Trump is heading to Nebraska as Republicans pour money into rescuing Pete Ricketts and defend vulnerable House territory, exposing serious GOP trouble in a state Trump won by 20 percentage points just under two years ago.
Chuck Schumer’s imported campaign team has tried to smooth away Troy Jackson’s populist Maine identity, sidelining grassroots organizers while failing to define the candidate before Susan Collins and her billionaire backed allies do it for him.
Trump’s White House is pushing an official app that delivers nonstop presidential propaganda while seeking access to users’ location, messages, financial data, and other personal information, raising severe privacy and security concerns.
A few vulnerable Republicans are testing carefully chosen breaks with Trump, but the party remains bound to him by his loyal voters, fears of primary retaliation and the political risks of challenging him too openly.
With fuel prices elevated and the midterms approaching, Republican senators are publicly questioning Trump’s fixation on renovations, media battles and personal grievances while voters remain concerned about inflation, affordability and the economy.
Trump’s Iran war has disrupted oil shipments and lowered global emissions, creating an environmental benefit his climate hostile administration never intended. The longer the conflict continues, the more likely some changes in energy demand could become permanent.
California’s Supreme Court unanimously ordered Sheriff Chad Bianco to return 650,000 ballots, ruling that his investigation of debunked voter fraud allegations violated state law and improperly compromised the integrity of voted ballots.
After a judge restored passes for MS NOW, CNN and Politico, Trump’s White House again blocked two networks while welcoming Xi Jinping, exposing the president’s admiration for tightly controlled media and the limits of his own Trump TV experiment.