CLEVELAND - The first of three planned debates in Ohios U.S. senate campaign is set for Sunday night. Two-term Democratic Sen. Sherrod Brown and Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Renacciwill meet at Playhouse Square in Cleveland. The election is Nov. 6. A second debate is planned in Columbus on Oct. 20, and a third and final debate will be Oct. 26 on the campus of Miami University in Oxford. Renacci has
By JONATHAN LEMIRE, Associated Press LEBANON, Ohio (AP) President Donald Trump took a victory lap in Ohio on Friday, touting a really historic week for America that began with the installation of his second Supreme Court justice and concluded with the release of an American detained in Turkey. Jocular and boastful, Trump barnstormed in what was a barn on a rural fairgrounds for Ohios gubern
CLEVELAND - The first of three planned debates in Ohios U.S. Senate campaign is took place Sundaynight. You can watch the full debate below: Democrat incumbent Sherrod Brown and Republican Jim Renacci faced off at Playhouse Square. RELATED:1st Brown-Renacci US Senate debate set for Cleveland The election is Nov. 6.
Associated Press COLUMBUS A government watchdogs analysis finds candidates for Ohio Supreme Court have raised about $900,000. The review of campaign contributions by Common Cause Ohio looked at the cours two November races, which include an open seat and an appointed incumbens first high court election. Catherine Turcer is Common Cause Ohios executive director. She says the court should strengthen
The first of three scheduled debates for the Ohio Senate will take place in Cleveland, Sunday evening. Incumbent Democratic Senator Sherrod Brown and Republican Congressman Jim Renacci will answer pre-vetted questions asked by audience members and questions developed by the moderators. The event will be moderated by WKYCs own Russ Mitchell and Ann Fisher of the Central Ohio Public Media statio
CLEVELAND Candidates in Ohio's U.S. senate campaign sparred Sunday over health care, approaches to climate change, student loan debt, immigration, tariffs and gun control in the first of three debates. Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci repeatedly criticized incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown as being a Washington insider, citing Brown's connections to Democratic New York Sen. Chuck Schume
Associated Press CLEVELAND Candidates in Ohios U.S. senate campaign sparred Sunday over health care, approaches to climate change, student loan debt, immigration, tariffs and gun control in the first of three debates. Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci repeatedly criticized incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown as being a Washington insider, citing Browns connections to Democratic New York Sen. Chuc
LEBANON, Ohio -- Appearing Friday night before an audience of thousands at the Warren County Fairgrounds, President Trump and Rep. Jim Renacci made some claims that hit in the general area of the truth-- give or take $100 million or a few thousand MS-13 gang members. Renaccis opponent, Sen. Sherrod Brown, is listed among the top recipients of lobbyist funds in the Senate, and Democratic gubernato
CLEVELAND (AP) - Sen. Sherrod Brown will face off against U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci in the Ohio U.S. Senate Debate Sunday evening. Watch live: In the first debate, set at Playhouse Square in Cleveland, Democrat Sen. Brown and Republican Rep. Renacci will get to expand on important issues that Ohioans care about. The second debate is planned for Columbus on Oct. 20 and the final debate will be
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NEW YORK New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is questioning why state Republicans would have invited the founder of a far-right group to speak in Manhattan and blamed them and President Donald Trump for violent clashes that took place after the speech. The Democratic governor on Sunday called the invitation to Proud Boys founder Gavin McInnes to speak at the Metropolitan Republican Club a political tacti
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(CNN)Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton hit back against criticism her husband, former President Bill Clinton, should have resigned in the wake of the Monica Lewinsky scandal, and insisted his affair was not an abuse of power and Lewinsky "was an adult."In an interview with CBS on Sunday morning, Clinton defended her husband and said "absolutely not" in response to a question about whether
(CNN)The UK, Germany and France have demanded a credible investigation into the fate of missing Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi as international pressure mounts on Riyadh to explain his disappearance.Khashoggi, a columnist for The Washington Post and Saudi royal insider-turned-critic, went missing after entering the Saudi consulate in Istanbul on October 2 to obtain paperwork that would allow him
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CLEVELAND (AP) - Candidates in Ohios U.S. senate campaign sparred Sunday over health care, approaches to climate change, student loan debt, immigration, tariffs and gun control in the first of three debates. Republican U.S. Rep. Jim Renacci repeatedly criticized incumbent Democrat Sherrod Brown as being a Washington insider, citing Browns connections to Democratic New York Sen. Chuck Schumer mult
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(CNN)Political outrage sparked by the disappearance of a dissident Saudi journalist is not just damaging the reputation of a key US ally -- it's now threatening the authority of President Donald Trump himself.The possible murder of Washington Post columnist Jamal Khashoggi at the Saudi Arabia consulate in Istanbul has unleashed forces in Washington that are putting Trump's sharp turn away from tra
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