We did it! We made it through Election Day! Of course, here in California it’ll be some time before we have final results. But let’s get into the news. LEGISLATIVE UPDATES Via Hannah Wiley… It wasn’t all about the White House last night. Or at least in my orbit it […]
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Cal Cunningham keeps low in NC Senate race marked by his affair
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) – North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Cal Cunningham is bypassing uncomfortable questions about his extramarital activities in the final days of his closely contested race with GOP Sen. Thom Tillis. Whether his strategy alters the outcome of what’s now the most expensive U.S. Senate race in history […]
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Cunningham keeps low in NC Senate race marked by his affair – Salisbury Post
Whether his strategy alters the outcome of what’s now the most expensive U.S. Senate race in history will depend on whether swing voters are set on removing Tillis — and potentially ending GOP control of the chamber — even if it means a replacement facing a sex scandal. “Clearly Cunningham […]
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Cunningham keeps low in NC Senate race marked by his affair
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina Democratic Senate candidate Cal Cunningham is bypassing uncomfortable questions about his extramarital activities in the final days of his closely contested race with GOP Sen. Thom Tillis. Whether his strategy alters the outcome of what’s now the most expensive U.S. Senate race in history […]
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Second stimulus check: Pelosi sets 48 hours for pre-election deal, Senate prepares to vote on scaled-down bill. Here’s the latest.
Without a deal within 48 hours, there won’t be enough time to pass a coronavirus stimulus bill before Election Day, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Sunday. Pelosi, D-Calif., said on ABC’s “This Week” that she wanted to make a deal before Nov. 3, but there had to be a deadline […]
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Senate bill would allow federal employees to opt out of payroll tax deferral – U.S.
Stars and Stripes is making stories on the coronavirus pandemic available free of charge. See other free reports here. Sign up for our daily coronavirus newsletter here. Please support our journalism with a subscription. WASHINGTON — Federal workers could opt out of a now-mandatory Trump administration policy that in effect has […]
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Markey throws shade at Kennedy family in Senate primary brawl
BOSTON — Sen. Ed Markey is going where few Massachusetts Democrats have dared to go before. He’s not only attacking his challenger, Rep. Joe Kennedy III, he’s throwing shade at the Kennedy family, the state’s equivalent of political royalty. In an ever more contentious battle between a septuagenarian senator and […]