Oct 23 Trump escalates immigration rhetoric at Texas rally for Ted Cruz By Catherine Lucey, Associated Press President Donald Trump escalated his immigration rhetoric at a midterm rally in Texas on Monday, falsely accusing Democrats of "encouraging millions of illegal aliens to break our laws, violate our borders and overwhelm our nation."… Continue reading
Oct 22 Watch 6:48 Why Democrats think they could flip a reliably red district in California By Yamiche Alcindor Orange County, California is ground zero for Democrats hoping to pick up the Republican seats they need to control the House of Representatives. All four of the county’s Republican House members represent districts where Hillary Clinton won in 2016. Yamiche… Continue watching
Oct 22 Watch 6:51 Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the president’s campaign focus on ‘Trump country’ President Trump is ramping up efforts to turn out his base for the midterm elections. That’s meant rallies in deep red districts as opposed to winning over suburban moderates. Will the strategy work? NPR’s Tamara Keith and Amy Walter from… Continue watching
Oct 22 Arkansas Democrat was left off one county’s ballot as early voting began By Andrew DeMillo, Associated Press A Democrat running for secretary of state in Arkansas was left off a county's ballot on Monday, prompting officials to temporarily shutter polling sites as they scrambled to fix the problem. Continue reading
Oct 22 What we know about the latest migrant caravan traveling through Mexico By Larisa Epatko, Joshua Barajas As of Monday, the United Nations said the caravan heading north has grown to about 7,200 Central American migrants. Here is what we know. Continue reading
Oct 22 WATCH: Trump campaigns for Ted Cruz in Texas By Catherine Lucey, Associated Press President Donald Trump is ramping up his rhetoric about immigration ahead of the midterm election, casting Democrats of being soft on border security. Continue reading
Oct 22 Reported Trump plan targeting transgender people sparks fury By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar, Associated Press On Sunday, The New York Times reported that the Department of Health and Human Services was circulating a memo proposing that gender be defined as an immutable biological condition determined by a person's sex organs at birth. LGBT-rights leaders viewed… Continue reading
Oct 22 WATCH: Obama says Republicans sow divisions in the U.S. By Associated Press Obama is expected to speak around 4 p.m. EDT. Watch the former president's remarks… Continue reading
Oct 22 AP: Sandra Day O’Connor fully retired from public life By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press For more than a decade after leaving the court in 2006, O'Connor kept up an active schedule: serving as a visiting federal appeals court judge, speaking on issues she cared about and founding her own education organization. But the 88-year-old,… Continue reading