This Is the Most Expensive Midterm Election Ever
Democratic Texas Senate candidate Beto O’Rourke raised a record $38 million in the third quarter of 2018.Photo By Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This is already shaping up to be the most expensive midterm election in history—$3.9 billion and counting, according to the nonpartisan OpenSecrets.org. Super-PACs…
This Democrat Just Seriously Outraised Her Republican Opponent in a Tight Georgia Race
Lucy McBath for Congress Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Lucy McBath, the Democratic candidate vying to represent Georgia’s six congressional district, raised nearly twice the amount as Republican incumbent Karen Handel in the last quarter, according figures released this week. While Handel still has raised more money over the entire campaign, the latest…
A New Ad Boosts ICE and the Border Wall and Demonizes the Left. It’s From a Senate Democrat.
Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. The latest ad in Indiana’s competitive Senate race features promises to fund President Trump’s border wall, oppose “socialized medicine,” and thwart the plans of “radical leftists” who want to abolish Immigrations and Customs Enforcement. These are all common talking points for Republicans—but the catch here…
Nirvana Unplugged: Why Aren’t More Americans Buying Electric Vehicles?
Jan Woitas/picture alliance via Getty Images Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. This story was originally published by CityLab. It appears here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. According to a new report from the United Nations’ scientific panel, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), humanity has about 12 years to avoid the most dire…
Trump Once Again Accepts Saudi Arabia’s Denials on Jamal Khashoggi Disappearance
Olivier Douliery/ZUMA Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. President Donald Trump continued to repeat the denials of the Saudi Arabian government that it had any involvement in the disappearance and likely murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi. After speaking with the crown prince Tuesday, the president announced that “answers” would soon be available. In…
Heitkamp Apologizes for Outing, Misidentifying Sexual Violence Victims
Tom Williams/AP Looking for news you can trust?Subscribe to our free newsletters. Sen. Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), who is locked in a heated reelection race with Republican Rep. Kevin Cramer, ran a campaign ad in several North Dakota newspapers Sunday that listed the names of numerous women that the ad described as survivors of domestic violence,…