A Platner superfanโs reluctance to support the Democrat now running against Senator Susan Collins reflects the partyโs challenges navigating left-wing passions.
Democrats are targeting G.O.P. strongholds that could set them up for new majorities. But if they donโt win those races now, it could be a long time before they have another chance.
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Protesters outside of an event for Senator Roger Marshall in Topeka, Kan. Soaring fuel costs and economic struggles have made some Republican senators like Mr. Marshall vulnerable on their home turf.
The left says its populist message can attract moderates and conservatives in addition to liberals. That theory will be put to the test in a series of competitive races on Election Day.
The left says its populist message can attract moderates and conservatives in addition to liberals. That theory will be put to the test in a series of competitive races on Election Day.
As political fights over artificial intelligence accelerate, there is now a super PAC aligned with the data center industry. Its first bet is on Ms. Graham, a Republican in an unexpectedly tight race.
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Senator Darline Graham of South Carolina has been friendlier toward the data center industry than her Democratic opponent, trying to walk a line between backing the centersโ development as a national security necessity while stressing the need for community involvement.
The president contended that Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, a Muslim, would โinvite hordes of jihadis to our shoresโ as he sought to bolster the G.O.P. candidate in a tight Senate race.
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President Trumpโs comments, coming in a key midterm battleground nine days before the elections, underscored the dark themes and personal vilification he and his allies have embraced as part of their closing pitch.
A lawsuit by the Justice Department challenging a potential narrow loss by the GOP Senate incumbent in Alaska reflects a new tactic by the president to try to shape the election results.
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President Trump at a midterm election campaign rally in Guardian Centers in Perry, Ga., on Saturday.
The 44th president sharply criticized Mr. Trump, who hit back later in the day. Mr. Obama also assailed Vivek Ramaswamy, the Republican nominee for governor of Ohio.
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Former President Barack Obama sharply criticized President Trump on Saturday in Ohio.
With moves in Alaska and California, the department has stepped up interventions in the midterm elections as the presidentโs instrument of unmediated executive power.
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President Trump during a campaign rally in support of Senator Dan S. Sullivan in Wasilla, Alaska, this month. Mr. Trump urged the Justice Dept. to intervene in the Senate race.
No obvious legal authority supports a pre-emptive effort to block the certification of Alaskaโs Senate election if the Republican incumbent narrowly loses.
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Senator Dan Sullivan with Mary Peltola, his Democratic challenger, during a debate in Kodiak, Alaska, last month.
The move was announced by Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican who faces a tough re-election fight amid rising prices.
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The loss of Susan Collinsโs seat could tip the Senate in favor of Democrats, upending President Trumpโs legislative agenda for the rest of his term.
The move was announced by Senator Susan Collins, a Maine Republican who faces a tough re-election fight amid rising prices.
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The loss of Susan Collinsโs seat could tip the Senate in favor of Democrats, upending President Trumpโs legislative agenda for the rest of his term.
The charges intensified the administrationโs efforts to go after the law enforcement and intelligence personnel who cast doubt on unsubstantiated claims that Joseph R. Biden Jr. engaged in corrupt dealings in Ukraine.
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The two officials served on the F.B.I.โs Foreign Influence Task Force, a group created after Russia interfered in the 2016 election.
Senators have warned the White House they will withhold confirmation votes until the administration ensures the restoration of communications capabilities used by Ukraineโs military.
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Representative Brian Fitzpatrick, Republican of Pennsylvania and a former F.B.I. agent who worked on Russian counterintelligence in Kyiv, said he doubted the communication problems were accidental.