US Sen. Mike Braun files paperwork for Indiana governor run
November 30, 2022 GMTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Republican U.S. Sen. Mike Braun formally launched a committee Wednesday for a 2024 campaign for governor in his home state of Indiana, a move that would forego a reelection bid for his Senate seat.
Former Sen. Donnelly confirmed as US ambassador to Vatican
January 21, 2022 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Former Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly will be heading to Rome as the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.
The U.S. Senate approved Donnelly for the position in a voice vote Thursday. President Joe Biden nominated Donnelly for the ambassadorship in October.
GOP senator backs Ex-Sen. Donnelly’s pick for Vatican post
October 10, 2021 GMTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — One of Indiana’s Republican U.S. senators has endorsed the nomination of Democratic former Sen. Joe Donnelly as the country’s ambassador to the Vatican.
Biden nominates fundraiser Tsunis for Greece ambassadorship
October 8, 2021 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced plans Friday to nominate George Tsunis, an influential Democratic fundraiser and hotelier, to be his envoy to Greece. Tsunis had a previous ambassadorial nomination fall apart.
Mike Braun beats Joe Donnelly in Indiana Senate race
November 7, 2018 GMTRepublican Mike Braun on Tuesday ousted Sen. Joe Donnelly, chalking up a big win for President Trump and putting a major dent in Democrats' long-shot hopes of flipping the U.S. Senate.
Kamala Harris generates most buzz among 2020 Democrats
November 7, 2018 GMTSen. Kamala D. Harris was one of the first to ride to the rescue after Sens. Heidi Heitkamp and Joe Donnelly announced that they would vote against the confirmation of Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh, firing off a plea to her supporters to open their wallets and donate to her embattled Democratic colleagues.
Donnelly, Braun race highlights area ballot
November 6, 2018 GMTThe long buildup to the 2018 midterm election is coming to a close as polls in Allen County prepared to open at 6 a.m. today.
As of Monday, 28,466 people had voted early at Rousseau Centre in downtown Fort Wayne or at one of several satellite locations throughout the area, Beth Dlug, the county's director of elections, said Monday.
Obama praises Donnelly, says voters don’t want ‘a yes man’
November 5, 2018 GMTGARY, Ind. (AP) — Former President Barack Obama praised Indiana Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly on Sunday for being willing to break with his party, telling a roaring crowd at a rally in the state that "you don't want just a yes man...
Obama, Trump offer dueling final pitches to midterm voters
November 5, 2018 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — No longer reluctant to speak out, former President Barack Obama delivered a closing argument for Democrats that seeks a firm check on President Donald Trump's policies in Tuesday's midterm elections...
Health care top issue for state voters
November 2, 2018 GMTHealth care is the most important national issue for Hoosier voters, according to a poll conducted by the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics at Purdue University Fort Wayne.
The survey of more than 1,000 registered voters found that 22 percent identified health care as the most important issue among the options they were presented with, while 17 percent selected the economy, 13 percent chose immigration, 9 percent said federal taxing and spending, and 8 percent said U.S.
Young seeks input on public housing needs
November 2, 2018 GMTU.S. Sen. Todd Young on Thursday delivered a promise to Decatur Mayor Ken Meyer to help that city's flood-control efforts and conducted a listening stop on public housing at the Fort Wayne Housing Authority office.
Poll: Health care top issue for Hoosier voters
November 1, 2018 GMTHealth care is the most important national issue for Hoosier voters, according to a poll conducted by the Mike Downs Center for Indiana Politics at Purdue University Fort Wayne.
The survey of more than 1,000 registered voters found that 22 percent identified health care as the most important issue among the options they were presented with, while 17 percent selected the economy, 13 percent chose immigration, 9 percent said federal taxing and spending, and 8 percent said U.S.
Biden, Pence rally Indiana voters in fierce Senate race
October 13, 2018 GMTHAMMOND, Ind. (AP) — Former Vice President Joe Biden brought his blue-collar appeal to a Democratic stronghold of Indiana on Friday, heaping praise on Democratic Sen. Joe Donnelly as the kind of guy who keeps his word, puts country over party — and would have his back in a street fight.
Donnelly family business uses import practice he criticizes
October 11, 2018 GMTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — In the high-stakes battle for a pivotal Indiana Senate seat, Democrat Joe Donnelly has repeatedly attacked his opponent, multimillionaire auto-parts magnate Mike Braun, for importing the products he sells from China...
AP FACT CHECK: Indiana candidates make misleading claims
October 9, 2018 GMTThe Associated Press fact checked the first Indiana U.S. Senate debate Monday evening among Democratic incumbent Joe Donnelly and his challengers Republican Mike Braun and Libertarian Lucy Brenton. Donnelly, a moderate Democrat who has been in Congress since 2006, is considered one of the country's most vulnerable incumbents in his race against Braun, a Republican who's modeled his campaign as a political outsider and businessman after President Donald Trump...
Democrat Donnelly cites support for Trump in Indiana debate
October 9, 2018 GMTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Democratic Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly and Republican businessman Mike Braun don't agree on much...
Red-state Democrats say they won’t confirm Brett Kavanaugh
October 1, 2018 GMTThe one-week pause on the Supreme Court confirmation process for Judge Brett M. Kavanaugh might not be enough to change the minds of red-state Democratic senators who already have announced their opposition, siding with the base of their party on the issue over the partisan leanings of their respective states.
Trump volunteer who blocked news photographer taken off road
August 31, 2018 GMTEVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — The White House Correspondents' Association says a volunteer member of President Donald Trump's advance team who blocked a photojournalist's camera as he tried to take a photo of a protester during a campaign rally in Indiana has been taken off the road...
Trump stumps for Republican Senate hopeful Braun in Indiana
August 31, 2018 GMTEVANSVILLE, Ind. (AP) — Casting the midterms as a referendum on his agenda, President Donald Trump urged Indiana Republicans on Thursday to unseat Sen...
Trump administration fight Indiana Dunes national park plan
August 16, 2018 GMTPORTER, Ind. (AP) — The Trump administration is opposed to designating the Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore along Lake Michigan as a national park...
APNewsBreak: Outsourcing critic’s brand sells foreign parts
August 10, 2018 GMTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The off-road accessory was shipped in a box emblazoned with the logo of an auto parts brand owned by Mike Braun, a multimillionaire businessman who often rails against foreign outsourcing in his bid to become Indiana's next senator...
Guard’s housing pay on rise
August 7, 2018 GMTA proposal to increase the housing allowance given to full-time personnel at Fort Wayne's Air National Guard base was not included in the defense policy bill approved recently by both houses of Congress.
APNewsBreak: Indiana GOP locked candidate out of database
April 12, 2018 GMTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Senate candidate Todd Rokita likely violated ethics laws as Indiana's secretary of state by repeatedly accessing a Republican donor database from his government office, prompting party officials to lock him out of the system until he angrily complained, three former GOP officials told The Associated Press...
Messer repeats ‘deciding vote’ claim
March 4, 2018 GMTFor at least the seventh time since December, Luke Messer's U.S. Senate campaign in late February accused Indiana Sen. Joe Donnelly of casting "the deciding vote" to prevent the repeal of "Obamacare" : officially known as the federal Affordable Care Act.
Veteran might take on Donnelly
November 9, 2017 GMTSen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., might have a challenger for his party's nomination.
IndyPolitics.org reported this week that Iraq War veteran Martin Del Rio of Lake County will be a U.S. Senate candidate in the Democratic primary election in May.
Trump, an uneven ally for GOP, tests his influence on taxes
September 28, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — When President Donald Trump announced plans to go to Indiana Wednesday to sell the GOP tax overhaul plan, party leaders cheered his engagement on the high-stakes issue. When the White House said one of Trump's traveling companions would be Indiana's Democratic Sen...
Senator selling stock after AP ties company to Mexican labor
July 14, 2017 GMTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana senator and longtime critic of outsourcing jobs to foreign countries announced Friday that he's selling his stock in his family's arts and crafts company after The Associated Press reported it manufactures some products in Mexico...
AP Exclusive: Senator’s family business uses Mexican labor
July 13, 2017 GMTINDIANAPOLIS (AP) — An Indiana senator railed against Carrier Corp. for moving manufacturing jobs to Mexico last year, even as he profited from a family business that relies on Mexican labor to produce dye for ink pads, according to records reviewed by The Associated Press...
2 Democratic senators split over support for Gorsuch
April 3, 2017 GMTWASHINGTON (AP) — Two Democratic senators on Sunday split over supporting Judge Neil Gorsuch's nomination to the Supreme Court.
Sen. Joe Donnelly of Indiana said he would vote in favor of Gorsuch's confirmation while Sen...
Federal cuts will be felt here, officials say
March 23, 2017 GMTFort Wayne Mayor Tom Henry and representatives of local social service agencies Wednesday implored members of Congress to oppose the federal budget proposal put forward by President Donald Trump.
"There's no question that each of the organizations in this community that offer services that have some element of finance from the federal government could face significant service cuts," Henry said.
Rally urges Donnelly to approve Gorsuch
February 22, 2017 GMTSpeakers at a Fort Wayne rally urging Sen. Joe Donnelly, D-Ind., to support President Donald Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court included a federal lawmaker who might try to take Donnelly's job.