On the Bering Sea, Unalaska is the US’s most productive seafood port, employing thousands of workers. But Trump’s cuts, and his disastrous war with Iran, have caused chaos – and put Republican control of Congress at risk It was less than 17 hours until the start of Alaska’s lucrative Bering Sea crab season, and Oystein Lone was standing on a dock in the city of Unalaska, preparing to embark in rough conditions. The problem wasn’t the next day’s forecast of 60mph gusts, which would kick up white-capped swells and make crabbing, already one of the most dangerous jobs in the United States, even more hazardous. Nor was it the question of whether there’d be enough red king, tanner and snow crabs to go around – state regulators had, in fact, announced higher quotas for the season. Continue reading...
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The midterm tug-of-war for Senate control will come down to half a dozen coin-toss contests, giving both parties a path to the upper chamber majority. All six seats rated as “toss-ups” by DDHQ — Texas, Maine, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa and Kansas — are currently held by Republicans. The GOP’s best chance of flipping a seat…
Marc Elias is back. The notorious Democratic lawyer who played a critical role in the 2016 Russia hoax is again in the news. His law firm has been identified by the New York Times as part of the expanding scandal involving Democratic effort to confuse voters in Alaska with a decoy candidate named Daniel J.…
The latest developments come amid allegations, first reported by The New York Times, that Democrats recruited a spoiler candidate in the toss-up U.S. Senate race.
With control of Congress on the line, next week’s midterms amount to a referendum on Trump, who has urged voters to pretend he is on the ballot Sign up for the Breaking News US email Hello and welcome to the US politics live blog. Donald Trump is tele-rallying from Mar-a-Lago with just three days to go before the midterm elections. On Sunday, he will make appearances at rallies in Iowa in Kansas in a reversal after he initially backed out . The top federal prosecutor in Alaska confirmed on Friday the existence of a criminal and a civil investigation into an alleged scheme by Mary Peltola’s campaign and national Democrats to confuse voters in the closely watched Senate race by recruiting a spoiler candidate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, Dan Sullivan . Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed resisted a demand from his defeated primary rival, congresswoman Haley Stevens , that he apologize for criticism of US military aid to Israel on Friday – two days before they were scheduled to campaign together in Detroit. Early voting this cycle has set a record. More than 49 million Americans have already cast ballots, either in person or by mail, the Associated Press reported. Continue reading...
President Trump is slated to speak at telerallies across the country Saturday, marking his last scheduled campaign appearance in several key battlegrounds before Election Day next week. Trump is set to appear in virtual events in at least 19 states — Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Michigan, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico,…
The Department of Justice (DOJ) pushed to isolate some Alaska ballots as part of a probe into whether the presence of two candidates with the same name could confuse voters in the state, a Friday court filing shows. The investigation centers around reporting by The New York Times that Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign…
Same names on Alaska ballot triggered political firestorm in US, prompting a Justice Department investigation.
US elections from Alaska to Maine will reverberate globally next week, as midterm voting promises to diminish a president who has strong-armed the world.
It is the biggest bombshell to break right before a midterm election we’ve seen in our lifetimes — and that’s not hyperbole. Earlier this year, an Alaska Democrat Senate campaign allegedly recruited a regular citizen to also run for Senate. Only one prerequisite was required: He had to be named Dan Sullivan. The goal, of […]
In October, 2025, the remnants of a typhoon seriously damaged Alaska Native villages in the far western part of the state. A year later, one of the hardest hit communities is still recovering.
Democratic Party lawmakers who endorsed Mary Peltola stayed silent when asked to denounce the alleged voter confusion scheme in Alaska's Senate race.
Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola told supporters at a rally in Anchorage that she is “deeply offended” by the accusations against her campaign.
Daniel J. Sullivan, the independent Alaska Senate candidate accused of entering the race to draw votes from Republican Sen. Dan Sullivan, left his hometown days before the election, according to CBS News. The post Report: Alaska’s Second Dan Sullivan Leaves Hometown Days Before Election appeared first on Breitbart .
From Alaska to Texas, candidates with an eye on Congress are using their personal style to stand out.
Democrats and former officials have accused the department of pursuing a political goal in the guise of a legal one: to publicize a scheme, sordid but not illegal under state law, damaging to Democrats.
Republican National Committee (RNC) Chair Joe Gruters remained optimistic Friday evening about his party’s chances in next week’s midterms, predicting big wins in key battleground states despite troubling polling numbers for the GOP. Gruters told NewsNation’s Blake Burman he expects Republicans will win Senate races in Maine, Texas, Ohio and Alaska — all of which…
“As we speak, law enforcement around the country are taking investigative steps with respect to the criminal investigation,” the top federal prosecutor in Alaska said Friday.
The FBI is surging agents to Alaska as part of a criminal investigation into allegations Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign for Senate tried to secretly trick Alaska voters by recruiting a candidate with the same name as her Republican opponent. NBC News’ Steve Patterson reports.
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Federal authorities are investigating whether Democrat Mary Peltola’s campaign’s reported effort to recruit a candidate in the Alaska Senate race with the same name as incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan (R) violated the law, the state’s top federal prosecutor announced Friday. U.S. Attorney for the District of Alaska Michael Heyman said during a press conference that…
The top federal prosecutor in Alaska did not specify what crimes are being investigated by the Justice Department, saying he's "not making any assumptions on whether a crime has been committed or not."
The court filing, which cites the potential for “voter confusion,” did not spell out how segregating ballots would determine if a voter was confused.
Mary Peltola denies knowledge as party accused of recruiting spoiler candidate with same name as sitting Republican Alaska Senate race: what to know about Democrats’ alleged ballot-stacking effort The top federal prosecutor in Alaska confirmed on Friday the existence of a criminal and a civil investigation into an alleged scheme by Democrats to confuse voters by recruiting a spoiler candidate on the ballot for US Senate who shares a name with the Republican incumbent, senator Dan Sullivan. Speaking at a news conference in Anchorage on Friday, US attorney Michael Heyman cited reporting by the New York Times which suggested that the Senate campaign of Democrat Mary Peltola and national Democrats had, in his words, “orchestrated a sprawling conspiracy to recruit and prop up Daniel J Sullivan as a sham candidate”. Continue reading...
The Department of Justice also filed with the court a list of proposed questions it seeks to compel the Peltola campaign and the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee to answer about their reported role in recruiting the challenger Dan. J. Sullivan.
US attorney Michael Heyman cited reports that Mary Peltola’s Senate campaign and Democrats allegedly ‘orchestrated a sprawling conspiracy’ to recruit a sham candidate Sign up for the Breaking News US email James Talarico, the Democratic nominee in Texas, attacked his Republican opponent Ken Paxton for cancelling some of his final rallies before the midterm election. “No one’s going to Ken Paxton’s rallies, so he’s canceling them and hoping Elon Musk will buy his seat for him,” Talarico wrote, referencing the donations Paxton has received from the world’s richest man. Continue reading...
The Justice Department is seeking to preserve ballots cast in Alaska’s closely watched Senate race, not change votes or declare a winner, as the department pursues an investigation into allegations that Democratic operatives helped recruit a second candidate named Dan Sullivan to confuse voters. U.S. Attorney Michael Heyman, who oversees the District of Alaska, confirmed […]
Federal prosecutors announced that they are pursuing a criminal probe into the Alaska Senate race, where Democrats are facing allegations of election fraud. Democratic Alaskan Senate candidate Mary Peltola says she knew nothing about efforts to get another Dan Sullivan on the ballot to rival the incumbent, also named Dan Sullivan.
President Trump campaigns for Republicans in deep red Florida; Alaska Senate race intensifies amid DOJ probe into Dan Sullivan case.
Dan S Sullivan, the incumbent Republican senator running for re-election, and allies have accused the Democrats of trying to confuse voters by recruiting Dan J Sullivan to also stand in the race.
The Department of Justice (DOJ) is claiming Alaska Democrat U.S. Senate candidate and former Rep. Mary Peltola (D-AK) along with other Democrats misled a federal court regarding a scheme to find a second Daniel Sullivan candidate to appear on the ballot against Peltola and Sen. Daniel S. Sullian (R-AK). The post DOJ Claims Mary Peltola, Democrats Misled Federal Court on Second Dan Sullivan Candidate Scheme appeared first on Breitbart .
Daniel J. Sullivan, the independent Alaska Senate candidate whose name is almost identical to the Republican incumbent, left his hometown of Petersburg earlier this week, multiple sources confirmed to CBS News.
Investigations are proceeding rapidly on whether ballot stacking is anything more than hardball politics.
Washington Examiner columnist Joe Concha blasted the media for dismissing the Trump administration’s investigation into Alaska Democratic Senate candidate Mary Peltola’s campaign, while criticizing Alaska Democrats’ alleged efforts to manipulate the Senate race. “If you have to resort to something like this that is so blatantly obvious that they tried to cheat here. And the […]
Peltola told supporters on Thursday that she “knew nothing" about decoy Senate candidates recruited to run.
'If true, the alleged efforts described in the October 28, 2026 article, would amount to a disturbing effort to undermine the integrity of the 2026 U.S. Senate election in Alaska.'
Senate No. 2 Republican John Barrasso alleges Chuck Schumer schemed with Mary Peltola's campaign to recruit a decoy Dan Sullivan in Alaska.
Gov. Mike Dunleavy says Alaska is now investigating alleged efforts to recruit a second Dan Sullivan into the pivotal Senate race as a spoiler.
The Democrat attack dog's law firm represents Mary Peltola's campaign, accused in the 'Decoy Dan' ballot scheme to confuse voters.
Independent candidate Bill Hill is threatening to unseat Trump ally Nick Begich with a message of affordability As Republicans fight to maintain their narrow majority in Congress , they face a unique challenge in Alaska – not from a Democrat, but from an independent commercial fisher and first-time candidate running to flip the state’s lone House seat. Bill Hill, who is an Alaska Native and has worked in education and construction, has positioned himself as a working-class candidate who will fight to make life more affordable for people like himself and his family. Continue reading...
The Department of Justice (DOJ) on Thursday accused Mary Peltola of misleading a federal court in the latest filing in its lawsuit seeking to block certification of the Alaska Senate election. “Apparently emboldened by the success of their reported plot to deceive Alaskan voters, Alaskans For Mary and the DSCC [Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee] appear…
“Cheating” is the only way to describe the Democratic plot in Alaska to put another Dan Sullivan on the Senate ballot to confuse voters. But the liberal ladies of ABC’s “The View” initially claimed they couldn’t see the problem with the tactic. Once the truth came out in a bombshell New York Times report, they ...
Thursday on Fox News Channel's "Hannity," Rep. James Comer (R-KY), chairman of the House Oversight Committee, called the tale of two "Dan Sullivans" on the Alaska general election ballot for U.S. Senate an effort to deceive. The post ‘Clearly an Effort to Deceive’: Comer Calls Alaska’s ‘Decoy Dan’ Ploy ‘Cheating’ appeared first on Breitbart .