President Donald Trump called for the criminal prosecution of Mary Peltola, the Democratic candidate for U.S. Senate in Alaska, after reports that her campaign and national Democrats helped recruit a candidate sharing Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan's name. Trump offered no explanation of what crime was committed.
NYTimes – US The president lashed out at the former representative after The New York Times reported that her campaign and national Democrats helped recruit spoiler candidates to the race. He offered no explanation of what crime was committed.
NYTimes – US The president lashed out at the former representative after The New York Times reported that her campaign and national Democrats helped recruit spoiler candidates to the race. He offered no explanation of what crime was committed.
President Donald Trump called for the criminal prosecution of the Democratic candidate running for Senate in Alaska on Wednesday after revelations that her campaign appeared to be involved in recruiting a candidate with the same name as Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan.
NYTimes – US Dolores Huerta, the labor activist and civil rights icon who co-founded the United Farm Workers union, has died at the age of 96, her family said. She died on Wednesday in Bakersfield, California. Huerta was credited with coining the rallying cry "Sí, se puede!" and was remembered by lawmakers, activists and union leaders across the US.
U.S. District Judge Alvin Hellerstein, who presided over high-profile cases involving Donald Trump, the September 11 attacks and former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, has died at 92. Two weeks before his death, Hellerstein presided over the arraignment of Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, on torture charges added to their narco-terrorism conspiracy case.
A New York Times report alleges that Alaska Democrat Mary Peltola's campaign recruited a second candidate named Dan Sullivan to run in the state's Senate race against Republican incumbent Dan Sullivan, a move Republicans condemned as a ploy to split votes. Both Sullivans will appear on the ballot in next week's midterm election.
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