Today, candidates are squaring disconnected successful much debates successful marquee midterm races: successful Georgia’s gubernatorial race, Gov. Brian Kemp (R) vs. Democratic challenger Stacey Abrams; successful Ohio’s Senate race, Rep. Tim Ryan (D) vs. Republican J.D. Vance; and successful Utah’s Senate race, Sen. Mike Lee (R) vs. autarkic Evan McMullin.
In Washington, the Biden medication is touting a caller regularisation that makes proceeding immunodeficiency disposable implicit the counter, without a prescription, and often astatine a overmuch little price. The determination coincides with a propulsion by President Biden to person voters that Democrats are moving to antagonistic the interaction of ostentation by lowering costs of surviving successful different ways.
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- 1:30 p.m. Eastern: White House property caput Karine Jean-Pierre briefs reporters. Watch unrecorded here.
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On our radar: White House touts caller over-the-counter proceeding assistance rule
The Biden medication is highlighting a caller regularisation Monday that makes proceeding immunodeficiency disposable implicit the counter, without a prescription, and often astatine a overmuch little price.
The determination coincides with a propulsion by President Biden to person voters that Democrats are combating ostentation by lowering costs of surviving successful assorted different ways.
“Starting today, hearings immunodeficiency are present connected store shelves crossed the state — for thousands of dollars little than they antecedently cost,” the White House said successful a information expanse distributed aboriginal Monday morning.
The latest: Walker concedes helium wrote cheque but denies it was for an abortion
Georgia Republican Senate campaigner Herschel Walker acknowledged giving a $700 cheque to an ex-partner successful 2009, but successful an interrogation broadcast Monday helium continued to contradict the woman’s assertion that the wealth was to wage for an abortion.
“I person nary thought what that could beryllium for,” Walker said, erstwhile presented with a transcript of the cheque by NBC’s Kristen Welker during the interrogation that aired connected the “Today” show.
Walker aboriginal acknowledged that it was his signature connected the cheque but rejected the allegation by the woman, who is the parent of 1 of Walker’s children, present 10 years old.
Noted: How the ‘Never Trump’ question became ‘Never Trumpism’
For galore disaffected Republicans, 2022 is the twelvemonth the “Never Trump” question became “Never Trumpism.”
The Post’s Isaac Arnsdorf reports that successful races crossed the country, erstwhile and adjacent immoderate sitting Republican elected officials are endorsing Democratic candidates successful antithetic numbers. And a harvest of Republican-led groups that sprang up to reason erstwhile president Donald Trump has present turned to persuading Republican voters not to enactment the party’s nominees who are imitating his divisive appeals and mendacious clams astir the 2020 election. Per Isaac:
The latest: Trump lashes retired aft Paul Ryan says Trump won’t beryllium 2024 nominee
Former president Donald Trump is lashing retired astatine erstwhile House talker Paul D. Ryan (R-Wis.), calling him “grossly incompetent” and “dopey” aft Ryan said publically past week that Trump volition not beryllium the adjacent Republican statesmanlike nominee and that helium would suffer successful the 2024 wide predetermination if helium were.
In a posting connected Truth Social, Trump’s societal media site, helium called Ryan “grossly incompetent” during the agelong they overlapped arsenic president and speaker, accusing Ryan of doing “everything possible” to thwart Trump’s confederate borderline wall. Trump besides claimed that Ryan was “even worse” arsenic the Republican vice-presidential nominee successful 2012 connected the summons with Mitt Romney. (In the aforesaid posting, Trump attacked Romney arsenic a “RINO,” shorthand for Republican successful Name Only.)
Take a look: What voters successful plaything states are saying 3 weeks earlier midterms
The 2022 midterm election is 3 weeks away, with power of the House of Representatives and the Senate — on with 3 twelve gubernatorial races — astatine stake.
To get a consciousness of which issues are astir important for prospective voters up of the predetermination adjacent month, The Washington Post dispatched reporters to NFL stadiums crossed the state Sunday.
While immoderate fans considered their pregame rituals excessively ineffable to sully by talking politics, the tailgate tons proved to beryllium a fertile crushed for uncovering voters consenting to stock their opinions. Here is what apt voters had to say successful Miami, Atlanta, Cleveland and Pittsburgh.
On our radar: John Fetterman’s wellness sparks contentious statement successful last stretch
Since helium suffered a changeable successful May days earlier the Democratic Senate superior successful Pennsylvania, John Fetterman and his allies person sought to marque his betterment a acquisition successful empathy.
The Post’s Colby Itkowitz, Lenny Bernstein and Amanda Morris study that the run has shared messages from radical who accidental Fetterman inspired them to prioritize their ain health. After an lawsuit Saturday, Fetterman knelt and spoke with a pistillate successful a wheelchair who had besides suffered a stroke. Per our colleagues:
Republicans, including Fetterman’s opponent, Mehmet Oz, person made the aftermath of the changeable cardinal to their attacks against him. Some person called attraction to his verbal struggles, reliance connected closed captioning and summertime lack from the trail.
The Republican National Committee past week shared a montage of Fetterman’s verbal stumbles with the caption, “Does it dependable similar Fetterman is acceptable for office?” Oz has suggested Fetterman has thing to hide, precocious tweeting: “John Fetterman won’t reply questions from voters, helium won’t statement much than once, and helium won’t beryllium honorable astir his health.”
Now, successful the last weeks of 1 of the astir consequential and competitory Senate races successful the country, Fetterman’s wellness has go a focal constituent for some campaigns.
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The latest: Trump attacks American Jews, posting they indispensable ‘get their enactment together’ connected Israel
Former president Donald Trump attacked American Jews successful a station connected his Truth Social level connected Sunday, saying Jews successful the United States indispensable “get their enactment together” and amusement much appreciation for Israel “before it is excessively late.”
The Post’s Rosalind S. Helderman reports that American Jews person agelong been accused of holding concealed loyalty to Israel alternatively than the United States, and Trump’s station leaned connected that antisemitic trope, suggesting that by virtuousness of their religion, American Jews should amusement much appreciation to Israel. Per our colleague:
Take a look: On Sunday shows, Democrats, Republicans marque pitches up of midterms
On the Sunday speech shows, starring members of Congress, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and House Minority Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.), made pitches for electing Democrats and Republicans respectively successful adjacent month’s midterms.
The Post’s Mahlia Posey has pulled unneurotic the highlights, which includes treatment of Medicare, Social Security, termination and different issues.