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Democrats in an All-Hands-on-Deck Scramble to Save Menendez in New Jersey

Democrats in an All-Hands-on-Deck Scramble to Save Menendez in New Jersey

It was a rare convergence of New Jersey’s governor and its two senators for an official event meant to be about policy, not politics  Read more

U.S. Is Right to Press Saudi Arabia Over Yemen

U.S. Is Right to Press Saudi Arabia Over Yemen

Weakened by the Khashoggi slaying, the Saudi government may now be open to ending hostilities elsewhere  Read more

10 Known Unknowns of the Midterms

10 Known Unknowns of the Midterms

Talk to consultants in either party and they’re sure of a few mutually accepted truths about the midterm elections on Tuesday. White women with college degrees will be the decisive voting bloc -- the very people who push Democrats over the top, or not  Read more

RNC Pushes to Incorporate Trump Voters Into GOP's Base

RNC Pushes to Incorporate Trump Voters Into GOP's Base

One of the big questions surrounding this election has been whether President Trump can transfer his stunning 2016 success into victory for his party in the more challenging environment of a midterm election  Read more

Is It ‘Hate Speech’ to Tell the Truth?

Is It ‘Hate Speech’ to Tell the Truth?

Democrats and their media allies seek to silence their critics  Read more

Wisconsin: Trump's base fired up by his bombast but will that be enough?

Wisconsin: Trump's base fired up by his bombast but will that be enough?

The party faithful in Kenosha believe Trump is delivering, but in an evenly matched state, the question is how many non-believers they can take with them  Read more

Pavlich: Arizona doesn’t deserve Sinema

Pavlich: Arizona doesn’t deserve Sinema

We’re one week away from the 2018 midterm elections. In the months leading up to Nov. 6, we’ve seen predictions of a “blue wave,” “red wave,” and everything in between  Read more

Our descent into vitriol began long before Trump — and Democrats are culpable too

Our descent into vitriol began long before Trump — and Democrats are culpable too

After a deranged Democrat living in his van nearly assassinated Rep. Steve Scalise (R-La.) firing more than 70 rounds at House Republicans practicing for the Congressional Baseball Game, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) declared it “outrageous” that anyone would blame Democrats’ rhetoric for inspiring the shooter  Read more

Trump focuses on preserving a GOP-run Senate in rally-filled sprint to the election

Trump focuses on preserving a GOP-run Senate in rally-filled sprint to the election

Democrats are hoping for a 'blue wave' in the midterm elections, but they are defending more seats than they are challenging. Will they lose seats?  Read more

America Has A Loser Problem

America Has A Loser Problem

Crime gives an opportunity for notoriety otherwise not available to the marginal and socially isolated  Read more

Paul Ryan shoots down Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship

Paul Ryan shoots down Trump’s plan to end birthright citizenship

House Speaker Paul Ryan on Tuesday threw cold water on President Trump’s plan to unilaterally end the constitutional right to citizenship for babies born in the States to non-citizens  Read more

How Two Congressional Races Show What’s At Stake in the Midterms

How Two Congressional Races Show What’s At Stake in the Midterms

In the reddest parts of upstate New York, Trumpism is on the ballot  Read more

Lindsey Graham could be a Kavanaugh nightmare for Claire McCaskill

Lindsey Graham could be a Kavanaugh nightmare for Claire McCaskill

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., isn’t impressed with Sen. Claire McCaskill’s, D-Mo., revisionist history. And no senator has a right to be more angry than the South Carolina Republican  Read more

Trump to Focus on Midwestern Battlegrounds in Final Midterms Tour

Trump to Focus on Midwestern Battlegrounds in Final Midterms Tour

One president. 11 rallies. Eight states. Six days  Read more

Medicare Reform Has No Constituency

Medicare Reform Has No Constituency

The GOP’s failure to face the issue illustrates the limits of (small-r) republican politics to govern for the public interest  Read more

Far from U.S.-Mexico border, immigration debate dominates many 2018 House races

Far from U.S.-Mexico border, immigration debate dominates many 2018 House races

In a recent congressional debate in Idaho, the first 11 questions for a pair of congressional candidates were about immigration  Read more

Scott to stump with Trump

Scott to stump with Trump

Gov. Rick Scott has decided to return to the campaign trail by standing shoulder to shoulder with Donald Trump — a close ally whose support Scott has downplayed in recent months — when the president comes to Florida on Halloween  Read more

Why final push by Braun, Donnelly could determine party control of U.S. Senate

Why final push by Braun, Donnelly could determine party control of U.S. Senate

Voters from Indianapolis' suburbs, particularly women, could be key to the outcome of the Indiana Senate race between Joe Donnelly and Mike Braun  Read more