The Senate race in Montana was shifted toward Republicans on Thursday by a top political handicapper as the weeks wind down to the November election.  The seat currently held by Sen. Jon Tester, D-Mont., was changed to “lean Republican” by the Cook Political Report after long being considered a “toss up.”  The move comes just days after a different political handicapper similarly decided that Republicans were favored to...

A Virginia congressional candidate whose brother was a star witness in the first then-President Donald Trump impeachment is facing allegations of campaign finance violations and misrepresenting his military record. The campaign staff of Eugene Vindman, a Democratic candidate in Virginia’s 7th Congressional District, referred press inquiries about the candidate’s military record to VoteVets, a political action committee (PAC) that supports progressive military veterans running for office. VoteVets has...