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The TAKE with Rick Klein The midterm stage is set, but there’s a whole lot that’s not easy to direct – or predict. With 99 days before Election Day, despite all the action and reaction of the Trump era, volatility remains across the electoral landscape. The Donald Trump to campaign for any GOP House member who wants him there.

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The two events will pit long-term Democratic incumbents against popular progressive challengers in two of the most high-profile races in the Sept. 4 primary.   A campaign spokesman said the reservation is an initial effort to make sure people vote yes on Question 3 on Election Day.  The $2.93 million that Warren aides said the Cambridge Democrat raked in between April and June was nearly 10 times the amount any of the three Republicans running in the Sept.

The social network said it had removed 32 pages and fake accounts that engaged in activity around divisive social issues.  Eight Democratic attorneys general, including Maura Healey of Massachusetts, filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block the move.  In the first day of the trial, Manafort’s defense team tried to deflect blame to his longtime political consulting partner, Rick Gates.  Senate Democrats intensified their fight Tuesday over documents related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s stint as staff secretary at the White House.  Kelly’s announcement to staff ends, for now, what h

The social network said it had removed 32 pages and fake accounts that engaged in activity around divisive social issues.  Eight Democratic attorneys general, including Maura Healey of Massachusetts, filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block the move.  In the first day of the trial, Manafort’s defense team tried to deflect blame to his longtime political consulting partner, Rick Gates.  Senate Democrats intensified their fight Tuesday over documents related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s stint as staff secretary at the White House.  Kelly’s announcement to staff ends, for now, what h

The social network said it had removed 32 pages and fake accounts that engaged in activity around divisive social issues.  Eight Democratic attorneys general, including Maura Healey of Massachusetts, filed a lawsuit Monday seeking to block the move.  In the first day of the trial, Manafort’s defense team tried to deflect blame to his longtime political consulting partner, Rick Gates.  Senate Democrats intensified their fight Tuesday over documents related to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s stint as staff secretary at the White House.  Kelly’s announcement to staff ends, for now, what h

U.S. intelligence agencies indicate North Korea is building new missiles, officials told The Washington Post on Monday, weeks after signed an agreement committing the U.S.

MORE (W.Va.), the first Democrat to publicly grant an interview with Brett Kavanaugh. Manchin is one of three Democrats who voted for Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s first Supreme Court nominee, and is widely seen as one of the most likely Democratic yes votes for the president’s second pick for the court. Manchin tried to keep a low-profile on Monday and did not schedule an availability with reporters after his closed-door meeting with Kavanaugh, something he did do during Gorsuch’s nomination process. Manchin called the meeting “productive” and said the two discussed “everyt

COLORADO SPRINGS — Billionaire conservative businessman Charles Koch’s political network is freezing out Republicans that it believes have violated its fiscally conservative principles, and is, at least for now, only supporting four Senate GOP candidates in the fall. The Koch network is backing GOP Senate candidates in Wisconsin, Missouri, Tennessee and Florida, signaling it will be selective in where it engages as Republicans seek to retain or grow their narrow 51-49 majority. At a Monday presentation to about 500 of the network’s top donors at a five-star resort in the Rocky Mountains, Ameri

After praising Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte for his hardline stance on immigration, Trump blasted U.S. immigration laws, calling them a “laughingstock” and the “worst” in the world. He put the onus on Congress to change them, saying he would “certainly be willing to close it down to get it done.” The president said he wants Congress to authorize more funding for his long-desired wall at the U.S.