Rick Scott calls for Senate to reconvene to consider Helene disaster aid
Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) on Monday called for the Senate to “immediately reconvene” once damage assessments are completed so lawmakers can consider an emergency aid package in response to the...
View ArticleTrump seeks to put Harris on back foot with Hurricane Helene response
Former President Trump is seeking to put Vice President Harris on the back foot as both candidates respond to the devastation unleashed by Hurricane Helene. Trump visited Georgia on Monday, where he...
View ArticleTrump suggests ‘1 rough hour’ of policing would end retail crime
(The Hill) -- Former President Trump suggested Sunday that one “rough hour” of policing would end retail crime, as he called for law enforcement to be freed up to "do their job" without restrictions....
View ArticleRepublicans eager to keep House control are open to Trump’s SALT reversal
Republicans are open to raising the state and local tax (SALT) deduction cap that the party championed and put in place under former President Trump seven years ago as they aim to win total control of...
View Article5 possible October surprises that could roil the Trump-Harris race
The 2024 presidential race has seen enough shocking events transpire in a few short months to fill an entire calendar year, but that doesn’t mean there won’t be a much-talked about October surprise...
View ArticleHarris, Trump woo Gen Z voters in critical swing states
The Harris and Trump campaigns are stepping up their outreach to Generation Z voters in critical battlegrounds, targeting a voting bloc expected to play a key role in a tight White House race where...
View ArticleElection forecaster shifts Bacon district in Nebraska toward Democrat
The election forecaster Sabato’s Crystal Ball announced Monday it shifted Rep. Don Bacon’s (R-Neb.) race in Nebraska toward the Democrats. Kyle Kondik, the managing editor for Sabato’s Crystal Ball,...
View ArticleEducation a potential flashpoint in Vance-Walz vice presidential debate
Education hardly came up in last month's Trump-Harris presidential debate, but it could be a central focus at Tuesday's undercard event. Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) is the first former educator in...
View ArticleSenate Democrat calls for Congress to return to pass disaster aid after...
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) on Tuesday called for the Senate to return from its lengthy preelection recess to pass a disaster aid package following the damage left in multiple states by Hurricane...
View ArticleLive updates: Vance, Walz tangle over immigration, economy
Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) are set to clash in a high-stakes vice presidential debate that could be the last major televised event in the race for the White House before...
View ArticleCook Political Report shifts Texas Senate race toward Democrats
The Cook Political Report on Tuesday shifted Texas’s Senate race from "likely Republican" to "lean Republican," signaling momentum for Rep. Colin Allred's (D) challenge against incumbent Sen. Ted Cruz...
View ArticleTrump takes lead over Harris in North Carolina Quinnipiac survey
(The Hill) — Former President Trump holds a 2-point advantage over Vice President Harris in a new Quinnipiac poll of likely voters in North Carolina — a reversal from just a few weeks earlier, when...
View ArticleGOP leaders press Biden administration to get tougher on Iran after missile...
Republican leaders on Capitol Hill are calling on President Biden to get tougher on Iran in the wake of Tuesday’s missile attack on Israel, urging the administration to adopt a series of specific...
View ArticleSpeaker Johnson says Congress has provided funds for Helene response
Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) on Tuesday said Congress has already authorized the disaster relief funds needed for the immediate response to Helene, the storm that has ravaged multiple states from...
View ArticleTrump downplays troop injuries in 2020 missile strike: 'You mean because they...
(The Hill) – Former President Trump on Tuesday dismissed injuries sustained by U.S. troops during a 2020 Iranian missile strike on an Iraqi base as he argued he has been tougher than the Biden...
View ArticleTrump says he would veto national abortion ban
Former President Trump on Tuesday said he would veto a federal abortion ban if it made it to his desk in a potential second term after previously refusing to say whether he would do so. Trump weighed...
View ArticleWhat is the QR code on screen during the vice presidential debate?
(The Hill) – CBS News is getting creative as it attempts to conduct Tuesday's Vice Presidential debate fairly and productively. The network said this week it will feature a QR code on screen during...
View ArticleCBS cuts mics of Vance, Walz during immigration argument
(The Hill) – CBS cut the microphones of both Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) during Tuesday night's vice presidential debate after moderator Margaret Brennan offered a fact...
View ArticleWalz on Tiananmen Square screw-up: 'I'm a knucklehead at times'
(The Hill) – Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D), pressed at the vice presidential debate over false statements he made in which he said he was present during the Tiananmen Square protests in 1989, said: “I’m...
View Article5 takeaways from the Vance-Walz VP debate
Ohio Sen. JD Vance (R) and Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) met face-to-face in New York City on Tuesday in the first and likely only vice presidential debate of the election cycle, a high-stakes moment...
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