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DALLAS SHOWDOWN: What to Expect From the GOP’s First-Ever Midterm Convention

September 9, 2026 6:00 amSeptember 9, 2026 3:44 am

Republicans will descend on Dallas this week for something the party has never attempted before: a full-scale national convention in the middle of a president’s term, designed to put Donald Trump’s record, the Republican congressional agenda and some of the country’s most competitive candidates on one stage less than two...

CRUMBS TO CREDIT: Pro-Susie Lee Ad Claims She’s Delivering ‘No Tax on Tips’ After She Voted Against It

September 8, 2026 7:51 am

A new television ad backing Nevada Democrat Rep. Susie Lee is attempting an extraordinary election-year rewrite of one of the clearest votes of her congressional career, portraying Lee as a champion of No Tax on Tips after she voted against the legislation that actually put the policy into federal law....

HALO HITS DALLAS: Marty O’Donnell Lands RNC Convention Speaking Slot as NV-03 Takes National Stage

September 7, 2026 6:00 amSeptember 14, 2026 1:10 pm

Republican congressional candidate Marty O’Donnell is heading to the national stage next week, joining President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance and senior Republican leaders as a featured speaker at the Republican National Committee’s first midterm convention in Dallas. O’Donnell, the Republican nominee challenging Democrat Rep. Susie Lee in Nevada’s...

NO TAX ON THE TRUTH: Susie Lee Claims She Backs Tip, Overtime Tax Cuts She Voted Against

September 5, 2026 9:00 am

Nevada Democrat Rep. Susie Lee is telling voters she supports No Tax on Tips and No Tax on Overtime, an election-year declaration complicated by one rather stubborn problem: when Congress actually voted on legislation containing both tax cuts, Lee voted no. Asked by The Nevada Independent this week whether Congress should...

CRUDE AWAKENING: Trump Lands ‘Biggest Oil Deal in World History,’ Muscles China and Russia Out of Venezuela

September 4, 2026 4:05 amSeptember 4, 2026 4:06 am

President Donald Trump has secured an unprecedented American foothold in Venezuela’s vast oil fields, giving the United States economic ownership, governance rights and preferential access to tens of billions of barrels of crude while pushing Chinese and Russian interests out of America’s backyard. The White House calls it the “biggest...

OPINION: Wake-up America! An Iranian-born American Citizen’s Message to His Adopted Country

September 3, 2026 2:00 pmSeptember 3, 2026 11:34 am

Washoe County resident Ali (not his real name) was born and raised in Iran as a Shiite Muslim until he was 19. Shortly before the Shah of Iran was deposed in the 1979 Revolution, Ali told his parents he wanted to move to the United States to have more freedom....

SILVER LINING: Nate Silver Moves Nevada Governor’s Race to ‘Likely R’ as Lombardo Builds Lead Over Ford

September 3, 2026 7:56 amSeptember 7, 2026 7:48 am

Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo is entering the final two months of Nevada’s gubernatorial race with something increasingly difficult for Democrat Attorney General Aaron Ford to spin away: momentum. Nate Silver’s Silver Bulletin moved Nevada’s governor race from “Leans Republican” to “Likely Republican” this week, upgrading Lombardo’s reelection prospects as polling,...

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