Trump says Ohio’s Balderson would be “great congressman”President…

Republican Troy Balderson, a candidate for Ohio's 12th District, joins volunteers at a phone bank in Westerville, Ohio, on Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, a day ahead of a special election for the congressional seat. Balderson, a two-term Republican state senator, is working to retain GOP control of the 12th District.

Trump Makes Last-Minute Appeal For Ohio GOP House Candidate Balderson

President Donald Trump made a last-minute push on Tuesday for Republican House candidate Troy Balderson as voters head to the polls in Ohio's 12th Congressional District. In an early morning tweet, the president appealed to the district's voters to elect Balderson over Democrat Danny O'Connor in Tuesday's special election.

Trump Considers Tapping Nation’s Oil Reserve To Combat Rising Gas Prices

President Donald Trump could soon tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to lower oil prices just ahead of the U.S. midterm elections in November. The Trump administration is considering releasing up to 30 million barrels of oil into the market, cutting the stockpile nearly in half , according to Bloomberg.

Judge rules against Trump policy restricting transgender troops

A U.S. court on Monday ruled the Trump administration could not enforce an updated policy barring certain transgender people from serving in the U.S. military, becoming the second court in the country to rule against the government since it unveiled the policy in March. President Donald Trump announced on March 23 that he would endorse a plan by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to restrict the military service of transgender people who experience a condition called gender dysphoria.

Rosie O’Donnell, Broadway singers protest outside White House

Rosie O'Donnell, along with more than 50 Broadway musicians, protested outside the White House on Monday night, the 22nd consecutive day of demonstrations against President Donald Trump. With shirts that read "Now Showing Truth," O'Donnell and the band of protesters sang songs - including "America, The Beautiful," with the director encouraging the crowd to join in - and urged attendees to take an active role in the future of the country.

Trump shadow looms over Tuesday elections in Ohio, Kansas

President Donald Trump's preferred congressional candidate - and his chief legislative achievement - are about to be tested in battleground Ohio in the season's final high-stakes special election. The midsummer affair comes as Trump's shadow looms over primary contests in four other states on Tuesday, none bigger than Kansas, where the Republican president roiled the governor's race Monday by opposing the sitting GOP governor on the eve of the election.

Bob Dole endorses incumbent in Kansas gubernatorial primary, opposing Trump

Former Kansas Sen. Bob Dole endorsed Gov. Jeff Colyer in the state's Tuesday Republican gubernatorial primary, a split with Donald John Trump South Korea urges Pyongyang to speed up denuclearization process More than a dozen arrested as protesters, counter-protesters clash in Berkeley Trump golfs with Graham at New Jersey club MORE Dole, the 1996 GOP presidential nominee, tweeted his support for Colyer, whom he called "our best choice to win tomorrow AND in the fall." Proud to support Jeff Colyer for Governor-our best choice to win tomorrow AND in the Fall.

Trump boosts Kobach to disappointment of some in Kansas GOP

Kris Kobach has emerged as the outright favorite to win the GOP nomination in Tuesday's gubernatorial primary after winning an endorsement via Twitter from Donald John Trump South Korea urges Pyongyang to speed up denuclearization process More than a dozen arrested as protesters, counter-protesters clash in Berkeley Trump golfs with Graham at New Jersey club MORE Trump's tweet calling Kobach a "fantastic guy" came just hours before the polls open, and represents the first time the president has endorsed a candidate running against a Republican incumbent in a primary. The unlucky incumbent is Gov. Jeff Colyer , a former surgeon with years of experience in the state legislature, and a far more traditional candidate than Kobach has been.

In one tweet, Trump confuses everything about California bushfires

Los Angeles: No one would mistake President Donald Trump for an expert on climate change or water policy, but a tweet he issued late Sunday about California's bushfires deserves some sort of award for most glaring misstatements about those two issues in the smallest number of words. Trump blamed the fires on "bad environmental laws which aren't allowing massive amount of readily available water to be properly utilised."

President Trump Tweets ‘Total Endorsement’ for Controversial…

President Donald Trump overruled the warnings of aides Monday to endorse controversial Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach in that state's Republican gubernatorial primary. In a morning tweet ahead of the Tuesday contest, Trump said Kobach has his "full & total Endorsement!" as he faces off against a field of candidates that includes incumbent Gov. Jeff Colyer.

President Trump Changed His Story about the Trump Tower Meeting. Here Are the Facts

President Donald Trump has long argued that reporting on his campaign's ties with Russia is "fake news." So let's start with what he now admits is true: Donald Trump's son, son-in-law and then-campaign manager met in Trump Tower with a Kremlin-connected lawyer at the height of the 2016 campaign after being promised dirt on Hillary Clinton from the highest levels of the Russian government.

Adams: Democrats will deliver chaos, unrest, and civil conflict if they are allowed to regain power

In a compelling new broadcast posted at Real.Video recently, site founder Mike Adams discussed the various ways that Democrats will dramatically upset the civil society and increase uncivil discourse as well as the chance for domestic conflict should they win back control of Congress this fall. More broadly, if they manage to unseat POTUS Donald Trump and drive down the Republican majority, according to their public policy statements and in various media interviews, Democrats are promising to enact a number of policies that would not only halt POTUS Donald Trump's MAGA agenda but would return the country to the dark fiscal days of the Obama administration, while at the same time widening the political chasm between Left and Right.

Day ahead of Kansas primary, Trump endorses Kris Kobach for governor over Colyer

President Donald Trump officially endorsed Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach on Monday, a day before polls close in Kansas in the GOP primary for governor. The endorsement is a major slight to the state's sitting governor, Jeff Colyer of Johnson County, who rose to the state's top office in January after Trump appointed former Gov. Sam Brownback to an ambassadorship.

Sen. Rand Paul goes to Moscow and invites Russians to…

Sen. Rand Paul, one of President Donald Trump's more eager defenders on Russia, jetted into Moscow on Monday in a bid to increase engagement with the country. Paul, R-Ky., met with several Russian senators including Sergey Kislyak, Russia's former envoy to Washington and a key player at the heart of the election meddling scandal that continues to rock relations between the United States and Russia.

GOP senators rave about Kavanaugh; Dems prepare to grill him

By LISA MASCARO, AP Congressional Correspondent WASHINGTON - Now that Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has met privately with almost every Republican senator, it's becoming increasingly clear President Donald Trump's pick for the bench is running into little GOP resistance to confirmation this fall.