Mike Kelly

The lawmaker, who leads the House Republican Conference, is a Trump loyalist, a strong Israel supporter, and a Harvard graduate.

Raheim Sanders and Princely Umanmielen headline top transfer performances from Week 11

Just days after winning a landslide election for his second term in office, Democratic Sen. Chris Hansen of Denver has told 9News he intends to announce his resignation Tuesday.

Both James Franklin and Brian Kelly have big game coaching issues, but who would you rather have?

Control over the U.S. House of Representatives still hangs in the balance, teetering between a Republican or Democratic majority with fewer than 20 races left to be called.

Milwaukee: A military judge has reinstated the plea deal for three 9/11 defendants, including alleged mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who are being held at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp. The pre-trial agreement had been thrown out by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

President-elect Trump was seen spending time with his grandchildren and golfing at Mar-a-Lago on Sunday, days after he won the 2024 presidential race against Vice President Harris.

by Megan Henry, for Ohio Capital JournalAll three Republican Ohio Supreme Court candidates swept their races Tuesday night, giving them a 6-1 majority on the state’s highest court and striking fear into abortion rights advocates while giving hope to anti-abortion advocates.Republican Hamilton County Court of Common Pleas Judge Megan Shanahan defeated incumbent Democratic Justice Michael P. Donnelly.Incumbent Republican Justice Joseph Deters, who decided not to run for his current seat, defeated incumbent Democratic Justice Melody Stewart.Republican Judge Dan Hawkins defeated Democratic Judge Lisa Forbes for Deters’ open seat. Shanahan, Deters, and Hawkins each received 55% of the vote, according to the Associated Press’ unofficial results. Results will remain unofficial until they are certified by local boards of elections and the Ohio Secretary of State.Republicans have controlled the Ohio Supreme Court since 1986 and their current 4-3 majority will become a 6-1 majority starting next year.

New York Attorney General Letitia James vowed to continue legally pursuing President-elect Donald Trump after his massive victory last week.

President-elect Trump vowed on the campaign trail to pardon rioters accused of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, as Congress certified the 2020 election win of his Democratic opponent. “The moment we win, we will rapidly review the cases of every political prisoner unjustly victimized by the Harris regime, and I will sign their [...]

Donald Trump is preparing to hire a new round of people to help him run the country. With Trump’s track record of never-ending chaos and disorder, they may want to keep their resumes handy.Trump is reportedly considering a team of loyalists, the people who will tell him he’s never wrong when he suggests policies like injecting bleach to fight off COVID-19 and launching nuclear weapons at hurricanes.Among the names in circulation are former ambassador and social media troll Richard Grenell heading the State Department; apostrophe investigator Rep. Elise Stefanik as U.N. ambassador; Taliban meeting coordinator Mike Pompeo as secretary of defense; and anti-vaccine crackpot Robert F. Kennedy Jr. running the Department of Health.

County Executive Sam Page’s choice to replace Wesley Bell could face County Council opposition.

In the state's most closely watched race, Democratic Rep. Eric Sorensen fended off a challenge from Republican Joe McGraw in the 17th district.

In state after state, Trump outperformed what he did in 2020 while Harris failed to do as well as Joe Biden did in winning the presidency four years ago.

There’s been just shy of $1 billion spent on political ads up and down the ballot in the last week, data from the ad-tracking firm AdImpact shows.The most expensive race over the last week is the presidential race, where more than $272 million has been spent on ads.The vast majority of the almost $1 billion spent on ads this week has come in down-ballot races across the country.With Election Day around the corner, there’s been just shy of $1 billion spent on political ads up and down the ballot in the last week, data from the ad-tracking firm AdImpact shows.The $994 million is close to one-tenth of the more than $10 billion that’s been spent on political advertising so far since the start of 2023, spent across just seven days. And while Election Day may bring a temporary end to the spending onslaught that’s seemingly dominated every television commercial break in recent weeks, it’s not over yet: There’s still more than $300 million in future advertising time booked between Sunday and Tuesday.The most expensive race over the last week is, unsurprisingly, the presidential race, where more than $272 million has been spent on ads, according to data from AdImpact. Former President Donald Trump’s campaign has narrowly outspent Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign $43.4 million to $40.7 million between Oct. 27 and Nov. 2, but Democratic super PACs helped the party narrowly outspend Republicans over that period in the presidential race.The vast majority of the almost $1 billion spent on ads this week has come in down-ballot races across the country, as candidates and outside groups spend furiously in races for Congress, the state House, pivotal ballot questions and other races.There’s been more than $267 million spent on ads in down-ballot races, meaning all of the other races outside of races for president, governor and Congress.The two races drawing the most spending are in Florida, with $19 million in ad spending on the ballot referendum on abortion rights and about $18.5 million on the ballot referendum on legalizing marijuana there.One other down-ballot race saw more than $10 million in ad spending over the last week: California’s referendum on rent control.Senate races have drawn $227 million so far.Three Senate races have drawn more than $30 million each over the last week: Ohio, Texas and Pennsylvania.Wisconsin and Michigan are in the next tier, with more than $23 million in spending last week.House races have seen more than $208 million in ad spending.New York’s 19th District (where Republican Rep. Marc Molinaro is trying to hold on against Democrat Josh Riley) has seen the most, at almost $9 million in ad spending.California’s 45th District, a race featuring Republican Rep. Michelle Steel and Democrat Derek Tran, is seeing the next highest amount of ad spending with about $7.5 million, followed closely by California’s 27th District, where Republican Rep. Mike Garcia faces Democrat George Whitesides.Governors races have had just $18 million in ad spending in the last week, thanks to a relative lack of competitive races this cycle.New Hampshire’s open gubernatorial race, featuring Republican former Sen. Kelly Ayotte and Democratic former Manchester Mayor Joyce Craig, is seeing the most ad spending ($6.7 million).

Is LSU or Ole Miss the better college football program right now based on their head coaches?

RFK Jr. dropped his presidential campaign earlier this year to endorse Trump, whom he had previously criticized.

Why is Tim Sheehy, who served his country in uniform, so self-loathing that he supports the presidential candidate who routinely reviles soldiers and veterans, and expresses nothing but contempt for their service to our country?

Submissions about charities, benefits and nonprofit fundraisers for the weekly Good Neighbors calendar published Wednesdays should be emailed to [email protected] by noon Friday.

The judge said the plaintiffs lacked standing and suggested their requested relief would be too disruptive before the election, which is a week away.

On Tuesday, a federal judge threw out a lawsuit by six Republican members of Congress over how to count votes from military members and others who cast ballots from overseas.

"That was love in the room, and it was love for our country," Trump said of his racist rally.

A federal judge in Pennsylvania is throwing out a lawsuit by six Republican congressmen over how to count votes from members of the military and others who cast ballots from overseas.

Almost four years after a mob stormed the U.S. Capitol, political violence remains a threat heading into another election. But the nature of the danger has changed.

Several members of the Trump administration, including former Vice President Mike Pence’s former chief of staff, Mike Ayers, have sharply disputed the claims.

'Labeling a political opponent as a ‘fascist,’ risks inviting yet another would-be assassin,' they say.

Two county attorney candidates in Butte-Silver Bow are at odds over campaign signs and one says she's taking the matter to police.

Thirteen former Trump administration officials penned a letter released by the Harris campaign on Friday, which implored voters to believe Gen. John Kelly's claims that former President Trump praised Adolf Hitler.

House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell ignored Donald Trump's inflammatory rhetoric in a statement dubiously blaming Democrats for the assassination attempts against him.

WASHINGTON — A congressional task force investigating the near-assassination of Donald Trump on July 13 has concluded inadequate communications between the Secret Service and local law enforcement were key to security failures ahead of the shooting at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. “Put simply, the evidence obtained by the Task Force to date shows the tragic events of July 13 in Butler were ...

A federal judge in Pennsylvania is considering a request to direct the state's election officials to take additional steps to verify the identification and eligibility of voters living overseas

How each SEC coach, including Kalen DeBoer and Lane Kiffin, is holding up at the halfway point in the season.

Voters, you can hold your elected leaders accountable for failing the test of courageous truth-telling.

John D. Miller, the former chief marketing officer for NBCUniversal, apologized for doing “irreparable harm by creating the false image of [Donald] Trump as a successful leader.”“I deeply regret that. And I regret that it has taken me so long to go public,” Miller wrote in an essay for U.S. News & World Report.Miller reflected on how “The Apprentice,” for which Miller led the marketing, created a false “narrative that Trump was a super-successful businessman who lived like royalty.”“In fact, Trump declared business bankruptcy four times before the show went into production, and at least twice more during his 14 seasons hosting,” he wrote, adding that the boardroom where Trump famously told contestants, “You’re fired,” was a set because “[Trump’s] real boardroom was too old and shabby for TV.” Miller also described how Trump had no issues with lying—repeatedly. “He thought he could simply say something over and over, and eventually people would believe it,” Miller wrote, saying that Trump would claim “The Apprentice” was the No. 1 show on TV when it wasn’t and after he’d been told it wasn’t. “He didn’t like being fact-checked back then either,” Miller added.Miller worked closely with Trump for over a decade, but he’s not the only former ally who’s turned on Trump. Those with the rare perspective of knowing what Trump behind closed doors have been warning Americans of his danger.

Welcome to At the Races! Each week we bring you news and analysis from the CQ Roll Call campaign team. Know someone who’d like to get this newsletter? They can subscribe here. By Niels Lesniewski, Daniela Altimari and Mary Ellen McIntire Fundraising isn’t everything when it comes to campaigns — but it certainly does not hurt. [...]The post At the Races: Money comin’, money goin’ appeared first on Roll Call.

The Lincoln-Lancaster County Planning Commission recommended zoning changes and an annexation request necessary to build small, affordable homes on small lots in Air Park.

Mind of Mike: Kirby Smart’s aggression, LSU title hopes, Mark Stoops time is up, Ashton Jeanty is not Barry Sanders

David Russell, a Republican, is running against Democrat Chelsea Johnson for the District 4 seat on the Lancaster County Board.

The response to Hurricane Helene's devastating landfall last month has been hampered by a slew of conspiracy theories and rapidly spreading misinformation about federal assistance to hard-hit communities, as an election year tragedy is swept into political discourseMeanwhile, the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol continues to be a defining moment in American politics — and former President Trump's legal battles — more than three years later. Here's what you may have missed when newsmakers hit the airwaves this Sunday, Oct. 6. 1. FEMA administrator: Post-storm conspiracies are "truly dangerous" FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell discusses Hurricane Helene response efforts on ABC's "This Week" on Oct. 6.Conspiracy theories spiraling online in the wake of Hurricane Helene, which left more than 200 people dead across six states, are stoking fear among those affected by the storm and employees on the ground, FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell said Sunday. The conspiracies are spreading as another storm, Hurricane Milton, is forecast to hit Florida in coming days. The big picture: Several false narratives have been amplified by Republican politicians, including former President Trump, who has highlighted baseless "reports" of bias against Republicans affected by the storm in North Carolina and argued his Democratic opponent Vice President Kamala Harris diverted FEMA funds to housing illegal immigrants.Trump claimed at a campaign stop Thursday that the Biden administration "stole" FEMA money "so they could give it to their illegal immigrants that they want to have vote for them."He also contended FEMA is only offering $750 to Helene victims. But that $750 offer is through just one type of relief payment, Serious Needs Assistance, which is upfront aid that can be approved shortly after an application, not the total amount a victim may ultimately receive.Trump isn't solely responsible for the misinformation about FEMA disaster relief funds, which have been shared widely online — including by billionaire Elon Musk, who's backing Trump this election.Zoom out: Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas told reporters Wednesday that while FEMA is meeting "immediate needs" and can support recovery from the present disaster, it does not have the funds to make it through the rest of hurricane season.But he and other officials have emphasized that the agency does have the resources to cover the current crisis.Total economic losses from Helene could rise to around $35 billion, experts say.Follow the money: As part of a short-term continuing resolution, Congress recently provided $20 billion to the FEMA disaster relief fund. But the agency has been dependent on an unstable source of funding amid stopgap limbo, Mayorkas said.The agency announced Sunday the federal assistance provided to survivors had surpassed $137 million.Reality check: While FEMA does provide immigration-related aid, that funding is separate from disaster relief.The Shelter and Services Program, which supports communities providing humanitarian services to migrants and is administered in partnership with U.S. Customs and Border Protection, is an entirely different fund. Congress appropriated a total of $650 million for the program in fiscal year 2024, whereas the separate disaster relief fund totals tens of billions of dollars."FEMA's disaster response efforts and individual assistance is funded through the Disaster Relief Fund, which is a dedicated fund for disaster efforts," the agency said in a statement Thursday on its "Rumor Response" webpage. "Disaster Relief Fund money has not been diverted to other, non-disaster related efforts."What they're saying: "It's just a shame that people are sitting home on their comfortable couches, while we have thousands of people here on the ground that have left their own families to be able to help those in need," Criswell said on ABC's "This Week" of those amplifying false claims, which she slammed as "frankly ridiculous."The rumors are "a distraction" impeding response efforts, North Carolina Sen. Thom Tillis (R) said on CBS News' "Face the Nation," noting many "observations are not even from people on the ground."Asked about the Trump's contention about FEMA funds, Tillis criticized the Biden-Harris administration's border policies but said, "Right now, not yet, is it affecting the flow of resources to Western North Carolina," adding the state has the resources it needs.RNC co-chair Lara Trump, who is from North Carolina, clashed with CNN's Dana Bash over the rumors Sunday, repeatedly pointing to the unrelated migrant crisis when pressed about her father-in-law's comments. "My question is about the misinformation, particularly the notion that they are moving money to migrants ... which FEMA says flatly is not true," Bash said.Lara Trump responded, "You have migrants being housed in luxury hotels in New York City," arguing money could be redirected to disaster aid — but that fund is a separate, congressionally appropriated program."That has nothing to do with the people in your home state right now," Bash replied. The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.2. Jan. 6 takes spotlight one month till Election Day House Speaker Mike Johnson speaks during an interview on ABC's "This Week" on Oct. 6.Former President Trump's actions around the Jan. 6 insurrection and repeated false 2020 election claims gained fresh urgency this week.State of play: A judge unsealed special counsel Jack Smith's recent, hefty filing Wednesday containing new evidence in his federal election interference case against Trump that's been on ice due to the Supreme Court's ruling on presidential immunity.Per the filing, when he was told Vice President Mike Pence had to be evacuated from the Capitol, Trump said "So what?"Trump allies and a former federal prosecutor have condemned the release of information so close to Election Day, as early voting has already begun, with Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AK) calling it "a temper tantrum."What they're saying: "I think this is a ridiculous ploy, of course," Lara Trump told CNN's Dana Bash during "State of the Union," referencing Smith's filing."The January 6 situation has been amplified to a level that I don't think is almost believable to so many people right now," Lara Trump added, shifting the conversation to voters' affordability concerns.Lara Trump said the former president would "of course" accept the results of "a free, fair, and transparent election."Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Ca.), the leading candidate for California's Senate seat, said Smith's filing "reaffirmed ... what we know about Trump" in an appearance on NBC's "Meet the Press."When asked about the comparisons to then-FBI Director James Comey's Oct. 2016 announcement of a reopened probe into Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton's emails, Schiff claimed the situations were different."Because what you have there was the director of the FBI unilaterally making a decision to talk about an open investigation ... that is a very different circumstance than a court filing made under seal," he told NBC's Kristen Welker.Zoom out: On who won the 2020 election, House speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) refused to say either way when pressed during ABC's "This Week" with George Stephanopoulos.Stephanopoulos referenced Sen. JD Vance's (R-Ohio) similar refusal during the vice presidential debate on Tuesday. When Vance downplayed Trump's role in the Jan. 6 attack, his opponent Gov. Tim Walz accused him of "revisionist history.""It's a gotcha game," Johnson told George Stephanopoulos, accusing "mainstream media" of playing it with Republicans. "You want us to litigate things that happened four years ago when we're talking about future. We're not going to talk about what happened in 2020. We're going to talk about 2024."He sidestepped the question, while affirming he has worked with President Biden for the last four years.3. Foreign misinformation threats deepen Sen. Mark Kelly speaks during an Oct. 6 interview on CBS News' "Face the Nation."Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), a member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, warned of "significant" efforts from foreign actors to influence American voters ahead of November's election. By the numbers: Kelly estimated that the odds a political comment or post on social media was made by a foreign actor — even if that poster appears to be a U.S. citizen — are in "the 20 to 30% range."Specifically, Kelly said, the bulk of those posts come from the triple disinformation threat of Russia, China and Iran.Asked if Arizonians had been exposed to targeted information operations, Kelly told CBS News' Margaret Brennan the threat is spread across battleground states that will be key to the outcome of the 2024 election. What he's saying: "It's up to us, the people who serve in Congress and in the White House, to get the information out there that there is a tremendous amount of misinformation in this election and it's not going to stop on November 5," he said. Flashback: Last month, several headlines about Russian disinformation and influence campaigns targeting the Harris campaign, as well as an Iranian effort to hack the Trump campaign, underscored the ongoing risk of foreign interference present throughout modern elections.More from Axios' Sunday coverage:Walz defends Minnesota abortion policy in first interview as VP nomineeOne year after Oct. 7 attacks, Netanyahu is on a winning streakHow Harris is getting Trump-y on immigration

Trump’s special guests list consists of 60 people

Dr. Kristin Lyerly’s placenta detached from her uterus when she was 17 weeks pregnant with her fourth son in 2007. Her doctor in Madison, Wisconsin, gave the devastated recent medical school graduate one option: to deliver and bury her dead child. But she requested a dilation and evacuation abortion procedure, knowing it would be less invasive and risky than being induced. And she couldn’t fathom the agony of holding her tiny dead baby.

Jan. 6... Terminating the Constitution... Rounding up 21 million people.... America, we’ve got some bad news.

Both parties are battling for state House and Senate majorities across the country, races that will determine the future of hot-button issues in key states.

Lawmakers say they want answers from the Navy over reports that faulty welding may have occurred intentionally on submarines and aircraft carriers under construction at Newport News Shipbuilding.

GOP efforts to recruit and support female candidates in primaries stalled this year, while Democratic women could expand their ranks after a strong showing.

A single shot 'caused the shooter to recoil and briefly fall out of sight,' a local official says.

Former Rep. Peter A. DeFazio of Oregon.

The group filing suit contends the agencies are concealing information linked to the July 13 shooting in Pennsylvania.

In the 80's, 90's, and 2000's Florida, Florida State, and Miami ruled College Football. So what happened to the Big 3?