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U.S. Rep. Greg Gianforte is pinning his third campaign in two years on Montana residents being better off economically since President Donald Trump took office and that the voters will give him some of the credit. Gianforte has tied his political fortunes to Trump as he seeks his first full term in Montana's only House seat.
Americans will vote for members of both chambers of Congress, as well as for governors in 36 out of 50 states. Between now and then, we'll bring you updates and all the best analysis every weekday in this round-up.
Spanberger, a former CIA officer, has closed in on Brat, turning the once-safe Republican seat into a real race. Recent polling shows the race is neck-and-neck but Spanberger has a monetary advantage, outraising Brat nearly three-to-one in the third quarter.
Sonoma County resident Darius Anderson is one of California's most powerful men. For decades he has advised and raised campaign funds for prominent state Democrats, including Willie L. Brown, Nancy Pelosi, Jerry Brown, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Gavin Newsom and Kamala Harris.
On Sunday, the CBS News Battleground Tracker survey showed the party of Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ready to snag 224 seats, constituting a majority with six to spare. CBS News points out that the Democratic Party's lead has been ramping up for months.
State Democrats are accusing their Republican counterparts of distributing a "racist" ad targeting Democratic challenger Andy Kim, a Korean American. Kim is running against two-term Republican incumbent Tom MacArthur .
House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, a Republican from California, speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Tuesday, July 24, 2018. House Speaker Paul Ryan said Russian President Vladimir Putin won't be invited to speak at a joint meeting to Congress on a visit to the U.S., and what matters is the message Putin will get from Trump -- to stop meddling in U.S. elections and violating sovereignty.
Rep. Tim Ryan says he has not "closed the door" on a challenge to House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi post-midterms while also talking up the bonafides of current No. 3 Democrat, Rep. Jim Clyburn, the Washington Examiner reported.
Just days before the Legislature is to consider a controversial net neutrality bill regulating internet service providers, a Verizon lawyer told lawmakers that those kinds of regulations are “very unrelated” to a recent incident in which his company slowed down data speeds for Bay Area firefighters actively battling a major fire. Verizon testified before an Assembly committee Friday in Sacramento, explaining why and how it “throttled” the Santa Clara County Fire Department earlier this summer during the Mendocino Complex Fire, the largest wildfire in state history.
In this Aug. 7, 2018 file photo, firefighters monitor a backfire while battling the Ranch Fire, part of the Mendocino Complex Fire near Ladoga, Calif. A nationwide telecommunications company that slowed internet service to firefighters as they battled the largest wildfire in California history says it has removed all speed cap restrictions for first responders on the West Coast.
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.
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.
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.
Donald Trump has condemned the media as "fake, fake disgusting news" as he unleashed a torrent of grievances at a campaign rally in which he cast journalists as his true political opponent. Donald Trump has condemned the media as "fake, fake disgusting news" as he unleashed a torrent of grievances at a campaign rally in which he cast journalists as his true political opponent.
Donald Trump has condemned the media as "fake, fake disgusting news" as he unleashed a torrent of grievances at a campaign rally in which he cast journalists as his true political opponent. The president was speaking in Pennsylvania, a state he took from the Democrats in 2016 and that is home to a Senate seat he is trying to place in the Republicans' column this autumn.
Then-President Barack Obama laughs while being greeted by then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom after arriving at San Francisco International Airport in May 2010. Then-President Barack Obama laughs while being greeted by then-San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom after arriving at San Francisco International Airport in May 2010.
Sen. Dick Durbin called for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign her post over the Trump administration's practice of separating immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border. Sen. Dick Durbin called for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to resign her post over the Trump administration's practice of separating immigrant children from their parents at the U.S.-Mexico border.
The Trump administration is studying the idea of implementing a big tax break for wealthy Americans by reducing the taxes levied on capital gains, but no decision has been made yet on whether to proceed. Administration officials said Tuesday that Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin prefers deferring to Congress.
The pair was asked about their respective economies. Trump was asked about the robust economic growth of the American economy as it relates to European trade and tariffs and the relative sputtering growth Italy has experienced in recent years.
Vice President Mike Pence came to Newark today to tout GOP congressional candidate Troy Balderson in next week's special election, but the focus of much of his message was on President Donald Trump. "In the 12th district, history will record that the red wave started here," Pence said to a large ovation from the capacity crowd.