Democrats test a new red state strategy: Back independents over their own nominees

NEW YORK (AP) — Democratic leaders eager to compete in red states where their party’s brand is toxic are embracing something new in the midterm elections: not supporting Democrats. In states like Nebraska and Alaska, Democratic officials have in some cases ignored their own party candidates while subtly encouraging and even openly promoting independent candidates…

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Switzerland to open secret files on Auschwitz ‘Angel of Death’ Mengele

Switzerland’s federal intelligence agency said it would finally make public long-sealed documents about notorious Nazi war criminal Josef Mengele, but gave no details on when. Mengele fled Europe after World War II but has been rumored to have spent time in Switzerland for years, despite an international arrest warrant being issued. Historians have repeatedly requested…

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Nervous Republicans weigh their options amid White House’s ballroom lobbying blitz

President Donald Trump’s pet project hangs by a thread. The political risks of spending taxpayer money on parts of a new White House ballroom have rattled congressional Republicans, who have questioned whether $1 billion in security funding for the Secret Service can be approved — even as officials from the Secret Service, Department of Homeland…

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