FULL TERM INITIATED
Sen. Mark Kelly contrasted himself as a commonsense moderate opposed to corporate and out-of-state interests controlling the state’s political future.
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GOES WITHOUT SAYING?
Biden mentioned abortion only a single time at his press conference, in a promise to veto any Republican attempts at a national ban.
UPSET AVERTED
The race between Sen. Michael Bennet and Republican Joe O’Dea was surprisingly competitive in Colorado, which has trended blue in recent election cycles.
CLOSING MESSAGE TO SELF
“He thought the fever would break. And for a million reasons, from Fox News to Twitter to Kevin McCarthy, it hasn’t,” said one person close to the president.
BLAME GAME?
The president has so far avoided directly tying the attack to the Republican Party’s increasing embrace of conspiracy theories and violent rhetoric.
WRONG TRACK
President Joe Biden seemed to have secured a last-minute deal between railroad unions and train companies. But now a rail strike is once again looming.
‘SCREW UP’
Just as the momentum had shifted in Ukraine’s favor, Putin is now smelling blood.
‘FREE JOE TIME’
The U.S. president has been traveling across the country to luxurious locations where he’s telling the well-heeled what he really thinks.
POLITICAL MINEFIELD
As with any nomination to the Senate, confirmation hearings for a given nominee to lead the Tax Division of the Department of Justice could risk turning into a political circus.
YIKES
After briefly talking about bipartisanship, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer and Republican challenger Tudor Dixon got down to the business of painting each other as power-hungry politicians.