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Twitter users on Sunday flagged a tweet from the official presidential handle @POTUS that had President Biden touting "the most common gas price" in the country at $3.19, drawing attention to the fact that was lower than what the average consumer sees at the pump. “Right now, the most common price at gas stations across...

Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (R) on Sunday predicted Republican Joe O’Dea will pull off an upset victory on Tuesday and flip Colorado’s Senate seat, which is currently held by Sen. Michael Bennet (D). “The other upset and surprise you’re going to see I think on Tuesday night is Joe O'Dea, the Republican candidate...

Former top cybersecurity official Chris Krebs on Sunday said the paid subscription plan for a verification mark on Twitter will "create a very chaotic environment" because it would open the information space to foreign actors, election deniers and other potentially malign influencers. Krebs told moderator Margaret Brennan on CBS's "Face the Nation" that being able...

Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker on Sunday questioned why former President Obama wasn't involved in his crucial race against Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) sooner. During a rally on Oct. 28, Obama questioned Walker’s qualifications to be a lawmaker, saying that Walker hasn’t had any previous interest in public service, and seems to be "a celebrity...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) and former President Trump are set to hold dueling rallies in the Sunshine State on Sunday as the two prominent Florida figures play tug-of-war for support from the GOP ahead of Tuesday's election. The two political rivals are rumored presidential contenders for 2024, with DeSantis seen as Trump’s biggest competition...

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is leading his Democratic challenger Mike Franken by 12 points, according to a new poll. A survey released Saturday from the Des Moines Register-Mediacom Iowa Poll showed the incumbent ahead with 53 percent to Franken’s 41 percent among Iowans who say they’ll definitely vote or have already voted.   Both candidates have raked in...

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Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.) is going out with a bang, ramping up her attacks on the pro-Trump forces in her own party with a highly public exit tour designed to prevent the same GOP leaders she once embraced from winning power next year. The Wyoming conservative was clobbered in her August primary after lambasting former...

Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) said on Sunday that he’ll “absolutely” accept the results in Tuesday’s midterm elections. During an appearance on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” moderator Chuck Todd asked Scott, the chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, if he was going to accept the results of Senate races.  “Absolutely. But what we're also going...

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu (R) during a CBS appearance on Sunday jokingly advised former President Trump to not announce a 2024 run before Christmas. “Face the Nation” moderator Margaret Brennan asked Sununu about Trump’s presidential prospects after Axios reported on Friday that Trump and his team are eyeing Nov. 14 as a possible launch...

The chair of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee said on Sunday that he wouldn’t “play hypotheticals” when asked about a Republican wave in Tuesday’s midterm elections. “If you happen to lose you don't think that somehow is part of the national wave, that you got sort of rolled out that way?” host Chuck Todd asked...

Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) on Sunday pushed back on remarks by California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D), who said last week that Democrats need to do better at “getting on the offense.” Speaking with co-anchor Dana Bash on CNN’s “State of the Union,” Klobuchar projected a rosy picture of Democrats’ chances of keeping the Senate in...

While the cost of rent has shot up in cities across the U.S. during recent years, the percentage of renters is still outpacing that of homeowners in many ZIP codes.

Pollsters are jittery going into the midterm elections.

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Sunday suggested GOP candidates will ultimately accept the results of this week’s midterm elections. “When the process is played out and the votes are canvassed and certified — every one of your Republican candidates will accept their results, even if they lose?” co-anchor Dana Bash asked McDaniel on...

Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel on Sunday told CNN the committee cannot pay former President Trump’s legal bills if he announces a bid for the White House in 2024. The RNC’s executive committee last year confirmed it was paying for certain legal fees “that relate to politically motivated legal proceedings waged against President Trump,”...

Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said on Sunday that he believes his party has a “very strong pathway” to add more seats in the Senate ahead of Tuesday’s midterm elections. “The party in the White House usually loses during midterms but the reality is we still have a very strong pathway, not just to keeping the...

Millions of student loan borrowers find themselves on tenterhooks, waiting to see if they will actually get the relief proposed by President Biden as challenges to his debt forgiveness plan work their way through the courts. The Biden administration opened up student loan forgiveness applications last month and was planning to start applying the relief...

The White House is raising eyebrows with its midterm strategy, which has President Biden largely staying out of key battleground states in favor of safer spots. Biden did make a trip to Philadelphia on Saturday to provide last-minute support to Democrat John Fetterman in his pivotal Senate battle with Republican Mehmet Oz. But Philadelphia is...

Democrats are bracing for a possible red wave as the national mood has shifted and surveys increasingly show voters seeing economy and inflation as the top issues heading into the election. But for all the doom and gloom that political watchers are forecasting for the party, Democrats could also benefit from some surprise wins in...

As election day nears and political analysis firm Cook Political Report noted momentum towards Republican Senate control, Pennsylvania weighs heavy on voters's minds.  In the gubernatorial race, Democratic Attorney General Josh Shapiro seems to be in as good of a position as any, with polls having him leading Republican State Sen. Doug Mastriano by double digits. However,...

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Former President Trump took aim at Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) at a campaign rally on Saturday night, coining the nickname “Ron DeSanctimonious” for the politician who is widely viewed as Trump’s greatest competition for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024. Trump called out his potential political rival at Saturday’s rally in Latrobe, Pa., while...

Obama says ‘we’d have a very different Supreme Court’ if Dems had kept the Senate in 2014 Former President Obama on Saturday said that the makeup of the Supreme Court would be very different if Democrats had held onto the Senate in the 2014 midterms, laying out the importance of this midterm cycle, particularly on...