Republicans almost certain to take back US Senate — regardless of who wins presidential race
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Republicans almost certain to take back US Senate — regardless of who wins presidential race

ByNews Polite

With tough races and retirements breaking strongly in their favor, Republicans are almost certain to take control of the US Senate from Democrats next week, regardless of who wins the 2024 presidential race. Democrats, led by New York Sen. Chuck Schumer, control a narrow 51-49 majority, which includes a broad…

Elon Musk’s mother says she felt ‘relief’ after bailing on ‘malicious and dishonest’ Democratic Party
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Elon Musk’s mother says she felt ‘relief’ after bailing on ‘malicious and dishonest’ Democratic Party

ByNews Polite

The mother of billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, Maye Musk, said Thursday that after switching from the Democratic Party over to the Republican Party, she felt relief that she was no longer part of a party that some consider is “malicious and dishonest.” Maye was a guest on “The Bottom Line,”…

GOP Senate candidate runs on school choice in New Mexico — where reading scores are dead last in the nation
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GOP Senate candidate runs on school choice in New Mexico — where reading scores are dead last in the nation

ByNews Polite

PHOENIX — Donald Trump’s unexpected rally in Albuquerque, NM, Thursday will bring added attention to the state’s under-the-radar Senate race — and hence to the under-the-radar issue of school choice. Republican hopeful Nella Domenici, daughter of the late Sen. Pete Domenici, is a businesswoman who with her husband runs the state’s…

GOP lawmakers demand USCIS fire employee who defended illegal immigration on social media
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GOP lawmakers demand USCIS fire employee who defended illegal immigration on social media

ByNews Polite

A group of Republican lawmakers led by Rep. Nancy Mace is demanding US Citizenship and Immigration Services fire an employee who cut videos and made other social media posts praising illegal immigrants. Mace (R-SC) and three other Republican reps alleged that posts from Wilson Osorio, an associate counsel at USCIS,…

Videos show what Mondaire Jones thought about border security before now claiming he wants it tightened
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Videos show what Mondaire Jones thought about border security before now claiming he wants it tightened

ByNews Polite

Dem ex-New York Rep. Mondaire Jones claims he’s for tougher border security as he seeks a political comeback — but he championed “defunding” ICE when he ran for office in 2020, recently unearthed videos show. Jones — who is facing off against freshman GOP Rep. Mike Lawler at the polls…

Michigan Democrats pass law to unionize family caregivers in last-ditch power play before election
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Michigan Democrats pass law to unionize family caregivers in last-ditch power play before election

ByNews Polite

DETROIT — Michigan Democrats passed a “dues skim” law to unionize caregivers with less than a month to go until Election Day, signaling the party knows its time could be up controlling the Great Lakes State come 2025. The entire Michigan House is up for election Nov. 5, and Republicans…

Republicans slam hurricane conspiracists — including MTG — for weather ‘control’ claims as ‘misinformation’ hampers NC relief efforts
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Republicans slam hurricane conspiracists — including MTG — for weather ‘control’ claims as ‘misinformation’ hampers NC relief efforts

ByNews Polite

Republican members of Congress are slamming conspiracists — including far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene — for spreading claims that Hurricane Helene was “geoengineered by the government” or that federal aid workers are obstructing local relief efforts in North Carolina following the devastation. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.), Rep. Chuck Edwards (R-NC)…

Is Florida in play? Or is it fool’s gold for Democrats?
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Is Florida in play? Or is it fool’s gold for Democrats?

ByNews Polite

Throughout this election, operating assumptions have been that there are seven battleground states: Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. Campaigns, political parties, super PACs and the like have poured hundreds of millions of dollars into these swing states and been rewarded with a sky-high stack of polls…

Arizona Senate hopeful Kari Lake launches women-centered platform to woo key demographic — including more ‘workplace flexibility’
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Arizona Senate hopeful Kari Lake launches women-centered platform to woo key demographic — including more ‘workplace flexibility’

ByNews Polite

PHOENIX — An Arizona Senate candidate is pushing for “policies that encourage companies to offer flexible work hours, remote work options, and support systems for working mothers, such as affordable childcare initiatives.” And — surprise, surprise — it’s the Republican. It’s part of Kari Lake’s about-to-be-released eight-point platform she calls the Mama…

Republicans in hotly contested races almost unanimously support IVF availability
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Republicans in hotly contested races almost unanimously support IVF availability

ByNews Polite

PHOENIX — Democrats are seeking to make in-vitro fertilization an election issue, with Vice President Kamala Harris declaring during the presidential debate that “under Donald Trump’s abortion bans, couples who pray and dream of having a family are being denied IVF treatments.” But Republican candidates across the crucial swing states…