[ad_1] CNN — President Joe Biden on Tuesday made a major promise on a push to put abortion rights into law as his party looks to seize on the politically divisive issue in the final push ahead of the midterm elections. At an abortion-rights-focused speech at a Democratic National Committee …
Read More »Herschel Walker defends his transparency on abortion allegations, says ‘my campaign now has been about going forward’
[ad_1] CNN — Republican Senate nominee Herschel Walker on Tuesday defended his own transparency over allegations he paid for an ex-girlfriend’s abortion, telling reporters at a press conference that he had “answered that question time and time again” and that his campaign was “about going forward.” The question was about …
Read More »Four takeaways from Georgia governor’s debate
[ad_1] CNN — Republican Gov. Brian Kemp and Democrat Stacey Abrams sparred over health care, crime and punishment, and voting rights in a Monday debate as they made their closing arguments to voters in a reprise of their fiercely contested 2018 race for the same job. The stakes for this …
Read More »Democratic Senate nominees hold cash edge in fall home stretch but face GOP advertising onslaught
[ad_1] CNN — Seven Democrats in the 10 most competitive Senate races started this month and the home stretch to Election Day with bigger cash stockpiles than their Republican rivals, newly filed campaign finance reports show. But even with that financial edge, Democrats face a withering advertising assault in the …
Read More »Five takeaways from the Georgia Senate debate
[ad_1] CNN — When Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker met to debate in the already contentious Georgia Senate race, all the focus was on how personal allegations against Walker would roil the first – and likely only – debate in the campaign. The allegations that Walker paid …
Read More »Gerson Fuentes: Court date is set for trial of man accused of raping a 10-year-old in Ohio who then left state for abortion
[ad_1] CNN — The trial for the man accused of raping and impregnating a child in Ohio who then had to travel to Indiana for an abortion has been set for early next year, according to a court document obtained by CNN. Gerson Fuentes, 27, is facing two counts of …
Read More »Five takeaways from the Michigan gubernatorial debate between Gretchen Whitmer and Tudor Dixon
[ad_1] CNN — Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer said in a debate Thursday night that voters “cannot trust” her Republican challenger, Tudor Dixon, to respect the outcome of a state referendum on abortion rights, because Dixon has not accepted the outcome of the 2020 election. Whitmer has placed her support …
Read More »Opinion: In post-Roe America, GOP candidates must launch a counterattack to win
[ad_1] Editor’s Note: Patrick T. Brown is a fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center, a conservative think tank and advocacy group based in Washington, DC. He is also a former senior policy adviser to Congress’ Joint Economic Committee. Follow him on Twitter. The views expressed in this piece …
Read More »Raphael Warnock says Herschel Walker ‘has trouble with the truth’
[ad_1] Columbus, Georgia CNN — Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia said Saturday that his Republican rival Herschel Walker “has trouble with the truth” but did not directly address the recent allegation that Walker once paid for a woman to have an abortion. “It’s up to Georgia voters. It’s not …
Read More »Woman tells New York Times Herschel Walker asked her to have second abortion
[ad_1] CNN — The woman who said Georgia Senate hopeful Herschel Walker paid for her 2009 abortion, setting off a controversy that has rocked his campaign, told The New York Times that the Republican nominee asked her to terminate a second pregnancy two years later. She refused the request, and …
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