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US House Speaker Pelosi says attack on husband weighs on her future plans

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said on Monday the brutal attack on her husband will impact her decision on whether to remain in Congress after the midterm election, as she called on Republicans to stop the misinformation that is fuelling political violence and urged Americans to vote to defend our democracy. In a wide-ranging CNN interview, the Democratic leader did not disclose her future plans if the party loses the House majority, as many believe Pelosi and others will step down. Known for her stiff resolve, Pelosi's voice cracked with emotion and she acknowledged she was close to tears as she described the trauma of the attack on her 82-year-old husband and the sadness she felt for the country. I'm sad because of my husband, but I'm also sad for our country, Pelosi said. I just want people to vote and we will respect the outcome of the election, and I would hope that the other side would do that as well, she said. Pelosi was speaking for the first time publicly on the eve of ..

Elon Musk tells Twitter followers to vote for Republicans in US midterms

His tweets were slammed by many of his followers

US polls are chaotic affairs left to patchwork of state, local authorities

The Federal Election Commission is only in charge of enforcing federal election campaign laws and not running the elections

US 'in decline'; Biden has his own dire warning, says Donald Trump

Former President Donald Trump is predicting America's destruction if his fellow Republicans don't deliver a massive electoral wave on Tuesday. Democrats, led by President Joe Biden and two other former presidents, are warning that abortion rights, Social Security and even democracy itself are at stake. Three of the six living presidents delivered dire closing messages Saturday in battleground Pennsylvania entering the final weekend of the 2022 midterm elections, but their words echoed across the country as millions of Americans cast ballots to decide the balance of power in Washington and in key state capitals. Polls across America will close on Tuesday, but more than 39 million people have already voted. On Sunday, Biden was set to campaign in suburban New York, while Trump was headed to Florida. If you want to stop the destruction of our country and save the American dream, then on Tuesday you must vote Republican in a giant red wave, Trump told thousands of cheering supporters as

Judge to appoint monitor for Trump's company to ensure no further fraud

A Manhattan judge said Thursday he will appoint an independent monitor to ensure there is no further fraud at former President Donald Trump's company, restricting its ability to freely make deals, sell assets and change its corporate structure. Judge Arthur Engoron ordered an outside watchdog as he presides over a lawsuit in which New York's attorney general alleges Trump and the Trump Organization misled banks and others about the value of prized assets, including golf courses and hotels bearing his name. Attorney General Letitia James says the company is continuing to engage in fraud and has taken steps to dodge potential penalties from her lawsuit, such as incorporating a new, similarly named entity - Trump Organization LLC - in September, just before the lawsuit was filed. Engoron wrote in an 11-page order that Trump and the Trump Organization demonstrated propensity to engage in persistent fraud and that appointing an outside monitor is the most prudent and narrowly tailored ..

Midterm elections: Biden asks voters to save democracy from lies, violence

After weeks of reassuring talk about America's economy and inflation, President Joe Biden turned Wednesday night to a darker, more urgent message, warning in the final days of midterm election voting that democracy itself is under threat from former President Donald Trump's election-denying lies and the violence he said they inspire. Pointing in particular to the attack on House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's husband, he said that Trump's false claims about a stolen election have fuelled the dangerous rise of political violence and voter intimidation over the past two years. Six days before major midterm elections, Biden said, As I stand here today, there are candidates running for every level of office in America, for governor, for Congress, for attorney general, for secretary of state, who won't commit to accepting the results of the elections they're in. That is the path to chaos in America.," he declared. "It's unprecedented. It's unlawful. And, it is un-American. The president, who ha

President Joe Biden hits campaign trail, blasting Republicans in Florida

President Joe Biden tore into Republican proposals to undo prescription drug price caps and change Social Security and Medicare on Tuesday, campaigning hard for Democrats in Florida one week before Election Day. In a final-week push, he will be flying to New Mexico on Thursday, California on Friday and Pennsylvania on Saturday. In Florida, a state famously popular among retirees, he declare that the current crop of GOP candidates ain't your father's Republican party" and said that he prayed God would deliver his opponents some enlightenment." After those remarks in Hallandale Beach, he was headlining a fundraiser for gubernatorial candidate Charlie Crist and a rally for the state's Democratic Party, including Senate candidate Val Demings. He dinged Demings' Republican opponent, Senator Marco Rubio, for failing to back his Inflation Reduction Act, passed in August by the Democratic-led Congress. It includes several health care provisions popular among elderly people and the ...

Former US VP Pence warns of 'unprincipled populists', 'Putin apologists'

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday warned against the growing populist tide in the Republican Party as he admonished Putin apologists unwilling to stand up to the Russian leader over his assault on Ukraine. Speaking at the conservative Heritage Foundation in Washington less than a month before November's midterm elections, Pence addressed the growing gulf between traditional conservatives and a new generation of populist candidates inspired, in part, by former President Donald Trump, who has transformed a large swath of the party. Today, on the cusp of a new era of Republican leadership ... I think we need to chart a course that doesn't veer off too far in either direction," Pence told the think tank audience. Our movement cannot forsake the foundational commitment that we have to security, to limited government, to liberty and to life. But nor can we allow our movement to be led astray by the siren song of unprincipled populism that's unmoored from our oldest traditions

GOP hopefuls approach Mike Pence to broaden appeal before midterm elections

In Donald Trump's assessment, Mike Pence committed political suicide" on Jan 6, 2021. By refusing to go along with the then-president's unconstitutional push to overturn the results of the 2020 election, Pence became a leading target of Trump's wrath and a pariah in many Republican circles. But the final weeks of this year's intensely competitive midterm elections suggest that the former vice president's fortunes have shifted as he lays the groundwork for his own potential 2024 White House campaign. The man who was booed last year at a conservative conference is now an in-demand draw for Republican candidates, including some who spent their primaries obsessively courting Trump's endorsement, in part by parroting his election lies. Pence has travelled the country, holding events and raising millions for candidates and Republican groups, including signing fundraising solicitations for party committees. For some campaigns in tight races, Pence is seen as something of a neutralizing ag

GOP planning impeachment move against Joe Biden after midterm elections

A section of the Republicans are "seriously" planning bringing an impeachment motion in the House of Representatives should they retake the house in the upcoming November 8 midterm elections

US bank CEOs grilled by Congress over economy, consumer protections, Russia

JPMorgan Chase's Jamie Dimon said consumers continued to be in 'rather good shape', but there is a chance of a mild recession which could be worse depending on the course of Russia's war in Ukraine

Joe Biden blasts 'extreme' GOP members in Labour Day battleground trips

President Joe Biden excoriated MAGA Republicans" and the extreme right on Monday, pitching personal Labour Day appeals to union members in two key swing states that he hopes will turn out in force for his party in November. The middle class built America, Biden told a workers' gathering at park grounds in Milwaukee. Everybody knows that. But unions built the middle class. Later Monday, he flew to West Mifflin, outside Pittsburgh returning to Pennsylvania for the third time in less than a week and just two days after his predecessor, Donald Trump, staged his own rally in the state. The unofficial start of fall, Labour Day also traditionally starts a political busy season where campaigns scramble to excite voters for Election Day on November 8. That's when control of the House and Senate, as well some of the country's top governorships, will be decided. Trump spoke Saturday night in Wilkes-Barre, near Scranton, where Biden was born. The president made his own Wilkes-Barre trip la

Trump, allies threaten democracy, says Joe Biden at Independence Hall

President Joe Biden warned that equality and democracy are under assault in the US as he sounded an alarm about his predecessor, Donald Trump, and MAGA Republican adherents, labelling them an extremist threat to the nation and its future. Aiming to reframe the November elections as part of a battle for the nation's soul the work of my presidency," Biden used his Thursday night prime-time speech at Independence Hall in Philadelphia to argue that Trump and Make America Great Again allies are a challenge to nation's system of government, its standing abroad and its citizens' way of life. Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic," Biden declared. He said they are determined to take this country backward' they promote authoritarian leaders and they fan the flames of political violence. The explicit effort by Biden to marginalise Trump and his adherents marks a sharp turn for the president, who preached his desire to

Pence tells fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at FBI over Trump search

Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday implored fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at the FBI over the search of Donald Trump's Florida home and denounced calls by some of the former president's allies to defund the FBI, saying that was just as wrong as a push by Democratic activists to shift money from police. Pence also said he would give due consideration if asked to testify before the House committee investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His pleas for restraint come as law enforcement officials warn of an escalating number of violent threats targeting federal agents and government facilities since agents last week searched Mar-a-Lago as part of the Justice Department's investigation into the discovery of classified White House records recovered from Trump's estate earlier this year. Speaking in New Hampshire, Pence said he has been troubled by what he called the politicization of the FBI. He also said the Justice Department and Attorney General .

Donald Trump's bond with GOP deepens after primary wins, FBI search

In Connecticut, state that launched the Bush family and its brand of compassionate conservatism, a fiery Senate contender who promoted Trump's election lies upset the state GOP's endorsed candidate

US: Mississippi's only abortion clinic closes as trigger law comes to force

In Mississippi, the state ban that has been triggered prohibits abortions at any point of a pregnancy, forcing the Jackson Women's Health to stop giving the procedure

Jan 6 hearing: Trump painted in testimony as volatile, angry president

On the morning of January 6, 2021 Trump directed staff in profane terms to remove metal detectors he thought would slow down supporters who'd amassed in Washington for a speech

Trump's legal aid for 2020 elections says FBI agents seized his phone

John Eastman said the agents took his phone as he left a restaurant last Wednesday evening, the same day law enforcement officials conducted similar activity around the country

Bipartisan gun law hits bump as Democrats, Republicans stand divided

Pro-gun Republican lawmakers said they won't back the "framework" being discussed until they see what the actual bill says

US Republicans vow to oppose Yellen's G7 tax deal, casting doubt on future

The opposition from Republicans may push President Joe Biden to attempt to use budget procedures to pass the initiatives with only Democratic votes