Tag: Elections

The Department of Justice announced the indictments Friday. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Robert Mueller indicts 13 Russian nationals for meddling in 2016 election

Kelly Cohen · February 16, 2018 6:01 pm

A GOP candidate for Kansas House seat posted on Facebook and Twitter a link for people to enter into an AR-15 giveaway on Feb. 13, the day before the Florida school shooting. (AP Photo/Lisa Marie Pane)

GOP candidate going through with AR-15 giveaway after Florida school shooting

Katelyn Caralle · February 16, 2018 5:21 pm

In a Thursday interview, Oprah Winfrey asked, "[I]f God actually wanted me to run, wouldn't God kinda tell me?" (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Beltway Confidential

Left mocks Michele Bachmann for religious statement; Oprah says the same thing a month later

Emily Jashinsky · February 16, 2018 4:43 pm

So long as Romney has a solid backing in Utah (where anti-Trump conservatism was the strongest), Mitt Romney is untouchable. He's the only answer to "Teflon Don." (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)

Beltway Confidential

The Mitt Factor: Romney is the last hope for the GOP

Siraj Hashmi · February 16, 2018 4:38 pm

"Our party and our country are always better off when Mitt is engaged," Paul Ryan said. (AP)

Paul Ryan endorses Mitt Romney: ‘A terrific day for the United States Senate’

Al Weaver · February 16, 2018 2:43 pm

If the Trump administration amps up deportations of Dreamers and a deal isn't passed in the coming months, immigration activists say Republicans will feel the political ramifications more than Democrats in 2018. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Democrats, activists prepare to lay blame at Republicans’ feet if DACA fix doesn’t pass

Laura Barrón-López · February 16, 2018 12:00 pm

Oprah Winfrey's speech while accepting the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 75th annual Golden Globe Awards in January sparked a popular rumor the media mogul was going to run for president. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Oprah says she hasn’t heard a call from God to run for president

Diana Stancy Correll · February 16, 2018 3:07 am

Director of National Intelligence Dan Coats has said Russia is likely the "most capable and aggressive source" of influence in forthcoming U.S. elections. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Intelligence community to hold classified briefing with all 50 states on US election system

Kelly Cohen · February 15, 2018 11:16 pm

North Dakota Republican state Rep. Kevin Cramer will announce Friday he is entering the state's Senate race. This move would give Republicans the candidate they hoped would take on Democratic Sen. Heidi Heitkamp. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast, File)

Kevin Cramer reverses course, will run for Senate in North Dakota

David M. Drucker · February 15, 2018 7:00 pm

Oprah Winfrey said that through her Golden Globes speech "I was looking for a way to express what was going on in this moment in terms of gender, and class, and race." (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Oprah on 2020 rumors after Golden Globes appearance: ‘I was just tryin’ to give a good speech’

Naomi Lim · February 15, 2018 3:14 pm

For the people, not for the parties: Open primaries empower African-Americans

Jessie Fields · February 15, 2018 5:01 am

Mitt Romney, a former governor of Massachusetts and 2012 Republican presidential candidate, had planned to announce his bid for one of Utah's Senate seats in a low-key announcement on social media followed by a public appearance later in the day Thursday. (John Angelillo/Pool via Bloomberg)

Mitt Romney delays announcement of Senate bid due to Florida shooting

Katie Leach · February 15, 2018 12:43 am