More Republican candidates are backing out of debates ahead of the Nov. 3 election, as polling shows Democrats gaining ground up and down the ballot. In the presidential election, Donald Trump’s positive COVID-19 diagnosis has all but ensured an end to future debates with former Vice President Joe Biden. On Friday, the Commission on Presidential Debates canceled the second debate, which was...
Al Gross was born at the base of Mount Juneau after an avalanche. He says he bought his own fishing vessel at the age of 14. He killed a grizzly bear that was attacking him. He then paid his way through college and medical school with money earned catching salmon. Gross, an orthopedic surgeon, is running for U.S. Senate as an independent to unseat incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-AK). At first...
If Amy Coney Barrett is confirmed to the Supreme Court before Nov. 3, she will be the third sitting justice to have played a role in Bush v. Gore, the infamous case that decided the 2000 presidential election in favor of President George W. Bush against former Vice President Al Gore. Twenty years later, Barrett could play an outsized role in deciding the 2020 election — so long as everything goes...
A new internal poll conducted for the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee by GBAO Strategies shows Democratic nominee Jaime Harrison leading his Republican opponent, incumbent Lindsey Graham, by 1 point in the race for South Carolina’s open Senate seat. Recently, the race had been a dead heat, with Harrison tied or trailing Graham well within the 5 point margin of error since the...
Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Donald Trump’s reelection campaign, condemned Michigan Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in an appearance on Fox News Wednesday. Miller’s comments came just hours after news broke of a foiled plot by right-wing extremists to kidnap Whitmer and overthrow the government. In a press conference on Wednesday, Whitmer criticized Trump for telling the Proud...
In a departure from long-held norms, the Department of Justice on Friday distributed an internal email laying out changes to its policy on noninterference in elections. The guidance contained in the Justice Department’s internal Federal Prosecution of Election Offenses policy handbook, last updated in 2017, states that “overt investigative steps may chill legitimate voting activities...
Last week, Donald Trump called in to Fox News to blame the military for infecting his long time aide Hope Hicks with the coronavirus, a statement as cruel is it is absurd, given Trump’s refusal to take the virus seriously. Now, recent reporting shows that Trump may have exposed Gold Star families to the virus. According to the Daily Beast, the Greatest Generation Foundation, which hosted an...
Mark and Patricia McCloskey, the St. Louis couple who achieved notoriety in June when they were filmed aiming guns at and threatening racial injustice protesters outside their home, were indicted on Tuesday on two felony counts each of unlawful use of a weapon and evidence tampering in connection with their actions. The protesters were participating in one of the demonstrations that took place...
In a recent poll conducted by CNN between October 1-4, 60% of respondents said they disapproved of the way Donald Trump is handling the coronavirus outbreak. In the same poll, 63% of Americans surveyed said they think Trump acted irresponsibly in handling the risk of coronavirus infection to people who have been around him recently, and 57% said they disapproved of the way Trump is handling his...
The unprecedented public health crises now gripping the nation and the White House have once again brought the 25th Amendment into the public discourse, as questions swirl around the health of both Donald Trump and his closest aides. Trump announced in the early morning hours on Friday that both he and the first lady had tested positive for the coronavirus, prompting a flurry of concern about who...