Representative Jackie Walorski Wins Re-Election in 2nd District
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Representative Jackie Walorski Wins Re-Election in 2nd District

Representative Jackie Walorski has won re-election to a second term. The freshman Republican incumbent was favored over Democrat Joe Bock throughout the campaign. She has taken a 58-40 lead with 76 percent of precincts reporting. All of the vote in the district’s largest Democratic county — St. Joseph County — have been counted. Walorski first…

5 Reasons Republicans Will Make Strong Senate Gains
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5 Reasons Republicans Will Make Strong Senate Gains

Republicans are heavily favored to make strong gains in the US Senate today with a better than even probability of flipping control of the body, which has been in Democratic hands since January 2007. While partisans may interpret this as a resounding endorsement of their policies on a national level, a closer look at the…

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President Obama to Sign Bill Legalizing Cellphone Unlocking

A bill that just passed Congress will once again make it legal for US cellphone owners to unlock their phones. The vote was 295 to 114 in the House of Representatives. It had already passed the Senate. The ban has been in place since 2013 after vigorous lobbying from wireless carriers. President Obama says that…

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President Obama Promises Executive Action on Immigration This Year

President Obama said today that he would no longer wait on House Republicans to pass a comprehensive immigration bill as thousands of migrant children remain mired in a bureaucratic jungle that has placed them in inhospitable care. The mostly teenage children have fled their homes in Mexico and Central America where violence and endemic poverty…