4+ hour, 39+ min ago   (131+ words) “President Donald Trump has agreed to a significant portion of a stringent ethics proposal that is part of broader cryptocurrency legislation headed for a key vote this week, according to three of the bill’s main Republican authors,” the Associated Press…...

7+ hour, 6+ min ago   (160+ words) “Democrats are grappling with several liabilities that risk impeding the momentum they have gained to retake control of Congress,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “New opportunities have come on the map for Democrats as President Trump has become increasingly unpopular…...

7+ hour, 1+ min ago   (161+ words) “President Donald Trump dropped his largest reported spend so far this weekend, sending $21 million to candidates in competitive races as pressure ramps up for Republicans two months before the midterms,” the Washington Sun reports. “The president’s Senate spending before Sept....

8+ hour, 31+ min ago   (138+ words) CBS News: “There has never been such a dizzying pardon economy as there is in Washington right now — a Wild West of clemency populated by MAGA-connected brokers and influencers — where the old norms have been largely tossed aside.” “Previously, those…...

8+ hour, 30+ min ago   (161+ words) “President Donald Trump guaranteed that his $5,000 checks to all Americans are ‘100%’ going forward if Republicans win the midterms and that he knows ‘exactly’ how he’ll pay for it,” Mediaite reports. Said Trump: “I know exactly how we’re going to pay…...

8+ hour, 40+ min ago   (102+ words) “Prominent Texas Republicans are denouncing Bo French, a Republican nominee to join the state’s railroad commission, after he made a xenophobic post describing a group of Asian American students attending a University of Texas football game as a ‘problem,'” Politico…...

14+ hour, 5+ min ago   (152+ words) “David Crowley, the Democratic nominee for Wisconsin governor, ranks as the most surprising winner in this year’s turbulent primary season. But the Milwaukee County executive’s against-the-odds story began long before election night,” the Washington Post reports. “Crowley’s parents became addicted…...

18+ hour, 31+ min ago   (65+ words) A new CBS News/YouGov poll finds Democrats leading Republicans on the generic congressional ballot, 54% to 46%. Generic Congressional Ballot Democrats 54% Republicans 46% CBS News/YouGov poll · adults · ±2.3% A new CBS News/YouGov poll finds Democrats leading Republicans on the generic congressional…...

19+ hour, 43+ min ago   (171+ words) New York Times: “The mainstreaming of anger on the left at systemic economic and political conditions has in some ways been a slow train coming, although not apparently one with the kind of force that destroyed the old Republican Party....

19+ hour, 56+ min ago   (141+ words) “Representative Tom Tiffany, the Republican nominee for governor of Wisconsin, said he sustained minor injuries after his aircraft made an emergency landing on Saturday, forcing him and the pilot to swim to safety,” the New York Times reports. “Mr. Tiffany…...