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Category: 2018 Elections

Donald Trump Jr. Is Here to Rescue Ted Cruz

Win McNamee / Associated Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Two years ago, Ted Cruz stood up the president. On Wednesday, Donald Trump Jr. came to Wichita Falls, Texas, to tell Republican voters that all was forgiven. With a little more than a month to go before election day and control…

Devin Nunes’ War on the Media Just Got Even Weirder

Devin Nunes Campaign Committee Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Late last week, Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.) sent constituents in his Central Valley, California, district a curious bit of campaign literature. It wasn’t a typical half-page or full-page mailer, but a 38-page glossy mini-magazine entirely dedicated to lambasting the area’s largest…

Republicans Put Out a Very Misleading Ad Attacking Medicare-for-All

Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. A new ad from the National Republican Campaign Committee, the main organization dedicated to electing Republicans to the House of Representatives, opens ominously. The ad, which appeared online Tuesday, targets Xochitl Torres Small, the Democratic candidate in New Mexico’s 2nd Congressional District. It features a mother…

A California Republican Candidate Is So Desperate for Positive Press That She Quoted Herself in Her Latest Ad

Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/AP Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. California congressional candidate Young Kim is “addressing the homeless youth crisis,” according to an ad released by Kim’s campaign this month. In the ad, Kim, a Republican running for a House seat in Southern California’s 39th District, is shown working in her office and chatting…

What an Explosive Story About Devin Nunes’ Family Farm Means for His High-Profile House Race

Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)Bill Clark/ZUMA Press Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Yesterday, Esquire dropped a story exposing a “politically explosive secret” about Rep. Devin Nunes (R-Calif.)—one that he and his family have been harboring for more than decade. Nunes’ oft-repeated origin story is that he’s a local boy with a…