Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) rejected claims that her fiance, Jason Turkish, played a role in her last-minute decision to endorse Michigan Republican Senate nominee Mike Rogers, calling the speculation sexist. Stevens, who flipped her endorsement to Rogers over Democratic nominee Abdul el Sayed two days before the midterm elections and left fellow Democrats gobsmacked, addressed […]
DETROIT — Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) joined Abdul el Sayed on the campaign trail Monday, offering a high-profile progressive endorsement as Democrats rallied around their Senate nominee in the final hours before Michigan voters head to the polls. The appearance at the Majestic Theatre in downtown Detroit came amid an extraordinary intraparty rupture over Rep. […]
The Department of Justice announced charges against 63 people across 15 states Monday for election-related crimes, marking the latest crackdown on alleged voter fraud just one day before the midterm elections. The charges involve illegal voting, fraudulent voter registration, and false claims of U.S. citizenship, according to a DOJ press release. Four of those charged […]
Rep. Haley Stevens’s (D-MI) decision to pull support from Democratic nominee Abdul el Sayed after he declined to condemn an advertisement blaming U.S. support for Israel for rising grocery prices has thrust Jewish voters into the spotlight heading into Election Day. It’s unclear whether Stevens’s decision to endorse Rogers with only two days left before […]
Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico proposed bipartisan cooperation with President Donald Trump, claiming the two could work together to fulfill the promise of the Make America Great Again movement. Talarico sat down with Steven Bartlett for The Diary of a CEO podcast released Monday and said he would “love” to work with Trump despite […]
Federal law enforcement is investigating a Border Patrol-involved shooting in Laredo, Texas, that took place after an agent was assaulted early Monday morning, according to a new report. A U.S. Customs and Border Protection spokesperson in Laredo confirmed Monday that a fatal shooting had occurred around 2:45 a.m. local time when a Border Patrol agent […]
Election officials in multiple Georgia counties are working to resolve complaints that voters are not receiving their absentee ballots ahead of Election Day, after lawsuits filed by voting groups alleged thousands of ballots never arrived. In Gwinnett and Cobb counties, officials have said they will contact voters who have not received the absentee ballots they […]
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration on Monday to stop demanding that California election officials set aside ballots from roughly 20,000 people the Justice Department suspects may be noncitizens, delivering another setback to its election oversight efforts. Chief U.S. District Judge James Boasberg in Washington found the administration likely exceeded its constitutional authority by […]
The Supreme Court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s emergency bid to force California election officials to set aside roughly 20,000 ballots linked to suspected noncitizens, delivering a major setback to the Justice Department one day before the midterm elections. Just hours after the DOJ filed its emergency petition to the high court, the justices […]
The Democrats had a bad weekend before the midterm elections, but for Republicans it could be too little, too late. Most significant was the upheaval in the Michigan Senate race as Rep. Haley Stevens (D-MI) switched her endorsement from Democratic Senate nominee Abdul el Sayed to Republican Mike Rogers. Before that was a New York […]
