Trump rips LeBron James’ smarts hours before rally in Ohio

Ahead of campaigning in Ohio on Saturday, President Donald Trump unleashed a withering attack on the state's son, savaging LeBron James in a late-night tweet that derided the intelligence of one of the nation's most prominent African-American men. Trump blasted James after seemingly watching an interview the former Cleveland Cavaliers star did earlier in the week with CNN anchor Don Lemon in which he deemed Trump divisive.

GOP grumbles as Donald Trump reshapes midterm campaigns

President Donald Trump's strategy of becoming aggressively involved in the midterm elections is prompting concern among some Republicans who worry he's complicating the political calculus for GOP candidates trying to outrun his popularity. Those Republicans worry their statewide candidates may rise or fall based on Trump's standing, muddling their path to maintain control of Congress.

Bill Launched by Attorney General’s CyberOhio Initiative Signed into Law

Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine today released the following statement regarding Senate Bill 220, the Data Protection Act sponsored by State Senators Bob Hackett and Kevin Bacon , being signed into law: "I congratulate Senator Hackett and Senator Bacon for working with their Senate and House colleagues to pass this important bill and send it to the governor's desk and commend the governor for signing it into law," said Attorney General DeWine. "By encouraging Ohio business owners to take appropriate and proven steps to enhance their cybersecurity, Ohioans can be confident that their personal information will be better protected.

Pence says ‘red wave’ will begin in Ohio’s special election

Vice President Mike Pence came to Newark today to tout GOP congressional candidate Troy Balderson in next week's special election, but the focus of much of his message was on President Donald Trump. "In the 12th district, history will record that the red wave started here," Pence said to a large ovation from the capacity crowd.

Capitol Insider: ‘Voter shaming’ hits special election for Ohio congressional seat

Shortly before the 2016 New Hampshire primary, a group backing John Kasich for president mailed controversial campaign fliers to Granite State voters bearing the ominous message "What if your friends, your neighbors, and your community knew whether you voted?" While the Kasich team's role in the "voter shaming" effort was not revealed until well after the primary, the mailers caused an immediate stir in New Hampshire and raised claims of voter intimidation and privacy violations. Last week, many voters in Ohio's 12th Congressional District received similar mailers from the Republican National Committee on behalf of state Sen. Troy Balderson, R-Zanesville, ahead of next week's special election.

Ohio’s Republians campaign for Balderson in buildup to special election

Ohio's Republican heavy-hitters showed up in full force Saturday to kick off a team of canvassers in support of Troy Balderson's bid to represent the 12th district in Congress. With the Aug. 7 special election just 10 days away, state Sen. Balderson, R-Zanesville, is using the home stretch to galvanize the historically Republican district to turn out and vote.

The Democratic Party doesn’t need unifying, factions are fine

It is an assumption about the nature of political parties that they must have a direction, and that direction must speak for most candidates and politicians within the party family. But why? Why can't there be factions, as there most assuredly are in the Democratic Party ? Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is going to run in November as a Democratic Socialist regardless of what direction, if any, the Democratic Party takes in the months ahead.

GOP lawmakers introduce articles of impeachment against Rod Rosenstein

A handful of conservative members of Congress officially introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday in a move that had been threatened for weeks. The articles were introduced by Rep. Mark Meadows of North Carolina, chairman of the conservative House Freedom Caucus, and Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, along with 9 cosponsors.

Gov. Kasich’s laudable Lake Erie protections, Ohio…

Key General Assembly Republicans are unhappy with their fellow Republican, Gov. John Kasich, for what his own press release termed "aggressive new action" to protect Lake Erie from agricultural runoff in western Ohio's Maumee River basin. On Wednesday, responding to Kasich's July 11 executive order, House Speaker Ryan Smith, a Republican from Gallia County's Bidwell, and other top Republican lawmakers asked Kasich to rescind it .

Dark money groups spent millions on Ohio legislative races

Four secretive political groups raised more than $2.6 million for ads targeting Republican primaries for Ohio House of Representative seats in the lead up to last May's election, new campaign finance filings show. The money was spent in roughly a dozen state legislative races that were a proxy fight to be Ohio's next House speaker.

Kasich: Trump is wrong; Putin a KGB operative who cannot be trusted

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.