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Ohio Democratic congressional candidate Danny O'Connor speaks during a volunteer canvas launch in Columbus, Ohio, on Aug. 5, 2018. Ohio Democratic congressional candidate Danny O'Connor speaks during a volunteer canvas launch in Columbus, Ohio, on Aug. 5, 2018.
As Michiganders headed to the polls in large numbers on Tuesday to decide who will advance to the general election in their state's gubernatorial race-which one observer described as a crucial " test for leftism in the Midwest "-supporters of progressive Democrat Abdul El-Sayed tirelessly worked the phones and urged their fellow citizens to turn out as they look to prove that " the progressive revolution has arrived " in Michigan. "Michigan is ready.
That's the history lesson for Republicans eagerly anticipating Brett Kavanaugh's ascension to the Supreme Court, which could cement conservative control of the court for a generation. When and how steep? That depends on how momentous the issues and how jolting the decisions, according to legal scholars who've studied the high court's impact on electoral politics.
"To build an equal and just society in which every person can live a healthy life, Members of Congress must support bold progressive policies that address the public health and environmental crises that are ripping our country apart," say the groups behind a new congressional scorecard that details lawmakers' support for key pieces of legislation.
A lawyer for a Russian businessman suing BuzzFeed News over the infamous Steele dossier says he will provide the Senate with a video of a deposition that Christopher Steele, the document's author, gave as part of the BuzzFeed lawsuit in June. Iowa Republican Sen. Chuck Grassley, the chairman of the judiciary panel, asked Val Gurvits, a lawyer for Boston Legal Group, to provide a transcript and video of a deposition that Steele gave in London on June 18 as part of a lawsuit against BuzzFeed in a July 25 letter.
President Donald Trump's call for a "Space Force" may sound like something out of this world, but it's set to come one step closer to reality this week when the Pentagon is expected to deliver to Congress its plans to strengthen the Defense Department's space efforts. ' But the Pentagon's plan could fall short of Trump's stated wish to add a sixth military service, which would require an act of Congress.
At least 11 people were shot to death and about 70 wounded in a weekend burst of violence in Chicago that instantly became a political issue when President Donald Trump's lawyer, Rudy Giuliani, blamed the carnage on longtime Democratic rule in the city. Police on Monday attributed the dozens of shootings to gangs, the illegal flow of guns and sweltering August heat that drew more people outside.
August 7: From left, candidates for U.S. Senate, Geoff Diehl, Beth Lindstrom, and John Kingston are seen in the studios of Boston Herald Radio as they debate each other, as the Herald's Hillary Chabot and Joe Battenfeld look on, on August 7, 2018. The three Republican candidates for U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren's seat mixed it up in the Herald Radio studio today, slamming each other for their varying levels of support for President Trump in their first debate.
US President Donald Trump's son has said his 2016 meeting with a Russian lawyer was about "essentially nothing" relevant to claims of collusion. Mr Trump Jr's meeting with a Kremlin-linked attorney at Trump Tower in New York could constitute a breach of US campaign rules, experts say.
It's Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018. Here is some of what Sun staffers and other news providers are working on for lowellsun.com and Wednesday's edition: Reporter Chris Lisinski, clisinski@lowellsun.com, is in Westford, where local police have declared one of the town's many quarries a crime scene.
An ICE employee agreed to resigned Tuesday and accepted a five-year bar from working in the federal government after admitting to politicking on behalf of Hillary Clinton during the 2016 election. The employee, who officials didn't name, posted more than 100 messages to social media while at work urging people to vote for Mrs. Clinton.
As summer vacationers start to pack up and head home, Congress is considering a sweeping tally of proposals that could affect travelers, from dictating seat size and legroom to rolling back rules that require airlines to advertise the full price of a ticket.
The one-term Republican from Minnesota's Second Congressional District is again running against DFLer Angie Craig, in what's expected to be among the most competitive U.S. House races in the country. In recent weeks, CNN has aired several reports about some questionable remarks Lewis made about women and blacks.
President Donald Trump's preferred congressional candidate - and his chief legislative achievement - are about to be tested in battleground Ohio in the season's final high-stakes special election. The midsummer affair comes as Trump's shadow looms over primary contests in four other states on Tuesday, none bigger than Kansas, where the Republican president roiled the governor's race Monday by opposing the sitting GOP governor on the eve of the election.
New Jersey Democratic U.S. Sen. Bob Menendez says President Donald Trump's attack on NBA star LeBron James is part of a larger pattern of racist behavior. Menendez wrote in a tweet Monday that Trump wouldn't have questioned James' intelligence or charity work if he were white.
Sen. Rand Paul still hasn't persuaded his colleagues to audit the Federal Reserve's conduct of monetary policy. Perhaps lawmakers could simply agree that the Fed should stop destroying documents.
People who complain about the lack of issues in the crowded Democratic primary fight in the 3rd Congressional District have an issue now. It is Barbara L'Italien, the feisty state senator from Andover who has made herself something of an issue to separate herself from the 10-candidate pack, even though she does not live in the district where she's running.
It's a given that political candidates will target each other with as much oppositional propaganda as they can get away with. But with the Kremlin now playing a third-party shadow role in U.S. elections, the usual game seems to be shifting from blood sport to cold war.