The Cook Political Report, a nonpartisan election handicapper, on Tuesday moved Minnesota’s Senate race from likely to lean Democrat, while also moving South Carolina’s Senate seat from likely Republican to lean Republican. The moves give each party something to be hopeful about in the homestretch to the midterms, with Republicans hoping to flip the open…

Protests and riots in France have become the latest Republican talking point in the U.S. as the party makes a last-ditch effort to tie Democrats to immigration and socialism two weeks out from the midterm elections. Protesters, largely high school students, first took to the streets earlier this month to demand better school conditions. Those…