Trump says Ohio’s Balderson would be “great congressman”President…

Republican Troy Balderson, a candidate for Ohio's 12th District, joins volunteers at a phone bank in Westerville, Ohio, on Monday, Aug. 6, 2018, a day ahead of a special election for the congressional seat. Balderson, a two-term Republican state senator, is working to retain GOP control of the 12th District.

Alex Jones and Infowars test the limit of free speech on the internet – CNET

As one of the internet's most controversial personalities, making outlandish claims and spreading conspiracy theories through his Infowars website has made Jones a household name in political circles. Initially, it was for his baseless accusation that 9/11 was an inside job , but in the past couple years, he's claimed surviving high schoolers from a Parkland, Florida, shooting are "crisis actors."

Trump Makes Last-Minute Appeal For Ohio GOP House Candidate Balderson

President Donald Trump made a last-minute push on Tuesday for Republican House candidate Troy Balderson as voters head to the polls in Ohio's 12th Congressional District. In an early morning tweet, the president appealed to the district's voters to elect Balderson over Democrat Danny O'Connor in Tuesday's special election.

Trump Considers Tapping Nation’s Oil Reserve To Combat Rising Gas Prices

President Donald Trump could soon tap the Strategic Petroleum Reserve in an effort to lower oil prices just ahead of the U.S. midterm elections in November. The Trump administration is considering releasing up to 30 million barrels of oil into the market, cutting the stockpile nearly in half , according to Bloomberg.

Judge rules against Trump policy restricting transgender troops

A U.S. court on Monday ruled the Trump administration could not enforce an updated policy barring certain transgender people from serving in the U.S. military, becoming the second court in the country to rule against the government since it unveiled the policy in March. President Donald Trump announced on March 23 that he would endorse a plan by Defense Secretary Jim Mattis to restrict the military service of transgender people who experience a condition called gender dysphoria.

The Health 202: Medicaid advocates now have two more studies to back them up

Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam reacts after signing the state budget bills that include Medicaid expansion during a ceremony Thursday, June 7, 2018, at the state Capitol in Richmond. This year, the perennial struggle over the future of the health-care program for low-income Americans became even more pronounced.

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ASC rep attend the 20th Anniversary of the…

Washington DC: August 6, 2018. The members of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom hosted a reception in support of the Ministerial to Advance Religious Freedom, "Past, Present, and Future: Unprecedented Challenges and New Opportunities", on Wednesday July 25, 2018, 5-7 pm.

With 13 weeks to Election Day, Ohio special is big focus today Source: Cox Media Group

As voters go to the polls on this Tuesday for Congressional primaries in four states, the main story line tonight will be a special election for a U.S. House seat in the state of Ohio, as Republicans struggle to hold on to a seat which has been easily in the GOP column for years, as a defeat will be seen as a clear rebuke of President Donald Trump and the Republican Party writ large in a key mid-term election year. "He's really tough.

Trump’s Kobach endorsement could cost the GOP a governor’s race in red Kansas

President Donald Trump endorsed Kris Kobach ahead of Tuesday's Kansas Republican gubernatorial primary. The endorsement doesn't come as a surprise, but should Kobach win, it could cost the Republican Party a governor's seat in deep red Kansas.

Rosie O’Donnell, Broadway singers protest outside White House

Rosie O'Donnell, along with more than 50 Broadway musicians, protested outside the White House on Monday night, the 22nd consecutive day of demonstrations against President Donald Trump. With shirts that read "Now Showing Truth," O'Donnell and the band of protesters sang songs - including "America, The Beautiful," with the director encouraging the crowd to join in - and urged attendees to take an active role in the future of the country.

Pence makes moral case for removing a president from office

Vice President Mike Pence once argued the president of the United States should be held to the highest moral standards to determine whether he should resign or be removed from office. Pence made the argument in two columns in the late 1990s, where he wrote that then-President Bill Clinton's admission of an affair with a White House intern and prior lies to the public about the matter, possibly under oath, meant Clinton should be removed from office.

Trump shadow looms over Tuesday elections in Ohio, Kansas

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.