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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.
In their debate, a high-stress exercise for even the most seasoned candidates, McSally and Sinema portrayed themselves as dramatically different. Debate expert breaks down body language, tone and tension during McSally-Sinema debate In their debate, a high-stress exercise for even the most seasoned candidates, McSally and Sinema portrayed themselves as dramatically different.
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."
When Hurricane Michael barreled through Florida, it also crashed right into the middle of two hotly contested political races. Florida is of course a swing state and a critical one.
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.
President Donald Trump urges the crowd to vote for Republican Kentucky representative Andy Barr at the conclusion of his speech on the Eastern Kentucky University campus. In a wide-ranging interview on CBS' "60 Minutes," President Donald Trump repeated several false and misleading claims, while putting a new twist on some of them: Trump falsely claimed Russia "wouldn't be able to help me at all," even if he had called Russia "to help me with an election" in 2016.
SHOCK!!! NEW YORK TIMES SCORES EARLY ROUNDS FOR KANSAS 3RD DISTRICT CONTENDER SHARICE 'NO SHOW' DAVIDS BY EPIC MARGIN: DO YOU BUY IT??? Sure it is. Reality: This thing seems like it's gonna be close and smarter political pundits are going to wait until after it's over to tell us that they were right.
This summer, with the midterm elections only months away, Democratic pollster Celinda Lake worried that her party was failing to capitalize politically on the investigation of Russian interference in the last presidential election. So she pitched liberal groups on a series of online surveys and focus groups.
Instead, he held a news conference at City Hall Tuesday to endorse Amara Enyia in the 2019 race to replace Mayor Rahm Emanuel. The Grammy Award-winning artist, whose real name is Chancelor Bennett, raised hopes on Monday when he tweeted a photo of a media advisory: "Chance the Rapper to hold press conference regarding Chicago mayoral election," with an additional comment from Chance: "City Hall pull up."
Minnesota's Court of Appeals has denied Rep. Keith Ellison's effort to block the release of his divorce records. The Minnesota Democrat's divorce records from his ex-wife, Kim Ellison, have drawn sharp interest since Ellison's former girlfriend accused him in August of domestic abuse.
Republican Rep. Duncan Hunter is stepping up efforts to convince voters his Democratic opponent is a security threat because of his family's background - something the Latino, Arab-American contender forcefully rejects as a desperate attempt by an indicted incumbent. Former congressman Duncan Hunter Sr., the candidate's father, called a news conference Monday near the USS Midway aircraft carrier in San Diego and showed a photo of Ammar Campa-Najjar with his father, a former Palestinian Authority official.
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.
Republican businessman Bill Lee speaks during the final gubernatorial debate at Belmont University Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn. Republican businessman Bill Lee speaks during the final gubernatorial debate at Belmont University Friday, Oct. 12, 2018, in Nashville, Tenn.
Colorado gubernatorial candidates Walker Stapleton and Jared Polis debated at the Penrose House in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Saturday, October 13, 2018. Colorado gubernatorial candidates Walker Stapleton and Jared Polis debated at the Penrose House in Colorado Springs, Colorado on Saturday, October 13, 2018.
Facing the prospect of an electoral defeat that could imperil his presidency, President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he won't accept the blame if Republicans lose the House in November, arguing that he is "helping" Republican candidates in the midterms. In a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press, Trump also accused his longtime personal attorney Michael Cohen of "lying" under oath, defended his use of the derisive nickname "Horseface" for porn actress Stormy Daniels and argued that the widespread condemnation of the Saudis in the disappearance of a Washington Post columnist was a rush to judgment.
Despite not running for a fourth term in Congress, Rep. Elizabeth Esty still has about $1 million in her campaign account, and that's not sitting well with some Democrats. Rep. Elizabeth Esty said she plans to deal with her roughly $1 million campaign account balance after she leaves office next year.