Tag: Elections

Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., announced on Sunday he would give back the $2,000 Tony Podesta contributed to his re-election campaign. "It's a minimal amount, and I'm more than happy to send it back," the senator said. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

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At least one Democratic senator set to return Tony Podesta’s campaign cash

Emily Jashinsky · November 13, 2017 8:13 pm

Facebook ads linked to a Russian effort to disrupt the American political process are displayed as Google's Senior Vice President and General Counsel Kent Walker, Facebook's General Counsel Colin Stretch, and Twitter's Acting General Counsel Sean Edgett, testify during a House Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, Nov. 1, 2017. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

15 Senate Democrats ask FEC to improve transparency of paid online ads

Melissa Quinn · November 13, 2017 8:10 pm

McConnell called for Moore to step down as the Republican candidate in the Alabama special election for a vacant U.S. Senate seat following the allegations from multiple women that Moore pursued sexual relationships with them when they were teenagers and he was in his 30s. (AP)

Roy Moore to Mitch McConnell: You step aside

Susan Ferrechio · November 13, 2017 5:52 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell says he believes the women who accused Alabama Senate GOP candidate Roy Moore of sexual misconduct. McConnell says Moore should step aside from the Alabama Senate race. (Ap Photos)

McConnell: Roy Moore should ‘step aside’ after sexual assault allegations

Susan Ferrechio · November 13, 2017 4:54 pm

President Trump's HHS nominee Ali Azar is a former HHS veteran who served under the George W. Bush administration and served as a top executive for pharma company Eli Lilly. (By Wwsgconnect, via Wikipedia)

Top Democrats skeptical of Trump’s HHS pick

Robert King · November 13, 2017 4:07 pm

President Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin talk during the APEC Summit in Danang, Vietnam.

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No, President Trump, Putin isn’t your friend

Tom Rogan · November 13, 2017 3:24 pm

The right-leaning Pacific Legal Foundation urged the high court to hear its challenge to the Minnesota law, which the group said violated the First Amendment. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Supreme Court to hear case about political apparel restrictions at voting places

Ryan Lovelace · November 13, 2017 3:23 pm

President Trump nominated Alex Azar, former deputy HHS secretary who served under former President George W. Bush, as the new HHS secretary. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Trump announces Alex Azar as new HHS secretary nominee

Kimberly Leonard · November 13, 2017 3:02 pm

"I was for Hillary. I did 83 campaign events for Hillary," former Vice President Joe Biden said. "She would've been a first-rate president and at that point I had made the judgment well before that I was not prepared to run for president." (Ashlee Rezin/Sun Times via AP)

Joe Biden never heard about replacing Hillary Clinton until Donna Brazile’s book

Anna Giaritelli · November 13, 2017 1:12 pm

Sessions' camp seemed to immediately shoot down the idea. (AP Photo/Butch Dill, File)

Roy Moore and Jeff Sessions: Two problems — and a solution

Daniel Oliver · November 12, 2017 7:39 pm

The poll, conducted by JMC Analytics and Polling, has Jones at 46 percent compared to Moore's 42 percent among likely voters. (AP Photos)

Doug Jones leads Roy Moore by 4 points in Alabama: Poll

Laura Barrón-López · November 12, 2017 6:40 pm

"We may not have much choice on that but we have choice on something else. That is that you can expel a senator once they are in with two-thirds of the vote after the ethics committee does an investigation," Klobuchar said.

Amy Klobuchar raises the prospect of the Senate expelling Roy Moore for assault allegations if he’s elected

Kyle Feldscher · November 12, 2017 5:41 pm