The campaign for Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed has distanced itself from an advertisement that links U.S. aid to Israel with high domestic food prices, while accusing his Republican opponent, former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, of being overly supportive of Israel.
The ad, produced by Rebellion PAC, an organization linked to “The Young Turks” co-founder Cenk Uygur, depicts a couple in a supermarket deciding not to buy basic groceries like eggs and bananas.
“This ad is not affiliated in any way with the Abdul for Senate campaign,” El-Sayed’s campaign said in a statement. “Abdul is focused on pushing back against Trump’s agenda that is raising prices for Michiganders. No one speaks for Abdul but himself and his campaign.”
In the video, the woman says they must set aside money “for killing Palestinians” as the couple discusses U.S. aid to Israel and suggests American taxpayers are also paying for Israel’s universal healthcare.
The commercial has drawn widespread backlash and accusations of antisemitism.
Vice President JD Vance leveled sharp attacks against Montana Democrats on Monday, accusing local candidates of hiding behind moderate branding while supporting sanctuary city policies, sales taxes, and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.
Speaking during a campaign stop in Belgrade, Montana, Vance attempted to tie state Democratic candidates directly to national party leaders, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and Rep. Nancy Pelosi, warning voters that any elected Democrat would ultimately "bend the knee" to Washington interests.
Vance framed the broader Democratic platform as hostile to core American values.
“Today's congressional Democrats, ladies and gentlemen, they do not believe in the United States of America,” Vance said. “They have spent years, decades teaching our youngest generation to be ashamed of the United States of America. They have taught our children to hate our history and feel shame about the flag that our ancestors fought under.”
“They feel more comfortable attacking our country than they do defending it,” he added.
Vance specifically called out Democratic House candidate Sam Forstag over his progressive positions, including support for sanctuary cities, a state sales tax, and gender transitions for minors, while dismissing claims that state Democrats offer an independent voice for voters.
Ohio native John Legend returned to his home state Monday night to rally voters behind Democratic Senate candidate Sherrod Brown and gubernatorial candidate Dr. Amy Acton in Dayton, eight days before Election Day.
The singer headlined the “Fighting for Ohio” campaign stop.
Legend took aim at Republican gubernatorial nominee Vivek Ramaswamy, accusing him of trying to “buy a governor’s seat” and calling his campaign against Acton “desperate” and “despicable.”
“We need a governor like Dr. Amy Acton,” Legend told the crowd.
The singer also threw his support behind Brown in his Senate race against Republican Sen. Jon Husted.
“I know we’re all excited to send Sherrod Brown back to the United States Senate,” Legend said.
{{#rendered}}President Donald Trump rallied supporters in Corinth, Mississippi, on Monday night in support of Republican Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith as Democrats poured late money and national attention into her race against Democratic challenger Scott Colom.
Trump said he traveled to Mississippi despite believing Hyde-Smith was doing well in the race, warning supporters against becoming complacent ahead of Election Day.
“I’m here because Cindy’s doing great, but I just got to make sure. I can’t take a chance,” Trump said. “Sometimes when you think somebody is doing so well, nobody votes. They all stay home.”
“Just get out and vote because she’s going to win big,” he added.
Trump accused Colom of being part of the "radical left."
"He's a disaster. He wants to take your guns away," Trump said. "He wants to open your borders. You must reelect Cindy Hyde-Smith."
President Donald Trump responded Monday to former President Barack Obama’s jab that he has made the White House look “like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory,” defending his renovations and saying the historic building needed significant work.
"I'm really good at real estate and fixing things," Trump said. "I fix things very good, very beautifully. And I always build beautiful and inexpensive, which is a good combination if you can do. But I can do it naturally. It's a natural thing. It actually relaxes me."
Trump later argued that maintaining the White House was about more than aesthetics, calling the building “a symbol of America.”
“The White House is a symbol of America, and when it’s dirty, filthy dirty and broken, when the windows are cracked ... people notice that,” Trump said.
Five non-citizens, some with prior criminal records, have been arrested and charged with illegally voting in past elections, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) announced Monday.
The suspects were taken into custody last week following investigations by federal and state law enforcement authorities. They were identified as Canadian citizens Diane Wendy Curley and Lise Marie Johnson, Cuban nationals Luis Manuel Perez and Jaimie Orlando Sosa Sardina, and Brazilian citizen Pedro Igor Almeida Franco.
“Thanks to the great work of the patriots at HSI, as well as our state and local partners, five more non-citizens have been arrested and charged for illegally voting in past elections,” said Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin. “Every time a non-citizen votes, it steals the vote of a hard-working American citizen. The Trump Administration is committed to restoring election integrity and making sure that only American citizens are electing America’s leaders.”
Several of the suspects have extensive law enforcement histories. Curley, who was admitted to the U.S. in 1991 and granted permanent residency in 1994, has prior convictions for resisting an officer without violence and battery on a law enforcement officer, alongside arrests for domestic violence battery and violating a domestic violence protection injunction, DHS said.
Sardina, who entered the country in 1967 and received permanent residency status in 1968, has prior convictions for aggravated battery on a police officer, resisting an officer with violence, and disturbing the peace, as well as arrests for felony Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) violations, cocaine trafficking, and disorderly conduct, the agency said.
Perez, who entered the U.S. unlawfully in 1981 before obtaining permanent legal residency in 1985, has a prior arrest for battery, according to DHS.
Franco entered the U.S. legally in 1998 and received permanent legal status in 2005, while Johnson repeatedly entered the U.S. lawfully between 1994 and 2014 before receiving permanent residency status in 2015, authorities said.
{{#rendered}}Iowa Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rob Sand is criticizing an alleged effort by Democrats to "siphon" votes from a Republican senator, calling the tactic "manipulating the political system" as the controversy consumes Alaska's bruising Senate race.
Sand was asked by Fox News about allegations that Democrats have boosted unaffiliated Alaska Senate candidate Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., whose name closely resembles that of incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, in an effort to draw votes away from the senator.
"Both parties are doing it and neither party should be doing it," Sand told Fox News in an exclusive interview Sunday. "To me, it's manipulating the political system and it's not a good thing to do."
The unusual candidacy has become the center of an escalating legal and political fight in Alaska, where the Justice Department has intervened, arguing that the similarity between the candidates' names could confuse voters. On the ballot, the Republican incumbent appears as "Dan S. Sullivan," identified as a Republican and the incumbent, while his unaffiliated challenger appears as "Daniel J. Sullivan Jr."
This post is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital's Alec Schemmel.
Iowa Democratic gubernatorial nominee Rob Sand is criticizing an alleged effort by Democrats to "siphon" votes from a Republican senator, calling the tactic "manipulating the political system" as the controversy consumes Alaska's bruising Senate race.
Sand was asked by Fox News about allegations that Democrats have boosted unaffiliated Alaska Senate candidate Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., whose name closely resembles that of incumbent Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, in an effort to draw votes away from the senator.
"Both parties are doing it and neither party should be doing it," Sand told Fox News in an exclusive interview Sunday. "To me, it's manipulating the political system and it's not a good thing to do."
The unusual candidacy has become the center of an escalating legal and political fight in Alaska, where the Justice Department has intervened, arguing that the similarity between the candidates' names could confuse voters. On the ballot, the Republican incumbent appears as "Dan S. Sullivan," identified as a Republican and the incumbent, while his unaffiliated challenger appears as "Daniel J. Sullivan Jr."
This post is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital's Alec Schemmel.
Anyone who reports election fraud that leads to an arrest and conviction will be eligible for a $1 million payout, President Donald Trump announced Monday.
“Anybody reporting Voter Fraud in the past Elections, or the upcoming 2026 Midterm Election, will be paid $1,000,000 upon the arrest and conviction of those that created the Fraud!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “Thank you for your attention to this matter. President DONALD J. TRUMP.”
The announcement comes as Trump continues to make election integrity, and anti-fraud initiatives as a whole, a central focus of his second term, with federal law enforcement targeting non-citizen voting and voter roll maintenance.
Over recent months, the Department of Justice has brought charges against multiple people suspected of voting illegally in federal elections.
{{#rendered}}Former West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin is banking on independent candidates winning elected office in a bid to curb political polarization in Washington.
Manchin, who left the Democratic Party and registered as an independent in 2024, is backing several independent candidates—including Rep. Kevin Kiley in California and Montana U.S. Senate candidate Seth Bodnar.
“When there's one person in the middle, and both want to get something done, they're going to come to that person,” Manchin told "America Reports." “Independents can be a tremendous force in bringing this country back to a civil approach to politicking, if you will.”
Manchin noted that independents represent the largest voting bloc in the United States, calling both the Democratic and Republican brands “so toxic.”
“The extremes have taken over both parties,” he said.
Manchin argued that independent candidates could restore healthy political competition.
“When you have competition, you usually get the best,” he said. “Right now, we're getting flawed characters, flawed people with no integrity whatsoever.”
Democratic Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed highlighted his endorsements and courted Black voters on Monday during a campaign push in Detroit and Lansing.
Speaking alongside union leaders, El-Sayed drew on his experience as a former Detroit health official to address healthcare disparities facing Black residents across Michigan.
“I've been here because I understood the incredible weight of the work that I had trained to do in public health,” El-Sayed said. “And that work is about trying to leverage technical skills against the moral abomination of the fact that Black moms die at three-to-four times the rate in childbirth, [and] their babies die at twice the rate that children in the city face.”
El-Sayed targeted his Republican opponent, former U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers, framing him as part of a political status quo responsible for understaffed hospitals and struggling Detroit schools.
“Imagine first graders bundled in their coats trying to learn how to read with icicles coming out of the ceiling because the boiler had been broken for two weeks,” he said. “And for the folks who are new here to Michigan, it gets cold in the winter here. That was because of a system of emergency management that had long since taken control of Detroit Public Schools away from the local community — a system whose prototype was written and advanced by none other than then-State Senator Mike Rogers.”
Rogers has said he hopes to do better than expected among Black voters in the state.
Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., accused President Donald Trump's Justice Department of trying to subvert elections through its lawsuit over Alaska's unusual Senate ballot, even as Republicans allege Democrats have propped up a Senate candidate with the same name as the GOP nominee to confuse voters.
Sen. Dan S. Sullivan, R- Alaska, is running against Daniel J. Sullivan Jr., who has no party affiliation. State courts ultimately allowed the second Dan Sullivan to remain on the ballot.
Schiff argued the Justice Department has no business stepping into a matter Alaska's courts have already settled. Republicans contend Daniel Sullivan entered the race to draw votes away from the incumbent and help former Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola — a claim the now- Senate candidate and her campaign deny.
"They don't have standing to bring this kind of a suit. It's not the federal government's business to run Alaskan elections. It's Alaska's business to do that," Schiff told NBC News on Sunday.
Schiff drew a comparison to Trump's efforts to challenge the 2020 presidential election, arguing that senior Justice Department officials at the time, including Attorney General William Barr refused to support efforts to overturn the results — while accusing current DOJ leadership of being willing to go further.
"This time, with [Attorney General Todd] Blanche, they are all in on this disgraceful campaign," Schiff said, predicting the case in the Last Frontier has "no chance of succeeding."
This post is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital's Charles Creitz.
{{#rendered}}Voters in the battleground state of Pennsylvania tell Fox News Digital they are driven at the ballot box by a desire to rein in President Donald Trump and his administration's agenda.
While many voting in next week's midterm elections in the Keystone State don't trust Democrats, they are willing to give them a chance to change the trajectory of the country on a myriad of issues — including affordability and rising prices, the Iran war and corruption in Washington, D.C.
"I didn't say I trusted the Democrats," Tomas from Doylestown, Pennsylvania, said when asked if he felt the opposition party would do better than the current one in power.
"I'm just gonna vote for them because [Trump] is just taking us down the tubes."
Clay, another Pennsylvania voter, told Fox News Digital, "I don't," when asked why he doesn't trusts Democrats to tackle affordability better than Republicans.
The outcome of the midterm elections, just eight days away, could have major implications for the remainder of Trump's presidency, with a Democratic takeover of either chamber threatening to complicate his efforts to push his agenda through Congress.
This is an excerpt from an article by Fox News Digital's Hannah Brennan.
Former South Carolina Governors David Beasley, a Republican, and Jim Hodges, a Democrat, came together Monday to endorse Dr. Annie Andrews, the Democratic candidate running for the U.S. Senate.
Beasley and Hodges—who once ran against each other in a heated gubernatorial race—cited the growing political polarization across the country as the driving force behind their joint support.
“This country is too divided, and the political rhetoric has gotten way, way out of hand,” Beasley said in a joint video announcement.
“That’s why we’re coming together to support Annie Andrews,” Hodges added.
Beasley served one term as governor from1995, to 1999, while Hodges served from1999 to 2003. Meanwhile, Andrews is running to unseat Republican Sen. Darline Graham, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham.
While both former governors acknowledged they do not agree on every issue, they both said that Andrews represents the best path forward.
“Annie understands that leadership isn’t about making people angrier—it's about making things better,” Beasley said.
“She’s willing to put people ahead of politics,” said Hodges.
The high-profile backing comes as Andrews continues to build support across party lines. Her campaign has already attracted more than 100 members to its “Republicans for Annie” coalition.
“Whether you voted for Donald Trump, Lindsey Graham, or anyone else, if you care more about lowering your bills than the political games in Washington, this campaign is for you,” Andrews said.
Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman criticized the Democratic Party on Monday, arguing it has been taken over by figures who do not share traditional American values.
Appearing on Fox News’ "America Reports", Blakeman—who is running to unseat New York Gov. Kathy Hochul—pointed to New York state elected officials including New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., and congressional candidate Darializa Avila Chevalier.
“Zohran Mamdani, Chevalier, AOC—never have a nice word to say about America,” Blakeman said. “And now Kathy Hochul's campaigning with them, and people have had enough of the high taxes, the high utility bills, and rampant criminality in their neighborhoods.”
Blakeman cautioned voters not to trust campaign promises made by Democrats, pointing to Mamdani’s highly publicized proposal for free bus fares, which has yet to materialise, while pointing out that public transit costs have instead risen under Hochul.
“Before Mamdani’s election, he promised everybody a free bus ride in New York City,” Blakeman said. “And what did they get instead? A fare hike. Kathy Hochul’s approved 21 fare hikes on public transportation. There's no free ride in America—you got to work for what you get.”
“As Winston Churchill said, socialism is nothing more than shared misery,” Blakeman added.
{{#rendered}}Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate Byron Donalds slammed Democratic opponent David Jolly as a "fraud" during a Monday morning appearance on "The Faulkner Focus."
"David Jolly is a fraud," Donalds asserted, adding that Jolly has "been a Republican, an Independent, a Democrat. He's been searching for a political home."
"The Democrats gave him one. Now all of a sudden he campaigns talking about the issues that Democrats talk about all the time. He wants to do a government takeover of insurance in the state of Florida," Donalds said.
Jolly, who previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican, is running for governor as a Democrat.
"Arguably, my opponent argues ideology, right? Socialism, communism, radicalism, because he's arguing ideology and I'm arguing economic solutions," Jolly said earlier on Monday during an appearance on "America's Newsroom."
Donalds said that "if David Jolly had his way" Florida homeowners would face skyrocketing insurance premiums "and they would be subject to a hurricane tax."
He also said that the Democratic Party has "not been loyal to Black America."
While nearly half of Republicans prioritized patriotism as a value that the nation needs today, a much smaller percentage of Democrats held that view, according to a With Honor/Gallup poll of more than 3,000 U.S. adults carried out May 12-22.
When opining about which three values the U.S. most needs now, 46% of Republicans picked patriotism compared to just 6% of Democrats.
While 44% of Democrats selected equality, just 10% of Republicans chose it.
Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly said he does not need to "litigate" President Donald Trump while running for governor.
"It's not a Senate race. It's not a federal race. I don't have to litigate the president," Jolly said during a Monday morning appearance on "America's Newsroom."
"Now I will tell you, while I focus on the economy, housing, healthcare, and education, I accept that Donald Trump's economy is a bit of the scene setter for the chaos and the division," he said.
Jolly, a former congressman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican, is facing Trump-backed Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Byron Donalds in the Sunshine State's 2026 gubernatorial contest. Former President Barack Obama is backing Jolly in the race.
"Arguably, my opponent argues ideology, right? Socialism, communism, radicalism, because he's arguing ideology and I'm arguing economic solutions," Jolly said.
Jolly said that "the problem in this environment isn't that I used to be a Republican. It's that Byron Donalds still is one. Because the reality is people are exhausted by this president's Republican Party. Maybe the Republican Party I used to belong to would have a better fate right now."
Donalds' campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's comment request on Monday.
Donalds blasted Jolly as "a fraud" during a Monday morning appearance on "The Faulkner Focus"
{{#rendered}}Republican Ohio gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy during a Monday morning appearance on "FOX & Friends" slammed Democratic rival Amy Acton as "crazy, unstable and dishonest."
Ramaswamy asserted that he is "running against somebody who is crazy, unstable and dishonest," adding, "And even more importantly, they represent crazy and unstable and dishonest ideas."
While President Donald Trump is backing Ramaswamy in the Buckeye State's governor race, former President Barack Obama is supporting Acton.
More than 27.4 million Americans had already voted early as of 6:00 a.m. Monday morning, with only eight days left until Election Day next week on Tuesday Nov. 3.
More than 4.35 million of those votes were cast in Texas, where there's a nationally-watched U.S. Senate contest between state Attorney General Ken Paxton, a Republican, and Democratic state Rep. James Talarico.
Over 986,000 early votes were cast in Michigan, where former Rep. Mike Rogers, a Republican, is locked in a heated U.S. Senate race against Democratic rival Abdul El-Sayed.
Pointing to the 2016 and 2024 presidential elections which he won, President Donald Trump told WJBK during an interview in Michigan on Sunday that former President Barack Obama "opposed me twice and so far he's batting zero."
Referring to the 2016 and 2024 elections, Trump said that Obama "opposed me with Hillary. How did that work out? He opposed me with Kamala. And how did that work out?"
Trump did not mention the fact that Obama also backed Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential contest, which Biden won.
{{#rendered}}Warren Norman, son of Rep. Ralph Norman, R-S.C., asserted that he will not vote for Republican Sen. Darline Graham in South Carolina's U.S. Senate race, and noted that he is "leaning" towards casting his ballot for Democratic candidate Annie Andrews.
"I am a conservative. I have voted Republican my entire life, and I still believe in what the Republican platform stands for: limited government, fiscal responsibility, individual freedom and personal responsibility. This November, I’ll proudly vote for Alan Wilson for governor and for Republicans up and down the ballot. But I will not be voting for Darline Graham for the United States Senate," Warren Norman wrote in a piece published Friday by FITSNews.
Warren Norman's father lost the South Carolina GOP U.S. Senate primary runoff contest to Graham earlier this year.
"I have sat down with Annie Andrews. We disagree on a lot. We also agree on some important things, including fighting corruption and reforming insurance. She struck me as genuine, and she has said publicly that she’ll stand up to her own party. That is the standard I’m asking of every candidate, and I intend to hold her to it. As of today, I’m leaning her way. It will be the first time in my life I’ve voted for a Democrat in a partisan election," Warren Norman wrote.
"If Senator Graham wins, the establishment that backed her will protect her in every primary to come. This seat could be hers for 24 years or more. If Annie Andrews wins and doesn’t stand up to her party the way she has promised, South Carolina voters can hold her accountable and replace her with a strong conservative in six. Six years we can hold accountable, or 24 years we can’t. To me, that isn’t a hard call," he explained.
The Graham campaign responded to Fox News Digital's comment request on Monday by pointing to a post on X by Rep. William Timmons, R-S.C.
"It is unconscionable for any true conservative to vote for Annie Andrews' agenda of high taxes, defunding the police, open borders, trans therapies for children, and gun confiscation. A true conservative would never want liberal Chuck Schumer to take charge of the U.S. Senate and empower the Democrat Socialists to run wild in Congress," Timmons wrote in the Friday post on X.
President Donald Trump is slated to rally in ruby-red Mississippi on Monday.
The rally, which will be in Corinth, Mississippi, is part of Trump's midterms campaign blitz as he tries to boost Republican candidates around the nation.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries claimed in a post on X that America is being ruined by "MAGA extremism."
"Enough with the MAGA extremism wrecking our country. House Democrats will deliver dramatic change," Jeffries asserted in the Sunday post.
In a statement provided to Fox News Digital on Monday, Republican National Committee national press secretary Natalie Baldassarre said, "Hakeem Jeffries is finally saying the quiet part out loud. By abolishing prisons, defunding the police, and inserting government control into everything, Democrats' far-left agenda will fundamentally change every aspect of our lives - and not for the better."
While the House and Senate majorities are currently held by the GOP, Democrats are aiming to flip the balance of power during the midterms.
{{#rendered}}With just eight days until Election Day, both parties are making a final push to shape the fight for control of Congress.
President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance are rallying Republicans across the country, while former President Barack Obama and former Vice President Kamala Harris are campaigning for Democrats.
The map traces their campaign stops so far this month, with states visited by both sides shaded gray.
Trump has been on the campaign trail nearly every day this month, with stops from Texas and Oklahoma to Ohio, Georgia, Florida and Michigan. He said in early October he planned to hold five to seven rallies a week, and this past weekend he campaigned in Florida on Friday, Georgia on Saturday and Michigan on Sunday.
His schedule continues this week, with rallies planned in Mississippi and Texas.
Former President Barack Obama has endorsed Florida Democratic gubernatorial candidate David Jolly.
"Florida holds a special place in my heart. We won twice because you believed in a better future. Now, I'm supporting David Jolly for governor because he believes in it too," Obama said in part of a video that Jolly posted to X. "Vote for the change you deserve. Vote David Jolly for governor."
Jolly, a former congressman who served in the U.S. House of Representatives as a Republican, is facing President Donald Trump-backed Republican gubernatorial candidate Rep. Byron Donalds in the Sunshine State's 2026 gubernatorial contest.
Republican California gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton challenged Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear's argument that a Democratic governor should lead the party's 2028 presidential ticket Friday on HBO's "Real Time with Bill Maher," pointing to California Gov. Gavin Newsom's unfinished high-speed rail project as Beshear touted Democratic governors' accomplishments.
Beshear, discussing potential Democratic presidential contenders, argued that governors could point to tangible accomplishments that would distinguish them from President Donald Trump.
"What Democratic governors have are receipts," he said. "You can look at, have you built the housing?"
"Have you built the high-speed rail?" Hilton asked.
The exchange came after Maher raised Newsom as a potential 2028 contender, although the California governor has not formally announced a presidential campaign.
{{#rendered}}Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman blasted Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul as a "puppet" of New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani during a campaign rally Sunday.
Speaking at the event in Yorktown Heights, New York, Blakeman, the current Nassau County executive, accused his opponent of embracing the democratic socialist mayor's agenda while failing to crack down on illegal immigration and crime.
"Kathy Hochul, she was out campaigning with Mamdani this week," Blakeman said, according to the New York Post. "And I say that’s great."
"Please take him everywhere you go, Kathy, because I want to remind people that this un-American, antisemite, anti-Christian mayor is running the Democratic Party and Kathy Hochul is nothing more than his puppet," he continued.
Hochul has been campaigning alongside Mamdani, including at a recent rally in Brooklyn.
Michigan Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers fired back at NBC's "Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker on Sunday over his allegations about Democratic opponent Abdul El-Sayed and the Muslim Brotherhood, accusing Welker of defending his rival during a heated exchange about the Islamist organization.
Rogers challenged Welker after she said that El-Sayed had already disavowed any ties to the Muslim Brotherhood and defended her previous interview with El-Sayed in which he denied any ties to the group.
"No, he has not, he dismissed the question ... I don't know why you give this guy a pass," Rogers said, as the two interrupted each other. "You are giving him a pass on something he should be accountable for."
Rapper Nicki Minaj doubled down on her support for President Donald Trump during a Republican campaign rally in Michigan on Sunday, telling the president she would back him again if he ever sought another term.
Minaj was invited onstage at the Port Huron rally by Trump, who was campaigning for Republican Senate candidate Mike Rogers and gubernatorial candidate John James.
"President Trump, it is an honor to stand with you every single time," Minaj said. "And I will continue to support you forever and ever. If you run again, I will support you again."
Trump, who is serving his second term, is barred by the 22nd Amendment from being elected president to a third term.
{{#rendered}}Attorney General Todd Blanche defended the Trump administration’s lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s Senate results if Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan loses to Democrat Mary Peltola.
The administration says the lawsuit is intended to address possible voter confusion involving another candidate named Dan Sullivan on the ranked-choice ballot. Peltola called the case “flagrant corruption,” while Alaska Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski has also criticized the lawsuit.
The closely watched race could help determine control of the Senate, with Alaska Native voters representing a crucial constituency.
A federal appeals court is considering the Trump administration’s request to require California officials to set aside as many as 20,000 mail ballots associated with voters the Justice Department suspects may be noncitizens.
Two of the three judges appeared skeptical during Sunday’s arguments, questioning the timing of the lawsuit, the court’s jurisdiction and whether the federal government is improperly directing state election officials.
California officials say the administration’s list is unreliable and that withholding the ballots could disenfranchise eligible voters. The panel said it would seek to issue a ruling quickly.
President Donald Trump intensified his attacks against Democratic Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed during Sunday’s rally in Port Huron, questioning El-Sayed’s loyalty and portraying him as a national security threat.
El-Sayed, who could become the nation’s first Muslim senator, has denied any ties to extremist groups. The rhetoric drew a sharp rebuke from Bishara Bahbah, a founder of Arab Americans for Trump, who called Trump’s comments “racist.”
The race between El-Sayed and Republican Mike Rogers is among the contests that could determine control of the Senate.
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