The Latest: Wisconsin US Senate debate tense, combative

The first debate between U.S. Senate candidates Tammy Baldwin and Leah Vukmir turned tense and combative as they clashed over abortion, immigration, health care and a host of other issues. The Republican Vukmir is down in the polls to the Democratic incumbent Baldwin.

Don Jr met Israeli firm which offered Trump campaign plan to create …

Donald Trump Jr reportedly met with an Israeli intelligence firm that offered the Trump campaign a plan to gather intelligence on Hillary Clinton Donald Trump Jr reportedly met with an Israeli intelligence firm that offered the Trump campaign a plan to create fake social media profiles and gather 'intelligence dossiers' on Hillary Clinton . The meeting allegedly took place in August 2016 after Donald Trump's top campaign aide, Rick Gates, requested proposals from Psy-Group to help defeat Republican primary opponents and Clinton with online manipulation.

Kavanaugh is confirmed: Senate Oks Supreme Court nominee

The bitterly polarized U.S. Senate narrowly confirmed Brett Kavanaugh on Saturday to join the Supreme Court, delivering an election-season triumph to President Donald Trump that could swing the court rightward for a generation after a battle that rubbed raw the country's cultural, gender and political divides. The near party-line vote was 50-48, capping a fight that seized the national conversation after claims emerged that Kavanaugh had sexually assaulted women three decades ago - which he emphatically denied.

Limo in fatal crash should not have been on the road, says governor

A supersized limousine that crashed and killed 20 people had failed a safety inspection last month and should not have been on the road, and the driver was not properly licensed, New York's governor has said. The state moved to shut down the owner, Prestige Limousine, as state and federal authorities investigated the cause of Saturday's wreck in Schoharie.

Trump mocks Taylor Swift for opposing Republican in Senate race

Donald Trump fired back Monday at Taylor Swift for weighing in on Tennessee's hotly contested U.S. Senate race, saying the country-pop crossover star 'doesn't know anything' about the Republican she attacked on Sunday. The suddenly sassy president didn't know about Swift's unprecedented dip into politics, but he told DailyMail.com outside the White House that he found her music a bit less listenable because she's opposing Rep. Marsha Blackburn, a Republican who he's endorsed.

Rapidly Expanding 287(g) Program Suffers from Lack of Transparency…

Among other things, the executive order-"Enhancing Public Safety in the Interior of the United States"-called for a rapid expansion of harmful 287 agreements, through which state and local law enforcement personnel are deputized to enforce federal immigration laws. Since then, the number of local jurisdictions that have signed 287 memoranda of agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has more than doubled.

Tight Nevada elections drive record voter registrations

In this May 31, 2016 file photo, a sign with an Elvis impersonator reminds people to vote at an early primary election polling site in Las Vegas. Tight races for governor and U.S. Senate have pushed a record number of people to register to vote in Nevada, and any stragglers have a little more than one week to sign up in time to participate in the 2018 midterms.

Anthony Weiner on track for May 2019 release three months earlier then scheduled

Grieving bride in her wedding dress breaks down in tears at her fiancA 's grave on the day they were to marry, after the firefighter was 'killed by a drink-driving colleague' as he helped at a crash 'Their cars are junk... he didn't want to drive that day!' Stepson reveals limo driver's safety fears hours before he was one of 20 killed in horror crash, as grieving family and friends hold candlelit vigil for the dead REVEALED: Well-behaved Weiner on track for May 2019 release three months earlier then scheduled, as jail bosses are impressed with their model prisoner Don Jr 'met with Israeli psy-ops firm' which offered the Trump campaign a plan to create fake social media profiles and gather 'intelligence dossiers' on Hillary Clinton whom it nicknamed 'Forest' Ford is planning to lay off '24,000 staff' globally after it was revealed Trump's tariffs cost the U.S. car giant almost ... (more)

Guest column: Congress must oppose single payer health care

During the first U.S. Senate debate between Republican Congressman Marsha Blackburn and former Democrat Gov. Phil Bredesen, I was encouraged to hear Marsha push back against single payer health care. Single payer, also known as "Medicare for All," is the brainchild of liberal socialists like Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and self-proclaimed socialist Democrat congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in New York.

Kavanaugh vote reshapes Maine senator’s political future

Interest in the Maine Republican senator's 2020 re-election has exploded in the days since she cast the deciding vote to confirm President Donald Trump's Supreme Court pick - a vote that helped transform the balance of power on the nation's high court for a generation and suddenly complicates Collins' path to a fifth term.

Special playground equipment coming to Lakefront Park

Soon, new playground equipment, specifically for children with disabilities, will be available for use at Lakemore's James B. Dodds Lakefront Park on Lakeside Drive. At the Oct. 1 meeting, Council entered into a service agreement with the Summit County Combined General Health District for the installation of three new pieces of equipment at the park.

‘Made up, fabricated’: Trump says allegations against Kavanaugh were a ‘hoax’

US President Donald Trump has apologised to Justice Brett Kavanaugh and his family for the "terrible suffering" they have endured during the Supreme Court confirmation hearing, after earlier calling sexual assault allegations against his pick a "hoax". Speaking at the start of a ceremonial swearing-in at the White House, Mr Trump slammed Democrats and opponents of Justice Kavanaugh's nomination for a campaign of personal destruction.