Politics

Image: A woman walks past election posters, one of them supporting Richard Ojeda, candidate for a US House seat in West Virginia

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Midterms 2018

GOP outpacing Democrats in early voting in key states, NBC News finds

Image: Donald Trump

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Midterms 2018

Trump's about-face on Cruz: 'He's not lying Ted anymore. He's beautiful Ted.'

Image: Saudi dissident Jamal Khashoggi speaks at an event hosted by Middle East Monitor in London

Middle East Monitor / Handout via Reuters

Global Power

Khashoggi met with crown prince's brother amid efforts to return him to Saudi Arabia

Activists from the National Center for Transgender Equality, partner organizations and their supporters hold a 'We Will Not Be Erased' rally in front of the White House on Monday.

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Politics News

A potential drastic change in transgender policy moves into the midterms

ANALYSIS: It provides new fodder for religious conservatives and LGBT advocates to rally voters for the Nov. 6 House and Senate elections.

Image: Mikhail Gorbachev, Pavel Palazhchenko and Ronald Reagan

Bob Daugherty / AP

Global Power

Trump is pulling the U.S. out of a Reagan-era nuclear deal. Experts are stunned.

Image: Bob Menendez

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Midterms 2018

Wealthy GOP rival pounds Menendez with ethics charges in N.J. Senate race

Willie Nelson's 4th Of July Picnic At Austin360 Amphitheater

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Betomania

Why Democrats are crazy for their 'authentically cool' Senate candidate

The Texas Senate hopeful's campaign has transcended politics to become something of a political-cultural phenomenon.