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‘Beyond unprecedented’: Expert amazed as Trump's corruption puts ruby red Kansas in play

On Monday morning, election forecaster Larry Sabato said there’s a growing reason Donald Trump has even red-state Republicans fearing for their jobs. Appearing on MS NOW with host Stephanie Ruhle, Sabato , who runs the Crystal Ball political newsletter, said that on top of high prices, voters have finally caught on to what he called unprecedented…

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Trump’s student loan ‘catastrophe’ looms once it’s no longer ‘politically insane’: reportThe Trump administration is quietly preparing to go after the wages, tax refunds and federal benefits of millions of Americans in default on their student loans, but not until after the midterm election. Five sources told the Washington Sun that officials are readying financial penalties for the nearly 10 million borrowers in default. Three of the…

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Republican Official Warns Election Threats Are “Coming From Within”The Republican lieutenant governor of Utah, Deidre Henderson, is warning that the federal government is threatening the integrity of American elections. “In the past two elections that I oversaw as lieutenant governor, the threats were all external: non-state actors, cyber security threats and other things,” Henderson told CBS News . “But now we also…

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Midterms: 'Russian Bots' Launch Army of Fake Videos of Celebrities, Like Taylor Swift, Attacking DemocratsBloomberg News is warning that "Russian bot farms" are pushing out fake videos of A-List Hollywood celebrities like Taylor Swift, Robert De Niro, Julia Roberts, and Cher attacking Democrats ahead of the 2026 U.S. midterm elections. The post Midterms: ‘Russian Bots’ Launch Army of Fake Videos of Celebrities, Like Taylor Swift, Attacking Democrats appeared…

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Republicans Are Vastly Outspending Democrats on Senate RacesWith Republicans seen as less likely to hold their majority in the House, the party is focusing more on the battle for the Senate, where it is vastly outspending Democrats on ads.

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Betting on the election? Your state may prohibit itThe midterm elections are fast-approaching, but can you wager on them?

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Massachusetts lieutenant governor candidate ends campaign after arrestPolice said Shawn Oliver was arrested on suspicion of operating under influence of alcohol after a car crash The Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Massachusetts announced the suspension of his campaign on Sunday hours after he was arrested in a suspected drunk-driving crash. Shawn Oliver, a city councilor in New Bedford and a corrections…

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Roberts' Supreme Court Has Made Prosecuting Corrupt Politicians Nearly Impossible: Veteran ProsecutorCorruption has become a leading issue for US voters heading into the 2026 midterm elections, driven in no small part by concerns about President Donald Trump's unprecedented self-enrichment while in office. But even as Americans express greater worry about corruption in government, actually prosecuting corrupt politicians has grown significantly more…

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Is Trump’s Diesel Deal With Russia Legal? US Sanctions ExplainedWith his Republican Party facing the prospect of losing control of Congress in Nov. 3 elections, President Donald Trump has sought ways to tame a significant source of voter discontent: elevated fuel costs. Saying that lower prices for Americans were his “greatest priority,” Trump announced via social media on Oct. 9 that he’d struck a deal with…

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US Agents Arrest 11 in California Over Alleged Illegal VotingFederal agents across California on Monday arrested 11 non-citizens who were charged with crimes including fraudulently registering to vote in US elections, part of a dragnet that the government says bolsters its case against the state in the run-up to the Nov. 3 midterm elections.

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Schumer urges FCC to reject GOP group’s request to allow unsolicited political robocallsSenate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) on Monday called on the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to reject a petition from a conservative political group to ease restrictions on AI-generated robocalls ahead of November's midterm elections. “Under this change, campaigns could use their opponents’ voice to send out a message that is, at best,…

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