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Democratic National Committee chair Tom Perez ran into trouble Sunday after insisting that the party has "never hesitated to take action" on misconduct allegations against Democratic officials, including DNC deputy chair Keith Ellison . Mr. Perez defended the DNC's refusal to call for the resignation of Mr. Ellison over his ex-girlfriend's domestic-abuse accusation, arguing that the Democratic Party has a better record of dealing with such charges than does the GOP.
Democrat Xochitl Torres Small is running for New Mexico's 2nd Congressional district -- long considered a Republican stronghold -- yet the race is garnering national attention because of the razor-thin margin in polling data. In 2016, the congressional district went to President Donald Trump by 10 points.
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.
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.
President Trump is headed to Texas on Monday to campaign for Republican Senator Ted Cruz, who is up for re-election against far-left Democrat Beto O'Rouke. Response for tickets to #MAGA rally #Houston Mon 10/22 has been HUGE and unprecedented! This will be an epic rally, so we're moving to @ToyotaCenter .
Fox News is out with a new national poll , and it contains a few morsels that each political party will enjoy. In terms of toplines, Democrats hold a seven-point advantage on the generic Congressional ballot -- unchanged from the last survey in this series.
Sen. John McCain knew his end was near when he spoke to "Watergate" director Charles Ferguson for Ferguson's documentary about "how we learned to stop an out-of-control president." The director believes McCain wanted to send a message about President Trump.
This is not the week that Democrats were expecting to have. Right on the heels of their epic blunder in trying to stop Justice Kavanaugh's confirmation to the Supreme Court, they and their mainstream media mouthpieces clearly thought that Senator Elizabeth Warren's campaign to reembrace the "one-drop rule" and thereby "prove" her Native American claims would be a brilliant turn of fortune for the party.
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster and the state's congressional delegation urged President Donald Trump on Thursday to reconsider his administration's plan to shut down a half-built nuclear fuel facility in their state. A federal appeals court last week allowed the Energy Department to go forward with plans to close the multibillion-dollar facility at the Savannah River Site near Aiken.
This combination of file photos shows North Dakota Senate candidates, Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, left, during a campaign stop in Grand Forks, and her Republican challenger Kevin Cramer at a campaign stop in Fargo.
Sen. Ron Wyden, Oregon Democrat, said Congress should follow Canada 's lead and federally legalize marijuana, citing economic benefits being reaped north of the border by retail weed sales starting Wednesday. "Congress should seize the moment, do the right thing and end the federal prohibition on marijuana once and for all by responsibly regulating and taxing cannabis like any other legal substance," Mr. Wyden said on the eve of Canada 's recreational marijuana law taking effect.
This combination of file photos shows Wisconsin Republican Gov. Scott Walker, left, and his Democratic challenger Tony Evers in the 2018 November general election. Walker, who is seeking a third term, has been working for years to repeal Obama's health care law and signed off on the state attorney general joining the lawsuit against it.
In this Monday, Oct. 1, 2018, file photo, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Richard Cordray, left, and Ohio Attorney General and Republican gubernatorial candidate Mike DeWine wave to the crowd before a debate at Marietta College in Marietta, Ohio. The two candidates are working to distinguish their positions and stave off critics from the far right and left to win Ohio's high stakes governor's race.
'There's no place for that': Paul Ryan criticizes Trump for calling Stormy Daniels 'Horseface' and Lindsey Graham chimes in to say it doesn't do 'anything good' Daniels reached a $130,000 nondisclosure agreement with Trump lawyer Michael Cohen that Cohen testified Trump directed him to form The insult comes as the GOP is trying to protect incumbents in suburban districts where Trump's approval is low The retiring speaker was asked about the president's language a day after Trump went after Daniels, who claims she had a sexual affair with him in 2006, following a victory in a defamation lawsuit.
This year's U.S. congressional campaign season is on pace to break fundraising records, driven in part by unprecedented hauls by at least five candidates from both major parties, according to a Reuters analysis of campaign finance disclosures. Candidates for the House of Representatives have collectively raised $1.2 billion from January 2017 through the end of September, more than the inflation-adjusted $1 billion record set at this point in the 2010 election cycle, according to Federal Election Commission data.
In a stunning October surprise, Alaska's lieutenant governor resigned Tuesday for making unspecified "inappropriate comments," imperiling the re-election hopes of Gov. Bill Walker, a man with whom he shared a brother-like bond. Walker, who has been locked in a tough re-election fight with Democrat Mark Begich and Republican Mike Dunleavy, had already been in talks with Begich.
President Donald Trump speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, in Washington. President Donald Trump speaks during an interview with The Associated Press in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 16, 2018, in Washington.
The husband of Republican Sen. Susan Collins says a threatening letter that claimed to contain deadly ricin specifically mentioned her vote to nominate Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Thomas Daffron told WABI-TV on Tuesday that the writer claimed the letter was tainted with ricin residue.