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A new request for investigation sent to the FBI is raising questions about whether Democrat congressional candidate Teresa Benitez-Thompson properly disclosed potential conflicts while simultaneously serving in the Nevada Legislature, sitting on the board of a publicly funded charter school and receiving pay from the University of Nevada, Reno. The...

President Donald Trump’s political operation is putting money behind the Republican effort to unseat Rep. Susie Lee, with a MAGA Inc.-backed super PAC now entering Nevada’s 3rd Congressional District. Safety and Affordability PAC has reserved roughly $27 million in advertising across 15 competitive House races, according to reporting from The...

House Democrats were forced back into the impeachment fight Tuesday after Rep. Al Green, D-Texas, brought another resolution seeking to remove President Donald Trump from office, giving Republicans fresh ammunition against vulnerable Democrats including Nevada Reps. Dina Titus and Steven Horsford. Green introduced H. Res. 1486 as a privileged resolution...

Rep. Dina Titus says she opposes raising federal tax rates, an answer that is drawing Republican criticism over the Nevada Democrat’s votes against President Donald Trump’s signature tax legislation, including its No Tax on Tips provision. The Nevada Independent asked Titus and Republican challenger Carrie Buck whether “Congress should raise federal tax...

Nevada Republican congressional nominee Marty O’Donnell took his campaign against Rep. Susie Lee to a national audience Thursday, using his speech at the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas to introduce himself through an unusual combination of video-game music, 1980s nostalgia, economic populism and faith. O’Donnell, the composer best known for...

by Paul D. White Troy Regas is running for Washoe County Commissioner in District 3. In any other election, claiming that Jesus Christ would approve or disapprove of specific candidates would be considered an absurdly self-righteous statement. However, since Troy Regas announced for office, a handful of outspoken (and biblically...