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'Feel betrayed': Top conservative group blasts vulnerable Dems on inflation in multimillion-dollar ad blitz

FIRST ON FOX: Americans for Prosperity Action, the political wing of the powerful Koch conservative network, is launching a multi-million dollar ad blitz across battleground states targeting vulnerable incumbent Senate Democrats and boosting their Republican opponents ahead of the November election. The influential conservative group is spending $5.75 million on ads across Wisconsin, Montana, Nevada,...

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Trump-endorsed Mike Rogers wins Republican Senate primary in Michigan

Former Rep. Mike Rogers won the Republican primary for Senate in Michigan on Tuesday and will battle it out in the November election for the state’s open Senate seat. Rogers served in the House from 2001-2015. During his tenure in Congress, he was chairman of the Intelligence Committee. He faced off against another former Rep....

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Democrat Rep Elissa Slotkin wins Senate primary in Michigan

Incumbent Rep. Elissa Slotkin won the Democratic primary election for Senate in Michigan on Tuesday, setting up a short general election campaign before November. Rep. Elissa Slotkin, D-Mich., defeated actor Hill Harper in the state’s Democratic primary to fill outgoing Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow’s seat. Slotkin currently represents Michigan in the House of Representatives. She...

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Kari Lake to hold 'Democrats for Lake' event after Democrats tout Republican support for Harris, Gallego

GOP Arizona Senate candidate Kari Lake announced Tuesday an event that will feature current and former Democrats supporting her campaign. The coalition, called “Democrats/former Democrats for Kari Lake & America First,” was revealed after Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign announced its “Republicans for Harris” initiative, which held a press conference in Mesa, Arizona, and after...

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Vulnerable Democrats distance from Harris amid crucial red-state Senate races

Two vulnerable Senate Democrats won’t yet commit to campaigning with presumptive Democrat nominee Vice President Harris as they face re-election in states won by former President Trump last cycle. Harris became the likely 2024 nominee after President Biden dropped out of the race in late July. While most of the Democrat Party is rallying behind...

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Dems hit as 'hypocritical' for failure to criticize Biden for similar oil deal slammed as bailout under Trump

A significant oil purchase by the Biden administration for the purpose of replenishing the Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) — which was tapped to artificially lower gas prices — has managed to fly under the radar for many, and Republicans are beginning to take notice. “It is a little hypocritical,” Sen. Dan Sullivan, R-Alaska, told Fox...

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‘Deeply disappointing’: Durbin calls on Austin to reinstate controversial plea deals for 9/11 terrorists

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick Durbin, D-Ill., pleaded with Department of Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin to reinstate plea deals that were struck with three accused masterminds behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks after they were revoked last week. “I urge Secretary Austin to reverse this deeply disappointing decision, which denies finality and justice to...