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Republicans in Ohio Are Worried About Turnout. Here’s What They’re Doing About It.

19 octobre 2026 à 09:46
To boost Senator Jon Husted, who is in a tight race to keep his seat, some Republicans who were making a jobs pitch have pivoted to focus on socialism.

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Tanya Karabanovs, a volunteer at the Cuyahoga County G.O.P. headquarters, surrounded by unclaimed yard signs. She said that volunteer turnout had been down this midterm cycle.
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  • FBI investigates letters with ‘unknown substance’ sent to US election officials
    Election officers in Louisiana and Oklahoma receive a powdery substance, prompting evacuationsThe FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service are investigating letters sent to state officials and election offices across the country containing an “unknown substance”.Just weeks before November’s US midterm elections, election officers in Louisiana and Oklahoma received envelopes containing a powdery substance, leading to evacuations. A similar package containing white powder was also sent to the Ohio
     

FBI investigates letters with ‘unknown substance’ sent to US election officials

15 octobre 2026 à 13:06

Election officers in Louisiana and Oklahoma receive a powdery substance, prompting evacuations

The FBI and the US Postal Inspection Service are investigating letters sent to state officials and election offices across the country containing an “unknown substance”.

Just weeks before November’s US midterm elections, election officers in Louisiana and Oklahoma received envelopes containing a powdery substance, leading to evacuations. A similar package containing white powder was also sent to the Ohio secretary of state, but the US Postal Service intercepted the package.

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© Photograph: Jenny Kane/AP

© Photograph: Jenny Kane/AP

How Trump Voters Feel About High Grocery Prices Ahead of The Midterms

14 octobre 2026 à 20:55
With the midterms nearing, some are venting frustration with the president while others are standing by him.

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  • ‘No one’s here, no one knows’: north-east Ohio is ground zero for ICE flights
    Away from the public eye, deportation planes at Youngstown-Warren and Akron-Canton airports carry hundreds of immigrants daily amid Trump’s ICE crackdownJust after 10.30am on a recent weekday morning, a Bombardier CRJ200 Air Wisconsin aircraft landed at Youngstown-Warren regional airport.Having made the 75-minute flight from Milwaukee, the 50-seater came to a halt and its twin engines fired down next to another Air Wisconsin plane and a larger Eastern Air Express Boeing 737, planes that flew in
     

‘No one’s here, no one knows’: north-east Ohio is ground zero for ICE flights

13 octobre 2026 à 06:00

Away from the public eye, deportation planes at Youngstown-Warren and Akron-Canton airports carry hundreds of immigrants daily amid Trump’s ICE crackdown

Just after 10.30am on a recent weekday morning, a Bombardier CRJ200 Air Wisconsin aircraft landed at Youngstown-Warren regional airport.

Having made the 75-minute flight from Milwaukee, the 50-seater came to a halt and its twin engines fired down next to another Air Wisconsin plane and a larger Eastern Air Express Boeing 737, planes that flew in the evening before from Alexandria, Louisiana.

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© Photograph: Sue Ogrocki/AP

Trump, Playing Defense in Ohio, Tries to Shore Up Republicans in Tough Races

13 octobre 2026 à 08:10
The president rallied in Youngstown for Senator Jon Husted and Vivek Ramaswamy, who are in competitive contests against Democratic opponents.

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President Trump won Ohio by 11 percentage points two years ago, but this year the state’s races for Senate and governor are seen as closely contested.
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  • Marcy Kaptur: longest-serving congresswoman’s bid for another House term roiled by anti-trans ad
    Democrat in Congress since 1983 rebuked over ‘dangerous’ campaign ad – will it harm her chances in tight Ohio race?Last month, Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in congressional history, released a video advertisement in which she looks directly at the camera and says exactly what she thinks about one of the most divisive issues facing Democrats today.“Here’s the truth: I voted with Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of our schools because parents know what’s best for their kids,
     

Marcy Kaptur: longest-serving congresswoman’s bid for another House term roiled by anti-trans ad

10 octobre 2026 à 07:00

Democrat in Congress since 1983 rebuked over ‘dangerous’ campaign ad – will it harm her chances in tight Ohio race?

Last month, Marcy Kaptur, the longest-serving woman in congressional history, released a video advertisement in which she looks directly at the camera and says exactly what she thinks about one of the most divisive issues facing Democrats today.

“Here’s the truth: I voted with Republicans to keep transgender ideology out of our schools because parents know what’s best for their kids,” Kaptur says, “and boys should not play in girls’ sports.”

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Blogger on Trial: Is a Lewd Image of Shrek Free Speech or Harassment?

9 octobre 2026 à 17:40
An Ohio municipal court heard a misdemeanor case that considered the limits of political discourse in the age of the internet.

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D.J. Byrnes, known as The Rooster, prowls the Ohio Statehouse for his guerrilla journalism.
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  • ‘System is rigged’: Democrat Sherrod Brown puts datacenter danger at heart of populist Senate bid
    Ohio former senator attacks Republican rival as the ‘face of datacenters’ as he wraps AI concerns into pro-worker messageSend us your questions on how the US economy is shaping the midterm electionsSherrod Brown, the Democratic former senator from Ohio hoping to return to office in November’s midterm elections, has spent the past year traveling across his home state explaining to voters about all the ways the “system is rigged” against them. Recently, he’s been telling people about a trip he too
     

‘System is rigged’: Democrat Sherrod Brown puts datacenter danger at heart of populist Senate bid

8 octobre 2026 à 06:00

Ohio former senator attacks Republican rival as the ‘face of datacenters’ as he wraps AI concerns into pro-worker message

Sherrod Brown, the Democratic former senator from Ohio hoping to return to office in November’s midterm elections, has spent the past year traveling across his home state explaining to voters about all the ways the “system is rigged” against them. Recently, he’s been telling people about a trip he took across the north-west Ohio countryside.

“You’re driving on what looks like really good farmland, driving past fields, driving past barns, driving past milking parlors, and you see, all of a sudden, you see these huge cranes and you see these trucks coming,” Brown told a crowd of dozens at a coffee shop in the city of Lima earlier this month.

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Trump Officials Ramp Up Investigations Into Voter Registration Groups

7 octobre 2026 à 06:01
The Trump administration is investigating nonprofits that it says may be recruiting noncitizens for voter registration, documents show, even though noncitizen voting in the United States is rare.

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With control of Congress and the future of President Trump’s agenda at stake, Democrats are concerned that false claims about rampant illegal voting could be used by Republicans to challenge the results of the midterms.

As Race Tightens, Republicans Resume Tepid Support For Max Miller in Ohio

7 octobre 2026 à 05:01
The embattled congressman, accused of throwing scalding water at his ex-wife and breaking his daughter’s collarbone, rebuffed earlier Republican calls to drop out.

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Representative Max Miller of Ohio speaking to media in front of the Capitol last month.
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  • New York governor declares state of emergency after spike in measles cases
    The deadly outbreak in Pennsylvania is its largest in more than three decades, and confirmed cases in New York are upThe New York governor, Kathy Hochul, declared a state of emergency on Monday in response to a dramatic spike in measles cases in the state.Hochul’s administration said the emergency declaration was in response to a “growing number of measles cases across rural areas of New York and neighboring states”, including Pennsylvania, which has been grappling with a deadly outbreak that is
     

New York governor declares state of emergency after spike in measles cases

6 octobre 2026 à 09:17

The deadly outbreak in Pennsylvania is its largest in more than three decades, and confirmed cases in New York are up

The New York governor, Kathy Hochul, declared a state of emergency on Monday in response to a dramatic spike in measles cases in the state.

Hochul’s administration said the emergency declaration was in response to a “growing number of measles cases across rural areas of New York and neighboring states”, including Pennsylvania, which has been grappling with a deadly outbreak that is its largest in more than three decades.

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Caleb Flynn, Who Appeared on ‘American Idol,’ Gets Life Sentence for Wife’s Murder

5 octobre 2026 à 21:16
Caleb Flynn maintained his innocence at his sentencing hearing in Ohio on Monday.

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Caleb Flynn was sentenced to life without the possibility of parole on Monday for fatally shooting his wife, Ashley, in their home in Tipp City, Ohio, in February.

The Campaign for Ohio’s Next Governor May Be the Ugliest in the Country

5 octobre 2026 à 13:21
The candidates for Ohio governor have significant policy differences, but the campaign ads have been strikingly personal, with exaggerated portrayals of one candidate as a con artist and the other as a drunk.

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Dr. Amy Acton, Ohio’s former chief public health officer, has faced ugly, personal attacks in her run for governor.

At Trump’s Rallies, a Familiar Mix of Rituals and a Plea to ‘Please Pretend’

4 octobre 2026 à 17:53
President Trump is doggedly lending his support to Republican candidates facing a rough midterm season. He is the same campaigner he has always been, but his crowds have changed.

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At a rally in Vandalia, Ohio, on Saturday night, President Trump said: “I’m really in to win it. We want to win the midterms.”

Measles Outbreak in Amish Country Forces Some to Rethink Vaccines

4 octobre 2026 à 17:00
The spread of measles in Pennsylvania and Ohio is largely affecting Amish communities where vaccinations levels are low.

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A nurse named Stephanie Truckey, right, making a house call to the home of Nancy Miller in Middlefield, Ohio.
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