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Tim Walz coronavirus shutdown draws Minnesota Republicans’ ire

Minnesota Republicans on Wednesday ripped Democratic Gov. Tim Walz after he issued a four-week prohibition on social gatherings, fitness centers and in-person dining at restaurants and bars, saying he was hurting small businesses.

November 18, 2020

Raphael Warnock Georgia Senate bid undercut by past military, Israel comments

Republicans are framing the two Georgia Senate run-off races as the firewall holding back a left-wing takeover of the federal government, and the Rev. Raphael Warnock is inadvertently providing them with plenty of help.

November 18, 2020

Benjamin Watson, former NFL star, blasts Raphael Warnock’s ‘reproductive justice’ platform

Former NFL tight end Benjamin Watson went on the offensive Tuesday against the Rev. Raphael Warnock's call for "reproductive justice," arguing that abortion is "not justice."

November 18, 2020

Raphael Warnock pressured to quit Georgia Senate race

The Rev. Raphael Warnock was back in hot water Tuesday for saying in 2011 that Americans cannot serve both God and the military, prompting Sen. Tom Cotton to suggest that the Democratic candidate should withdraw from the Georgia Senate run-off race.

November 17, 2020

Biden electric vehicles drive raises environmental concerns

Before Democrats like presumptive President-elect Joseph R. Biden trade up to electric vehicles as part of a U.S. green-energy future, they might want to kick the tires on what that would mean for the environment.

November 17, 2020

Richard Hopkins, Pa. postal whistleblower placed on unpaid leave, raises $233,000 on crowdfunding

Pennsylvania postal worker Richard Hopkins took a financial hit after coming forward with ballot back-dating allegations, but fortunately for him, there's crowdfunding.

November 17, 2020

Christiane Amanpour regrets comparing Donald Trump, Kristallnacht

CNN host Christiane Amanpour walked back Monday her recent statement comparing President Trump's record and the Nazi pogrom Kristallnacht, saying she "should not have juxtaposed the two thoughts."

November 16, 2020

Raphael Warnock dodges Fidel Castro ‘lovefest’ question

The Rev. Raphael Warnock sidestepped a question Sunday on whether he attended a 1995 speech at the church where he worked by Cuban strongman Fidel Castro, fueling a rising tide of criticism on the right.

November 15, 2020

Michelle Lujan Grisham, Kate Brown issue New Mexico, Oregon shutdown orders

Democratic governors in Oregon and New Mexico issued two-week shutdown orders Friday to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus over the Thanksgiving holiday, while the Pacific Northwest states issued an advisory discouraging out-of-state travel.

November 13, 2020

House Republicans demand USPS documents on Pa. whistleblower probe

House Oversight Committee Republicans called Friday on the U.S. Postal Service inspector general to produce documents related to Pennsylvania ballot-fraud claims, accusing Democrats of seeking to discredit a whistleblower before the investigation had been completed.

November 13, 2020

Jody Hice warns Democrats that Georgia vote-and-run scheme is a felony

Rep. Jody Hice, Georgia Republican, had a warning for Andrew Yang and other Democrats seeking to move to the Peach State just to vote in the Senate run-off elections: What you're planning is illegal.

November 12, 2020

Marie Harf calls Raphael Warnock ‘moderate’ despite anti-Israel, leftist comments

Former Obama administration official Marie Harf on Thursday described Georgia Senate candidate Raphael Warnock as a political "moderate" despite his history of leftist, anti-Israel comments, as well as his praise of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

November 12, 2020

Richard Hopkins, Erie, Pennsylvania, postal worker, uneasy, unbowed in election whistleblower role

In less than a week, Richard Hopkins has gone from inconspicuous Pennsylvania letter carrier to the 2020 election's best-known whistleblower, but he insists he would rather be back in Afghanistan facing enemy fire than remain in the media spotlight.

November 11, 2020

Richard Hopkins, Pa. postal whistleblower, placed on leave without pay

The Pennsylvania postal whistleblower has been taken off the job without pay after alleging ballot-tampering at the Erie Post Office.

November 11, 2020

Richard Hopkins, Erie, Pennsylvania postal worker, denies he recanted ballot-tampering claims

Hours after House Democrats announced that a Pennsylvania postal worker had recanted allegations of ballot tampering, the mail carrier denied it, saying that he stands by his original statement and that he "got played" by federal investigators.

November 10, 2020

Moderates will wield most influence with Senate’s razor-thin majority

The battle for the Senate won't be decided until the January run-offs in Georgia, and yet the inevitability of a razor-thin majority means that the stock of the moderate Manchins and Murkowskis is already going through the roof.

November 10, 2020

Richard Hopkins, Pennsylvania postal worker, is denying he recanted ballot-tampering claim

A Pennsylvania mail carrier has recanted claims made in a sworn affidavit that supervisors tampered with mail-in ballots, according to the House Oversight Committee. Shortly thereafter, the postal denied he had recanted his claim.

November 10, 2020

U.S. emissions from large facilities fell by 5% in 2019 even without the Paris climate accord

No Paris? No problem, as far as the Trump administration is concerned. The Environmental Protection Agency reported Monday that U.S. emissions from major industrial sources declined by nearly 5% in 2019, prompting administrator Andrew Wheeler to take a victory lap and a swipe at the Paris climate accord.

November 10, 2020

Democrats for Life of America celebrate ‘huge’ wins as House ranks thin

Pro-life Democrats may be an endangered species in Congress, but they're showing signs of a comeback outside the Beltway.

November 9, 2020

GOP alarmed after Schumer vows, ‘Now we take Georgia, then we change America’

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer handed Republicans their first talking point of the critical Georgia Senate run-off election by declaring that if Democrats win, they will "change America" and "change the world."

November 9, 2020