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Manchin eyes bipartisan deal to stop Social Security going bankrupt, fix nation’s ‘crippling debt’

Sen. Joe Manchin III said Thursday that he wants to work with Republicans in the next Congress to prevent entitlement programs like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid from going bankrupt while also addressing the country's "crippling debt."

November 3, 2022

Kellyanne Conway: DeSantis should wait for 2028; biggest threat to Trump is third-party ‘spoiler’

Former Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway batted down the notion that Donald Trump will have any trouble securing the GOP presidential nomination in 2024 and said potential primary challengers like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis should delay a White House bid.

November 3, 2022

Kellyanne Conway: Trump, Pence need to ‘co-parent’ for the future of GOP after ‘nasty divorce’

Kellyanne Conway wants her former boss, Donald Trump, and Mike Pence to make amends for the good of the Republican Party following a "nasty divorce" in the wake of the former president's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

November 3, 2022

Kellyanne Conway disses struggling Trump Senate candidates: ‘People get really lazy’

Kellyanne Conway slighted GOP candidates endorsed by former President Donald Trump who are not dominating their Democratic opponents in what is likely to be a strong election year for Republicans.

November 3, 2022

Democrats have enthusiasm problem among key voters: poll

A new poll shows that enthusiasm among core groups of Republicans have eclipsed that of Democrats in the latest indication of a red surge at the ballot box less than a week before Election Day.

November 2, 2022

Election forecaster: Ten more blue House seats move in Republicans’ favor

Ten additional House races in states all carried by President Biden received ratings changes in favor of Republicans on Tuesday by the nonpartisan election forecaster Cook Political Report.

November 1, 2022

Energy sector blasts Biden for making ‘outrageous’ threats to punish the industry for high prices

Energy industry executives clapped back at President Biden for threatening higher taxes on oil companies if they don't lower the price at the pump.

November 1, 2022

‘Plastics are the issue’: Report finds millions of tons of plastics in landfills

A report from an environmental nonprofit paints a grim outlook for the future of combating climate change by recycling, concluding that the vast majority of the millions of tons of plastic waste in the U.S. each year ends up in landfills because it simply can't be recycled.

October 31, 2022

Oz surges in the polls following Fetterman’s rocky debate performance

Republican Mehmet Oz for the first time has taken the lead in polls in Pennsylvania's Senate race after Democrat John Fetterman's impairment from a recent stroke came into full view on the debate stage last week.

October 30, 2022

Rick Scott bullish on GOP retaking Senate, says Pennsylvania race ‘hardest’ for Republicans

Sen. Rick Scott of Florida, chairman of Senate Republicans' campaign arm, expressed optimism Sunday that the GOP will sweep all of the competitive races in November and regain control of the chamber.

October 30, 2022

Amy Klobuchar says she doesn’t trust Elon Musk at helm of Twitter

Sen. Amy Klobuchar said Sunday that she doesn't trust billionaire Elon Musk to run Twitter, noting the rise in hate speech on the social media platform after the tech mogul officially took control of the company last week.

October 30, 2022

Ronna McDaniel condemns Paul Pelosi attack, criticizes Democratic crime policies

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel said Sunday that if the man who allegedly attacked Paul Pelosi had not targeted such a prominent family, "this criminal would probably be out on the street tomorrow" because of weak Democratic policies on crime.

October 30, 2022

Sen. Rick Scott condemns Paul Pelosi attack as ‘despicable’

Sen. Rick Scott of Florida on Sunday condemned the brutal assault on Paul Pelosi, husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, as "despicable" and "disgusting."

October 30, 2022

Hot mic catches Schumer saying Fetterman debate ‘didn’t hurt us too much’

Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer was caught Thursday on a "hot mic" telling President Biden that the rocky debate performance by John Fetterman in Pennsylvania "didn't hurt us too much."

October 27, 2022

Biden celebrates first $1 billion for electric school buses, but bus drivers aren’t cheering

The Biden administration on Wednesday identified school districts that will receive nearly $1 billion over the next year to purchase new zero-emission school buses and charging stations.

October 26, 2022

Lawsuit targets alleged voter intimidation efforts in Arizona as DOJ vows action

Two Arizona organizations have filed a federal lawsuit accusing a "vigilante" group of voter intimidation and seeking a temporary restraining order against its activities.

October 25, 2022

Republicans make inroads with a key group of voters: Asian Americans

Republicans are looking to Asian Americans to buoy their results at the ballot box next month after ramping up outreach efforts as part of a broader endeavor by the party to win over more non-White voters from Democrats.

October 24, 2022

Liz Cheney says Jan. 6 panel won’t let Trump ‘turn this into a circus’ after demanding he testify

Rep. Liz Cheney said Sunday that should Donald Trump choose to comply with the House Jan. 6 committee's subpoena to testify, the panel would not allow the former president to turn it into a spectacle.

October 23, 2022

Pelosi says Trump isn’t ‘man enough to show up’ for Jan. 6 testimony

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi provoked Donald Trump on Sunday, saying in a television interview that the former president isn't "man enough" to testify before the House's special Jan. 6 committee after being served a subpoena by the panel last week.

October 23, 2022

Pelosi again dodges whether she’ll run for speaker if Democrats retain chamber

Rep. Nancy Pelosi refused to answer Sunday whether she will seek another term as speaker of the House if Democrats retain control of the chamber, despite a previous pledge not to serve in the role past the current Congress that ends in January.

October 23, 2022