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Watch live: Trump rallies in deep red Mississippi

President Trump will travel to deep red Mississippi on Monday, seeking to turn out GOP voters for incumbent Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.). Hyde-Smith is facing a surprisingly competitive race against Democrat Scott Colom, a district attorney. Former Vice President Kamala Harris and Democratic Sens. Raphael Warnock (Ga.) and Cory Booker (N.J.) have all made stops…

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Bipartisan pair of former South Carolina governors endorse Andrews for Senate

A bipartisan pair of former South Carolina governors endorsed Democrat Annie Andrews over Sen. Darline Graham (R) in the state’s Senate election. Former South Carolina Govs. David Beasley (R) and Jim Hodges (D) appeared in a video for Andrews’s campaign on Monday.  “Now, over the years, the two of us haven’t always agreed on everything,”…

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Massie says he’ll move to impeach Hegseth if he’s not gone after midterms 

Republican Rep. Thomas Massie (Ky.), on Monday indicated he would reintroduce articles of impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth should he remain at the Pentagon after Congress returns to Washington, D.C., following the November midterm elections. Massie, who kicked off the impeachment process against Hegseth in September over the war in Iran, wrote on social…

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Trump to return to South Carolina days ahead of election

The Republican National Committee announced Monday that President Trump will campaign in Rock Hill, S.C., on Thursday, marking his second trip to the Palmetto State within the span of a week. Trump campaigned last week in Clemson, in an effort to boost Sen. Darline Graham (R-S.C.) in her race against Democrat Annie Andrews. The campaign…

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Former diplomats, top foreign affairs experts back Jackson in Maine Senate race 

More than 60 former diplomats and top foreign affairs experts are backing Democrat Troy Jackson as he vies for a Maine Senate seat next week against Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine).  Sixty-two officials — including former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Susan Rice, former Deputy Secretary of State Wendy Sherman, former Undersecretary of State for…

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Ramaswamy: Acton campaign ‘defamed my mother’ before attack ad

Republican Vivek Ramaswamy slammed opponent Democrat Amy Acton’s campaign on Sunday, saying her campaign “defamed my mother” before he released a controversial attack ad earlier this month. Appearing on Fox News, Ramaswamy was asked whether he regretted releasing an attack ad that featured Acton’s estranged mother, Donna Arthur, calling her daughter a “liar.” “I’ll tell…

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Jeffries: Democrats will deal with Hegseth if Trump doesn’t

House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) said Democrats will run Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth “out of town” if they take the majority in the November midterms.  Jeffries told MS NOW that Democrats will take action to knock Hegseth off his perch atop the Pentagon if President Trump doesn’t push him out himself. Democrats have zeroed…

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Live updates: Trump brings midterm campaign swing to Mississippi

With eight days to go before the midterms, President Trump is in one of the most reliably red states — Mississippi — to campaign for Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, as Democrats see a sliver of optimism in the state. The Democratic-aligned Senate Majority PAC recently announced it will spend $1.2 million on a television ad…

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Rogers: I never called El-Sayed a ‘terrorist’

Former Rep. Mike Rogers (R), who is running for Michigan’s open Senate seat, said Sunday he never called opponent Abdul El-Sayed (D) a “terrorist.” Rogers addressed President Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric toward El-Sayed during an interview on “Meet the Press” on NBC News. Host Kristen Welker asked whether Rogers agreed with Trump in calling El-Sayed a…

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State judicial races are on the ballot in November. Here’s what you need to know

The midterms are not just about Congress.  While high-profile contests that will determine the balance of power in Washington have dominated news cycles, judicial elections are also happening in half of the country on Nov. 3.   State Supreme Court races are on the ballot in 24 states, with half of those being retention elections in which voters decide whether an incumbent judge should remain…

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Republicans struggle for an answer to Democrats’ Medicaid attacks

Democrats across battleground districts are holding Republicans’ feet to the fire over the Medicaid cuts in their signature One Big Beautiful Bill law.  In advertisements and on debate stages, the Democrats are hammering their opponents over their support for a law that will reduce Medicaid funding by nearly $1 trillion to pay for tax cuts primarily…

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Whitmer pushes back on Michelle Obama: America is ready to elect a woman president

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) pushed back on former first lady Michelle Obama’s remarks that the U.S. was not ready to elect a woman president. Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” about Obama’s past comments, Whitmer responded, saying, “Listen, I have got a lot of colleagues who I think are probably interested in running for…

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Blanche accuses ‘Face the Nation’ host of ‘misleading’ description of Alaska election lawsuit

Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday accused CBS News’s “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan of giving a “misleading” description of the Alaska Senate race, where two candidates with similar names will appear on the ballot. Brennan said the Department of Justice (DOJ) sued Alaska preemptively to block the certification of the results if Sen.…

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Libertarian Texas Senate candidate says he’s not taking votes away from Paxton, Talarico

Ted Brown, the Libertarian candidate in the highly contested Texas Senate race, shut down claims that votes for him could end up splitting votes, leading to a potential outcome that could cost Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) the election. “Both sides are saying the same thing. Democrats are saying, hey, that I’m taking votes…

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Trump fails to change economic headwinds facing GOP candidates

Gas, diesel and food prices are high and expected to remain elevated through Election Day, creating a strong political headwind for Republicans who are at serious risk of losing control of the House and possibly the Senate, as well. President Trump’s diesel deal with Russia has had little lasting impact on fuel prices, according to…

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Scaramucci compares Ramaswamy to pigs in ‘Animal Farm,’ predicts loss

Former White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci on Sunday compared Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy (R) to the pig characters in the George Orwell novel “Animal Farm” and predicted the candidate will lose to opponent Amy Acton (D). “Vivek Ramswamy has disgraced himself,” Scaramucci wrote on social media Sunday. “Ramaswamy started with soaring rhetoric, post-partisan,…

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Blanche: Alaska Senate race is ‘not a fair fight’ to Trump

Attorney General Todd Blanche on Sunday said President Trump doesn’t consider Alaska’s Senate race to be a fair contest because of the controversial appearance on the ballot of a candidate with the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R), which he argued could confuse voters and potentially cost Republicans the seat. During his “State…

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Trump calls Murkowski a ‘disgrace’ to Alaska, criticizes ranked choice voting

President Trump went after Sen. Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Alaska’s ranked choice voting system Saturday. “The Republicans’ Worst Senator, by far, Lisa Murkowski, of the Great State of Alaska (A State for which I produced, on a continuing basis, Billions and Billions of Dollars, and which Crooked Joe Biden and the Dumocrats had totally shut…

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