U.S. Elections

Read the biggest stories from the 2016 campaign that resulted in the election of Donald Trump, Republican control of the House and Senate and other news throughout the country.

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Insider
Politics
The most shocking part of the 'meltdown' photo Trump tweeted isn't who's in it — it's who isn't
Insider - Lauren Frias
President Donald Trump tweeted out a photo of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi at a meeting about Syria on Wednesday, accusing her of having an "unhinged …
16 hours ago
Liberal View
GOP colleague assails Lindsey Graham's sign-on letter to acquit Trump as 'dumbest' idea ever
dailykos.com - Kerry Eleveld
South Carolina Sen. Lindsey Graham is in overdrive to protect his own 2020 reelection chances even as he criticizes Donald Trump's disastrous …
4 hours ago
FiveThirtyEight
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U.S. Politics
Our 2020 Primary Draft Is Back
FiveThirtyEight - Tony Chow
We are back with another round of our 2020 Democratic primary draft! Our politics podcast team didn’t do so well in the previous episode, but this …
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Reuters
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Justin Trudeau
Canada's Trudeau should resign if he fails to win the most seats: Conservative leader
Reuters - By Kelsey Johnson
OTTAWA (Reuters) - Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should resign if he fails to win the most seats in next week's election, his main rival, Conservative opposition leader Andrew Scheer, said on
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CNN
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Mick Mulvaney
Acosta: Mulvaney's message is 'catch us if you can'
CNN
President Trump's acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says that aid to Ukraine was in fact tied to President Trump's wish for an investigation into the 2016 election.
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HuffPost
Donald Trump
Rick Perry Reportedly Called Rudy Giuliani To Address Trump’s Concerns About Ukraine
HuffPost - Sanjana Karanth
The energy secretary said Trump's lawyer offered debunked conspiracy theories on Ukrainian influence in the 2016 election, The Wall Street Journal reports. Energy Secretary Rick Perry reportedly called
17 hours ago
Texas
Contender in Houston state House special election owed thousands in...
texastribune.org - Alex Samuels
A leading contender in a Houston state House special election told The Texas Tribune this week she and her husband recently paid the federal …
1 hour ago
The Washington Post
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Politics
Andrew Yang
The Washington Post
Yang is running on a platform to provide a universal basic income of $1,000 a month for every American adult. An entrepreneur and tech industry veteran, Yang, 44, says e wants to protect the nation from
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Politics
‘You Went Against the President!’: Lou Dobbs Confronts Steve Scalise Over GOP Voting With Dems on Syria
mediaite.com - josh-feldman
Fox Business’ Lou Dobbs spoke with House Republican whip Steve Scalise tonight and confronted him on why he (and so many other Republicans) voted with …
21 hours ago
MSNBC
Rudy Giuliani
Sondland to testify that he talked to Giuliani at Trump's direction
MSNBC - MSNBC.com
U.S. Ambassador to the European Union Gordon Sondland will tell Congress on Thursday that Rudy Giuliani told him President Donald Trump wanted …
7 hours ago
Esquire
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Wisconsin
Sometimes Voter Suppression Is on Autopilot. Sometimes There's Somebody Behind the Wheel.
Esquire - By Charles P. Pierce
Being our semi-regular weekly survey of what's goin' down in the several states where, as we know, the real work of governmentin' gets done and where it's locked up tight and out of range. One of the that
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The Globe and Mail
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Opinion
Barack Obama’s endorsement of Justin Trudeau is an unjustifiable American intrusion – and a gift to the Liberals
The Globe and Mail - Lawrence Martin
It’s something we might have expected from norm-breaker Donald Trump, not the highly ethical Barack Obama. The closest another president came to making the type of disruptive intervention in a Canadian
20 hours ago
CNN
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Predictions
Moody's forecast: Trump will win election in landslide
CNN
The financial firm Moody's Analytics predicts that President Trump will win the 2020 election in a landslide due to today's economic conditions.
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Conservative View
Pelosi on Impeachment Inquiry: 'Voters Are Not Going to Decide'
theepochtimes.com - Jack Phillips
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) on Thursday declined to place a timeline on the process of inquiring into the impeachment of President Donald …
3 hours ago
Roll Call
Elijah Cummings
Who could succeed Elijah Cummings in Congress?
Roll Call - Simone Pathé
Cummings' widow, the Maryland Democratic Party chair, may be interested The death Thursday of Maryland Rep. Elijah E. Cummings will unleash a crowded …
5 hours ago
National Review
Politics
Representative Elijah Cummings Dies Unexpectedly
National Review - Jim Geraghty
Making the click-through worthwhile: An already full news environment is greeted by two more shocks, one tragic, one hopeful. Representative Elijah …
7 hours ago
The Washington Post
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Opinion
Elizabeth Warren the front-runner? That’s great news for Republicans.
The Washington Post
A Marist poll asked voters whether “the economy is working well for you personally.” Nearly two-thirds of Americans said yes. This includes large majorities in almost every demographic group. Sixty-seven
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Republicans
Senate to try to override Trump emergency declaration veto Thursday
thehill.com - Jordain Carney
The Senate on Thursday will attempt to override President Trump's veto of a resolution nixing his emergency declaration on the border wall. Senate …
21 hours ago
Liberal View
Ohio Purge Targeted 40,000 Active Voters — Including Head of Voting Rights Group
truthout.org - Melody Ng
Ohio’s government admitted that nearly 20 percent of voters targeted in the state’s looming purge of “inactive” were actually active voters.Earlier …
4 hours ago
Opinion
Kelly McParland: Now who’s interfering in an election? And the Liberals don’t seem at all concerned
nationalpost.com - Kelly McParland
If Vladimir Putin were on speaking terms with Chrystia Freeland, the Russian president might be on the phone to Ottawa now, requesting a …
20 hours ago
The Heart of Black America via EBONY Magazine
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Elijah Cummings
Rep. Elijah Cummings Sets Trump Straight on Anti-Black Rhetoric
ebony.com - #teamEBONY
We are revisiting this March 2017 article in salute to longtime Baltimore congressman Cummings, who passed away today, October 17, 2019, at the age …
9 hours ago
U.S. Senate
Senate control will be up for grabs in 2020, thanks to handful of senators whose popularity is under water in their states
oregonlive.com - Douglas Perry
Sen. Cory Gardner recently scored the kind of national attention no politician wants. The Republican from Colorado repeatedly refused to answer yes or …
5 hours ago
Business Insider
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U.S. Politics
AOC's endorsement of Bernie Sanders will hurt Elizabeth Warren - Business Insider
Business Insider - Walt Hickey
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's recent surprise endorsement of Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2020 presidential bid is a big win for Sanders and could potentially hurt Sen. Elizabeth Warren, his rival for the progressive
2 hours ago
Deadspin
Miami Heat
Report: One Of Rudy Giuliani's Ukraine Cronies Was Once Sued By The Miami Heat
Deadspin
Now that Lev Parnas, one of Rudy Giuliani’s henchmen and a member of Trump’s inner circle, has been arrested and charged with manipulating the …
2 hours ago
VICE
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Primary Elections
Corporations Are Limiting Public Access to Presidential Primary Debates
VICE - Karl Bode
For an event that informs millions of Americans on the positions of aspiring presidential candidates, the degree to which the entire primary debate process is dictated by a handful of corporations who’ve
9 hours ago
Conservative View
Limbaugh: Pelosi Proves The Impeachment Inquiry Is ‘Obvious Charade,’ While Trump Sends Warning
dailywire.com - James Barrett
On his radio show Wednesday, conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh addressed the latest big development in the Democrats’ impeachment inquiry: …
22 hours ago
Daily Dot
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Donald Trump
Vapers Use Social Media To Show Flavor Ban Could Be A Political Issue
Daily Dot - Andrew Wyrich
A large number of vapers are using several hashtags on social media to voice their concerns with a proposal from President Donald Trump’s …
9 hours ago
North Carolina
Early voting has begun in Wake County. What you need to know before Nov. 5.
newsobserver.com - By Anna Johnson
Early voting has begun in Wake County. What you need to know before Nov. 5. Voters in towns and cities around North Carolina go to the polls Nov.5 . …
2 hours ago
Polling
Dauphin County approves new polling places for some voters
pennlive.com - Deb Kiner
On Nov. 5 voters will head to the polls for the General Election.Some voters in Dauphin County will be casting ballots in different locations.Dauphin …
3 hours ago
The Wall Street Journal.
Medicare
Medicare for All Loses Support Amid Lack of Detail on Costs to Voters
The Wall Street Journal. - Stephanie Armour
Messaging for the idea is complicated by other health proposals aired by the Democratic primary field Support for Medicare for All is showing signs of slipping as top-tier Democratic presidential candidates
2 hours ago