President Trump’s unpopularity and a broad gap in trust to handle health care are keeping Democrats in the hunt to take control of Congress, but with an advantage that’s narrowed from its summertime peak. Democratic House candidates lead Republicans 52-44 percent among likely voters in this final ABC News/Washington Post […]
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‘SNL’ tackles immigration crisis, and needles recently arrested Alec Baldwin
“Saturday Night Live” tackled the issue of immigration and the caravans traveling through Mexico on the last show before the midterm elections. They also took a little bit of a shot at Alec Baldwin, the recently arrested actor who plays Donald Trump on the show. The cold open sent us […]
Alec Baldwin denies he ‘punched anyone over a parking spot,’ following assault arrest
Actor Alec Baldwin has denied that he “punched anyone over a parking spot” following his Friday arrest on an assault and harassment charges in New York. In a pair of tweets dispatched from his Hilaria and Alec Baldwin Foundation Twitter account, Baldwin said that he realizes “that it has become […]
3 Girl Scouts and adult picking up highway trash killed in alleged hit-and-run
Three Girl Scouts and an adult supervisor who were picking up trash along a Wisconsin highway were killed on Saturday afternoon in what authorities said was a hit-and-run, according to ABC affiliate WAOW. A fourth Girl Scout was hospitalized in critical condition. Colton Treu, 21, of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin allegedly […]
Past midterms, some zero in on amending Constitution
Whatever success Republicans have amassed in taking control of all three branches of U.S. government, and whatever fate awaits them as midterm elections near, some on the right are working to cement change by amending the Constitution. And to the mounting alarm of others on all parts of the spectrum, […]
3 Girl Scouts, 1 adult killed in Wisconsin hit-and-run crash
A pickup truck lurched off a road in western Wisconsin Saturday and hit a group of Girl Scouts picking up trash in the ditch, leaving three girls and one adult dead and critically injuring a fourth girl, police said. Sgt. Daniel Sokup of the Lake Hallie Police Department said the […]
US service member killed in apparent insider attack in Afghanistan
A member of the U.S. armed forces was killed and another was wounded in an apparent insider attack on Saturday in the Afghan capital Kabul, according to Resolute Support, the NATO training mission in the country. Initial reports indicated that the shooter was a member of the Afghan National Defense […]
Nigerian Army appears to use Trump’s words to defend its killing of protesters
Nigeria‘s largest military arm on Friday appeared to use the words of U.S. President Donald Trump to defend its shooting of protesters over the past week. The official Twitter account of the Nigerian Army, one of three service branches within the Nigerian Armed Forces, posted a video showing a clip […]
Trump hails ‘beautiful’ barbed wire on southern border in Montana rally speech
In a speech that alternated between appeals to national and local audiences, President Donald Trump urged Montanans to vote out incumbent Democratic Sen. Jon Tester while also railing against hot-button issues like the caravans of Central American migrants making their way to the southern border. “The Democrats want to invite […]
Obama unleashes fiery rebuke of the Trump administration at rally
In a final sprint to the finish line, former President Barack Obama delivered a fiery rebuke of the Trump administration, bringing the fight to South Florida to energize an already animated democratic base and present a different vision for the country. Democratic candidates are on the ballot in two of […]