4+ hour, 15+ min ago   (149+ words) “Republicans are increasingly worried that North Carolina’s Senate race is slipping out of contention,” Politico reports. “For months, they had argued that a post-Labor Day infusion of cash could jolt new energy into the largely stagnant but critical Senate race....

4+ hour, 7+ min ago   (185+ words) “Republicans are moving to shore up Ken Paxton’s faltering Senate bid, as party donors’ and leaders’ concerns mount and they privately call for the Texas attorney general to step up fundraising and campaign appearances,” the Wall Street Journal reports. “A…...

10+ hour, 4+ min ago   (294+ words) “Republicans used their midterm convention this week to ask voters to preserve their congressional majorities and let them ‘finish the job,’” Politico reports. ”But with few consensus legislative goals, it’s far from clear what job they want to finish.” Think…...

14+ hour, 37+ min ago   (304+ words) “I’m not asking anybody to agree on every single policy of the administration; what I am asking you to do is to recognize the contrast with the radicals and recognize the achievements of the last 18 months.” — Vice President Vance, quoted…...

17+ hour, 29+ min ago   (208+ words) Jonathan Chait: “Donald Trump’s new promise to give a $5,000 check to every adult American citizen if Republicans win the midterm elections may be an effort to answer a variant of an age-old riddle: Can Trump devise a policy so ill-conceived…...

18+ hour, 2+ min ago   (314+ words) “I’m cautiously optimistic. I won’t predict, you know, how many seats are going to be in either chamber come November. But, I do think there is a path for us to retain both majorities and defy history, for sure.” — White…...

19+ hour, 11+ min ago   (146+ words) “Republicans breathed a sigh of relief that the GOP midterm convention didn’t go poorly. But many aren’t convinced it will help in November,” Politico reports. ”On flights out of Dallas Friday morning, Republicans were grateful that the novel concept of…...

20+ hour, 4+ min ago   (286+ words) “The Senate is set to return Monday after a five-week recess, and it is still unclear if GOP Sen. Mitch McConnell will end his three-month absence from the Capitol due to health issues,” CNN reports. Think You Know Politics? A…...

20+ hour, 2+ min ago   (124+ words) Aaron Blake: “Republicans’ hopes of holding their Senate majority might hinge on Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton more than anyone else.” “And President Donald Trump seemingly can’t stop insulting him.” “Trump has repeatedly made the case for Paxton — whom he…...

1+ day, 6+ hour ago   (302+ words) “Florida Democratic Senate candidate Angie Nixon claims she knows ‘for a fact’ that President Donald Trump will try to ‘not leave in 2028,’ arguing he is already laying the groundwork to remain in power past the end of his presidential term,…...