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President Donald Trump looks to the crowd after speaking at a campaign rally at Pensacola International Airport, Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, in Pensacola, Fla. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Analysis: Dems whiffed in 2016, so what if they fail again?

By JULIE PACE - Associated Press

In this Sept. 20, 2018, file photo, voting booths stand ready in downtown Minneapolis for the opening of early voting in Minnesota. (AP Photo/Steve Karnowski) ** FILE **

Election models predict victory for Democrats in House for 2018 midterms

By James Varney - The Washington Times

In this Oct. 17, 2018, photo, members of the Culinary Union prepare packets before canvassing for Democratic candidates in Las Vegas. Some Latinos are infuriated by President Trump and eager to vote in the midterms. Some are too demoralized to go to the polls. And some still like the president. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Democrats look to Latinos to provide midterm support

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press

President Donald Trump listens to a question during a meeting with outgoing U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, Oct. 9, 2018, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

How Trump and the Republicans are closing the election gap

By J.T. Young

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, turns to answer a reporter's question as he enters the Republican policy luncheon, on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Sept. 25, 2018 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Chuck Grassley won’t postpone Christine Blasey Ford hearing on Thursday

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

NJ Dems pumped for fall sweep but they’ve got competition

By MIKE CATALINI - Associated Press

Editorials from around New England

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GOP House speaker appeals redistricting ruling to high court

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Virginia House of Delegates minority leader, Del. David Toscano, D-Charlottesville, gestures during a news conference along with Del. Lamont Bagby, D-Henrico, left, at the Capitol in Richmond, Va., Wednesday, Aug. 29, 2018. The Democrats announced that they are introducing a bill that would redraw House election districts. (AP Photo/Steve Helber)

Virginia House Democrats propose redistricting plan

By SARAH RANKIN - Associated Press

"I am pleased that Judge Baxter was confirmed by the United States Senate today," said Sen. Pat Toomey, a Republican. (Associated Press)

Charles Goodwin, Susan Baxter among 7 Donald Trump judicial nominees approved by Senate

By Alex Swoyer - The Washington Times

A Kaiser Family Foundation poll shows 53 percent of Americans support a national health care plan. Still, 47 percent said they would be able to keep their current health insurance arrangement under single-payer, which would probably not be the case.

Health care heats up election debate

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky., left, poses for a photo with Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, center, and Vice President Mike Pence, right, as they visit Capitol Hill in Washington, Tuesday, July 10, 2018. Kavanaugh is on Capitol Hill to meet with Republican leaders as the battle begins over his nomination to the Supreme Court. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Mitch McConnell says Brett Kavanaugh will get vote before election

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

Democrats behind senators ‘for sale’ web addresses, Associated Press investigation finds

By Tami Abdollah - Associated Press

In this Jan. 21, 2018, file photo, lights shine inside the U.S. Capitol Building as night falls in Washington. (AP Photo/J. David Ake) ** FILE **

Mystery: Who bought websites implying US senators ‘for sale’

By TAMI ABDOLLAH - Associated Press

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference after their meeting at the Presidential Palace in Helsinki, Finland, Monday, July 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

The Latest: Comey urges voters to support Democrats in fall

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President Trump will not back down from fighting for a "fair playing field" for American workers and industries that have suffered from lopsided trade deals, said press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders. But opposition at home and abroad is starting to mount. (Associated Press)

Donald Trump: Democrats’ border stance will hurt them during midterms

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

In this June 28, 2018 photo, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., joins activists at the Supreme Court as President Donald Trump prepares to choose a replacement for Justice Anthony Kennedy, in Washington. Several prominent Democrats who are mulling a bid for the White House in 2020 sought to bolster their progressive credentials this week by calling for major changes to immigration enforcement, with some pressing for the outright abolition of the federal government’s chief immigration enforcement agency. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York has said Immigration and Customs Enforcement, known as ICE, has “become a deportation force.” (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Some Democrats with eye on 2020: ‘Abolish ICE’

By Bill Barrow - Associated Press

Lawmakers push for more speed cameras in NYC

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House passes $145B spending package

By ANDREW TAYLOR - Associated Press

FILE--In this Jan. 15, 2014, file photo, Colorado state Democratic Senator Mike Johnston listens to testimony during a committee hearing at the Capitol, in Denver. Education is a subterranean divide between Democrats running for governor in two states this year. In California, supporters of charter schools and other &quot;reform&quot; initiatives have given more than $20 million to former Los Angeles mayor Antonio Villaraigosa's bid, while in Colorado Democrats are similarly divided between a more traditional candidate backed by teachers unions and two others who've pushed school innovations. But the split has been overwhelmed by other red-meat Democratic issues like guns and Trump. (AP Photo/Brennan Linsley, File)

In key governor’s races, Democrats split on education

By NICHOLAS RICCARDI - Associated Press