Daily Archives: September 18, 2020

Midterms likely to be most expensive ever as TV ads pass billion-dollar mark

Campaigns, political parties and outside groups have booked or aired more than $1 billion in television advertising, months before voters head to the polls in November in what is likely to become the most expensive midterm election campaign in U.S. history. In the fight for control of the U.S. Senate, where Republicans hold a narrow two-seat […]

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Trump endorses Ted Yoho ahead of Florida primaries

President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE on Thursday endorsed Rep. Ted YohoTheodore (Ted) Scott YohoGOP lawmaker cites ‘herd immunity’ when asked why he’s without […]

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GOP Senate candidate doubles down on Robert E. Lee despite Twitter poll

A Republican Senate candidate doubled down on his claims that Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee was an American hero after he conducted a Twitter poll in which the vast majority of respondents disagreed with the statement. Chris McDaniel, a GOP state senator in Mississippi, on Friday tweeted a quote by former President Franklin D. Roosevelt […]

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Trump's SEC Closes Probe of Exxon's Knowledge of Climate Crisis in Latest 'Gift for the Fossil Fuel Industry'

New York Attorney General Barbara Underwood said Friday that she would continue her probe into Exxon Mobil’s knowledge of the climate crisis following the Security and Exchange Commission’s (SEC) decision to drop its own two-year investigation without recommending any action be taken against the oil giant. “Our investigation remains ongoing,” Amy Spitalnick, Underwood’s communication director, […]

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Stalling Trump's 'Illegal Rubber-Stamp' of Keystone XL, Federal Court Orders Full Environmental Review

Rejecting what critics have called the Trump administration’s “illegal rubber-stamp” of the Keystone XL pipeline, a federal court in Great Falls, Montana has sided with opponents of the project and mandated a full environmental impact review for the proposed route. “The court saw through the sham fast-track environmental review that TransCanada and the State Department […]

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#WhipTheVote: Progressives Launch Campaign to Pressure 24 Democrats Who Still Haven't Vowed to Oppose Kavanaugh

Click:cnc turning Just 24 hours after thousands of Americans took to the streets nationwide to protest Brett Kavanaugh—President Donald Trump’s far-right Supreme Court pick—a coalition of progressive groups on Monday launched a campaign aimed at pressuring the two dozen Democrats who still haven’t committed to voting against the anti-environment, anti-reproductive rights judge. “Democratic senators should […]

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'Seems Like a Pretty Big Deal': Senate Democrats Refer Secret Document About Brett Kavanaugh to FBI

Less than a day after The Intercept reported that Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) received a letter that purportedly details an “incident” involving Trump Supreme Court pick Brett Kavanaugh and “a woman while they were in high school,” Feinstein announced in a statement on Thursday that she has referred the secret document to the FBI. “I […]

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