Increased consumer protections may be on the way for airline passengers after a Federal Aviation Administration reauthorization bill was passed by the Senate last week. Sen. Chuck Schumer announced the Senate’s passage of the five-year, $105 billion bill Friday. “It’s a win-win-win: a win for our Upstate NY airports, a win for safety and win […]
Maryland Democrats appeared to make history Tuesday by nominating a Black woman to be their standard-bearer in the U.S. Senate race against Republican former Gov. Larry Hogan in November. With 97% of precincts reporting, Prince George’s County Executive Angela Alsobrooks had 54% of the vote to 42% for Rep. David Trone (D-6th), ending a bitter […]
Nebraska voters this fall will see a rare pairing of both U.S. Senate seats on their ballots. In the senior race (top row), U.S. Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., is likely to face nonpartisan Dan Osborn. For the junior seat, U.S. Sen. Pete Ricketts, R-Neb., lower right, will face Preston Love Jr., a Democrat. (Photos courtesy […]
Polls have now closed in Maryland, where the high stakes of a Senate election have put intense scrutiny on the state’s primaries. Republicans have a rare opportunity to flip a Senate seat in Maryland in November, and the outcome of that race could determine control of the upper chamber. Maryland voters cast ballots in the […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Topping the list of contests in Tuesday’s primaries in four states is a U.S. Senate race in Maryland that has further complicated Democratic efforts to keep control of the narrowly divided chamber this fall. The Associated Press will declare winners in both the Democratic and Republican primaries for Maryland’s U.S. Senate seat […]
Maryland’s bitter and expensive Democratic Senate primary will come to a close Tuesday, as voters choose the nominee for a race that could be key to deciding control of the chamber in November. Democratic Rep. David Trone spent more than $60 million of his fortune from his wine retail store, swamping Maryland’s airwaves with campaign […]
May 14—A Waldoboro man who once ran for the Maine Senate was sentenced to a little more than a year in federal prison for pushing two police officers during the 2021 storming of the U.S. Capitol. Matthew Brackley, 40, was also ordered Tuesday to serve two years of probation and pay $3,000 in fines and […]
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is looking to crack down on intoxicating products derived from hemp, but the limited scope of an inquiry to alter those regulations ahead of next year’s legislative session might be in neglect of broader concerns facing Texas’ developing hemp industry. In a list Patrick released last month to give senators a […]
ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — Voters across Maryland and West Virginia will decide key primary elections Tuesday with big implications in the fight for the Senate majority this fall. At the same time, President Joe Biden and Republican rival Donald Trump hope to project strength in low-stakes presidential primaries, while further down the ballot, two congressional […]
SILVER SPRING, Md. — Maryland’s Senate race was supposed to be a battle for the soul of the Democratic Party. Instead, it’s turned into something else: a key race in the battle for the Senate majority. Former GOP Gov. Larry Hogan’s decision to run for the state’s open Senate seat scrambled the stakes, and now […]
The threat of Republicans snatching a Senate seat in a deep-blue state has Democrats on edge. Maryland’s must-watch Democratic primary features two starkly different candidates: Rep. David Trone, a wealthy wine and liquor magnate, and Angela Alsobrooks, the Prince George’s County executive. The match-up will test whether Trone’s money can overpower the Maryland Democratic machine, […]
I used to think former Arizona Senate candidate Martha McSally had earned the title of the worst political candidate in Arizona history. Then creepy gun whisperer Blake Masters entered the scene and arguably took the title in 2022. Now, I’m convinced Kari Lake is in pole position. Over the past few months, Republicans from Donald […]