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May 19 2014
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Poll: GOP Leads in Midterm Races as Obamacare Drags Down Democrats
Republicans are in the lead in the most competitive House and Senate races for the 2014 midterm elections, a reflection of President Barack Obama's low job approval rating and disenchantment with Obamacare, a new poll has found.
In a poll by Politico conducted May 2-13 of 867 likely voters, 41 percent of respondents said they would choose a Republican compared to 34 percent who said
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Aug 30 2014
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GOP Sen. McConnell’s campaign manager resigns
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s campaign manager resigned Friday amid fallout from a scandal in Iowa involving a presidential campaign he worked for in 2012. Jesse Benton said he didn’t want to become a distraction as McConnell tries to win a tough re-election campaign in Kentucky.
“This decision breaks my heart, but I know it is the right thing for Mitch, for Kentucky and for
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May 17 2014
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Rights group calls VA official 'scapegoat' in scandal over wait times, care
A top official at the Department of Veterans Affairs has resigned amid the growing scandal about wait times and care at veterans' hospitals, the department's leader said Friday. News about the resignation of Dr. Robert Petzel, undersecretary for health in the Department of Veterans Affairs, came one day after he spoke at a Senate hearing about the issue alongside Secretary of Veterans Affairs
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May 03 2016
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Why Tonight Could Be the End for #NeverTrump
From the start, Ted Cruz has struggled to consolidate the support of the G.O.P.’s ambivalent efforts to stop Donald Trump. The Texas senator is notoriously disliked within his own party, and is the only other candidate with favorability ratings as bad or worse than the Republican front-runner. Still, party leaders have rallied halfheartedly around Cruz, the last remaining obstacle between
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Oct 29 2019
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Poll: Who's sticking with President Trump, through trouble and tweets? His seemingly unshakable base.
Even as support for his impeachment grows, President Donald Trump continues to be backed by a seemingly unshakable core of supporters who deny he has done anything wrong and agree that he is the target of a political "lynching," a new USA TODAY/Suffolk University Poll finds.
Americans are split in the survey about whether Trump should be convicted by the Senate in an impeachment trial
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Aug 09 2015
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Bernie Sanders: Criticism of Hillary Clinton is 'sexist'
Bernie Sanders is battling Hillary Clinton for the Democratic presidential nomination -- but he's defending her trustworthiness, saying the former secretary of state is facing "sexist" criticism.
"I think for a variety of reasons, Hillary Clinton has been under all kinds of attack for many, many years. In fact, I can't think of many personalities who have been attacked for more reasons
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Feb 28 2015
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Ted Cruz says motivating conservatives is key to winning White House
Ted Cruz may not be running for anything yet, but the senator from Texas nevertheless presented his theory here Friday night for why a presidential candidate like him would be best positioned to win back the White House for Republicans.
The conventional wisdom in political circles has been that to win a presidential election again, Republicans must broaden their appeal to more moderate
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May 13 2014
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GOP suddenly has an Obamacare problem: Why they’re now on defense
A couple of months ago, Republican National Committee chairman Reince Priebus was in high spirits. Speaking to reporters on the one-year anniversary of the RNC’s Growth and Opportunity Project, Priebus oozed confidence in his party’s prospects for the midterms. “I think we’re in for a tsunami-type election in 2014,” he said. “My belief is, it’s going to be a very big win, especially at the U.S
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Feb 17 2020
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Virginia lawmakers reject assault weapon ban
Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s push to ban the sale of assault weapons has failed after members of his own party balked at the proposal.
Senators voted to shelve the bill for the year and ask the state crime commission to study the issue, an outcome that drew cheers from a committee room packed with gun advocates.
Four moderate Democrats joined Republicans in Monday’s committee
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Dec 27 2019
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Our crazy politics year: From buying Greenland to Giuliani butt-dials to live-streaming dental work
As 2019 comes to a close, it's time to look back at the lighter side of campaigns, candidates and elected officials, including the president.
It’s difficult to describe politics in 2019 as anything but painful.
The nation is split exactly in half over President Donald Trump’s impeachment. Partisanship pervades the most fundamental questions about American values. And the
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