Rollins says USDA is 'full-bore ahead' on Forest Service reorganizationThe Trump administration wants to move Forest Service headquarters from Washington to Salt Lake City, shutter 23 research stations, and close many regional offices and replace them with state offices.PBS NewsHour11h agoWhole story →EducationFood
Trump says he ordered suit to block Alaska Senate results if GOP losesPresident Trump is making a final push to help Republicans maintain control of Congress as some of the most closely watched races remain competitive. But the battle for the Senate is also playing out in court. In Alaska, the Trump administration sued to potentially block certification of the election if the Republican incumbent loses. White House…PBS NewsHour12h agoWhole story →GovernmentJustice
Seeking to help Collins in Maine, Trump exempts some Canadian imports from his 50% tariffsCollins, locked in a tight race with Democratic challenger Troy Jackson, issued a statement saying she'd spoken with Trump's top trade negotiator, Jamieson Greer, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick "about the toll tariffs are taking on Maine families, businesses, farmers, and growers.''PBS NewsHour12h agoWhole story →Economy
Surging diesel prices loom over Republicans in Iowa's midterm racesIt's been more than a decade since Iowa has had a Democratic governor or senator. But this year, with the incumbents retiring, both races are competitive. As Peter Tubbs at Iowa PBS reports, record-high diesel prices have hit the state's agriculture industry particularly hard and could influence the midterm elections.PBS NewsHour12h agoWhole story →GovernmentFood
Capehart and Ponnuru on Trump's threat to block Alaska election resultsJonathan Capehart of MS NOW and National Review editor Ramesh Ponnuru join Geoff Bennett to discuss the week in politics, including the Trump administration's legal fight over a closely watched Senate race in Alaska, reports that Elon Musk restricted Ukraine's access to Starlink and Vivek Ramaswamy's personal ad attacking his opponent in the Ohio…PBS NewsHour12h agoWhole story →SecurityGovernment
DOJ has monitored elections for decades. Here's why some state officials are concerned this yearThe agency regularly monitors polling places. But this year's effort on Nov. 3 will more than double the number of federal monitors deployed during the 2022 midterms.PBS NewsHour15h agoWhole story →Government
Supreme Court allows New Hampshire to fully ban student IDs for voting in midtermsThe Supreme Court cleared the way Thursday for New Hampshire to fully ban the use of student IDs for voting during the midterm elections.PBS NewsHour19h agoWhole story →GovernmentJustice
2 ex-FBI officials charged with making false statements about Hunter Biden's laptopTwo former FBI intelligence officials who specialized in foreign election interference were charged Friday with making false statements about their roles in investigating the origins of Hunter Biden's laptop in the run-up to the 2020 presidential election.PBS NewsHour20h agoWhole story →SecurityGovernment
WATCH: Trump says he ordered DOJ lawsuit over Alaska Senate raceThe lawsuit centers on one of the president's longstanding complaints in the Senate race — the presence of a second candidate named Dan Sullivan who Republicans fear could siphon away votes from the incumbent in what's likely to be a photo-finish contest with Democrat Mary Peltola.PBS NewsHour20h agoWhole story →Government
Rep. Ilhan Omar says she will move out of her Washington, DC, home after federal searchU.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar will move out of her Washington, D.C., home that federal agents searched last week, she said Wednesday, noting that attention brought on by the raid has made her feel unsafe there.PBS NewsHour1d agoWhole story →JusticeGovernmentrep omar home search
