POCONO RACEWAY, Pennsylvania — High up in the starting stand of a famed race track, Josh Shapiro waves a black-and-white checkered flag with an unmistakeable meaning: It’s over.The metaphor...
Trump-backed Alaska gubernatorial candidate Bernadette Wilson slammed Sen. Lisa Murkowski for endorsing her Democratic opponent, accusing the two of sharing liberal economic policies.
Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif) called on Alaskan officials to investigate recent reports alleging Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola's campaign recruited her midterm opponent, Daniel J. Sullivan, Jr., to counter incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan's (R-Alaska) reelection bid. “Republicans and Donald Trump should certainly not be lecturing anybody on a fair election process. I think the state...
Ohio gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy’s (R) campaign is no longer airing a controversial ad featuring his opponent’s mother after it ran its course on the air. The campaign previously put millions behind the ad, even after backlash from members of both parties. The ad features Ramaswamy's Democratic opponent Amy Acton’s mother, who calls her daughter...
Chances of severe weather are looming over certain regions across the U.S. next week, with the possibility of thunderstorms on Election Day, potentially impacting voter turnout in key races. Parts of the Northeast have seen a long stretch of dry, warm weather in the recent days, which could extend through the weekend, AccuWeather reported. But,...
Presented by Alliance for Aging Research {beacon} Health Care Health Care The Big Story HHS begins recruiting new vaccine advisors Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is looking to revive a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) vaccine advisory panel that’s been dormant since last year, after a federal judge blocked his efforts to...
President Trump and first lady Melania Trump will welcome trick-or-treaters to the White House Thursday evening for the annual Halloween celebration. The event comes just hours after Trump returned from South Carolina, where he rallied support for Republicans ahead of next week's midterm elections. The first couple is expected to hand out candy to children...
Democrats have narrow leads in two key Senate contests with just a few days until the election, new polls show. New surveys conducted by CNN/SSRS released Thursday found Democrats ahead in the Kansas and Maine Senate races, though both leads are in the margin of error. Both parties are spending millions on the two contests...
Republicans are out for blood following a report that former Rep. Mary Peltola’s (D-Alaska) campaign recruited “spoiler” candidates to run on the ballot and siphon votes away from incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska). Democratic lawmakers, so far, have not come rushing to Peltola’s defense. Many in the GOP have called for legal consequences since...
A federal judge Thursday ruled that the Trump administration’s definition of “medically frail” used for Medicaid is unlawful, issuing a temporary injunction on states having to determine medical frailty. U.S. District Judge Richard Stearns found in his ruling Thursday that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act’s definition of “medically frail” was “contrary to law” and...
In today's issue: ▪ Obama hits back in cheesecake battle ▪ Peltola denies recruiting other Sullivan ▪ Bolsonaro arrives in U.S. ▪ Netanyahu accuses Arab parties of fraud Former President Obama kicked his feud with President Trump up a notch on Wednesday as he tries to help the blue wave materialize in next week's midterms. Campaigning...
Democrats are giddy about the possibility of a bigger blue wave than expected in the battle for the Senate as polls show that South Carolina, Florida and Mississippi — three seats that were long seen as safe Republican holds — are now competitive races. Democrats view the Republican candidates running in those states as mediocre political...
