North Dakota’s Cramer faces primary ahead of Heitkamp match

In this May 26, 2016, file photo, North Dakota state Rep. Kevin Cramer, R-N.D, speaks in Bismarck, N.D. Cramer, a candidate for U.S. Senate, faces Thomas O'Neill, an Air Force veteran who didn't mount a serious campaign, in the Tuesday, June 12, 2018, Republican primary.

Nevada voters face familiar names on Tuesday primary ballot

Heller is considered the vulnerable Republican senator seeking re-ele... . In this June 6, 2018, photo, Clark County Commission member Chris Giunchigliani, right, speaks with Susan Garcia, center, and Aileen Vides while campaigning in Las Vegas.

UK justice minister resigns ahead of key Brexit debate

President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un conclude an extraordinary nuclear summit Tuesday with the U.S. president pledging "security guarantees" to the North and Kim recommitting to the "complete... President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un conclude an extraordinary nuclear summit Tuesday with the U.S. president pledging "security guarantees" to the North and Kim recommitting to the "complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula." . . FILE - In this Oct. 4, 2017, file photo, Sen. Dean Heller, R-Nev, speaks during a media briefing at Metro Police headquarters in Las Vegas.

Senate GOP upbeat on victory in N. Dakota, less in W.Va.

Republicans say two states that President Donald Trump won in landslides are heading in opposite directions in the battle for the Senate majority, as they expressed increasing confidence about capturing North Dakota but diminishing hopes about West Virginia. With fewer than 100 days to the midterm elections, top Republicans have concluded that North Dakota represents their best chance to flip a seat from blue to red, with Rep. Kevin Cramer, R, looking to unseat first-term Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp.

Sen. Mitch McConnell pushes hemp legalization in farm bill

Declaring he has "won the argument" on hemp, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that the Senate is on track for a vote to legalize the crop that comes from the same plant that produces marijuana. The Senate Agriculture Committee is scheduled to consider the farm bill Wednesday.

Digital Dialogue: Let’s talk about Tuesday’s primaries in Virginia

With the primary elections Tuesday, NBC12 will hold a Digital Dialogue as Virginians choose candidates for Congressional and Senate races. While voter turnout is generally lower for primary elections, there are some hotly contested races in the state that could change the tide in Washington.

Durbin: Trump – unreliable, unpredictable and usually unprepareda

At a wide-ranging news conference in his Chicago office, Senator Dick Durbin had opinions about President Trump and Speaker Madigan. Durbin called in the news cameras to take pictures of a mother and child separated at the border whom he pressured the Trump administration to re-unite, "The immigrant policy of the Trump Administration is heartless and cruel and this is the worst example."

Obama prepping Dems for 2020 Barack Obama has met with several…

DECEMBER 05: Former president Barack Obama speaks to a gathering of more than 50 mayors and other guests during the North American Climate Summit on December 5, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. The summit was held to bring together leaders from the U.S., Canada and Mexico to commit their cities to addressing climate change at the local level.

Bill Clinton: a Norms have changeda for what you can do to somebody against their will

Former President Bill Clinton suggested the "norms have changed" in society for what "you can do to somebody against their will" in response to a question about former Minnesota Sen. Al Franken's resignation from Congress following sexual harassment allegations. "I think the norms have really changed in terms of, what you can do to somebody against their will, how much you can crowd their space, make them miserable at work," Clinton told PBS Newshour in an interview that aired Thursday.

Abhorrent.’ Utah’s members of Congress say immigration reform is…

Washington a Utah's members of Congress say the stories of children being ripped away from their parents at the southern U.S. border shows there's dire need to pass immigration reform, though it's unclear a divided Washington would be able to accomplish it anytime soon. " It is against Utah values to put young children at risk by forcibly separating them from their families," said spokeswoman Katie Thompson.

Net neutrality rules are gone. What’s everyone saying? – CNET

After months of votes and procedural and bureaucratic moves, the Federal Communication Commission's decision to end the Obama-era laws governing net neutrality went into effect on Monday. , defended the move as necessary to remove what he has described as onerous regulations that restrict investment in new networks.

Woman accused of driving children in kennels to be arraigned

A coalition of religious groups and anti-sex trafficking activists have launched referendums to ban brothels in two of Nevada's seven count... A state marketed as a place where people can indulge in all manner of sins is confronting its status as the only place in America where you legally pay someone for sex. A state marketed as a place where people can indulge in all manner of sins is confronting its status as the only place in America where you legally pay someone for sex.

Brothel bans weighed in Nevada as legal pimp seeks office

A coalition of religious groups and anti-sex trafficking activists have launched referendums to ban brothels in two of Nevada's seven count... . In this April 27, 2018, photo, owner Dennis Hof sits in front of the Love Ranch brothel in Crystal, Nev.

Democrats Adopt New Rule Requiring Candidates To Actually Be Democrats

Democrats have adopted a new rule requiring future candidates for President to certify that they are Democrats, but it seems largely unenforceable. In addition to changes to the rules regarding the role of superdelegates in the nomination process, the Democratic National Committee is also working on other changes to the way the party's nomination process works, and this one seems to be directly aimed at Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders and his supporters: Democratic National Committee officials on Friday moved forward with a proposal to force the party's presidential candidates to identify as Democrats, a move that drew immediate criticism from a top official in Bernie Sanders' 2016 campaign.