Populist independent candidate Dan Osborn has lost his bid for U.S. Senate in Nebraska to two-term Republican incumbent Sen. Deb Fischer. The result helps solidify the GOP’s control of the chamber, which it secured for the first time in four years on Tuesday. Osborn is a union leader, Navy veteran, …
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For months now, Leonard Leo — a conservative legal activist with a billion-dollar slush fund and an influential hand in the workings of the Supreme Court — has been refusing to comply with a Senate subpoena regarding his financial relationship with Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito. Senate Democrats sent …
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In his debate against Vice President Kamala Harris, Donald Trump debuted the turducken of dog whistles: the claim that Harris would funnel taxpayer money to surgeries for transgender immigrants in prison. Since then, Republicans have put $60 million over two weeks into airing anti-trans ads heaped atop their public speaking …
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During a debate against Rep. Colin Allred on Tuesday night, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz repeatedly refused to say whether he supports the right of victims of rape or incest to have an abortion. “I’m curious, why do you keep asking me that?” Cruz said to a debate moderator when he …
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The Senate map is so difficult for Democrats this November that one of their best chances of taking away a seat from Republicans is in ruby red Nebraska — with a candidate who isn’t even a Democrat. There have been few public polls released regarding the race. Republican polling suggests …
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Conservative Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley claimed Friday he opposes a “nationwide ban” on abortion, before immediately saying he wants to see “reasonable federal restrictions.” One such federal restriction, he said during a Missouri Senate candidate debate on Friday, should be “when the baby is capable of feeling pain” — a …
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On Tuesday, Senate Republicans blocked passage of the Right to IVF Act — a bid by Democrats that would federally protect access to in vitro fertilization treatments and mandate public and most private insurance companies to cover IVF and fertility care. This is the second time the GOP Senate has …
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NBA player-turned-Alex Jones protegee Royce White wants to be Minnesota’s next senator, and got a major boost this week when the state GOP endorsed him. And while Republicans are not shy about propping up conspiracy theorists, extremists, and grifters — the self-styled party of fiscal responsibility and family values may …
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Former Florida governor and first-term Senator Rick Scott announced Wednesday that he is gunning to replace Mitch McConnell as Senate Republican leader after trying and failing to do so following the 2022 midterm election. “I believe that our voters want us to use this leadership election to make a choice …
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This story was produced in partnership with The Garrison Project, an independent, nonpartisan organization addressing the crisis of mass incarceration and policing. Maryland’s former Republican Gov. Larry Hogan is running for U.S. Senate in a state that’s not just reliably blue, but in a deep blue moment. Baltimore Mayor Brandon …
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