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Sen. Mike Lee of Utah. AP Photo/Phelan M. Ebenhack, File Mike Lee leads Evan McMullin 36%-34% in a new Deseret News/Hinckley Institute of Politics poll. The Utah Senate race is shaping up to be one of the most competitive statewide contests in years. The key to victory is the support of the state's moderate voters, […]
Ohio Republican Senate nominee JD Vance. AP Photo/Tom E. Puskar JD Vance has a one-point lead over Tim Ryan in the Ohio Senate race, according to a new Marist poll. For months, Vance and Ryan have been locked in a tight race in the Republican-trending state. Ryan has so far been adept at consolidating the […]
Republican Sen. Rick Scott talks to congressional reporters as Senate GOP leaders look on during a press conference at the US Capitol on September 13, 2022 in Washington, DC. Alex Wong/Getty Images Sen. Rick Scott downplayed the chances of a new lawsuit against Trump endangering the midterms. Scott said kitchen table issues like rising crime […]
Top executives from Meta, Twitter, YouTube and TikTok just wrapped up a three-hour hearing in front of the Senate Homeland Security Committee. The hearing, which featured Meta CPO Chris Cox, YouTube CPO Neal Mohan, TikTok COO Vanessa Pappas and Twitter’s GM of consumer product (known as “Bluebird”), was meant to be focused on how their […]
Ex Twitter security chief Peiter Zatko. Matt McClain/The Washington Post via Getty Images Twitter whistleblower Peiter Zatko will speak publicly for the first time since his complaint was made public. Lawmakers are expected to grill Zatko on claims that Twitter's flaws posed a risk to user privacy and national security. Interest in the testimony has […]
Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance is feuding with Hollywood actress Jennifer Lawrence Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images; Amy Sussman/Getty Images Ohio Senate candidate JD Vance is openly feuding with actress Jennifer Lawrence. Last week, Lawrence called Vance a "rich twat" and accused him of faking his "hillbilly" persona. Vance said she "should leave […]
Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona outside the Capitol on August 10, 2021. Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images Mark Kelly has a 47%-45% lead over Blake Masters in the Arizona Senate race, per a new Emerson poll. Secretary of State Katie Hobbs and former television journalist Kari Lake are tied at 46% support. […]
Republican Sen. Rick Scott of Florida and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky at a press conference on Capitol Hill on May 17, 2022. Drew Angerer/Getty Images Republicans are increasingly criticizing their party's controversial, unpopular Senate nominees. Even Mitch McConnell has noted that the Senate may not flip this year, citing "candidate quality." But […]
Justin Sullivan/Getty Image Senator Ted Cruz introduced a constitutional amendment that would allow only two terms for Senators and three for members of the House of Representatives. It would limit Cruz’s term in the Senate to his current one, which ends in 2025. Congressional terms are currently unlimited, though there are limits on individual committees. […]
Enlarge / US Senator Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Senator Chris Coons (D-Del.). (credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images) On Wednesday, Senators Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced a Senate bill to impose a carbon tax on major industrial carbon emitters throughout the US. The Senate bill is a version of a bipartisan House bill that […]
