tennessee's critical Senate race, it's the Democrat running as a free trader. Phil Bredesen, a former governor, poses in a whiskey distillery in a recent ad and slams President Donald Trump's tariffs: "They hurt our auto industry, our farmers, and Tennessee exports like Jack Daniel's."
Dean Skelos, a Long Island Republican, was convicted of using his influence to get his adult son jobs and money. Ex-NY Senate Leader Dean Skelos, son guilty of corruption charges again Dean Skelos, a Long Island Republican, was convicted of using his influence to get his adult son jobs and money.
With barely a week to go before the brass-knuckled Republican run-off for governor of Georgia comes to a halt, there are growing signs that the contest is coming to a showdown between the "outsider" wing of the party more closely aligned with Donald Trump and the "insider" or "establishment" faction. Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle, considered the favorite of the GOP establishment, leads Secretary of State Brian Kemp, widely considered the Trump-style "outsider," by a razor-thin margin of 44 to 43 percent among likely voters in the July 24 runoff, according to a poll from independent firm Cygnal.
Arnold Schwarzenegger blasts Trump calling him a 'little wet noodle' for his press conference with Putin and scolds him saying 'You sold out our country' Former California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger called Trump a 'wet noodle' for his 'embarrassing' press conference with Russia's President Putin on Monday In Monday's Helsinki Summit, Trump was widely perceived to attack American intel on Russian interference in the 2016 election- denying it happened The Austrian born, American politician questioned what happened to 'strong words,' such as from Reagan when he said 'Mr. Gorbachev tear down this wall!' Former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger called out Trump for being a 'wet noodle' in his 'embarrassing' summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin , and scolded him saying 'You sold out our country.'
This undated file photo provided by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction shows death row inmate Robert Van Hook, convicted of fatally strangling and stabbing David Self in 1985 after meeting him in a Cincinnati bar.
The Cobb County Board of Commissioners will host an event to honor Vietnam veterans on Aug. 25 at 2 p.m. at the Cobb County Civic Center, 548 South Marietta Parkway in Marietta.
Gov. Nathan Deal is now a player in the runoff for the Republican gubernatorial nominee with his endorsement of Casey Cagle. But how much of a player? Will we see Deal campaigning for Cagle over the next week? And will Cagle make the Deal legacy, particularly the economic prosperity that state has enjoyed, the pillar of his campaign or will he continue to sling mud and work to appeal to far right voters like Kemp? Speaking of endorsements, Kemp picked up two notable -- yet yawnable -- nods Monday as well.
In this March 4, 2018 file photo, Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif. Cohen stars in the new Showtime series "Who Is America?", premiering on Sunday, July 15. FILE - In this March 4, 2018 file photo, Sacha Baron Cohen arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar Party in Beverly Hills, Calif.
Where car is king, a gas tax hike pits concern for the poorest versus the need for transportation funding. It's also a bellwether for the Democrats' grip on the state Legislature and in Congress.
Ohio Gov. John Kasich hoped he he was wrong - that President Donald Trump would emerge from his private meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin having achieved something “significant.” But the Republican who aspires to run again for president in 2020 - after failing to take down Trump for the GOP nomination in 2016 - did not have high hopes for the Helsinki meeting. “It's very concerning … I just view this with great trepidation,” Kasich told CNN's Anderson Cooper during a TV appearance on the cable network on Monday morning.
Sacha Baron Cohen has been punking people for the last 20 years in various guises, which at first blush made his Showtime series, "Who is America?," sound like just more of the same. But the provocateur has reeled in some big fish -- who have dutifully denounced him -- as marks, adding sizzle to what otherwise amounts to serving old wine in a new bottle.
Gov. Paul LePage's legacy as Maine's 74th governor will be complex and varied, ranging from his conservative accomplishments to verbal explosions that put Maine in a negative national light. With three of his four terms spent as Democrats held legislative majorities, the Republican governor's veto became the most formidable weapon in his efforts to simultaneously advance his conservative agenda while thwarting liberal and moderate initiatives.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. - Leaders of the largest political pro-life group, Susan B. Anthony List, plan to work against the reelection of U.S. Senator Joe Manchin from bases in several West Virginia cities, part of an effort in six states to unseat what the group's campaign chair calls "six vulnerable Democrats."
California Democrats have declined to endorse Sen. Dianne Feinstein's bid for re-election in 2018, rebuking a powerful senator the party's activist base sees as too conservative for the famously liberal state. Instead, the state party's executive committee voted late Saturday to endorse her challenger, state Sen. Kevin de Leon, in the general election.
They've got this Charlie Brown-like optimism - or naivete - that one day they'll actually kick that football a or win an election. Last week, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee announced it would put resources into Joe Cunningham's race to win the 1st District congressional seat.
Nowhere is the Republican Party's dominance in Alabama more obvious than on the ballot in Tuesday's primary runoff. The only ballot voters in Morgan, Limestone and Lawrence counties will see is a Republican one.
Kris Kobach spoke at a pro-ICE rally in Wichita Saturday, vowing to end in-state tuition for undocumented immigrants at Kansas universities and promising to help grow the Kansas workforce by deporting "illegal aliens." About three weeks out from the Kansas Republican primaries, Kobach is maintaining his stance against illegal immigration, calling it a burden on the state.
Only a handful of statewide races are on the ballot in Alabama's runoff election on Tuesday, and all that action is on the Republican side. Most attention nationally will go to the U.S. House race in southeastern Alabama between Rep. Marta Roby and former congressman Bobby Bright.
GARDEN CITY, Ind. - Vice President Mike Pence turns nostalgic when he talks about growing up in small-town Columbus, Indiana, where his father helped build an empire of more than 200 gas stations that provided an upbringing on the "front row of the American dream."
The Department of Employment and Economic Development on Wednesday awarded grants totaling $19 million to 35 small cites and counties for rehabilitation and infrastructure projects. "The vitality of our communities depends upon strong infrastructure and good, affordable housing," Gov. Mark Dayton said.