[ad_1] CNN — A simmering conflict between Sen. Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Sen. Rick Scott of Florida is heating up in the closing days of the fall campaigns, as the two Republicans battle behind the scenes over who will get the credit for a big win – and who …
Read More »Biden uses Florida’s ‘extreme MAGA Republicans’ as foils for his closing midterm pitch
[ad_1] CNN — When President Joe Biden rallied Democrats in Florida on Tuesday for a final-stretch campaign stop, he finally landed in the state his advisers have long eyed as the ideal backdrop for his warnings against “mega-MAGA” Republicans. For months, Biden and his team had been hoping to use …
Read More »Black men say they feel ignored by Democrats. Experts fear it will keep some home on Election Day.
[ad_1] Atlanta CNN — Aaron Bethea says he has voted election after election for US presidents, governors and senators – and yet those lawmakers have done little to nothing to improve life for him, his family or his community. Bethea said he believes the issues he cares about, financial freedom …
Read More »Paul Pelosi attack unleashes partisan finger-pointing and sows fresh fears of political violence
[ad_1] CNN — America’s toxic politics quickly turned the brutal attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband into the latest vicious partisan fight – even before the full facts are known. Police have yet to ascribe a motive to the attack on Paul Pelosi, 82, after a man broke into …
Read More »Some Democrats are trying a last-minute campaign strategy that hasn’t been so successful thus far
[ad_1] CNN — With just over a week to go until Election Day, a collection of Democratic candidates and supportive groups are willing to try a strategy that several party strategists acknowledge has not been very successful so far. They’re hoping a late rush of targeted ads and direct door-to-door …
Read More »Ben Sasse: University of Florida Faculty Senate passes symbolic vote against possible selection of Sen. Ben Sasse as president
[ad_1] CNN — The University of Florida Faculty Senate approved a no-confidence resolution Thursday on the selection process to appoint US Sen. Ben Sasse as the next president, officials said. The 67 to 15 vote comes after Sasse, a Republican senator from Nebraska, became the only person considered for the …
Read More »Uvalde school shooting: Texas DPS head Steven McCraw to update agency’s oversight board Thursday
[ad_1] CNN — The Texas Department of Public Safety’s top official is due to deliver Thursday the first formal, public update to his agency’s oversight panel on its officers’ actions during the May massacre at a Uvalde elementary school, with families of the victims, furious over the response, expected to …
Read More »Voters’ top concern is the economy as Democrats seek a ‘closing message’ to draw contrasts with GOP on combating inflation
[ad_1] CNN — Fifteen days from the midterm elections, new CNN polls in battleground states show that the issue at the front of voters’ minds is the economy and inflation – a reality that could tilt the outcome of key races with Democrats’ narrow House and Senate majorities in the …
Read More »Bernie Sanders says he’s worried about Democratic voter turnout among young and working people
[ad_1] CNN — Sen. Bernie Sanders on Sunday said he’s worried about Democratic voter turnout ahead of the upcoming midterms. “I am worried about the level of voter turnout among young people and working people who will be voting Democratic,” the independent Vermont senator who caucuses with Democrats told CNN’s …
Read More »Democrats predict an ‘extremely busy’ lame duck. Here’s what’s on the agenda
[ad_1] CNN — A packed legislative to-do list awaits Congress when it returns to session after the midterms – and Democrats, who currently control both chambers, will face a ticking clock to enact key priorities if Republicans win back the House or manage to flip the Senate in the upcoming …
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