Politics

By Daniel Dale, CNN Republicans have been running ads around the country that use a variety of dishonest tactics to try to create the inaccurate impression that the Democratic candidates they are targeting support defunding the police. Some of the Republican ads simply make things up. Other ads falsely describe bills the Democratic candidates have

By Clare Foran and Ted Barrett, CNN A packed legislative to-do list awaits Congress when it returns to session after the midterms — and Democrats, who currently control both chambers, will face a ticking clock to enact key priorities if Republicans win back the House or manage to flip the Senate in the upcoming elections.

By Mary Kay Mallonee, CNN The Republican National Committee is suing Google for allegedly sending its campaign emails to people’s spam folders. The RNC filed a lawsuit in federal court in California on Friday claiming that Google is, “unlawfully discriminating against the Republican National Committee (“RNC”) by throttling its email messages because of the RNC’s

By David Wright and Dan Merica, CNN Mehmet Oz, the Republican nominee for US Senate in Pennsylvania, loaned his campaign an additional $1 million on October 20, according to a filing with the FEC. Oz has loaned his campaign money from his personal fortune throughout his bid — including $7 million in the most recent

By Phil Mattingly, CNN As Washington obsesses over polls, fundraising and closing campaign messages, a high-stakes legislative battle is waiting on the other side of the midterm elections. Lawmakers will have a little more than a month to reach an agreement to fund the government, with officials on both sides of Pennsylvania Avenue keenly aware

By Em Steck and Andrew Kaczynski, CNN A political robocall made to tens of thousands of Georgians thanked a vulnerable congressional Democrat and the Democratic nominee for governor for protecting the rights of “birthing persons” to “have an abortion up until the date of birth” — targeting abortion rights tension in the competitive races. The

By Priscilla Alvarez, CNN US border authorities encountered more than 2 million migrants, some of whom repeatedly tried to cross the border, in fiscal year 2022, according to newly released US Customs and Border Protection data. The new data shows a marked increased from fiscal year 2021 when there were more than 1.7 million encounters.

By Eric Bradner, CNN With just over two weeks until Election Day, former President Donald Trump is looking to shore up GOP support in South Texas on Saturday as Republicans seek to build on their 2020 gains with Latino voters as part of their efforts to win control of the House. Republicans are targeting three

By Daniel Dale, CNN Election deniers are running for important offices around the country in the November 8 midterms. And some of them will win. Dozens of Republicans trying to be elected in 2022 as governor, state secretary of state or US senator have joined former President Donald Trump in baselessly rejecting or questioning the

By Steve Contorno, CNN The former top aide to Democratic candidate for Florida governor Charlie Crist was arrested Tuesday in connection with an alleged domestic violence incident shortly before he left the campaign, according to court records. Austin Durrer was charged with second-degree assault on Tuesday in Cambridge, Maryland. On the same day, Durrer was

By Aaron Pellish Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake said in a new interview she would accept the results of a “fair, honest and transparent election,” expanding on previous comments she made to CNN in which she wouldn’t commit to accepting the state’s election results if she lost. “I will accept the results of this

By Boris Sanchez, CNN With the midterm elections less than three weeks away, immigration remains a top issue among Latino voters — but views on legal and illegal immigration vary greatly. “I think it’s been misunderstood,” said Ruy Teixeira, a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute who has studied Latino voter preferences for decades.

By Dan Merica, CNN The top Republican super PAC working to take back the Senate is withdrawing their final two weeks of ads in New Hampshire, according to a spokesman for the group, effectively giving up on Republican Senate nominee Don Bolduc’s bid to unseat Democratic Sen. Maggie Hassan. The Senate Leadership Fund is cutting

By Maeve Reston and Donald Judd, CNN Since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, Republicans have whipped up anger within their base over pandemic restrictions, masking and school closures. Now weeks before the midterm election, high-profile GOP candidates are framing a new decision about Covid-19 vaccines for children as the next front in the battle