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Fetterman’s Tattoos Under Scrutiny in Pennsylvania Senate Race
John Fetterman, Pennsylvania's lieutenant governor who is running for the U.S. Senate, has tattoos on his arms, some of which memorialize victims of violence. But conservative pundits -- including Newt Gingrich -- claim, without proof, that his tattoos suggest drug use and ties to a violent street gang.
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TV Ads Distort Tshibaka’s Position on Birth Control
A super PAC supporting Sen. Lisa Murkowski claims in several TV ads that her top challenger, Kelly Tshibaka, "wants to ban birth control in the mail." Tshibaka has said she would ban the sale of the morning-after pill via the mail, but the ads leave the misleading impression she would ban all forms of birth control.
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Biden’s Comment on Delaware’s Puerto Rican Population
In Puerto Rico to tour hurricane damage and recovery efforts, President Joe Biden said there was a "large Puerto Rican population in Delaware — relative to our population" and that he was "sort of raised in the Puerto Rican community at home, politically." Actually, there's something to the fact that Puerto Ricans, more so than other Spanish-speaking groups, settled in Wilmington.
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American Dream Federal Action
A hybrid PAC that says it supports "forward-looking" Republican candidates.
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Ad Distorts Abortion Views of Republican House Candidate from Nevada
An ad from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee falsely claims that Nevada Republican House candidate April Becker supports a nationwide abortion ban and "taking away a woman’s right to abortion with no exceptions."
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