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Thune booed at GOP midterm convention during Trump speech
Senate Majority Leader John Thune was booed the moment President Trump mentioned his name during his remarks at the Republican midterm convention Wednesday night in Dallas. Source link
Read MoreThune booed at GOP midterm convention during Trump speech
Senate Majority Leader John Thune was booed the moment President Trump mentioned his name during his remarks at the Republican midterm convention Wednesday night in Dallas. Source link
Read MoreSupreme Court won't revive Missouri's GOP-friendly congressional map
Supreme Court Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh on Tuesday rejected Missouri’s request to restore its Republican-tilted congressional map for this year’s elections. Source link
Read MoreMidterm elections head into the home stretch as candidates hit Labor Day events
Troy Jackson was a longtime labor activist and logger before he unexpectedly became the Democratic nominee for U.S. Senate in Maine. On Monday, he returned to a union hall to tell workers they need to go to the polls this fall – to raise the minimum wage, expand family medical leave and show support for…
Read MoreFederal Communications Commission plans to warn broadcasters against airing 'fake polls'
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Brendan Carr said President Trump is right to question “partisan” television networks. Source link
Read MoreFlorida bans illegal immigrants from state universities
Florida is banning illegal immigrants from enrolling at selective state universities. Source link
Read MoreTrump names Adam Telle as acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll
President Trump on Thursday named Adam Telle, a civilian leader in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, as the acting Army secretary following the departure of Dan Driscoll amid widespread reports of tensions with Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Source link
Read MoreTrump's new birthright citizenship order blocked by federal judge
President Trump’s second attempt at an executive order limiting birthright citizenship was blocked by a federal judge, who said the president was trying to eat away at citizenship for some of the people the Supreme Court just ruled were entitled to it. Source link
Read MoreEd Markey beats Seth Moulton, to win Democratic nomination in Massachusetts' Senate primary
As Democrats across the U.S. signal an increasing appetite for change, U.S. Sen. Ed Markey secured the Democratic nomination in Massachusetts’ Senate primary his bid for a third term in office Tuesday. Source link
Read MoreTrump-endorsed Graham advances, will face Norman for brother’s Senate seat
Sen. Darline Graham, the sister of the late Lindsey Graham, placed first in the Republican primary to fill the powerful senator’s seat for a six-year term after his unexpected death. Because she did not win an outright majority, though, despite President Trump’s support, Tuesday night’s result sets up another battle for the political novice in…
Read MoreDecision to revive anti-weaponization fund rests with Attorney General Todd Blanche, Trump says
President Trump on Monday hinted that his anti-weaponization fund could still be revived if newly confirmed Attorney General Todd Blanche decides to resuscitate it. Mr. Trump told The Washington Times during an Oval Office press briefing that any decision about the future of the proposed $1.8 billion fund will “be up to Mr. Blanche,” who…
Read MoreTrump’s immigration crackdown looms over Minnesota’s bruising Senate primary
MINNEAPOLIS — In the streets surrounding a drab federal office complex next to the Minneapolis airport, the beleaguered resistance to President Donald Trump found its footing. As U.S. immigration agents staged at the Bishop Henry Whipple Federal Building for a monthslong deportation campaign, protesters with whistles and cellphone cameras assembled to oppose them. Two were…
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