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Tom Smith speaks with hands raised at a podium reading "LET'S GET TO WORK" in front of American and Michigan flags.

Michigan GOP candidate Tom Smith confirms he attended Jan. 6 protest

Smith suspended his campaign in July and won the Republican primary anyway, beating Trump's endorsed candidate by 17 points. Posts from his family business account, and his own statement, place him at Trump's Jan. 6 rally.

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Wisconsin GOP state Senate candidate Erik Severson says life begins at conception

Medical groups say granting legal status at fertilization can delay emergency care. Severson faces Democrat Charly Ray in a race Democrats hope to flip.

Zach Lahn speaks into a handheld microphone in a close-up profile view.
Iowa governor candidate Zach Lahn backs term limits — except for the office he wants

Lahn says he favors term limits "for most things." But he made an explicit exception for the office he is seeking, telling a podcast he wants to serve as governor "for the next two decades."

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Michigan GOP nominee Mark Foster on his win and a 2018 bar death

Mark Foster won the Republican nomination in Michigan's 13th District by 55 votes, in a primary he says he barely campaigned in. He spoke with Heartland Signal about his platform and the 2018 bar fight that ended in a man's death

U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson speaks at a podium wearing a bright red top and white pants. She gestures with her hands in front of flags and a blurred backdrop.
Rep. Hinson backed Iran War and took big oil cash as Iowa gas prices surged

U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson accepted tens of thousands of dollars from major energy corporations while repeatedly voting against ending foreign military hostilities, even as Iowa families and farmers faced surging costs at the pump.

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Two Wisconsin candidates face scrutiny over extramarital dating site accounts

Leaked data from Ashley Madison and AdultFriendFinder links two Wisconsin Assembly candidates — one Republican incumbent, one Democratic challenger — to accounts on sites marketed to married people seeking affairs. Both have now confirmed them.

Rep. Mackenzie, smiling and wearing a blue suit, walks forward in front of a large American flag backdrop.
Rep. Ryan Mackenzie avoids constituent’s question on Iran military spending, then votes for more spending

Mackenzie declined to answer a constituent question regarding federal spending on foreign military conflicts during a telephone town hall, hours before voting against a House resolution to remove U.S. forces from Iran.

U.S. Rep. Bill Huizenga speaks into a microphone.
Rep. Bill Huizenga has a 15-year record of voting to cut Social Security and Medicare

More than 330,000 people in Bill Huizenga's district collect Social Security or Medicare. Over 15 years in Congress, he has voted repeatedly to shrink both.

A leashed dog walks along a beach as another stands in shallow water, with a pier and lighthouse shrouded in thick wildfire haze.
DOGE grant freeze left Minnesota forest vulnerable to wildfires

A federal funding freeze by the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) delayed $10 million in Minnesota wildfire prevention. Local officials say the Trump administration's pause set back forest clearing efforts by a year and a half — right before over 60,000 acres burned in the Superior National Forest

U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt speaks outdoors in profile near a video camera
Former DOJ lawyer blames Missouri senators for inciting death threats against her

Former Justice Department lawyer Elizabeth Oyer has posted a video to YouTube blaming Missouri Republican Sens. Eric Schmitt and Josh Hawley for an onslaught of hate messages and death threats she has received.