LINCOLN — Former Omaha State Sen. Brett Lindstrom’s political hiatus after leaving the Republican Party may prove short-lived. He cracked open the door this week for a nonpartisan governor bid during an interview with the Dan Parsons Show, a political podcast based in Lincoln. 

WASHINGTON (AP) — A man accused of trying to storm the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner with guns and knives and attempting to kill President Donald Trump agreed on Thursday to remain jailed for now while he awaits trial.

Cole Thomas Allen did not enter a plea during his brief appearance in federal court days after authorities say he ran through a magnetometer at the Washington Hilton while holding a long gun and disrupted one of the highest-profile annual events in the nation’s capital.

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Federal Reserve was one step closer to the job Wednesday after North Carolina Republican U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis cast the deciding vote to advance Kevin Warsh’s nomination to the full Senate.

Lawmakers on the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs voted 13-11 along party lines to move Warsh to the next step.

OMAHA —  House Democrats’ main Super PAC is bringing more money to an already expensive race in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District. House Republicans’ Congressional Leadership Fund answered with reservations of its own. And both are happening earlier than usual.

House Majority PAC announced plans Thursday to spend nearly $2.9 million on television and digital advertising reservations, essentially reserving ad time and space ahead of time. In 2024, the group spent about $1.9 million in the Omaha market. In 2022, the PAC spent around $660,000.