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Richard Ojeda and others who declared early candidacies will have a lot of trouble breaking out of what's expected to be a large field consisting of several Democrats, potentially including Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Vice President Joe Biden.
The Koch network is mounting a multimillion-dollar campaign to push some key priorities – such as immigration reform and free-trade initiatives — before Democrats take over the House in January.
Before the Trump administration began calling for unimpeded commerce and an end to authoritarianism in the Indo-Pacific, both Japan and Indonesia already had their own policy ideas for the critically important region.
A key player in Schultz's growing team is Steve Schmidt, a former vice chairman at public relations powerhouse Edelman who managed Republican Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign in 2008.
Iran could become the Trump administration's most defining foreign policy challenge in the next two years.
Linda McMahon is favored by President Trump to replace Ross, sources said. He is also considering Ray Washburne, president and CEO of Overseas Private Investment Corporation, according to one source.
With votes still being counted, an estimated 113 million Americans cast ballots in the first nationwide election of the Trump presidency, according to AP data. That's the highest raw vote total for a non-presidential election in U.S. history.
The newspaper, citing dozens of interviews and documents, also reported that Trump may have violated federal campaign finance laws through his participation in the deals.
After heavy spending by both sides of the issue, gun control proponents picked up seats in House midterm races as gun rights advocates lost ground.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg was discharged from the hospital and plans to work from home Friday, according to a release from the U.S. Supreme Court.
Democratic Rep. Kyrsten Sinema took a slim lead over Republican Rep. Martha McSally in Arizona's U.S. Senate race.
President Trump says he had not discussed special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe with acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, the man overseeing the inquiry, at least for now.
"Donald Trump, with his loud and reckless innuendos, was putting my family's safety at risk. And for this I'd never forgive him," Michelle Obama says in her forthcoming memoir, "Becoming," according to The Washington Post.
Democratic challengers backed by teacher activists failed to unseat Republican governors in Arizona and Oklahoma, while ballot initiatives in Oklahoma and Utah were defeated.
The action is one of the first taken by Matthew Whitaker in his newly appointed role as acting attorney general. Whitaker, who was Attorney General Jeff Sessions' chief of staff, got the promotion after Trump fired Sessions a day earlier.
The Florida Senate and gubernatorial races could be headed for recounts as Republican Gov. Rick Scott and the GOP's Ron DeSantis hold narrow leads over Sen. Bill Nelson and Andrew Gillum, respectively.
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