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Obama touts Gillum and Nelson, warns voters 'character of the country' is on the line

MIAMI _ He never mentioned him by name, but former President Barack Obama made it clear Friday at a rally in Miami that by electing Andrew Gillum governor of Florida, the state can deliver a blow to President Donald Trump.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 2, 2018

There's higher Latino turnout in key California districts, but it's still lagging

WASHINGTON _ Though the Latino vote is up from past midterm levels in key California congressional districts after a significant push from Democrats, it's still well behind the numbers the Hispanic community could generate.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 2, 2018

Trump says he will hold asylum-seekers from Central America in massive tent cities

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump, in televised address filled with tough election-season rhetoric, said Thursday that he will sign an extensive executive order requiring asylum-seekers to present themselves at a port of entry and house them in tent cities until their legal cases are completed.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 1, 2018

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US will no longer appease leftist leaders in Latin America, Bolton says

WASHINGTON _ The White House will no longer appease "dictators and despots" in Latin America, national security adviser John Bolton said in a Miami speech that welcomed new right-leaning leaders and put three leftist governments on notice.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Nov 1, 2018

White House considers allowing Cuban-Americans to sue for island properties left behind

WASHINGTON _ The White House is considering taking steps to allow thousands of Cuban-Americans to sue in U.S. courts foreign companies and others who now control real estate on the island that was seized from them by the Cuban government.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 31, 2018

Trump gave advice, steered money, sent texts for DeSantis. It may not be enough

WASHINGTON _ Donald Trump did everything Ron DeSantis asked.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 31, 2018

Trump's policies are hitting family farmers hard

She's a Democrat who hates President Donald Trump's tariffs. He's a Republican who hates the tariffs, too, but believes Trump needs more time in office.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 31, 2018

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Florida websites peddle far-right news but owner, and motives, remain hidden

WASHINGTON _ Search the website of American Gun News, and you'll find no clue of who posts the content. Same goes for Patriotic Viral News, Liberty Video News, Conservative Zone and 21 other websites, many with strong right-wing views.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 30, 2018

Dogged by abuse revelations, SC House candidate to get boost from Jim Clyburn

WASHINGTON _ Archie Parnell, the Democratic candidate for Congress in South Carolina's 5th District whose election prospects dimmed after revelations he once committed an act of domestic violence, could get a significant boost the night before the election from state Democratic kingmaker Jim Clyburn.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 30, 2018

The 'safe surrogate,' Pence delivers the traditional GOP message Trump won't

DES MOINES, Iowa _ The week was like any other week of Donald Trump's presidency: It started with him threatening to dispatch U.S. troops to the southern border and ended with him calling a Democratic activist who was a target of the pipe bomb campaign a "crazed & stumbling lunatic."

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 30, 2018

US to halve backlog for security clearances by spring, top official says

WASHINGTON _ The federal government expects to slash a 600,000-case backlog of people waiting for security clearances in half by springtime, the No. 2 official in the U.S. intelligence community said Tuesday.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 30, 2018

Texas' minority GOP voters: Republican allies have vanished

DALLAS _ Packed into the Christian Chapel Temple of Faith on a rainy Sunday evening this month were plenty of the minority voters Texas Republicans say have kept their party in power even as the state's demographics shift in favor of Democrats.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 29, 2018

2016 election surprised Kansas candidate and Trump created an opening

Sharice Davids knew she'd be a witness to a historic change in power when she took a job in the White House in the final months of 2016.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 28, 2018

Suspected synagogue shooter's anti-Semitic posts surface online

WASHINGTON _ After police say a man stormed into a Pittsburgh synagogue and killed at least 11 people, a social media account with the suspected shooter's name began to circulate online.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 27, 2018

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 26, 2018

If Jim Clyburn is going to move up in the party, he'll need these allies to help him

WASHINGTON _ To ascend to one of the top two House Democratic leadership slots next year, Rep. Jim Clyburn needs to attract lawmakers like Rep. Ro Khanna.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 25, 2018

Florida Rep. Carlos Curbelo receives police protection after Twitter threat

WASHINGTON _ U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo was threatened on Twitter on Wednesday, the same day packages suspected of containing explosive material were delivered to a host of liberal political figures around the country.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 25, 2018

Latinos are down on Trump ahead of midterms, survey finds. But will they vote?

WASHINGTON _ Nearly 7 in 10 Latinos disapprove of President Donald Trump, a new Pew Research Center survey has found, but it's unclear whether they'll take out that frustration next month by voting Democratic _ or voting at all.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 24, 2018

Trump expected to headline rally for DeSantis in Florida next week

WASHINGTON _ President Donald Trump is expected to headline a Make America Great Again rally in the Fort Myers area on Oct. 31 to help Florida Republicans, including GOP gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis, in the final days before the election, according to two people familiar with the plans but not…

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McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 24, 2018

Denham failed to change the law for 'Dreamers.' Will his effort change Hispanic votes?

MODESTO, Calif. _ California Republican Rep. Jeff Denham tried hard this year to force Congress to consider a pathway to citizenship for some immigrants _ a risky effort in a volatile election year.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 24, 2018

National megadonors, with eyes on 2020, flood Florida governor's race with cash

The Florida governor's race may be the nation's purest contest between a Donald Trump devotee and a hero of the progressive resistance, but it is definitely a clash of the megadonors. The race has riveted the nation _ and the nation's top donors _ pitting Las Vegas casino magnate Sheldon…

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 23, 2018

Armies of lawyers are mobilizing to keep an eye on chaos at the polls

WASHINGTON _ Fearing massive voter fraud and questionable vote counting, Republicans, Democrats and interest groups are all taking the unusual step of dispatching armies of lawyers in this non-presidential election year to ward off potential trouble at the polls.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 23, 2018

Hawley campaign and NRA's political fund accused of illegal coordination

WASHINGTON _ Missouri Attorney General Josh Hawley's Senate campaign and the National Rifle Association's PAC have engaged in an elaborate scheme to conceal illegal coordination, a complaint filed with the Federal Election Commission alleges.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 23, 2018

'None of us had a grasp of how difficult this would be:' Parkland PAC scales back

WASHINGTON _ A political action committee launched by parents of Parkland students is scaling back its 2018 midterm plans in the wake of disappointing fund raising totals.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 21, 2018

Parkland survivors and supporters differ on political action varies

WASHINGTON_The families of the 17 students and staff killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School have spent the past eight months lobbying lawmakers and informing the public about various measures that can be taken to end school shootings, but with Election Day approaching some of the families are getting political.

McClatchy Washington Bureau · Oct 20, 2018

Texas tea party wants to stitch the Republican Party back together

GRAPEVINE, Texas _ Leaders of the conservative tea party movement who have spent years railing against Republican moderates are urging their supporters to back a full slate of Republican candidates this fall �� even ones they've previously opposed.

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