Cortland Foundation announces photography winners
The Cortland Foundation and the Tucker County Photography Club announce the winners of the second annual Photography Exhibition.
Category Archives: US Politics
Exclusive: McConnell-aligned PAC unleashes $6.4 million ad blitz to protect Senate majority
WASHINGTON A super PAC aligned with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell is unleashing a $6.4 million advertising onslaught on Tuesday as the fall midterm campaign begins in earnest. The spending blitz by the Senate Leadership Fund includes $1.1 million in advertising in Tennessee, a deep-red state President Donald Trump won by 26 percentage points in 2016.
In New Mexico Senate race, Heinrich joins Johnson in call to legalize cannabis
And this summer, Heinrich signed on with little fanfare as a co-sponsor of the Marijuana Freedom and Opportunity Act, which would remove the drug from the federal government's list of Schedule I narcotics. Of course, one of Heinrich's two challengers, former New Mexico Gov. Gary Johnson, a Libertarian, has been calling for legalizing marijuana since the 1990s, before it was cool.
Indicted New York congressman calls criminal probe a shock Source: AP
Indicted Republican Rep. Chris Collins said it was "the shock of all shocks" when he learned from two federal agents that he was under criminal investigation, and he acknowledged reports that he had rejected a plea deal. In an interview airing Monday, the three-term New York lawmaker told Buffalo television station WIVB that he thought the agents came to him in April to talk about an ongoing congressional ethics probe related to his ties to a biotechnology company.
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Recall that President's Trump's poodle Ron DeSantis was widely condemned for saying that he didn't think his African American opponent for the governorship of Florida should be allowed to "monkey up" the state. If you lie down with racist dogs you get racist fleas Rep. Ron DeSantis , a gubernatorial nominee who recently was accused of using racially tinged language, spoke four times at conferences organized by a conservative activist who has said that African Americans owe their freedom to white people and that the country's "only serious race war" is against whites.
Evaluations show teachers improving in New Mexico
Laura Mayo, teacher of a combined class of fifth- and sixth-graders at Nava Elementary School, works Monday with her students on fractions. Gabriela Campos/The New Mexican William Rodriguez, a teacher at Nava Elementary School, works Monday with his fifth-grade students on making marshmallow cannons to teach them the principles of Newton's laws of motion.
Indicted New York congressman calls criminal probe a shock
Indicted Republican Rep. Chris Collins said it was "the shock of all shocks" when he learned from two federal agents that he was under criminal investigation, and he acknowledged reports that he had rejected a plea deal. In an interview airing Monday, the three-term New York lawmaker told Buffalo television station WIVB that he thought the agents came to him in April to talk about an ongoing congressional ethics probe related to his ties to a biotechnology company.
Ap Fact Check: White House’s selective reading on economy
President Donald Trump pitched a wildly off-base claim about economic growth Monday as the White House used selective statistics to build a case that the economy is doing much better than when Barack Obama was in office. The attention on Obama comes as the ex-president steps back into the political arena on behalf of Democrats in the November elections.
Shotgun-toting senator shoots anti-Obamacare lawsuit in new ad for re-election bid
Invoking the same colorful imagery he used in his 2010 re-election bid, West Virginia Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin released a new ad Monday literally taking aim with a shotgun at the most recent lawsuit against the Affordable Care Act, which would dismantle protections for individuals with pre-existing conditions. "I haven't changed," Manchin asserts in the ad.
Omarosa suspects Pence’s chief of staff wrote anonymous op-ed
Washington: Former White House aide Omarosa Manigault Newman on Monday morning came more than prepared to make headlines during an appearance on ABC's The View . "I suspect it is Pence's chief of staff," she said, fingering Vice President Pence's top staffer, Nick Ayers, as the anonymous author of the now-infamous commentary in the New York Times that portrayed President Donald Trump as incompetent and dangerous, something she had previously suggested.
MSNBC’s Nicolle Wallace laughs hysterically as conservative…
Responding to reported comments from a White House official who claimed Sen. Ted Cruz might lose his seat because he's not "likable," one conservative pundit struggled to explain the GOP's problems - and earned a few hysterical bouts of laughter from MSNBC host Nicolle Wallace. On Saturday, the New York Times reported that White House Office of Management and Budget Director Mick Mulvaney told a group of donors at a closed-door meeting that Cruz may not be "likable" enough to win against Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke.
Voters celebrate Nate McMurray’s campaign for Congress, blast GOP…
Exactly one month since Congressman Chris Collins suspended his re-election bid after his indictment by the FBI for insider trading, voters in New York's 27th Congressional District have made their voices heard supporting the Democratic and Working Families Party candidate Nate McMurray who has been campaigning ceaselessly in every corner of the district, hearing the concerns of voters. "Hardworking," "genuine" and "a young, fresh face" are just some of the words voters are using to describe McMurray in the pages of at least half a dozen newspapers across the district.
Illegal aliens give 20 congressional seats to blue states
Rep. Mo Brooks said in a radio interview that counting of illegal aliens when establishing congressional seats and electoral college votes violates the 14th Amendment to the United States Constitution. The state of Alabama has joined with Brooks to sue the federal government for its counting of illegal aliens, rather than only American citizens, in congressional district apportionment and votes for the Electoral College.
Republican resigns seat to focus on governor race
Add Midterm Elections as an interest to stay up to date on the latest Midterm Elections news, video, and analysis from ABC News. Florida Rep. Ron DeSantis, the Republican nominee in the state's high-profile gubernatorial race, sent a letter to House Speaker Paul Ryan Monday informing him that he is resigning from Congress in an effort to "serve Florida taxpayers."
Virginia congressional candidate appeals court decision to kick her off ballot
Third-party candidate Shaun Brown is appealing to the Virginia Supreme Court to reverse her removal from the ballot for Virginia's 2nd District, where her opponent, GOP Rep. Scott Taylor, is entwined in ongoing litigation. A circuit court judge last Wednesday tossed out every ballot petition sheet Brown submitted to the elections board after finding she listed an incorrect address for herself on each document.
Trump Jr. defends Benghazi hero’s take-down of Obama
Kris Paronto, who was one of the CIA security contractors who defended the American compound at Benghazi during the 2012 attack, was forced to delete a Twitter criticism of former President Barack Obama when his account was temporarily suspended over the weekend. Tweeting after his account came back online, Paronto included the original tweet that got him into trouble.
Florida Republican governor candidate in ANOTHER race row
Florida Republican governor candidate in ANOTHER race row over speeches at event whose organizer says black Americans owe their freedom to whites Horowitz has a list of racially charged comments in his past, including a tweet that read: 'the country's only serious race war against whites' DeSantis is in a tough fight with Andrew Gillum, who would become the state's first African American governor if he wins in November Republican candidate Ron DeSantis has resigned his seat in Congress as he faces yet another race row in his quest to be the next governor of Florida .
Trump Cancels Mississippi Rally Due to Hurricane Florence
President Donald Trump has canceled a rally in Mississippi due to the imminent arrival of Hurricane Florence, The Hill reported on Monday. "Regrettably, we must cancel the planned Make America Great Again rally in Jackson, Mississippi, this Friday, Donald J. Trump for President Inc. chief operating officer Michael Glassner said in a statement.
Sen. Coons: Kavanaugh Testimony ‘Deeply Troubling’ in Number of Ways
There were a "number of ways" Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh's testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee last week was "deeply troubling," including his reluctance to disagree with a congressional or presidential order banning people coming into the United States based on their race, Sen. Chris Coons, a committee member, said Monday. "This was one exchange," the Delaware Democrat told MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
Magic Wall: Cruz relying on Trump’s help in Texas
With 57 days until the midterms, Republicans are calling for reinforcement from President Trump in Sen. Ted Cruz's tightening race against Democratic congressman Beto O'Rourke.