Tag: Elections

Voters in Brooklyn, New York, cast ballots in the 2016 presidential election. As worries about interference in this year's midterm vote climb, Microsoft is introducing new tools to safeguard data for candidates and campaigns.

Beltway Confidential

GOP up on generic ballot in surprising new polling

Emily Jashinsky · May 22, 2018 10:38 pm

Influential Iraqi Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr sits with Iraqi Christians during a visit to Our Lady of Salvation Church, in Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, Dec. 26, 2016.

Beltway Confidential

The remarkable laundering of Muqtada al-Sadr, the Iraqi Donald Trump

Michael Rubin · May 22, 2018 7:49 pm

Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen speaks before a House Homeland Security Committee subcommittee on Capitol Hill in Washington.

National Security

Kirstjen Nielsen says she hasn’t ‘seen’ 2017 intel assessment that Russia wanted Trump in 2016 election

Kelly Cohen · May 22, 2018 3:00 pm

Speaker of the House Paul Ryan, R-Wis., left, confers with House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., during a news conference on Capitol Hill.

McCarthy denies move to push Paul Ryan out early

Susan Ferrechio · May 22, 2018 2:47 pm

Beltway Confidential

Minority Leader Jim Jordan?

Philip Wegmann · May 22, 2018 1:31 pm

Beltway Confidential

Farm bill on ice after House defeat

Susan Ferrechio · May 22, 2018 4:00 am

Beltway Confidential

Republicans declare Justice Department guilty before internal investigation begins

Kelly Cohen, Gabby Morrongiello · May 22, 2018 2:42 am

Trump endorses Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson ahead of primary

Mandy Mayfield · May 22, 2018 12:15 am

A supermarket displays stickers indicating it accepts food stamps in West New York, New Jersey, on Monday, Jan. 12, 2015.

Beltway Confidential

Farm Bill’s defeat is a huge win for the welfare state

Jennifer Anju Grossman · May 21, 2018 8:57 pm

Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., departs on the Senate subway after a vote on Gina Haspel to be CIA director, on Capitol Hill, Thursday, May 17, 2018 in Washington.

Beltway Confidential

Senate Democrats move to bail Bill Nelson out in Florida

Philip Wegmann · May 21, 2018 7:25 pm

Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, speaks to supporters gathered at The Champions of Liberty Rally in Hebron, Ky., Friday, Aug 11, 2017. Rep. Jordan was joined at the fundraising event by Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin, U.S. Rep Thomas Massie, R-Ky., and Senator Rand Paul, R-Ky.

Beltway Confidential

More than 100 conservative leaders sign letter urging Jim Jordan to run for speaker

Philip Wegmann · May 21, 2018 6:20 pm

FILE - In this May 8, 2018, file photo, former Massey Energy CEO Don Blankenship speaks to supporters in Charleston, W.Va. Despite having lost the Republican primary, convicted ex-coal baron Blankenship said heâs going to continue his bid for U.S. Senate as a third-party candidate. Blankenshipâs campaign said in a news release Monday, May 21, that heâll be running as a member of the Constitution Party, which nominated him by a unanimous vote.

Beltway Confidential

Don Blankenship’s nihilist populism could lose Republicans the Senate

Philip Wegmann · May 21, 2018 5:21 pm