A Republican Nominee in Missouri Defended Hitler and Equated Muslims With the KKK
The background for West’s YouTube videos includes bizarre references to Barack Obama and Tweety Bird.YouTube Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Steve West, a Kansas City-based engineer, won the Republican primary for a seat in the Missouri House of Representatives this week by trumpeting “old American” values. On his campaign website,…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Not Here for Insulting, Bad-Faith Invites to “Debate”
G. Ronald Lopez/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has had quite a busy summer in the two months since her stunning victory against 10-term incumbent Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s Democratic primary, stumping for Democratic candidates across the country. Along with her new national profile has come…
A Long-Shot Democrat Now Has a Chance at Congress After Trump’s Buddy Got Indicted
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. When Nate McMurray, the long-shot Democratic candidate in New York’s ruby-red 27th District, went out for a jog on an 88-degree Wednesday morning, he had just four campaign volunteers and a hair’s breadth of a chance to unseat Rep. Chris Collins (R-NY). Then, everything changed. …
Russians Have Penetrated Florida’s Election Systems, Senator Says
US Democratic Senator Bill Nelson speaks during a press conference in Miami in July. Giorgio Viera/EFE via ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Intelligence officials have warned for months that Russia will seek to interfere in the 2018 midterm elections, just as it did in 2016. On Wednesday, Democratic Sen.…
Missouri Voters Deal Major Blow to GOP Union-Busting Efforts
An anti-Proposition A rally in Kansas City, Mo., in July. Charlie Riedel/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. On Tuesday, Missouri voters sent a message to the Republican-controlled state legislature: The state must protect unions. It is the first state since 2012 to overturn a right-to-work law that aimed to weaken…
Trump Takes to Twitter to Defend His China Tariffs
Matt Rourke/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on $200 billion worth of imported Chinese goods has been widely unpopular. Even so, on Wednesday, Trump decided to up the ante: He ordered his administration to consider raising the rate from 10 percent to 25…