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Democrat congressional candidate Teresa Benitez-Thompson’s campaign accepted a $1,000 contribution this spring from a political committee bearing the name of Clark County Commissioner Tick Segerblom, a longtime Nevada progressive whom the Las Vegas chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America identified as one of its members in 2021. A Federal...

President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded a three-day state visit with agreements covering tariffs, American energy exports, fentanyl precursors, artificial intelligence and critical minerals, as the world’s two largest economies attempt to stabilize a relationship battered by years of trade and geopolitical confrontation. The White House announced...

President Donald Trump used the United Nations General Assembly stage this week to deliver an expansive defense of American sovereignty and military power, declaring that his administration would confront threats directly rather than allow them to fester. Addressing the 81st session of the General Assembly on September 22, Trump told...

Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford is facing new scrutiny over his decision to sponsor a commutation application for Norman Smith, a man convicted of voluntary manslaughter in the 2015 shooting death of a pregnant Las Vegas woman. Fox News reported this week that Ford was listed as the sole sponsor...

Rep. Dina Titus has received roughly $2.61 million in congressional salary through the end of 2025 during her 15 years in the U.S. House, putting the longtime Nevada Democrat’s taxpayer-funded compensation under renewed scrutiny as Republican challenger Carrie Buck repeatedly outraises her. Rank-and-file members of Congress have earned $174,000 annually...

A Las Vegas bartender says President Donald Trump’s “No Tax on Tips” policy is already leaving her with more money to tackle household debt, putting a human face on a tax fight that has become increasingly prominent in Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District. Susan Gonzalez, a bartender at the Jackpot Bar...

Nevada Democrat Reps. Dina Titus and Susie Lee have collected more than $662,000 from political action committees connected to companies active in data centers, utilities, telecommunications, energy and the infrastructure feeding America’s artificial-intelligence boom, according to a review of Federal Election Commission records. We calculated at least $321,590 in contributions...