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Vance’s Talarico Attacks Show His Penchant for Personal Broadsides

14 octobre 2026 à 22:09
At a rally in Texas, the vice president suggested the Democratic Senate nominee is gay, a comment criticized as homophobic.

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For weeks, Vice President JD Vance has been road-testing unfounded, innuendo-based salvos against James Talarico.

Surprise Democratic Donor Blitzes Senate Races in Republican-Leaning States With Ads

14 octobre 2026 à 18:56
Steve Pajcic, a lawyer and philanthropist in Florida, started a group that is airing ads in Kansas and South Carolina. Florida and Mississippi are next.

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The Democratic Senate candidates Adam Hamilton of Kansas, Scott Colom of Mississippi, Annie Andrews of South Carolina and Angie Nixon of Florida.

Supreme Court Again Sides With Republicans in Political TV Ad Fight

14 octobre 2026 à 17:17
The Trump administration had filed an emergency application asking the justices to intervene in a long-running dispute over political ad rates.

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The order was likely to be only a modest boost for the G.O.P., as the court had made its position clear in two previous rulings in recent months.

Brazil’s President Lula Accuses Meta of Helping His Right-Wing Opponent

14 octobre 2026 à 19:12
With a narrow presidential election looming, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva and his allies claim Meta is trying to give his right-wing rival an advantage.

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President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in Brasília on Monday. He is taking on a right-wing candidate in a runoff on Oct. 25.

Fact-Checking Senate Debates in Georgia, Maine and Michigan

Par : Linda Qiu
14 octobre 2026 à 16:06
With control of Congress hanging in the balance, nominees have attacked their rivals’ records, stock portfolios and families, with varying degrees of accuracy.

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From left, Representative Mike Collins, Republican of Georgia; Troy Jackson, the Democratic nominee for Senate in Maine; and Mike Rogers, the Republican Senate candidate in Michigan.

Jon Ossoff Says He Won’t Run for President in 2028 in Georgia Senate Debate

14 octobre 2026 à 11:57
“I’m running for re-election to the Senate,” the Democrat said during a debate on Tuesday. Barack Obama said the same thing 20 years ago.

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Senator Jon Ossoff said he would serve a full six-year term if re-elected to the Senate next month.

Corruption Trial Begins for Former Oakland Mayor Sheng Thao and City Contractors

14 octobre 2026 à 18:29
In opening arguments, prosecutors said that Sheng Thao “put her power up for sale.” One lawyer for the defendants called the bribery scheme “pure fiction.”

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Sheng Thao, the former mayor of Oakland, Calif., center, is on trial this week with three others on corruption charges.

He’s Played It Safe. But He Could Make California History as Governor.

14 octobre 2026 à 15:26
Xavier Becerra is a heavy favorite to become California’s first Latino governor in the modern era, though he does not talk much about the milestone.

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Xavier Becerra attending a “No on Prop 39" event, in opposition to a voter identification ballot initiative, in Los Angeles this month.

4 Takeaways From the Los Angeles Mayoral Debate

14 octobre 2026 à 03:12
Mayor Karen Bass and her former ally, the City Council member Nithya Raman, attacked each other’s records on Tuesday night in the last televised debate before the election.

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Mayor Karen Bass of Los Angeles, left, faced off with City Council member Nithya Raman, right, in a televised mayoral debate on Tuesday.

Trump Adds Another Giveaway to His Midterm Pitch: Pardons.

13 octobre 2026 à 23:49
The president has stepped up his offers of financial rewards to voters with just weeks until the midterms. On Tuesday at a rally in Alaska, he announced pardons.

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President Trump handed two people pardons during his rally on Tuesday.
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