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☆ Events That Led to Close Call on Trump’s Life Were Preventable, Committee Finds
▼ + stars: | 2024-10-21 | by ( Luke Broadwater | More About Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The House task force on the attempted assassinations of former President Donald J. Trump released its first preliminary report Monday, chastising the Secret Service for poor planning and a communications breakdown that resulted in a fatal shooting at Mr. Trump’s rally in Butler, Pa.“Put simply, the evidence obtained by the task force to date shows the tragic and shocking events of July 13 were preventable and should not have happened,” the report said. The 53-page bipartisan report is based on 23 interviews with local law enforcement officials who assisted with security at the rally, thousands of pages of documents from local, state and federal authorities, and testimony from the task force’s public hearing on Sept. 26. Its findings largely hew to the conclusions of three other recent investigations. A Senate inquiry found that no one was in charge of planning and security decisions for the July 13 campaign rally where Mr. Trump was shot; an independent panel reviewing the failures that led to the attempted assassination called on the Secret Service to replace its leadership with people from the private sector and focus almost exclusively on its protective mission; and the Secret Service’s own internal investigation found that complacency had set in among some of the agents charged with securing the rally site.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Trump’s Organizations: Service Locations: Butler, Pa

☆ Democrats Turn to Their National Security Go-To for Trump Assassination Inquiry
▼ + stars: | 2024-08-12 | by ( Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It was April 2022, weeks after Russia had invaded Ukraine and touched off an international crisis, and two Republican lawmakers had rushed to be the first to travel to the besieged country. Now Ms. Pelosi wanted to quickly arrange her own visit — and she wanted Mr. Crow, whose national security background distinguished him in his party, to come with her. A late-night phone call from Ms. Pelosi to Mr. Crow would have been improbable when he first came to Congress in 2019. Hailing from a competitive district in Colorado, he had run as a centrist and avowed detractor of the liberal Ms. Pelosi, and after he knocked off a Republican incumbent he pledged that he would not vote for her for speaker. But since then, his credentials — including three tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan and a Bronze Star, as well as a law degree and a background in private-sector investigations — have made Mr. Crow a go-to lawmaker for Democratic leaders on difficult national security issues.

Persons: Jason Crow, Nancy Pelosi, Pelosi, Crow Organizations: Colorado Democrat, Army, Republican, Democratic Locations: Colorado, Bucharest, Romania, Ukraine, Russia, Iraq, Afghanistan

The acting Secret Service director told senators on Tuesday that the agency failed on July 13 by not having a countersniper focused on the roof where a would-be assassin fired eight shots at former President Donald J. Trump, injuring him and others and killing a rally attendee. While Ronald L. Rowe Jr., the acting director, provided a more complete account of what happened that day than his predecessor did a week ago, he failed to answer a critical question about that day: Who was supposed to be watching that roof? In one of his first actions as acting director, Mr. Rowe said he went to the site of the shooting in Butler, Pa., and specifically to the warehouse roof that the gunman used, which had been unmanned and apparently unwatched. Mr. Rowe said he climbed onto the building and lay on the roof so he could see the direct line that the shooter, later identified as Thomas Crooks of Bethel Park, Pa., had to Mr. Trump.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Ronald L, Rowe Jr, Rowe, Thomas Crooks Locations: Butler, Pa, Bethel Park

☆ Congress Leaders Agree to Form Task Force on Trump Assassination Attempt
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-23 | by ( Luke Broadwater | More About Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Speaker Mike Johnson and Representative Hakeem Jeffries, the House minority leader, have struck a deal to form a bipartisan task force to lead the congressional investigations into the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump. The two leaders planned to announce their deal for the task force, which would be led by Republicans who control the House but would be nearly evenly divided between them and Democrats, later Tuesday morning. “The security failures that allowed an assassination attempt on Donald Trump’s life are shocking,” Mr. Johnson, of Louisiana, and Mr. Jeffries, of New York, said in a joint statement. “The task force will be empowered with subpoena authority and will move quickly to find the facts, ensure accountability, and make certain such failures never happen again.”The task force, which they said was being stood up “in response to bipartisan demands for answers,” is to be made up of seven Republicans and six Democrats. That is an uncommonly narrow split in the House, where the majority usually gives itself a substantial partisan edge on committees to ensure that its side maintains a firm grip on power.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Hakeem Jeffries, Donald J, Trump, Donald Trump’s, Mr, Johnson, Jeffries, ” Organizations: Republicans Locations: Louisiana, New York

On Today’s Episode:Harris Clinches Majority of Delegates as She Closes In on Nomination, by Shane Goldmacher and Reid J. EpsteinTrump’s New Rival May Bring Out His Harshest Instincts, by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan SwanSeeking Answers, Lawmakers From Both Parties Ask Secret Service Chief to Quit, by Luke Broadwater, David A. Fahrenthold, Hamed Aleaziz and Campbell RobertsonFrustrated Californians May Be Ready for a Tougher Approach to Crime, by Tim Arango

Persons: Harris, Shane Goldmacher, Reid J, Epstein Trump’s, Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan, Luke Broadwater, David A, Fahrenthold, Hamed Aleaziz, Campbell Robertson, Tim Arango

☆ Live Updates: Secret Service Chief Testifies on ‘Failed’ Response at Trump Rally
▼ + stars: | 2024-07-22 | by ( Luke Broadwater | David Fahrenthold | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +5 min

Ms. Cheatle joined the Secret Service in 1995 and spent more than two decades there before leaving in 2021 to lead the North American security operations for PepsiCo. Ms. Cheatle, 53, is the second woman to lead the Secret Service. By the time she had graduated from college four years later, Ms. Cheatle had applied for a job at the Secret Service, the newspaper said. At the Republican National Convention on Wednesday, two Republican senators chastised Ms. Cheatle in a confrontation that was captured on video. An internal Secret Service investigation of the shooting is underway, as are several inquiries in Congress.

Persons: Kimberly, Donald J, Trump, Kimberly A, Bill Clinton, Dick Cheney, Cheatle, Biden, Cheney, Barack Obama’s, Jill Biden, Charles Marino, ”, “, Ms, Marsha Blackburn of, John Barrasso of, Anthony Guglielmi, Cheatle “, Mr, Guglielmi Organizations: Capitol, Secret Service, North, PepsiCo, Service, Security Magazine, Eastern Illinois University, The News, Gazette, World Trade Center, Pentagon, Mr, ABC, Republican National Convention, Secret Locations: Illinois, Danville , Ill, Chicago, Detroit, Atlanta, Laurel , Md, Butler, Pa, Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee, John Barrasso of Wyoming

The Secret Service director, Kimberly A. Cheatle, faced bipartisan calls for her resignation on Monday, after a disastrous hourslong congressional hearing in which she declined to answer basic questions about the attempted assassination of former President Donald J. Trump. Nor would she tell members of the House Oversight Committee why Secret Service agents were not aware until the last seconds that people in the crowd had seen a gunman on that roof. At times, Ms. Cheatle seemed less informed than the lawmakers quizzing her. When Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, a Republican from Georgia, asked for a detailed timeline of events, Ms. Cheatle said she did not have one. By the hearing’s end, many of the committee’s Democrats — usually defensive of their party’s appointees — had also swung sharply against Ms. Cheatle.

Persons: Kimberly A, Donald J, Trump, Cheatle, Marjorie Taylor Greene, ”, Democrats —, — Organizations: Service, Secret, Republican, Democrats Locations: Butler, Pa, Georgia

On Today’s Episode:Biden Called ‘More Receptive’ to Hearing Pleas to Step Aside, by Carl Hulse, Michael S. Schmidt, Reid J. Epstein, Peter Baker and Luke BroadwaterBiden Tests Positive for Covid, by Michael D. ShearJ.D. Vance Plants His Appalachian Roots in the 2024 Race, by Michael C. BenderAt R.N.C., Senators Berate Secret Service Director Over Assassination Attempt, by Jonathan SwanGunman’s Phone Had Details About Both Trump and Biden, F.B.I. Officials Say, by Glenn Thrush, Jack Healy and Luke BroadwaterA Blind Spot and a Lost Trail: How the Gunman Got So Close to Trump, by David A. Fahrenthold, Glenn Thrush, Campbell Robertson, Adam Goldman and Aric TolerAn Algorithm Told Police She Was Safe. Then Her Husband Killed Her, by Adam Satariano and Roser Toll Pifarré

Persons: Biden, ‘, Carl Hulse, Michael S, Schmidt, Reid J, Epstein, Peter Baker, Luke Broadwater, Michael D, Michael C, Bender, Jonathan Swan, Glenn Thrush, Jack Healy, David A, Campbell Robertson, Adam Goldman, Aric, Adam Satariano Organizations: Vance, Trump, Biden, F.B.I

When former President Donald J. Trump met with House Republicans last month, he touched on a mix of policies core to his economic agenda: cutting income taxes while also significantly raising tariffs on foreign goods. Mr. Trump told Republicans he would “love to raise tariffs” and cut income taxes on Americans, potentially to zero, said Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, Republican of Georgia. “Everyone was clapping in the room,” Ms. Greene said. “He said, ‘If you guys are going to go vote on something today, vote to lower taxes on Americans.’”Tariffs and tax cuts were central to Mr. Trump’s economic thinking while he was in the White House. If he wins in November, he is promising a much more aggressive approach, including potentially a blanket 10 percent tariff on nearly all imports and a 60 percent tax on Chinese goods.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Ms, Greene, “ Organizations: Republicans, Republican Locations: Georgia

Democrats’ rebellion against President Biden intensified on Wednesday with the party’s congressional leaders lobbying successfully to delay his nomination by a week, prolonging the debate over the viability of his candidacy. The maneuver came as Representative Adam B. Schiff of California became the highest-profile Democratic lawmaker to call on Mr. Biden to end his run. More details have emerged of heated conversations the president has held with lawmakers in which he has angrily pushed back on their entreaties for him to drop out of the race. Mr. Biden’s disastrous debate performance last month, his uneven public appearances and his struggles in the polls have fueled deep worries within his party. Congressional Democrats have also warned that Mr. Biden’s sagging political standing will make it far harder for them to win critical House and Senate races in November.

Persons: Biden, Adam B, Schiff, Donald J, Trump, Biden’s Organizations: California, Capitol, Associated Press, University of Chicago, Congressional

officials told members of Congress on Wednesday that the gunman who tried to kill former President Donald J. Trump used his cellphone and other devices to search images of Mr. Trump and President Biden, along with an array of public figures. The disclosures, made during private briefings to lawmakers by the F.B.I. and the head of the embattled Secret Service, offered the most complete portrait so far of a would-be assassin with no criminal history, or even clearly discernible political beliefs, who came close to killing Mr. Trump. Several former classmates have said they never heard the gunman express any particular political ideology. But Vincent Taormina, a former classmate who said he attended middle school and high school with the gunman, said in an interview that Mr. Crooks showed a general disdain for politicians in both parties.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Biden, Thomas Matthew Crooks, Vincent Taormina, Crooks Organizations: Democratic National Convention Locations: Bethel Park, Pa

On Today’s Episode:Top House Democrats Privately Say Biden Must Go as Allies Insist He Must Do More, by Luke Broadwater, Robert Jimison and Annie KarniFrench Election Yields Deadlock as Left Surges and Far Right Comes Up Short, by Roger CohenBeryl Strengthens Into a Hurricane as It Approaches Texas, by Edgar Sandoval, Miranda Rodriguez and Maria Jimenez MoyaBoeing Agrees to Plead Guilty to Felony in Deal With Justice Department, by Eileen Sullivan and Danielle Kaye

Persons: Biden, Luke Broadwater, Robert Jimison, Annie Karni, Roger Cohen Beryl, Edgar Sandoval, Miranda Rodriguez, Maria Jimenez Moya Boeing, Eileen Sullivan, Danielle Kaye Organizations: Go, Deal, Justice Department Locations: Texas

☆ On the House Floor, Republicans Gag Mentions of Trump’s Conviction
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-21 | by ( Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

The floor of the United States House of Representatives is supposed to be a dignified place, where lawmakers refer to each other as “gentleman” or “gentle lady,” speak only to the presiding officer, and never engage in personally disparaging remarks against rivals, an offense known as “engaging in personalities.”But what happens when the leader of one party is a convicted criminal whom a jury has found guilty of things that would normally be considered unmentionable on the House floor? The history-making felony conviction of former President Donald J. Trump has raised some historic questions for the House’s rules of decorum, which have existed for centuries but can be bent to the will of whichever party controls the majority-driven chamber. The Republicans who now hold the majority have used those rules to impose what is essentially a gag order against talking about Mr. Trump’s hush-money payments to a porn actress or about the fact that he is a felon at all, notwithstanding that those assertions are no longer merely allegations but the basis of a jury’s guilty verdict. Doing so, they have declared, is a violation of House rules.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Trump’s Organizations: United States House, Republicans

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Even hours later, few people could agree on what, exactly, former President Donald J. Trump said about Milwaukee when he met with House Republicans in Washington on Thursday. According to various people in the room, Mr. Trump, during his meeting with House members at the Capitol Hill Club, complained that the pop music megastar Taylor Swift would support President Biden over him. Mr. Trump has previously argued that Ms. Swift, who endorsed Mr. Biden in 2020 but has not done so this year, should back him instead. One of Ms. Pelosi’s daughters pushed back on social media, calling Mr. Trump’s reported remark a lie.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, megastar Taylor Swift, Biden, Swift, Mr, Nancy Pelosi’s, Pelosi’s, Trump’s Organizations: Milwaukee, House Republicans, Capitol, Capitol Hill Locations: Washington

☆ Johnson Names Hard-Right Trump Allies to Intelligence Panel, Prompting Concerns
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-06 | by ( Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Speaker Mike Johnson has appointed two outspoken hard-right allies of former President Donald J. Trump with major ethical and legal issues to the House Intelligence Committee, prompting criticism from members of both parties. Mr. Johnson on Wednesday installed Representatives Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, the former chairman of the right-wing House Freedom Caucus, and Ronny Jackson of Texas, Mr. Trump’s former White House doctor, on the panel. Mr. Perry played a major role in Mr. Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election and has faced legal issues over his actions. The panel has historically operated in a bipartisan manner, and is largely composed of serious-minded lawmakers rather than strident partisans. The break with tradition prompted fears that the intelligence community might pull back on the sensitive national security information it shares with Congress.

Persons: Mike Johnson, Donald J, Johnson, Scott Perry, Scott Perry of Pennsylvania, Ronny Jackson of, Trump’s, Perry, Jackson, Michael R, Turner, Jim Himes Organizations: Trump, House Intelligence, Wednesday, Caucus, White House, White, Republican Locations: Scott Perry of, Ronny Jackson of Texas, Ohio, Jim Himes of Connecticut

☆ House Republicans Issue Criminal Referrals of Hunter and James Biden
▼ + stars: | 2024-06-05 | by ( Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

House Republicans on Wednesday urged the Justice Department to charge Hunter and James Biden, the president’s son and brother, with making false statements to Congress in the impeachment inquiry against President Biden. The chairmen of three House committees recommended the action in a criminal referral sent less than a week after the conviction of former President Donald J. Trump on 34 felony counts in New York. Their allegations, which assert that both men made false statements to Congress about President Biden’s involvement in his family’s business dealings, appear to include misrepresentations of Hunter Biden’s testimony. They also accused Hunter Biden of perjury. The referrals carry no force of law, but House Republicans are hoping to influence the Justice Department, particularly if Mr. Trump takes it over, to carry out more prosecutions of the Biden family.

Persons: Hunter, James Biden, Biden, Donald J, Trump, Biden’s, Hunter Biden’s, Hunter Biden, Mike Johnson, General Merrick B, Garland Organizations: Republicans, Wednesday, Justice Department Locations: New York

☆ Trump’s Conviction Binds the G.O.P. Even Closer to Him
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Shane Goldmacher | Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

A day after Donald J. Trump’s conviction, it quickly became clear that Republicans across the country would not run away from his newfound status as a felon. They would, instead, run on it. But their ready-made outrage was not just about lining up behind the nominee. It was also about basking in the energy of a party base that remains as adhered to Mr. Trump as ever. “The base has never been more motivated,” said Representative Ronny Jackson of Texas, Mr. Trump’s former doctor in the White House and a close ally.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, —, ”, Ronny Jackson of, Trump’s Organizations: Republican, White Locations: York, Ronny Jackson of Texas

☆ Manchin Becomes an Independent, Leaving Options Open for Another Run
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-31 | by ( Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Mr. Manchin has said he will not run for re-election to the Senate or for governor — a role he previously held for two terms — but rumors persist on Capitol Hill that he could change his mind. West Virginia’s deadline for independent candidates to declare their candidacies is not until Aug. 1. Since Mr. Manchin said he would not run again, Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, has been pleading with him to formally leave the Democratic Party and seek re-election as an independent. If he did so, Mr. Manchin would face Jim Justice, a Democrat-turned-Republican second-term governor with whom he has a storied rivalry. Mr. Justice is popular in the state, and his decision to enter the Senate race was seen as a key factor in Mr. Manchin’s decision not to seek re-election.

Persons: Joe Manchin III, Manchin, —, Chuck Schumer, Jim Justice, Manchin’s Organizations: West Virginia Democrat, Democratic Party, Democrat, Republican Locations: New York

The Republican allies of former President Donald J. Trump wasted no time in blasting the guilty verdict returned by a New York jury on Thursday and in imploring him to appeal, repeatedly turning to words like “travesty” to describe the moment. Top Republicans on Capitol Hill tried to one-up one another in demonstrating who could defend Mr. Trump, who was convicted of all 34 felony counts in the hush-money case, and condemn the verdict in the most strident terms. Speaker Mike Johnson, who was among the cavalcade of Trump supporters who showed up outside Mr. Trump’s trial in a show of loyalty, called the verdict a “shameful day in American history.”“Democrats cheered as they convicted the leader of the opposing party on ridiculous charges,” he said. “This was a purely political exercise, not a legal one.”

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Mike Johnson, Trump’s, ” Organizations: Republican, New, Republicans, Capitol, Mr Locations: New York

☆ House G.O.P. Moves to Crack Down on Noncitizen Voting, Sowing False Narrative
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-21 | by ( Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Republicans are using their majority in Congress to reinforce former President Donald J. Trump’s false claims of widespread illegal voting by noncitizens, sowing the seeds of an effort to delegitimize the outcome of the 2024 election if Mr. Trump loses by pushing legislation that purports to crack down on a problem that barely exists. House Republicans have introduced a series of bills to take aim at voting by noncitizens, which is already a felony in federal elections, where those who study the issue say it almost never occurs. This week, they are planning to push through a bill that would roll back a District of Columbia law allowing noncitizens to vote in local elections, which they contend is needed to prevent Democrats from expanding the practice to other jurisdictions. And Republicans are advancing another measure that would require states to obtain proof of citizenship, such as a birth certificate or passport, when registering a person to vote. The legislation has virtually no chance of becoming law, but it serves to amplify one of Mr. Trump’s favorite pre-emptive claims of election fraud.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, noncitizens, Trump’s Organizations: Republicans, noncitizens, Columbia Locations: United States

☆ Senate to Vote Again on Border Deal as Democrats Seek Political Edge
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-20 | by ( Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Senator Chuck Schumer, Democrat of New York and the majority leader, plans to push forward this week with a second vote on a bipartisan border enforcement bill that Senate Republicans killed earlier this year at the urging of former President Donald J. Trump. The measure is almost certain to be blocked again, but Democrats hope to use the failed vote to sharpen an election-year contrast with the G.O.P. on a critical issue that polls show is a major potential liability for President Biden and their candidates. Democrats will aim to neutralize the issue by showing voters that they and Mr. Biden have tried to get migration at the U.S. border with Mexico under control, but have been thwarted repeatedly by Republicans following the lead of Mr. Trump. “On cue, many of our Republican colleagues abruptly reversed course on their prior support, announcing their newfound opposition to the bipartisan proposal.”

Persons: Chuck Schumer, Donald J, Trump, Biden, “, Mr, Schumer, ” Organizations: Republicans, Republican Locations: New York, U.S, Mexico

☆ ‘Oversight After Dark’: Lawmakers Hurl Insults at Hearing
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-17 | by ( Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

Even by the rock-bottom standards of the 118th Congress, Thursday night’s three-hour voting session of the House Oversight Committee was perhaps a new low. The members of the Republican-led committee gathered after 8 p.m. in a Capitol Hill hearing room ready for a fight — some members of the audience were even said to have brought alcoholic beverages to enjoy the show. Back in Washington, lawmakers were ostensibly meeting for the most serious and somber of reasons: to debate whether to hold a cabinet official in contempt of Congress. Who better to instigate the chaos than Representative Marjorie Taylor Greene, the right-wing Georgia Republican best known for her penchant for incendiary statements and stunts? Her first target was Representative Jasmine Crockett, the Democrat from Texas who frequently takes on Ms. Greene in the committee.

Persons: Donald J, Trump, Merrick B, Garland —, James Comer of, Marjorie Taylor Greene, Jasmine Crockett, Greene Organizations: 118th, Republican, Republicans, Georgia Republican, Democrat Locations: Manhattan, Washington, James Comer of Kentucky, Texas

☆ Biden Asserts Executive Privilege in Fight Over Recording of Special Counsel Interview
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-16 | by ( Glenn Thrush | Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

President Biden has asserted executive privilege to deny House Republicans access to recordings of his interview with a special counsel investigating his handling of government documents, Justice Department officials and the White House counsel said on Thursday. The move is intended to shield Attorney General Merrick B. Garland from prosecution if House Republicans succeed in their effort to hold him in contempt for refusing to turn over audio of Mr. Biden’s conversations with the special counsel, Robert K. Hur. The move is certain to draw the ire of former President Donald J. Trump and his allies, but it is in keeping with the practice of his administration and that of his predecessor, President Barack Obama. The Justice Department cited executive privilege in opting not to pursue charges against two of Mr. Garland’s predecessors when they were held in contempt: Eric H. Holder Jr., a Democrat, in 2012 and William P. Barr, a Republican, in 2020. “It is the longstanding position of the executive branch held by administrations of both parties that an official who asserts the president’s claim of executive privilege cannot be prosecuted for criminal contempt of Congress,” Carlos F. Uriarte, the assistant attorney general for legislative affairs, wrote in a letter to Representative Jim Jordan of Ohio, who leads the House Judiciary Committee, and Representative James R. Comer of Kentucky, who leads the Oversight Committee.

Persons: Biden, General Merrick B, Garland, Robert K, Hur, Donald J, Trump, Barack Obama, Eric H, Holder Jr, William P, Barr, ” Carlos F, Jim Jordan of, James R, Comer Organizations: Justice Department, White, Republicans, The, Democrat, Republican, Committee Locations: Jim Jordan of Ohio, Comer of Kentucky

☆ In Deep-Blue Maryland, a Democratic Primary Turns Uncommonly Competitive
▼ + stars: | 2024-05-12 | by ( Luke Broadwater | ) www.nytimes.com time to read: +1 min

It’s an unfamiliar question for deep-blue Maryland, which hasn’t had a Republican senator in nearly four decades. But the state’s typically sleepy Senate race has heated up this year after Larry Hogan, the popular former two-term Republican governor, decided to run. Now Democrats across the state are wringing their hands trying to figure out which of their candidates has a better shot at defeating Mr. Hogan. Perhaps because of the heightened stakes, the contest has turned increasingly negative as it has tightened, splitting Democrats in Congress and beyond. While congressional leaders have endorsed Mr. Trone, all but one Democrat in the state’s congressional delegation are backing Ms. Alsobrooks.

Persons: Chuck Taylor, Angela Alsobrooks, hasn’t, Larry Hogan, Hogan, Alsobrooks, Prince George’s, David Trone, Trone Organizations: United States Senate, Republican Locations: Maryland

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