Tag: Elections

"We're going to issue a report in the next two or three weeks about the Russian efforts to get into the state election system," Sen. Angus King, I-Maine, said. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

National Security

Angus King: Report coming this month on Russia’s attempts to hack state election systems

Kyle Feldscher · March 4, 2018 6:00 pm

Conor Lamb (pictured right) stands with a veteran at a campaign event at the American Legion Post 902 in Houston, Pa. Lamb, a Marine veteran and assistant U.S. attorney, is running against against Republican Rick Saccone in the special election to replace former Rep. Tim Murphy, who resigned in disgrace over a sex scandal. (Justin Merriman / Washington Examiner)

Is Conor Lamb the new model Democrat? Or will progressives come for him next?

Salena Zito · March 4, 2018 5:01 am

Brushing off the indictments by special counsel Robert Mueller, Russian President Vladimir Putin described the accusations as "yelling and hollering in the United States Congress" and suggested that U.S. officials should file an official request with Russia's general prosecutor. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)

Putin dismisses election meddling accusations as ‘yelling and hollering in the United States Congress’

Katie Leach · March 3, 2018 4:47 pm

Failed Alabama Republican Senate candidate Roy Moore refused to concede after he was defeated by Democrat Doug Jones last year.

Roy Moore pleads for help to pay legal fees: ‘My resources have been depleted and I have struggled to make ends meet’

Katie Leach · March 3, 2018 4:56 am

About 14-feet high, 48-feet wide, and definitely impossible to miss, the billboards solidify Sen. Roger Wicker as the candidate with Trump's endorsement. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Beltway Confidential

Sen. Roger Wicker retweets Trump onto highway billboards. Will it help? Ask Luther Strange

Philip Wegmann · March 2, 2018 7:54 pm

When Liberation Parties Govern

James H. Barnett · March 2, 2018 9:00 am

The Ultimate Crowded Field

Jay Cost · March 2, 2018 9:00 am

Conservative commentator Mark Levin said Thursday night on Fox News that "something smells like a rat," regarding judges on a secret surveillance court not looking into alleged abuses of their own court. (screenshot)

Mark Levin calls for elimination of FISA court, creation of alternative

Diana Stancy Correll · March 2, 2018 5:36 am

Nearly 2 million illegal immigrants brought to the U.S. as children, known as Dreamers, remain at risk of deportation despite the Supreme Court essentially nullifying President Trump's March 5 deadline to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Immigration deal as unlikely as ever: ‘DACA is probably on ice for a long time’

David M. Drucker · March 2, 2018 5:01 am

House Intelligence Committee Chairman Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., told Attorney General Jeff Sessions that the apparent use of the controversial "Trump dossier" to make the case for spying on former Trump campaign associates suggests a "clear violation" of FBI protocols. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Devin Nunes warns Jeff Sessions that FBI may have violated criminal statutes with FISA applications

Daniel Chaitin · March 2, 2018 3:12 am

Rep. Mark Meadows, R-N.C., sent a letter to the House on Thursday asking for a "full retroactive" repeal of Obamacare's individual mandate. Meadows is concerned that Americans may not realize that they still face penalties if they don't have health insurance in 2017. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Beltway Confidential

Mark Meadows wants ‘retroactive’ repeal of Obamacare’s individual mandate this tax season

Daniel Chaitin · March 2, 2018 12:49 am

A report mentions that special counsel Robert Mueller (pictured left) may have a potential indictment would focus on the Russia-backed effort to steal and release emails from the Democratic National Committee and Clinton campaign chairman John Podesta.

Robert Mueller may be ready to crack down on Russians who hacked Democrats’ emails

Diana Stancy Correll · March 1, 2018 11:40 pm