Alaska Senate Rivals Trade Personal Blows in Final Debate

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan and Democratic former Rep. Mary Peltola spent Thursday night hammering each other on character and policy in the closing Debate for the State of a U.S. Senate contest that national scorekeepers call a toss-up race. They argued over household energy bills, the Iran conflict, retirement benefits, medical coverage
Press Secretary Zacharia Says She Did Not Pass California

WASHINGTON — A senior administration official said Katie Zacharia, now the White House briefing-room lead, sat for California bar testing after Pepperdine Law and did not pass, intensifying scrutiny of how she has billed her credentials. President Donald Trump introduced her as an attorney. Zacharia has long used the word lawyer on television. Several practitioners
Democratic Senate Candidates Post Huge Third-Quarter Hauls

WASHINGTON — Fresh midterm finance filings show Democratic Senate hopefuls flooding accounts in the July-September window, with Texas Democrat James Talarico reporting a $64 million quarter. His team called that haul the biggest Senate total ever logged for those three months, beating Jaime Harrison $57 million South Carolina mark from 2020, and said cycle receipts