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The Trump administration has preemptively filed a lawsuit seeking to block certification of Alaska’s US Senate election if the Republican incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan loses in the critical contest which could decide the balance of power in the Senate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump defended Ohio Republican Vivek Ramaswamy’s campaign ad featuring rival Amy Acton’s estranged mother, telling him to keep it up and “say thank you, God.” A source told CNN Trump thinks Republicans were “weak” for criticizing the ad and views backlash within the party as damaging. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tonight we learned that the president of the United States is planning a rally to Mississippi next week, a sign that even Republicans are starting to worry about that Senate race.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump is in North Carolina trying to give a GOP candidate a boost. With just 14 days to go until midterms, Trump and Republicans and dealing with some discomfort as some races aren’t going according to plan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump claimed riots and looting in France are foreshadowing what could happen to the US if Democrats win in November. He also rejected concerns about the prospects for GOP Sen. Roger Marshall in the surprisingly competitive Senate race in the solid-red state Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The White House turmoil with just 18 days to go until the midterm elections as the president fires his brand new White House press secretary.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Three children, aged 5, 8 and 11, and one teacher were killed when a 16-year-old Bend, Oregon, resident entered an elementary school and started shooting, police said at a news conference Thursday evening. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Tuesday’s Senate debates in Maine, Georgia and Iowa offered a revealing look at how Republicans are navigating a difficult political environment in the closing weeks before the midterm elections, with control of the narrowly divided Senate at stake. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump on Monday kicked off a week of red-state campaigning with a raucous rally in Ohio, where Republicans are fighting to hold onto a Senate seat that could be key to the majority. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Continuing coverage of Hurricane Isaias. The DHS Chief defends the ICE shooting in New York City and calls the victim 'worst of the worst'. President Trump strikes a deal with Russian President Putin for diesel fuel ahead of the midterms. Trump now says he wasn't involved in the plan to livestream the execution of the Ft. Hood shooter. Plus, Katie Zacharia is named as the new White House Press Secretary. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The shooting occurred just after 4 p.m. when an ICE agent discharged a weapon into the man’s vehicle, which also had a 5-year-old sitting in the back seat, New York City officials said late Thursday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

President Trump made his third trip to Texas in less than a month to stump for a Senate candidate who’s privately questioned his political capital and whom the president has publicly insulted in personal terms. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

GOP Sen. Susan Collins and her Democratic challenger, Troy Jackson, sparred over President Trump and abortion rights in their first debate Tuesday night in Maine’s Senate race.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Trump hits Nebraska on his red state tour as he changes his tune on not one but two of his previous positions.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The latest jobs report shows that recent months’ hiring was weaker than previously thought and that wage growth slowed, putting Americans’ paychecks further behind. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices