Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers launched a seven-figure ad campaign against his opponent, Democratic Rep. Elissa Slotkin, over her connection to a controversial deal to bring a Chinese battery company to the state. The ad buy from Rogers, a former congressman, slams Slotkin for “sign[ing] a secret deal that helped a Chinese company—taking away jobs
The Democratic National Convention continues on Wednesday as Day 3 gets underway in Chicago, with a focus on how the party’s new ticket plans to fight for Americans’ freedoms. The second day of the convention featured an exuberant presentation of support for the Harris-Walz ticket by the assembled delegates. State by state, delegations rallied around
GOP House hopefuls vow to not target each other, like in 2022, in ranked-vote general election race to unseat Rep. Mary Peltola (D-Alaska). Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and Rep. Harriet Hageman (R-Wyo.) easily swept past their Republican rivals in deep-red Wyoming’s Aug. 20 primary elections. In Alaska’s primaries, four House candidates—including incumbent Rep. Mary Peltola
New Hampshire challenges Massachusetts gun laws New Hampshire challenges Massachusetts gun laws 02:24 CONCORD, N.H. – New Hampshire’s attorney general says residents who cross state lines with their guns should not be subject to “felony convictions and imprisonment” for violating Massachusetts law. Attorney General John Formella filed briefs with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on
How Walz handles the speech will set the stage for the next 77 days, Zee Cohen-Sanchez, a Democratic Party strategist, said. CHICAGO—James Hepworth, a delegate from the southern Minneapolis suburb of Apple Valley, will be among thousands of DNC delegates to witness Gov. Tim Walz’s speech accepting the vice presidential nomination on Thursday. Hepworth has
Voters in Arizona and Montana will be able to decide in November whether they want to protect the right to an abortion in their state constitutions. The Arizona Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that a 200-word summary that abortion rights advocates used to collect signatures for a ballot measure is valid, clearing the way for the
In July, the Trump campaign paid the lowest amount it has so far in 2024 on legal costs. The Trump campaign paid about $540,000 in legal fees in July, the lowest total of the year so far. On Aug. 20, a number of committees associated with former President Donald Trump’s 2024 run for the White