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Missouri's Democratic Sen. Claire McCaskill is making a bid for a third term in a state that's trended increasingly red in recent years, setting up a nationally watched showdown that could be pivotal to party control of the Senate. After President Donald Trump won Missouri in 2016 by about 19 percentage points, McCaskill's seat was immediately seen as prime for picking up by the Republicans.
The White House has a message for vulnerable House Republicans tiptoeing around President Donald Trump: Get on board or start packing. The warning comes in a memo from White House political director Bill Stepien, who argues that GOP candidates who try to distance themselves from the president are only doing themselves harm in the upcoming midterm elections.
All 100 senators, and a handful of Senate staff, will be able to read the FBI's new report on sexual misconduct allegations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh. But it's unclear if the public will see it.
The impassioned fight over whether to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court has led to heightened security at the Capitol, with some senators using police escorts to shield them from protesters eager to confront them. Capitol police have arrested dozens of people in recent days for unlawfully demonstrating in Senate office buildings.
Andrew Gillum, candidate to be the next Democrat Governor Florida, has been touted by many on the left as the future. However, he has taken one very old playbook from those who seek to destroy our Second Amendment rights out.
The Senate braced for a crucial initial vote Friday on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell announced the FBI would deliver to Senators its report on claims that Kavanaugh sexually abused women.
Have people forgotten the Bill Clinton days or the 1992 election? Apparently, they have because of this faux outrage over what Sen. Lindsey Graham said about Donald Trump's remarks about Christine Blasey Ford, the first woman to come forward with allegations of sexual misconduct against Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's Supreme Court nominee. While not the most artful in delivery, the president went after Ford, whose allegation lacks evidence, corroborating witnesses, and key details.
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Pence speech comes a week after Trump accused China during a meeting of the UN Security Council of interfering in American elections to help his Democratic rivals US Vice-President Mike Pence on Thursday plans to accuse China of trying to undermine President Donald Trump as the administration deploys tough new rhetoric over Chinese trade, economic, and foreign policies. In a speech to the Hudson Institute, Pence will say China is using its power in "more proactive and coercive ways to interfere in the domestic policies and politics of the United States."
Ohio Republican Attorney General Mike DeWine and Democrat Richard Cordray faced off in their second - and very conventional - debate on Monday, which was quite a contrast compared to the combative political debates the country is embroiled in at the national level. The two men squared off on issues ranging from healthcare and guns to rape kits and algae blooms .
The Trump era has, at times, been uncomfortable for Republican women, especially the six senators who will be asked to vote for Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court confirmation by week's end. On Tuesday night, President Donald Trump ridiculed Christine Blasey Ford, who accuses Kavanaugh of sexually assaulting her in high school - a claim Kavanaugh denies.
Previous edition: Former FBI atty Lisa Page admits agency couldn't prove collusion between Trump and Russia before Mueller appointment - testimony An envelope addressed to President Donald Trump contained a substance suspected to be ricin and appeared to be connected to similar envelopes sent to the Pentagon, a law enforcement source told CNN. Two pieces of mail delivered to the Pentagon mail facility on Monday have initially tested positive for ricin, according to a US defense official.
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam 's veto threat Tuesday of a court-ordered legislative redistricting plan drawn by state House Republicans once again illustrates the importance of this year's governor elections. The entire House of Delegates is on the Virginia ballot next year, when Republicans hope to hold their majorities in both chambers.
Sen. Lindsey Graham told the audience at the Atlantic Festival to "boo" themselves Wednesday after they booed his claim that President Trump's Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh was "treated like crap" during his testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on sexual misconduct allegations. "I'm the first person to say I want to hear from Dr. Ford.
Amazon made a big splash this week with its $15 an hour minimum wage announcemen t, but lost in the fine print: Existing warehouse workers will no longer receive stock in the company or collect bonuses. The online giant says next month it will end bonuses, which paid workers extra based on their attendance and warehouse productivity, as it boosts its minimum wage.
Electronic devices across the United States sounded off Wednesday as the Federal Emergency Management Agency conducted its first-ever national wireless emergency alert test. The tone went off at 2:18 p.m. EDT.
Debra Katz and Lisa Banks, lawyers for Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, told Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Wednesday that they would turn over the notes from her therapy sessions and recordings of the lie detector test that he had requested but only when the FBI interviews Ford. Ford claims that Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh groped her and attempted to rape her when he was drunk at a high school party.
A few hours after his only face-to-face encounter with his Democratic incumbent opponent concluded on Monday, Republican gubernatorial candidate Scott Wagner found himself at a hotel in the Poconos getting a few hours of shut eye before getting up to go to a prayer breakfast. Such is the life of the candidate who has spent the past 21 months traveling across Pennsylvania attending over 630 events this year alone to acquaint voters with himself and where he stands on the issues.
The war over the nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court has been dirty since the day he was nominated. Over the past two weeks, the situation has devolved into Democrats entering debunked accusations of sexual assault into the congressional record and their leftist friends in the media publishing any accusation, named or unnamed, with zero corroboration.