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Tlaib bill aims to ban federal funding for Flock cameras
INKSTER, Mich. — Standing near a Flock camera, U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib on Wednesday touted a bill she's sponsoring that would ban federal agencies from using automated mass surveillance systems, including automatic ...Read more
Gluesenkamp Perez, John Braun clash in final debate before election
WASHINGTON — Democratic Rep. Marie Gluesenkamp Perez and Republican state Sen. John Braun attempted to sharpen their contrasts in a final debate Tuesday night, each seeking to portray the other as beholden to interests ...Read more
Justices wrestle with video privacy law from VHS era
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Wednesday grappled with how far a law Congress passed to cover video rentals in the 1980s should stretch to cover the modern advertising-supported internet.
The case turns on the ...Read more
Elon Musk and national Republicans are spending millions to defend Pa. candidates, including Brian Fitzpatrick
PHILADELPHIA — National GOP efforts to save four vulnerable Pennsylvania Republicans ramped up to a new level this week — with a key group redirecting $3.6 million to boost U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick in Bucks County ...Read more
Minnesota's 1st District race: Trump policies dominate debates between Jake Johnson and Rep. Brad Finstad
MINNEAPOLIS — Republican U.S. Rep. Brad Finstad and Democrat Jake Johnson are both trying to put President Donald Trump at the center of the closely watched race to represent southern Minnesota in Congress.
Throughout ...Read more
Heated rematch between Scott Perry and Janelle Stelson in Pa. could decide the House. Voters couldn't be more passionate
HARRISBURG, Pa. — Just outside Hershey on a brisk October morning, Adam Kraut delayed breakfast at the Cocoa Diner in Dauphin County to vent about politics.
“I despise Scott Perry,” Kraut, 52, said of the incumbent ...Read more
Bass and Raman trade blows over police chief in final debate of LA mayor's race
LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass and City Council member Nithya Raman traded verbal blows on Tuesday, scrapping over public safety, the Palisades fire and the fate of police Chief Jim McDonnell in the only ...Read more
South Carolina authorities charge 3 men accused by US Rep. Nancy Mace of sex crimes in 2025 speech
COLUMBIA, S.C. — Three of the four men accused by U.S. Rep. Nancy Mace of sexual misconduct during a 2025 House floor speech have been charged by the South Carolina Law Enforcement Division, according to a news release. ...Read more
Texas races, including US Senate, in dead heat ahead of early voting
Texas’ statewide elections are in dead heat in the lead up to early voting, according to a new poll from the Texas Politics Project at the University of Texas at Austin.
The latest numbers show nail-biter races for the ...Read more
Luria and Kiggans neck and neck in Virginia's 2nd District, new poll shows
NORFOLK, Va. — With Election Day just around the corner, a new survey from the Wason Center at Christopher Newport University found that Virginia’s 2nd District, where Democrat and former Rep. Elaine Luria and ...Read more
Minnesota Poll: Trump's unpopularity deepens as voters sour on economy, Iran war
MINNEAPOLIS — President Donald Trump is losing ground in Minnesota, where a new Star Tribune/KARE 11 Minnesota Poll finds mounting disapproval of his presidency amid frustration over the economy and the war in Iran.
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Roger Marshall enlists veteran GOP strategist as Democrat keeps Kansas Senate race close
A seasoned Republican strategist is coming to Kansas to support Sen. Roger Marshall’s campaign as polls show Democrat Adam Hamilton neck and neck with the senator in a solidly Republican state.
Chris Grant, founder and ...Read more
In newly independent US, Americans debated whether public executions taught a lesson or just showed off the state’s power to destroy
The proposed livestream of Nidal Hasan’s execution by a U.S. military firing squad gives an old question a new audience. Hasan, an Army psychiatrist convicted by a military court of killing 13 people at Fort Hood in ...Read more
Republicans can confirm a Supreme Court justice if Democrats take the Senate, but at what cost?
Democrats are gaining momentum in their bid to retake the Senate in November. This has led Republicans to prepare for the possibility that a conservative Supreme Court justice might announce their retirement before the ...Read more
Mihir Sharma: Why Europe just can't quit the US
Last week, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, standing in front of the Parthenon, declared that the Trump administration sought to partner with Europe in defending the “distinct character” of Western civilization. It...Read more
Amid 'time of transition,' Freedom Caucus sees room to grow its influence
WASHINGTON — The House Freedom Caucus is poised to look very different next year, with several stalwarts of the hard-line conservative bloc moving on.
Reps. Andy Biggs of Arizona, Byron Donalds of Florida and Tom ...Read more
Venezuela's Machado tops poll as US-backed negotiations resume
María Corina Machado holds a commanding lead in presidential voting intentions in Venezuela even as she remains sidelined from U.S.-backed negotiations between the government and opposition aimed at restoring democratic ...Read more
Joe Battenfeld: President Trump's risky gambit against Omar
An embattled President Donald Trump is undertaking a risky gambit raiding the home of controversial “Squad” member Rep. Ilhan Omar just seven weeks before the election.
If the court ordered warrant by Homeland ...Read more
Editorial: Trump weaponizes government & degrades the rule of law
The Department of Justice publicly searching the home of Congresswoman Ilhan Omar recently seems to be a clear violation of the DOJ norm not to take action so close to an election (now just three weeks away) unless ...Read more
Editorial: Trump's desperate campaign to buy off voters
The omens that President Donald Trump is facing an epic example of what another Republican president once called “a thumpin’” are accumulating. His deeply unpopular Middle East war is metastasizing, contributing to ...Read more
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