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Iowa’s Senate rivals pitch independence from their parties

Republican Ashley Hinson wants Iowans to know she’ll pick a fight with President Donald Trump. Democrat Josh Turek wants them to know he’ll work with him.The rivals in Iowa’s...

Le Pen vows to revive oil prospecting in France, calling 2017 ban ‘stupid’

Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen vowed Sunday to allow France to prospect for oil again on its territory if she is elected in May, a proposal reminiscent of U.S. President Donald Trump's "drill, baby, drill " policy to speed up fossil fuel development.

James Talarico’s extremism and the Texas race that should not be close

The campaign bus rolls through North Texas under a cloudless sky. Inside, James Talarico, the 37-year-old Democratic nominee for the United States Senate, speaks in the measured cadence of a man who once taught middle-school English and now studies to become a Presbyterian minister. He quotes Scripture. He talks about working families and the cost […]

AI has a language gap. That could be a problem for some voters.

AI chatbots are feeding non-native English speakers inaccurate information about the election, community activists...

Australian defense land selloff runs into multiparty opposition

SYDNEY — Former Prime Minister John Howard urged the Australian government to reverse its...

Trump shuts down Pentagon plan for public execution: 5 takeaways

President Trump put an abrupt end on Thursday to questions about whether the Pentagon would really livestream the firing squad execution of the Fort Hood shooter, former Army Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan. In a Truth Social post, he said the public execution could serve as a deterrent but didn’t want to subject “good and well-meaning”...

CNN legal analyst: Biden-era inquiry into Omar hurts her case against Trump

CNN anchor Jake Tapper questioned whether Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) should have come forward about any potential issues with her immigration status during the Biden administration rather than face a criminal investigation under President Trump. Federal agents raided Omar's Washington, D.C., home with a court-authorized search warrant Monday as part of a criminal investigation into...

9 former FBI agents sue, saying they were wrongly fired over Mar-a-Lago case

Nine former FBI agents sued the Justice Department on Thursday, alleging they were wrongly fired solely because of their work investigating President Trump in the Mar-a-Lago documents case. Attorneys for the agents write that their “fate was sealed by virtue of simply having worked on an investigation into Trump’s wrongdoing,” noting Attorney General Todd Blanche...

Mortgage rates hit the brakes

Welcome to The Hill's Business & Economy newsletter {beacon} Business & Economy Business & Economy   The Big Story Mortgage rates hold steady after monthslong rise Mortgage rates held steady this week, a reprieve after months of increases, according to new data from Freddie Mac. © Ted Shaffrey, Associated Press file The average 30-year fixed...

Mace, Subramanyam vow to keep pushing Epstein investigation under either party

Mace said she filed a bill Monday that would cover legal fees for survivors who win defamation cases brought against them.

Talarico on ‘God is nonbinary’ remark: ‘I was being provocative’

Texas Democratic Senate Candidate James Talarico said his remark on the campaign trail that "God is nonbinary" was an attempt at "being provocative." Talarico responded to a question during a town hall hosted by CNN and Jubilee Media. He was pressed about the comment by Sarah Gardner, a voter from his hometown of Round Rock,...

Iran persecuted me for my faith — the US offered me the American dream

I do not have a solution to Iran's politics. But I know what it means to be forgotten by the world while your government decides your destiny.

GOP shrinks ambition despite bashing polls

In today's issue: ▪ Republican actions vs words ▪ Final pre-election inflation report shows spike ▪ Katie Zacharia under fire ▪ Ukraine cut off from Starlink Top Republican officials are downplaying the polls showing their party trailing Democrats across the midterm board even as the GOP is pulling money from certain key states and districts....

Putin is once again playing Trump for a fool

Xerxes only built one bridge leading to his defeat. Trump keeps building new bridges to Russia after every negotiating defeat at Putin's hands.

Palatine man charged in alleged mass shooting plot targeting Hindu place of worship

A 19-year-old Palatine man was arrested Sunday after police said he allegedly planned a mass shooting targeting a suburban Hindu place of worship.

Person of interest identified in connection with sexual assault near University of Chicago campus

A person of interest has been identified in connection with a sexual assault that was reported early Sunday morning at a fraternity house near the University of Chicago campus, the school announced Tuesday in a community alert.

Connecticut governor holds double-digit lead in reelection bid: Poll

Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) has a double-digit lead over his Republican opponent Ryan Fazio in the race for the Constitution State’s top job, according to a new poll. In the Emerson College Polling/The Hill survey, 51.4 percent of respondents said they would cast their ballot for Lamont if the election occurred that day or...

Why Trump’s diesel deal with Russia may not actually lower prices

President Trump’s controversial diesel deal with Russia may not actually bring down prices ahead of the midterms. Trump announced last week that Russia would “immediately” supply 300,000 tons of diesel to the U.S. and global marketplace, with another 500,000 tons coming in November, drawing howls from Democrats and some Republicans over lifting sanctions on Moscow...

Trump’s flood-the-zone strategy drowns state-specific midterm messaging

President Trump is seeking to boost Republican candidates facing tough elections by rolling out a number of key initiatives meant to foster goodwill with voters in battleground states, but he risks overshadowing these announcements with his focus on unrelated issues. Trump touted a South Korean liquified natural gas investment Tuesday during a campaign stop in...

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