Democrats hold double-digit leads in the U.S. Senate contests in Arizona and Ohio, while it’s much closer in Florida, according to a trio of NBC News/Marist polls from these three key states in November’s midterm elections. CONT. Mark Murray, NBC News Read more »
Politics Podcast: Trump Won’t Stop Talking About Immigration
President Trump backed down on Wednesday from his “zero tolerance” immigration policy, which detained parents and children who crossed the border illegally. The FiveThirtyEight Politics podcast team discusses the fallout from the policy and how Trump is talking about immigration in the run up to the midterms. Also, as record […] Read more »
Why a felon could beat a US congressman in Tuesday’s New York primary
Former Rep. Michael Grimm is looking to get his old job back representing Staten Island after spending a stint in federal prison for tax evasion. He’s is running in Tuesday’s Republican primary in New York’s 11th Congressional District against current Rep. Dan Donovan. Grimm may just win the primary. CONT. […] Read more »
Texas: Ted Cruz leads Beto O’Rourke by 5 points in Senate race, UT/TT poll finds
Republican Ted Cruz leads Democrat Beto O’Rourke 41 percent to 36 percent in the general election race for a Texas seat in the U.S. Senate, according to the latest University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll. CONT. Ross Ramsey, Texas Tribune Read more »
In Trump’s trade war, China takes aim at vulnerable counties
Immigration may have dominated the week’s news cycle, but far from the southern border, the Trump Administration’s trade war is starting to have real impacts on farmers who grow everything from corn to cotton. And one of the biggest stories for the 2018 midterms may be developing around China, a […] Read more »
Arizona, Florida, Texas – immigration and key Senate races
The latest CBS News Battleground Tracker dives into how the issue of immigration and the separation of families at the border is playing in the key states of Arizona, Texas and Florida. Each features a hot Senate race this fall. Most voters are unhappy with the way immigration policy is […] Read more »