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Given what the Trump administration is saying are record achievements for a president at this stage in office, why would anyone consider voting for Democrats in the upcoming midterm elections? Writing in The Washington Examiner, Paul Bedard lists 289 accomplishments of the Trump administration, beginning with the obvious one, the economy: "They include 173 major wins, such as adding more than 4 million jobs, and another 116 smaller victories, some with outsize importance, such as the 83 percent one-year increase in arrests of MS-13 gang members." As the White House has touted, unemployment in all demographics is the lowest it has been since 1969.
Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) reacted to President Trump's comments suggesting the criticism Saudi Arabia has received over a missing Saudi journalist is premature, comparing these accusations to the sexual assault allegations against Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
Sen. Ted Cruz was visibly flustered during Tuesday night's Texas Senate debate when Rep. Beto O'Rourke linked the conservative senator's vote to increase the budget deficit to accepting money from Political Action Committees that represent corporate interests. "He voted to add $2 trillion dollars," O'Rourke said while answering a question about America's debt, which has mushroomed since Republicans passed a controversial tax cut.
On the campaign trail, Rep. Beto O'Rourke has cast his mother, Melissa O'Rourke, as a lifelong Republican. The Texas Democrat's comments serve a purpose: his Republican mother is the exact sort of voter he'll need to win over in order to defeat GOP Sen. Ted Cruz in the red state and become the first Democrat to win a Senate seat there for the first time since 1988.
Rep. Beto O'Rourke shed his nice-guy approach in Tuesday night's Senate debate as Sen. Ted Cruz kept up the pressure to paint him as far too liberal for Texas. O'Rourke went on the attack early, in a way he hadn't done in the first debate and even more directly than he has on the stump in recent days - calling Cruz a liar, ineffective and self-serving.
Sen. Mark Warner said Tuesday that denial of knowledge from the Saudi regime about the disappearance of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi after he visited the Turkish Saudi Consulate "strains" the nation's credibility. "This was not some dark alley, this was inside the Saudi Consulate," Warner, a Virginia Democrat who is the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told CNN's Jake Tapper on "The Lead."
President Donald Trump during an interview with The Associated Press in the Oval Office on Tuesday. Photo Credit: AP/Evan Vucci President Donald Trump sounds insulted that anyone would think he's going soft on the Saudis because they've been so nice for his personal bottom line.
A spokeswoman says Republican Sen. Susan Collins has been cleared to stay in her Maine home while an investigation continues into a suspicious envelope. . A person in a hazmat suit appears to be handling a letter that is enclosed in a plastic bag in Bangor, Maine, Monday, Oct. 15, 2018.
Sen. Ted Cruz and challenger U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke are going head to head Tuesday night in The Texas Debate, hosted by Texas TEGNA stations, at KENS 5 in San Antonio. It could be their final debate before the U.S. Senate election on Nov. 6. U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and challenger U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke are squaring off tonight in The Texas Debate at KENS 5 in San Antonio.
The DNA test that Sen. Elizabeth Warren used to try to rebut the ridicule of President Donald Trump angered some Native Americans, who complained that the genetic analysis cheapens the identities of tribal members with deeper ties to the Indian past. Warren was born in Oklahoma, which is home to 39 tribes and where more than 7 percent of the population identifies as Native American, one of the highest proportions in the nation.
One of the Senate's leading Republicans joined the mockery of Sen. Elizabeth Warren's claims of Indian ancestry with one of the oldest techniques Tuesday - oneupmanship. Sen. Lindsey Graham, South Carolina Republican, said in an interview that he might be more of an Indian than the Massachusetts Democrat widely dubbed "Pocahantas" and "Fauxcahontas" by President Trump and other Republicans.
ALBANY, Ga. - Vice President Mike Pence is visiting southwest Georgia today where he is surveying storm damage from Hurricane Michael, a day after President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump did the same thing.
The next hurdle on the race toward Election Day arrives Tuesday night when U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz and U.S. Rep. Beto O'Rourke face off in a debate at KENS 5 in San Antonio. With the finish line in sight after months of campaigning, the two men vying to serve Texas in the U.S. Senate have just a few more hurdles to clear.
Police searching the Saudi Consulate found evidence that Saudi writer Jamal Khashoggi was killed there, a high-level Turkish official said Tuesday, and authorities appeared ready to also search the nearby residence of the consul general after the diplomat left the country. The comment by the Turkish official to The Associated Press further intensified the pressure on Saudi Arabia to explain what happened to Khashoggi, who vanished Oct. 2 while visiting the consulate to pick up paperwork he need to get married.
As they gathered to honor Ohio native William McKinley, the country's 25th president, Huron County Republicans received the opportunity to visit with several candidates running for office in next month's general election. Judge Gene Zmuda, currently on the Lucas County Common Pleas Court judge and candidate for the 6th District Court of Appeals, introduced the keynote speaker for the recently McKinley dinner Judge Craig Baldwin, a candidate for the Ohio Supreme Court.
Reports filed late Monday show Sen. Tim Kaine and Democratic candidates in key U.S. House races each raised more than their opponents in the third quarter. Kaine raised $2.4 million compared to Republican Corey Stewart's $1 million.
Republican Kris Kobach, from left to right, Libertarian Jeff Caldwell, independent Greg Orman, Democrat Laura Kelly and independent Rick Kloos participate in a gubernatorial debate at KWCH-TV, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, in Wichita, Kan. less Republican Kris Kobach, from left to right, Libertarian Jeff Caldwell, independent Greg Orman, Democrat Laura Kelly and independent Rick Kloos participate in a gubernatorial debate at KWCH-TV, Tuesday, Oct. 9, ... more Republican Kris Kobach, from left to right, Libertarian Jeff Caldwell, independent Greg Orman, Democrat Laura Kelly and independent Rick Kloos participate in a gubernatorial debate at KWCH-TV, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, in Wichita, Kan.
Republican Kris Kobach, from left to right, Libertarian Jeff Caldwell, independent Greg Orman, Democrat Laura Kelly and independent Rick Kloos participate in a gubernatorial debate at KWCH-TV, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, in Wichita, Kan.
During an interview on Tuesday's edition of Fox & Friends , Sen. Lindsey Graham responded to Elizabeth Warren's announcement that she has Native American ancestry by announcing that he too is planning to take a DNA test. Hosts concluded the interview by urging Graham to come back on the show soon to reveal the results of his test.
President Donald Trump lashed out at Sen. Elizabeth Warren on Tuesday over DNA test results she released that indicate she has some Native American heritage, saying she is "getting slammed" over the assertion and branded it as a "scam and a lie." Warren released the test results Monday in part to push back against Trump's longstanding taunts about her ancestry claims.