Tag: Elections

National Security

Facebook agrees to release to Congress ads purchased by Russian company

Melissa Quinn · September 21, 2017 7:33 pm

Former Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore has invited President Trump to his Alabama Senate campaign rally Saturday night. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Roy Moore invites Trump to Saturday rally days before Alabama Senate election

Al Weaver · September 21, 2017 5:55 pm

Paul Manafort back in mid-2016 offered his services to Donald Trump for free, according to news accounts. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)

Beltway Confidential

For Paul Manafort, Trump was the product. Putin’s friends were the customers.

Timothy P. Carney · September 21, 2017 1:36 pm

A super PAC plans to bring in Sebastian Gorka and Sarah Palin for an Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore rally just days ahead of the special election. (Screenshot and AP Photo)

Super PAC bringing in Sarah Palin, Sebastian Gorka for Roy Moore rally Thursday

Anna Giaritelli · September 20, 2017 3:52 pm

A sign marks the entrance to a gender-neutral restroom. President Trump's nominee to a federal judgeship in Texas described transgender children as involved in "Satan's plan." The nominee's comments on transgenderism could become a bone of contention for U.S. senators considering his nomination. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)

Trump judicial nominee: Transgender children involved in ‘Satan’s plan’

Ryan Lovelace · September 20, 2017 2:22 pm

Former Secretary of State John Kerry said Wednesday he doesn't "have any plans right now" to run for president in 2020. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

John Kerry doesn’t rule out 2020 White House run

Pete Kasperowicz · September 20, 2017 12:02 pm

In less than a month, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear Gill v. Whitford, a politically charged gerrymandering case, and rule on whether Wisconsin's State Assembly map was intentionally drawn to favor one party over another. (AP Photo/Carrie Antlfinger)

How will gerrymandering measure up before the Supreme Court?

Ray Wallin · September 20, 2017 4:01 am

Judge Roy Moore has recruited veteran political operatives with a hard anti-Trump bent. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

#NeverTrump in Alabama Senate primary? Roy Moore recruits old Jeb Bush and Evan McMullin operatives

Philip Wegmann · September 19, 2017 10:40 pm

Salena Zito: Those Who Vote and Those Who Don’t

Washington Examiner Staff · September 19, 2017 7:59 pm

Foolishly, the frontrunner in the Alabama Republican primary assumed his enemies wouldn't read his words outside of context to paint him a racist. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Beltway Confidential

Don’t call Roy Moore a racist (at least not yet)

Philip Wegmann · September 19, 2017 7:39 pm

"Our Republican colleagues should be walking around with blindfolds because they don't want to see what's in the bill they are being forced to vote for," Schumer said, adding once more that they are "ashamed" of the legislation put forward. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Chuck Schumer: Republicans will get ‘clobbered’ if 2018 midterms are a referendum on healthcare

Al Weaver · September 19, 2017 7:24 pm

America First Policies, the official Trump-aligned political nonprofit, is spending nearly $500,000 during the final week of the campaign on targeted digital advertising, direct mail and phone banks to encourage voters to turn out for Strange in the Sept. 26 GOP primary runoff. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

Trump group invests in Luther Strange as Republicans warn against Roy Moore

David M. Drucker · September 19, 2017 5:48 pm