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'Lesley, that's a lie!' Trump lawyer reveals tense unaired moment on '60 Minutes'

President Donald Trump's Assistant Attorney General for Civil Rights, Harmeet Dhillon, revealed in an interview on a right-wing show that she clashed bitterly behind the scenes with 60 Minutes' Lesley Stahl during a recent interview on election policy — and complained that almost none of her ranting, including her accusations that Stahl was a "liar,"…

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Raw Story· Oct 21, 11:09 PM'Lesley, that's a lie!' Trump lawyer reveals tense unaired moment on '60 Minutes'

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'Going down in flames': Conservative op-ed blisters MAGA's newest 'unlikable weasel'An op-ed for the longtime conservative publication National Review launched a blistering attack on Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for Ohio governor, for acting like a candidate certain he is “going down in flames.” Jeffrey Blehar, a National Review staff writer, made the case in a column published Wednesday, less than two weeks before Election…

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Nancy Pelosi’s office latest recipient of letter containing white powderFormer speaker is latest target of mailings sent to various Congress members in the lead-up to the midterm elections California representative Nancy Pelosi’s office received “a suspicious letter” on Wednesday in what appears to be the latest incident of ill-intentioned mailings targeted at US Congress members before the midterm elections. The offices of…

The Guardian7h agoWhole story →

FT: Netanyahu pushing the US to bomb Iran before electionsIsraeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pressures US President Donald Trump to resume strikes against Iran, as both leaders contend with poor polling ahead of critical elections.

Semafor7h agoWhole story →

Rep. Kamlager-Dove Says She Would Back Hegseth ImpeachmentRep. Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) says she would “100%” support Representative Thomas Massie's resolution to impeach Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and says he would be “on the hot seat” when lawmakers return to Washington after the midterms. Rep. Kamlager-Dove also says she is confident in Los Angeles County's election safeguards after touring its…

Bloomberg7h agoWhole story →

Senate Race in Deep Red Mississippi Is Getting Trump’s AttentionA US Senate contest in the historically Republican state of Mississippi is drawing fresh attention in the final stretch of the midterm election cycle, with President Donald Trump planning a rally to boost the GOP candidate and control of the chamber hanging on the outcome of races in states the president won two years ago.

Bloomberg7h agoWhole story →

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Democrats sue Trump administration over 'threats and intimidation' ahead of electionDemocratic leaders and election groups filed a lawsuit against President Trump and the Justice Department (DOJ) on Tuesday, seeking to block federal officials from pressuring states to remove voters from their rolls ahead of the November midterm elections. The 44-page complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, accuses the…

The Hill5h agoWhole story →

U.S. and Israel Draw Up Plans for Renewed Strikes on Iran After ElectionsRenewed hostilities might not be any more successful than the war’s first phase, and President Trump has repeatedly canceled plans for a return to major combat.

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Judge curtails DHS crackdown on ‘unlawful voters’ during midterm electionsThe so-called Unlawful Voter Initiative and its sweep focused on nine states amounted to intimidation of union members who urge people to exercise their right to vote, the judge said.

Courthouse News Service4h agoWhole story →

Trump DOJ blindsides states with federal deployment decried as ‘intimidation’: reportState officials are scrambling after the Justice Department quietly launched a plan one local official fears is designed to intimidate. The DOJ this week began alerting counties in Colorado, Florida, Minnesota, Texas and Washington that it intends to send federal monitors to watch their elections, NPR reported Wednesday. In past cycles, state officials…

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Wisconsin governor candidates tangle over the economy, Trump and the 2020 electionDemocrat David Crowley and Republican Tom Tiffany faced off Wednesday night in the only debate in the race to succeed Gov. Tony Evers in the perennial battleground.

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