News Alert: Trump’s immigration push lifts Senate GOP

View in your browser     Trump’s immigration push lifts Senate GOP President Trump's focus on immigration has lifted Republican chances of building their Senate majority, even as it’s rattling GOP lawmakers in the House.   Republican Senate candidates in Indiana, Missouri, Montana and North Dakota have all seen their fortunes rise in the last few weeks as Trump talks up immigration and makes a flurry of campaign appearances, including in Indianapolis on Friday night.  Read the full story here           Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for News Alerts     Forward News Alerts     You Might Like       Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.

Tipsheet: Trump’s immigration push lifts Senate GOP

View in your browser     Trump’s immigration push lifts Senate GOP BY ALEXANDER BOLTON   President Trump’s focus on immigration has lifted Republican chances of building their Senate majority, even as it’s rattling GOP lawmakers in the House.  Republican Senate candidates in Indiana, Missouri, Montana and North Dakota have all seen their fortunes rise in the last few weeks as Trump talks up immigration and makes a flurry of campaign appearances, including in Indianapolis on Friday night.  Read the full story here     Pence says Republicans will keep control of the House BY JULIA MANCHESTER Vice President Pence maintained in an interview with Hill.TV on Friday that Republicans will keep control of the House in next week's midterm elections.  Read the full story here     Trump acknowledges GOP could lose House: 'Could happen' BY JORDAN FABIAN President Trump acknowledged Friday that Republicans could lose control of the House in next week's midterm elections. Read the full story here     Jockeying already stepping up in House leadership fights BY SCOTT WONG AND MELANIE ZANONA The final week of the midterm election has seen a flurry of last-minute, behind-the-scenes jockeying in House leadership races, even though it’s unclear which party will control the lower chamber after Election Day. Read the full story here       Top 10 GOP House seats most likely to flip in a blue wave BY MAX GREENWOOD Republicans are scrambling to minimize their losses in Tuesday's midterm elections in an effort to deny Democrats the 23 seats they need to recapture a majority in the House. Read the full story here     Obama accuses Trump of ‘political stunt’ on border politics BY NIALL STANAGE Former President Obama accused President Trump of engaging in a “political stunt” by pledging to send troops to the border in response to a migrant caravan at a packed Friday evening rally. Read the full story here     Supreme Court allows trial in census case to proceed BY LYDIA WHEELER The Supreme Court late Friday refused the Trump administration’s request to postpone a trial in lawsuits challenging its decision to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census. Read the full story here     Trump set to reimpose all nuclear sanctions on Iran BY REBECCA KHEEL The Trump administration plans to reimpose the last set of sanctions lifted under the Iran nuclear deal early next week, administration officials announced Friday. Read the full story here     FDA approves powerful new opioid in controversial move BY PETER SULLIVAN The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Friday approved a powerful new opioid drug despite concerns from advocates that it could be abused. Read the full story here     Judge eases requirements under Georgia 'exact match' rule BY CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO A federal judge issued a ruling Friday removing barriers to voters flagged as non-citizens by Georgia's "exact match" rules, easing their ability to vote in next week's midterm election. Read the full story here     A voter guide for the 100 million who are not planning to vote BY RICHARD GREENE OPINION | Bashing or cheering on Donald Trump is not helping our country. Stoking partisanship — on TV, radio and Facebook and Twitter — is not solving the critical problems of America. The real issues and the real bills that can solve our challenges should be, must be, the focus of this election. Read the full story here     Your pocketbook is on the ballot BY ALFREDO ORTIZ OPINION | Voters should ignore all the sideshows and make their decisions with their pocketbooks in mind because their dollars are truly on the ballot this year. Read the full story here     The Washington Post: Trump administration appears in no hurry to judge Saudi Arabia for Khashoggi killing By Karen DeYoung The Trump administration is waiting to see the results of a Saudi investigation into the killing of Jamal Khashoggi, according to U.S. officials, and appears in no hurry to decide whether and how to punish Saudi Arabia. Read the full story here     The New York Times: On the First Shabbat After Pittsburgh Attack, ‘We’re Here to Be Jewish Together’ By Campbell Robertson, Jennifer Medina and Jack Healy As the sun went down on Friday, they walked into synagogues across the country in solidarity and in grief. Some carried prayer books. Some carried their children. Others carried the memories of friends who had been slaughtered nearly a week earlier in a gunman’s hate-filled rampage at the Tree of Life synagogue. Read the full story here     The Wall Street Journal: Hate Speech on Live ‘Super Chats’ Tests YouTube By Yoree Koh   After Robert Bowers stormed the Tree of Life synagogue in Pittsburgh on Oct. 27, far-right personality Ethan Ralph launched a live stream on YouTube to discuss the shooting that claimed 11 lives. Soon, some viewers began paying to have their comments featured on the live chat scrolling alongside the streaming video, through a feature YouTube launched last year called Super Chat. Read the full story here     NBC News: Health care, Trump and Pelosi are among top themes of 2018 campaign ads By Ben Kamisar   The 2018 midterm election campaign is nearing its end, and that means a respite is within sight for weary TV viewers who live near any of the nation's hotly contested contests. Read the full story here     The Associated Press: Many women ran for office, will they win in record numbers? By Juana Summers Gender politics have been a defining issue of this election cycle, beginning back with the mobilization by women against the victory and inauguration of President Donald Trump. Read the full story here         Did a friend forward you this email? Sign up for The Hill Tipsheet       Forward this Tipsheet     You might like         Privacy Policy  |  Manage Subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe  |  Email to a friend  |  Sign Up for Other Newsletters   The Hill 1625 K Street, NW 9th Floor, Washington DC 20006 ©2016 Capitol Hill Publishing Corp., a subsidiary of News Communications, Inc.